“It’s from 2003 which honestly isn’t that long ago.” 2003 is the midway point between today and the original premier of the Transformers brand in the USA. That toy is nearly 20 years old. And yet it still looks freaking mint. That’s an impressive build quality.
@DropkicktheDecepticon I was 3, and it was the last year for TF Armada. Sometimes I wish I was born sooner because I definitely would’ve had toys from the UT
Fun Fact: MPM-01 Prime was built to scale with the Transformers: Alternators toyline (a very cool and interesting toyline, I suggest you check them out)
I had a few of them. Wheeljack was a very cool Mustang. Intricate transformation, best alt modes ever and very good robot modes. I had an Alternity Ultra Magnus too, shame that line never left Japan
@@Toon_Lucario Badcube made a great Sunstreaker version. Yet, I do here that Sunstreaker is the best MP Transformer ever made. He is my favorite of the Autobot cars...
Got the MP04 version in about 2005 and it has been the pride of my collection ever since. It is out of scale to other figures, heavy and kind of awkward to pose due to the diecast, but it is the most important figure of the modern era, with amazing details and a figure any G1 fan should try and get if the opportunity presents.
This guy was my first and only Masterpiece. I got the 20th Anniversary edition from Toys R Us I think. He came with an electronic display base that played voice clips. To this day it’s my favorite Optimus Prime figure. Although MP-10 came out only a couple of years later, still prefer this guy.
You got the DVD version that came out in 06 for the 20th anniversary of the movie, the one in this video is from 04 for the 20th Anniversary of the show
He's my first Masterpiece and I went straight to Toys-R-Us and I think I paid like $60 - $80 for him. I've since upgraded to MP-10 and even bought the Magic Square Light of Peace version, which looks amazing in robot mode. Vehicle mode, I'm not in love with the headlights but other than that, he's probably the most accurate Optimus Prime as far as G1 is concerned.
In my opinion it's aged a lot better than a lot of the other early MPs. MP-3 and especially MP-5 are downright hard to look at nowadays. MP-1 definitely feels dated among the other more recent MPs and 3P figures, but taken on its own it's still a pretty cool representation of Optimus.
MP-03 you can see why as they wanted a realistic looking plane & the robot mode suffered. MP-05, I have no idea what happened but I'm glad he got an upgrade. I got MP-01 and thought it was amazing and back then, I collected Transformers but never transformed any of them. I would only display them. So, my MP-01 and MP-03 still have never been transformed. MP-10, I've transformed once but I never removed the trailer so that's still in the box brands new. My favorite Optimus Prime is actually the Michael Bay MPM-12 and that one I've transformed several times.
@@saysoun752 MP-05 was a mess in several respects. It was apparently designed in a single weekend, and it also had probably the hardest job of any MP up to that point. Of course it was going to go horribly wrong.
@@misterbadguy7325 I never got MP-5 as I hated the way he looked. I went with the KO version of the upgrade and that's good enough for me as the original Takara Tomy is out of my budget. I always try to get the original but, if they go way up in price and the KO is just as good, I'm getting the KO. With that said, I've only bought 4 KOs compared to the many originals. Now, when it comes to third party Transformers, I've only just begun as some of them are freaking way nicer than anything Takara Tomy has put out. I just bought the NewAge Skyfire and he's ridiculously nice but freaking small. Hopefully the Masterpiece version will do him justice as I have him on pre-order. Since Hasbro has yet to release a Masterpiece Jazz, I've also got the Fans Toys version pre-ordered.
I actually really like the mp-03 starscream. as someone who doesnt collect a ton of transformers he looks nice on a shelf with just the mp-01 next to him.
I remember seeing a "clean" version of it back in 2004 with my Dad at my local Wal-Mart. I was 3 or 4 at the time and it's one of those weird, early childhood memories I still have with me to this day. They were selling it for $54.99, which is another thing I clearly remember too.
In a lot of ways, this first Masterpiece might as well be the ONLY Masterpiece - it was designed with the specific intention of celebrating the 20th Anniversary of TransFormers, alongside the beginnings of Binaltech/Alternators, long before 'Masterpiece' became just another toyline (albeit with massively inflated prices to cover the OTT transformation engineering). MP01's transformation is relatively simple and very true to the G1 toy. It's a Masterpiece because of the embellishments - vehicle mode suspension with rubber tyres, the LED feature for the Matrix, the pistons on the joints, the moving vents on the shins, the moving faceplate, all that delicious chrome... and, of course, the die-cast metal. MP01 happened at precisely the moment I rediscovered TransFormers, and had a decent amount of disposable income, so it's the main reason I got back into collecting TransFormers. To me, it's the best Masterpiece, looks better than MP10 and, aside from the absence of trailer on the original release (I don't count the cardboard thing that came with Takara's glorious battle-damage-free version), it's still one of the best reimaginings of G1 Optimus Prime, before this need to cartoonify everything took over the Masterpiece line.
That's why MP-10 is my favorite. He's looks great in both robot and truck mode. However, you can still tell he's a truck, unlike some of these newer Masterpieces that want everything to look like the cartoon when even the cartoon themselves changed from week to week if not in the very same episode.
I still absolutely LOVE this guy, better figure than 44 to me, best update possible of the g 1 toy in look and feel. And with longer smokestacks like the takara release it looks even better in both modes, makes the truck look Very good even. Added some to mine using painted straws lol
I picked up a sealed MP-4 (the one with the trailer) a little while back for $150, and I got it signed by Peter cullen AND Aaron archer at TFCon, one of my favorite collection pieces right there
Ohhh the nostalgia! I bought the Takara version around Christmas 2003 in a Toys'R Us near Osaka, I was an exchange student from Peru. Actually, this figure and the Binaltechs were the ones that reignited the TF fandom in me and kickstarted my collection in earnest! Sadly my MP01 suffered a broken hip in my suitcase while returning to my country, but he can stand just fine. I've never tried to glue that part back though.
If MP44 is the ultimate representation of toon Optimus, MP01 is like the ultimate representation of G1 toy Optimus. Especially with all the extra detailing, greebles, heavy die-cast use and the rubber tires.
@@tcogproductions MP-10 is the middle road between the two aesthetically. It nudged much closer to the cartoon accuracy wise, but did not ditch the extra bit and greebles for the sake of the super clean animation look.
@@therealthirst8099 Maybe MP-10 could be called the “ultimate playable collector representation?” Of the three MP-10 seems the least intimidating to handle for how expensive Masterpieces can be. Lol.
I'd say mp44 is the (officially) ultimate toon optimu, mp10 is the ultimate modern age Optimus and mp01/04 is just the ultimate Optimus, it carries the spirit of the character and the g1 like no other
@@jonathandelgado3755 Definately. Also MP-10 has been repainted and rereleased many times, so it isnt as terribly expensive for your average collector to obtain.
Those actually aren't teeth behind his faceplate. It's the grill of a speaker as depicted in issue #76 of the original Marvel Comics run of the Transformers comic series. The attention to detail of this guy is so amazing that they included the speaker as a mouth even though nobody will ever see it unless they actually break the toy. The speaker for a mouth look is really unsettling and inhuman which is kinda cool. It really set him apart as alien from us as humans. I've always hated the modern depiction of Prime with a mouth underneath his face plate.
7:22 a side note, it is said that the second editions (including the mp-4 that comes with the trailer) tend to have their legs popped out at the crutch. Not sure if it's true on every copy but definitely sth to consider.
Yes, I love this one, too. I remember when he first came out, it wasn't long before he was on the closeout shelf at every major retailer here in the States. I bought three of them for $20 each back then: two for gifts and one for myself. I really love him to this day. Like you, I can't find my accessories. My lights still work, though. Check the battery box if you haven't already; it might be corroded.
Bought mine on clearance as well. Great investment, and really helped get me excited again for collectable toys. Wish I'd have grabbed more like you did, but I didn't have much extra cash back then.
Imo, this piece is absolutely worth it on its own, nobody cares if it's an MP or not but as an Optimus Prime figure, this thing aged way better than a lot of today's figures.
My buddy got me the 20th anniversary version of this guy. He's on the top shelf of my collection. This thing is built like a truck. Next to him I have my MP-36 Dynastron/Megatron.
his proportions are Very cartoon accurate, and Very close to 44, Mp10 is more modern with longer arms and smaller legs, and we've gotten used to it so much, but Mp 01 is more accurate somehow
This Bot got me back into collecting, it looks a little less elegant than it did all those years ago (we have had almost 20 years of Prime's since) but it's still a proud and noble part of the collection.
I have the 20th Anniversary version, I bought it in 2013 as my first MP. It was on eBay under the title “Transforming Robot” and had some dark pictures, thanks to that I got it for £25. I fixed the left leg (spring had become dislodged), fixed the chest so that the door closed and upgraded the smoke stacks for the longer versions and of course the faults weren’t mentioned on eBay. I still have this MP :) the wife loves him and would make me transform him and leave him on my bedside cabinet when I would deploy.
Ok yeah he creaks when you move him, but in Prime's defence he's 4 million years old, you'd creak too Also, MY GOD those pistons are beautiful (and the LEG VENTS!). If they can ever figure out how to do that on a mainline budget, I'll buy ten of them
He's a great figure. Got mine back when they first came out. One of the panels on the back has split and comes off on mine but it'll sit where it's supposed to in both modes. Definitely a figure collectors should grab cos it's a piece of Transformers history.
I broke my hasbro release (the leg collapse mechanism WILL break if you drop him) years ago but this mold pretty much solidified what the gold standard was at the time.
My favorite Optimus prime figure ever, I'm in love with this thing since I was 4 years old and to this day I'm still trying to get an mp04 without paying my kidney to the black market
I remember the anticipation when this guy was to be released. I made multiple trips to Toys R Us hoping to pick him up. Luckily I did eventually get one. I still have him. He's still on my shelf, never been opened.
I actually got my MP-01 (the same deco and the same creakiness) down to compare when the LEGO Optimus Prime was released. I also was able to change the battery in the Matrix box.
When this was first coming out, I started a thread on a TF message board asking, "Who would you like to see for the second masterpiece?" I got BLASTED!!! "There will never be another masterpiece!!!" "Don't even talk about it because it will never happen!!!" Not only do we have numerous other masterpieces, we are now on our third Optimus! I wish I could find that thread...
The eyes are supposed to light up as well. It's the same button that lights the Matrix, so since you said that light's broken, so are the eyes. I got mine in 2003, long before they made it an MP or made the trailer. It's one of my favorite things so of course my brother broke it when he came up so we could go see the movie together and when he left in the morning he was visibly drunk at 8am and dropped it. So no lights for me either. No, Starscream never made sense. At first I thought "well, there was that one fake" but that WAS Starscream wearing the disguise. Though I guess talking to himself isn't wildly out of the question. I never had a problem with the proportions but when I got him, he took so long to actually GET and since it was 2003, I wasn't really spoiled for options like we are now so that's obviously colored my opinion. And yeah, he is HEAVY. I still have the box and all the accessories and transforming him isn't troublesome at all. The only bit that ever gives me any trouble are those front tires that fold up into his chest. Still ratchets satisfyingly after almost twenty not entirely pristine years. What I did was pair him up with Alternators Jazz and Wheeljack and that made for a mostly suitable display in terms of scale.
First thing I did with my MP01 was to swap the smokestacks for 3rd party ones which made a big difference. I still love the bot mode but just don't get me started on the "Truck" mode 😔
I got the Last Shot way before MP-10 was released. And even today, I just love how imposing and MASSIVE this guy is. His only fatal flaw: ball joint ankles. Seriously?
There's a downscaled normal mp sized version of mp 01 made by igear and it comes in various decos (g1 optimus, magnus,nemisis, shattered glass) it also comes with some alternate heads
This was my first MP toy and so far my last cause I'm a budget collector. I got mine at a yard sale in 2015 I think for 20 bucks and loved it so much until the clip that holds the legs snapped on me sadly :'( but it was a fun toy when it was working right and I didn't even have any of the weapons with it. It's a good toy for adults no matter what anyone says
Got that fig I moved it recently for dusting my transformers and I was surprised how heavy he was. I remember back then in 2003 I went to toys R Us to make a store to store Transfer I never got diseapointed I still like it I don’t have many MP but it fit well in my collection
i don't understand how a robot can be disproportioned, especially when the modern ones are even more disproportioned than this since 2003 we had a billion of optimus redesigns with different proportions and people said that THOSE were good if the new ones are good being that shitty imagine the really sturdy ones from 20 years ago could be i'd say for being a 20 year old figure he kicks asses
My dad has this figure, and got the upgrade kit for the smoke stacks, he also has the trailer, and it's awesome, so if you find the trailer for a decent price get it
This is a very cool version of Optimus, I'm about 50 years old now and I had a collection of the original Hasbro G1 toys that where played with I don't have them any more but I got them in the early 80's when they was new
There's an absurdly rare variant of MP01 at my local comic shop that's for sale for over a grand. It's the Sleep Convoy version, it comes with his trailer and iirc has movie accurate damage.
Still my favorite and first mp. This figure set the standard and showed how the engineering had progressed. And they've only improved and influenced what takara hasbro and 3rd party makers are currently doing now.
This is the 20th anniversary one. I think it was a TRU exclusive. Walmart had the one without battle damage, but an orangey red color. Mp-1 was Takara, and had no battle damage, and longer stacks. I love this Prime so much. Heavy and fun to pick up
I had mine shipped directly to the comic shop I had at the time and saw it at Target not long after (for of course less than I paid, which was at cost, so I think about $100. Specialty stores always get screwed).
I have MP 01 figure without the battle damage. I got the Japanese first run minus the trailer. The smoke stacks were replaceable with metal casted ones when it came out. The balancing / standing can be a pain but it had some great possibility. It was scaled in line with the Altenators line. The original box was also a fold out trailer. The original Takara MP01 is still one of my favourite versions. Bit retro by todays standards but it has alot of great details
I was absolutely and instantly OBSESSED with MP-01 when it first came out , I had never seen anything as big and as cool or like it at ALL. I finally got one of the US releases with the talking base and DVD I think but anyway.. so obsessed to the point that I bought the 3rd party longer smoke stacks to make it look right . But you said lol , the PISTONS, those bloody pistons I thought was the coolest thing I had ever seen. Still a great figure just for the die cast. But I do like where they took the MP line in recent years. REEEEEAAALLLY want MPG super Ginrai now but lol oh well
I won a used MP-01 at auction on eBay without any accessories. It definitely has a presence when posed correctly. Looks kinda goofy in a lot of poses, but his heftiness is worth the amount I paid. It looks a lot better in person, imo. All his joints have held up pretty well, considering how old this model is.
I have the original takara release with long stacks and no battle damage. The box insert could even be folded into a cheap trailer, but thats certainly no replacement for the mp04 trailer.
Still blows my mind that for the scale, dicast, and everything else this one came included with it was about 110 Canadian back in the day after taxes, Felt about right when I nabbed one at TRU back in the day. As scary as the leg joints feel connecting to the mid section I am truly astonished they haven't broken let alone any of the other appendages given how long I've had this on display. Ironically the only thing to ever break on mine is also the Megatron gun. the rubbery section pinned in the rear. Only complaint I've ever had is the snub smokestacks.
i had one of these as a kid & i loved it. my dad smashed it with a hammer when he got pissed off once so i don't have it anymore :( rip optimus u made my childhood special
I actuallly got one of these myself sans-accessories today, and its quite an impressive figure from so long ago, idk which one came witch a base that made optimus prime quotes, but thats the one i have today, the hydraulics in the toy are still functional and a joy to see, i miss thia kinda toy, even if it isnt popular, and 60 bucks made it oh so worth it
This toy feels different and more durable because the design lead was taken by Hasbro, so it had to be "kid-friendly" even if it was expensive. This is the Hasbro deco, which to my recollection was released almost concurrently with the Japanese Masterpiece version in late 2003. Early production runs of the Hasbro version had the same grey rifle as the Japanese one, but was quickly changed to a black rifle.
Despite being very cool on many ways, it's clear to me that whoever was in charge of choosing materials and whoever was in charge of engineering, didn't meet one another.. cause my figure, which i barely transform and main sits on a shelf suffered the expected issues that come from having most of the lower legs being heavy die-cast metal( as well as few upper torso parts as well) , the thigh and hips being light weight plastic and having the knee pistons.. my figure can no longer stand up properly due to how loose the hips and knees are .. the lower legs are just too heavy on the joints.. i might try and take the legs apart and see if i can tighten things but i shouldn't have to
I got the anniversary edition. I actually put it together from just a head piece. Took me a few years put I managed to put it full together and get its original box and some weapons.
I never had this version but I did have the white Magnus version and I remember really loving it at the time (also it has the longer smoke stacks). I believe I got it in 2007 or 8, when the MP line still felt pretty new. It still looks pretty nice, but the proportions are a bit off, and I wish the ab grill was angled. Still seems like a solid toy.
“It’s from 2003 which honestly isn’t that long ago.”
2003 is the midway point between today and the original premier of the Transformers brand in the USA.
That toy is nearly 20 years old.
And yet it still looks freaking mint. That’s an impressive build quality.
Yeah my thoughts exactly on the whole “2003 which honestly isn’t that long ago”. Nearly 20 years is long ago.
@DropkicktheDecepticon I was 3, and it was the last year for TF Armada. Sometimes I wish I was born sooner because I definitely would’ve had toys from the UT
That toy is literally as old as I am. I'm a 03 kid.
@@SonicHedgehog1991
Same
Honestly 20 years is not that long for people that watched the original run of g1.
I had the same employer as i do now
I am Optimus Prime and I approve of this video
Lol
Where is Jazz
@@BB64_ sorry to break this to you, but Megatron wanted 2 pieces...
@@BB64_ died after Optimus played Batman with him
@@tcogproductions :[
Fun Fact: MPM-01 Prime was built to scale with the Transformers: Alternators toyline (a very cool and interesting toyline, I suggest you check them out)
I would love to see that line rebooted with modern technology...
@@hthrun Same, honestly. Though we'd probably end up with a scaled-up Earthrise Bumblebee as the first figure...
I had a few of them. Wheeljack was a very cool Mustang. Intricate transformation, best alt modes ever and very good robot modes.
I had an Alternity Ultra Magnus too, shame that line never left Japan
I love the line shock wave was in my opinion the best managing to cram in a good robot mode into a almost perfect car mode
@@n_ex13 He was a retool of Jazz, right? I agree, that mold was my favorite Alternator.
tbh i miss when masterpiece was about "what if the OG transformers were realistic" instead of the cartoon accuracy"
Agreed
I think both are good ideas
IF THEY WERE THOUGHT OUT BETTER
Nah Sunstreaker is sick
@@Toon_Lucario Badcube made a great Sunstreaker version. Yet, I do here that Sunstreaker is the best MP Transformer ever made. He is my favorite of the Autobot cars...
Got the MP04 version in about 2005 and it has been the pride of my collection ever since. It is out of scale to other figures, heavy and kind of awkward to pose due to the diecast, but it is the most important figure of the modern era, with amazing details and a figure any G1 fan should try and get if the opportunity presents.
This guy was my first and only Masterpiece. I got the 20th Anniversary edition from Toys R Us I think. He came with an electronic display base that played voice clips. To this day it’s my favorite Optimus Prime figure. Although MP-10 came out only a couple of years later, still prefer this guy.
You got the DVD version that came out in 06 for the 20th anniversary of the movie, the one in this video is from 04 for the 20th Anniversary of the show
He's my first Masterpiece and I went straight to Toys-R-Us and I think I paid like $60 - $80 for him. I've since upgraded to MP-10 and even bought the Magic Square Light of Peace version, which looks amazing in robot mode. Vehicle mode, I'm not in love with the headlights but other than that, he's probably the most accurate Optimus Prime as far as G1 is concerned.
In my opinion it's aged a lot better than a lot of the other early MPs. MP-3 and especially MP-5 are downright hard to look at nowadays. MP-1 definitely feels dated among the other more recent MPs and 3P figures, but taken on its own it's still a pretty cool representation of Optimus.
MP-03 you can see why as they wanted a realistic looking plane & the robot mode suffered. MP-05, I have no idea what happened but I'm glad he got an upgrade. I got MP-01 and thought it was amazing and back then, I collected Transformers but never transformed any of them. I would only display them. So, my MP-01 and MP-03 still have never been transformed. MP-10, I've transformed once but I never removed the trailer so that's still in the box brands new. My favorite Optimus Prime is actually the Michael Bay MPM-12 and that one I've transformed several times.
@@saysoun752 MP-05 was a mess in several respects. It was apparently designed in a single weekend, and it also had probably the hardest job of any MP up to that point. Of course it was going to go horribly wrong.
@@misterbadguy7325 I never got MP-5 as I hated the way he looked. I went with the KO version of the upgrade and that's good enough for me as the original Takara Tomy is out of my budget. I always try to get the original but, if they go way up in price and the KO is just as good, I'm getting the KO. With that said, I've only bought 4 KOs compared to the many originals. Now, when it comes to third party Transformers, I've only just begun as some of them are freaking way nicer than anything Takara Tomy has put out. I just bought the NewAge Skyfire and he's ridiculously nice but freaking small. Hopefully the Masterpiece version will do him justice as I have him on pre-order. Since Hasbro has yet to release a Masterpiece Jazz, I've also got the Fans Toys version pre-ordered.
I actually really like the mp-03 starscream. as someone who doesnt collect a ton of transformers he looks nice on a shelf with just the mp-01 next to him.
4:31 started to laugh so hard imagining by the sounds, old rusty optimus getting up after a tf movies marathon
I remember seeing a "clean" version of it back in 2004 with my Dad at my local Wal-Mart. I was 3 or 4 at the time and it's one of those weird, early childhood memories I still have with me to this day. They were selling it for $54.99, which is another thing I clearly remember too.
I remember when this came out. Advertised as "The toy you waited 20 years for"
And I wanted it SO BAD
In a lot of ways, this first Masterpiece might as well be the ONLY Masterpiece - it was designed with the specific intention of celebrating the 20th Anniversary of TransFormers, alongside the beginnings of Binaltech/Alternators, long before 'Masterpiece' became just another toyline (albeit with massively inflated prices to cover the OTT transformation engineering). MP01's transformation is relatively simple and very true to the G1 toy. It's a Masterpiece because of the embellishments - vehicle mode suspension with rubber tyres, the LED feature for the Matrix, the pistons on the joints, the moving vents on the shins, the moving faceplate, all that delicious chrome... and, of course, the die-cast metal.
MP01 happened at precisely the moment I rediscovered TransFormers, and had a decent amount of disposable income, so it's the main reason I got back into collecting TransFormers. To me, it's the best Masterpiece, looks better than MP10 and, aside from the absence of trailer on the original release (I don't count the cardboard thing that came with Takara's glorious battle-damage-free version), it's still one of the best reimaginings of G1 Optimus Prime, before this need to cartoonify everything took over the Masterpiece line.
That's why MP-10 is my favorite. He's looks great in both robot and truck mode. However, you can still tell he's a truck, unlike some of these newer Masterpieces that want everything to look like the cartoon when even the cartoon themselves changed from week to week if not in the very same episode.
I still absolutely LOVE this guy, better figure than 44 to me, best update possible of the g 1 toy in look and feel. And with longer smokestacks like the takara release it looks even better in both modes, makes the truck look Very good even. Added some to mine using painted straws lol
I was lucky and found longer smokestacks on e-bay.
I picked up a sealed MP-4 (the one with the trailer) a little while back for $150, and I got it signed by Peter cullen AND Aaron archer at TFCon, one of my favorite collection pieces right there
That's awesome!
Ohhh the nostalgia! I bought the Takara version around Christmas 2003 in a Toys'R Us near Osaka, I was an exchange student from Peru. Actually, this figure and the Binaltechs were the ones that reignited the TF fandom in me and kickstarted my collection in earnest!
Sadly my MP01 suffered a broken hip in my suitcase while returning to my country, but he can stand just fine. I've never tried to glue that part back though.
19 years later and my Mp 01 is still going strong on my shelf.
If MP44 is the ultimate representation of toon Optimus, MP01 is like the ultimate representation of G1 toy Optimus. Especially with all the extra detailing, greebles, heavy die-cast use and the rubber tires.
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@@tcogproductions MP-10 is the middle road between the two aesthetically. It nudged much closer to the cartoon accuracy wise, but did not ditch the extra bit and greebles for the sake of the super clean animation look.
@@therealthirst8099 Maybe MP-10 could be called the “ultimate playable collector representation?” Of the three MP-10 seems the least intimidating to handle for how expensive Masterpieces can be. Lol.
I'd say mp44 is the (officially) ultimate toon optimu, mp10 is the ultimate modern age Optimus and mp01/04 is just the ultimate Optimus, it carries the spirit of the character and the g1 like no other
@@jonathandelgado3755 Definately. Also MP-10 has been repainted and rereleased many times, so it isnt as terribly expensive for your average collector to obtain.
Those actually aren't teeth behind his faceplate. It's the grill of a speaker as depicted in issue #76 of the original Marvel Comics run of the Transformers comic series.
The attention to detail of this guy is so amazing that they included the speaker as a mouth even though nobody will ever see it unless they actually break the toy.
The speaker for a mouth look is really unsettling and inhuman which is kinda cool. It really set him apart as alien from us as humans. I've always hated the modern depiction of Prime with a mouth underneath his face plate.
7:22 a side note, it is said that the second editions (including the mp-4 that comes with the trailer) tend to have their legs popped out at the crutch. Not sure if it's true on every copy but definitely sth to consider.
Yes, I love this one, too. I remember when he first came out, it wasn't long before he was on the closeout shelf at every major retailer here in the States. I bought three of them for $20 each back then: two for gifts and one for myself. I really love him to this day. Like you, I can't find my accessories. My lights still work, though. Check the battery box if you haven't already; it might be corroded.
Bought mine on clearance as well. Great investment, and really helped get me excited again for collectable toys.
Wish I'd have grabbed more like you did, but I didn't have much extra cash back then.
Dude ... I bought that when it was new, still have the box. It's so cool to own. I got it for $50 back in the day.
Imo, this piece is absolutely worth it on its own, nobody cares if it's an MP or not but as an Optimus Prime figure, this thing aged way better than a lot of today's figures.
My buddy got me the 20th anniversary version of this guy. He's on the top shelf of my collection. This thing is built like a truck. Next to him I have my MP-36 Dynastron/Megatron.
2:32 I wish all Optimus prime toys have that thing and this too 3:24
I remember getting this for Christmas years ago I loved it.
Got my Original MP01 NEW and it was the With Trailer Edition. Was about 450AUD I believe. Was so long ago and still looking brand new.
his proportions are Very cartoon accurate, and Very close to 44, Mp10 is more modern with longer arms and smaller legs, and we've gotten used to it so much, but Mp 01 is more accurate somehow
I never really liked MP-10, and I could never really figure out why. But I think you nailed it, those proportions man 😂
This Bot got me back into collecting, it looks a little less elegant than it did all those years ago (we have had almost 20 years of Prime's since) but it's still a proud and noble part of the collection.
I have the 20th Anniversary version, I bought it in 2013 as my first MP. It was on eBay under the title “Transforming Robot” and had some dark pictures, thanks to that I got it for £25.
I fixed the left leg (spring had become dislodged), fixed the chest so that the door closed and upgraded the smoke stacks for the longer versions and of course the faults weren’t mentioned on eBay.
I still have this MP :) the wife loves him and would make me transform him and leave him on my bedside cabinet when I would deploy.
Ok yeah he creaks when you move him, but in Prime's defence he's 4 million years old, you'd creak too
Also, MY GOD those pistons are beautiful (and the LEG VENTS!). If they can ever figure out how to do that on a mainline budget, I'll buy ten of them
I just love how they merge realism and the g1 designs in older masterpiece figures. Wish they did that more. 10/10! 7/10 for the vehicle mode
Those pistons are amazing
2:40 DIDNT KNOW I COULD DO THAT WHAAAT
The knee joints on mine are loose (and I think I have the exact same battle damaged version as you)
The moving faceplate and pistons are thumbs up for me
4:30 to 5:30 is one whole minute of some of the best asmr I've ever heard.
He's a great figure. Got mine back when they first came out. One of the panels on the back has split and comes off on mine but it'll sit where it's supposed to in both modes. Definitely a figure collectors should grab cos it's a piece of Transformers history.
I am primus I approve this.
It was perfect… perfect down to the last my new details.
I broke my hasbro release (the leg collapse mechanism WILL break if you drop him) years ago but this mold pretty much solidified what the gold standard was at the time.
mp 01 has to be one of my favorite Optimus prime figures.
My favorite Optimus prime figure ever, I'm in love with this thing since I was 4 years old and to this day I'm still trying to get an mp04 without paying my kidney to the black market
How about this price, 75 US dollars used and with accessories AND with a working LED, also that deco seems to be the most common
I have a ko of this before it have grey an blue hand but have everything include die cast and light for the matrix i was really good !!!
2003 was 21 years ago.
Dear God.
Man I love going back and rewatching that toy guy videos
4:52, me trying to quietly open my chips bag at 2 AM
I remember the anticipation when this guy was to be released. I made multiple trips to Toys R Us hoping to pick him up. Luckily I did eventually get one. I still have him. He's still on my shelf, never been opened.
I have the E-Hobby Black Convoy version of this. One of my all time favorites. Such a solid chunk of metal.
I actually got my MP-01 (the same deco and the same creakiness) down to compare when the LEGO Optimus Prime was released. I also was able to change the battery in the Matrix box.
Isn't this the figure seen in robot chicken?
Congratulations on getting it to stand up. Whoever decided to make the ankles ball joints was insane.
When this was first coming out, I started a thread on a TF message board asking, "Who would you like to see for the second masterpiece?" I got BLASTED!!! "There will never be another masterpiece!!!" "Don't even talk about it because it will never happen!!!"
Not only do we have numerous other masterpieces, we are now on our third Optimus! I wish I could find that thread...
The eyes are supposed to light up as well. It's the same button that lights the Matrix, so since you said that light's broken, so are the eyes. I got mine in 2003, long before they made it an MP or made the trailer. It's one of my favorite things so of course my brother broke it when he came up so we could go see the movie together and when he left in the morning he was visibly drunk at 8am and dropped it. So no lights for me either. No, Starscream never made sense. At first I thought "well, there was that one fake" but that WAS Starscream wearing the disguise. Though I guess talking to himself isn't wildly out of the question. I never had a problem with the proportions but when I got him, he took so long to actually GET and since it was 2003, I wasn't really spoiled for options like we are now so that's obviously colored my opinion. And yeah, he is HEAVY. I still have the box and all the accessories and transforming him isn't troublesome at all. The only bit that ever gives me any trouble are those front tires that fold up into his chest. Still ratchets satisfyingly after almost twenty not entirely pristine years.
What I did was pair him up with Alternators Jazz and Wheeljack and that made for a mostly suitable display in terms of scale.
Sucks yours got broken. I think you are misremembering the eyes lighting up.
The original Takara version and Ultra Magnus both had cardboard trailers that you could unfold.
First thing I did with my MP01 was to swap the smokestacks for 3rd party ones which made a big difference. I still love the bot mode but just don't get me started on the "Truck" mode 😔
This one's a gem among MPs.
I got the Last Shot way before MP-10 was released. And even today, I just love how imposing and MASSIVE this guy is.
His only fatal flaw: ball joint ankles. Seriously?
There's a downscaled normal mp sized version of mp 01 made by igear and it comes in various decos (g1 optimus, magnus,nemisis, shattered glass) it also comes with some alternate heads
It honestly blew me away that it transformed. Amazing looking Prime
I still have this factory sealed
This was my first MP toy and so far my last cause I'm a budget collector. I got mine at a yard sale in 2015 I think for 20 bucks and loved it so much until the clip that holds the legs snapped on me sadly :'( but it was a fun toy when it was working right and I didn't even have any of the weapons with it. It's a good toy for adults no matter what anyone says
Have had this for so long and he still holds such a presence. He wasnt even that expensive ar the time.
Got that fig I moved it recently for dusting my transformers and I was surprised how heavy he was.
I remember back then in 2003 I went to toys R Us to make a store to store Transfer
I never got diseapointed I still like it
I don’t have many MP but it fit well in my collection
i don't understand how a robot can be disproportioned, especially when the modern ones are even more disproportioned than this since 2003 we had a billion of optimus redesigns with different proportions and people said that THOSE were good
if the new ones are good being that shitty imagine the really sturdy ones from 20 years ago could be
i'd say for being a 20 year old figure he kicks asses
My dad has this figure, and got the upgrade kit for the smoke stacks, he also has the trailer, and it's awesome, so if you find the trailer for a decent price get it
i remeber having this as a kid in the early 2000s and man was it a lot of fun
I found this guy at a flea market a year ago for 40 bucks, and I managed to find all the accessories thanks to ebay and reddit
This is a very cool version of Optimus, I'm about 50 years old now and I had a collection of the original Hasbro G1 toys that where played with I don't have them any more but I got them in the early 80's when they was new
The short of it is that he is still a fun figure find one at a good price snag it
There's an absurdly rare variant of MP01 at my local comic shop that's for sale for over a grand. It's the Sleep Convoy version, it comes with his trailer and iirc has movie accurate damage.
Still my favorite and first mp. This figure set the standard and showed how the engineering had progressed. And they've only improved and influenced what takara hasbro and 3rd party makers are currently doing now.
2003 is almost 20 years ago so this figure is almost ancient
He was released in 2004.
This is the 20th anniversary one. I think it was a TRU exclusive. Walmart had the one without battle damage, but an orangey red color. Mp-1 was Takara, and had no battle damage, and longer stacks. I love this Prime so much. Heavy and fun to pick up
I had mine shipped directly to the comic shop I had at the time and saw it at Target not long after (for of course less than I paid, which was at cost, so I think about $100. Specialty stores always get screwed).
Walmart had this one too. I bought mine on clearance at Walmart for like $20 back in the day.
Crunchy Prime. I have an MP-04 in the box and the non-movie deco for display and play.
I have MP 01 figure without the battle damage. I got the Japanese first run minus the trailer. The smoke stacks were replaceable with metal casted ones when it came out. The balancing / standing can be a pain but it had some great possibility. It was scaled in line with the Altenators line. The original box was also a fold out trailer. The original Takara MP01 is still one of my favourite versions. Bit retro by todays standards but it has alot of great details
Honestly it's still one of my faves.
It's an Adult scaled and cartoon accurate G1 Prime.
I was absolutely and instantly OBSESSED with MP-01 when it first came out , I had never seen anything as big and as cool or like it at ALL. I finally got one of the US releases with the talking base and DVD I think but anyway.. so obsessed to the point that I bought the 3rd party longer smoke stacks to make it look right . But you said lol , the PISTONS, those bloody pistons I thought was the coolest thing I had ever seen. Still a great figure just for the die cast. But I do like where they took the MP line in recent years. REEEEEAAALLLY want MPG super Ginrai now but lol oh well
5:00 thought about doing an ASMR vid on transforming and messing around with his joints?
I won a used MP-01 at auction on eBay without any accessories. It definitely has a presence when posed correctly. Looks kinda goofy in a lot of poses, but his heftiness is worth the amount I paid. It looks a lot better in person, imo. All his joints have held up pretty well, considering how old this model is.
I have the original takara release with long stacks and no battle damage. The box insert could even be folded into a cheap trailer, but thats certainly no replacement for the mp04 trailer.
I have the MP-01 that Hasbro released for the 20th anniversary edition of the 86 movie. That one's communicators have Grimlock and Megatron.
The knee broke on my 20th Anniversary release of this guy several days after I bought it in 2009. The Megatron gun also had its stock break. :(
hey can you eat you’re chips more quietly please?
Guy eating family sized chips 5:00
Still blows my mind that for the scale, dicast, and everything else this one came included with it was about 110 Canadian back in the day after taxes, Felt about right when I nabbed one at TRU back in the day. As scary as the leg joints feel connecting to the mid section I am truly astonished they haven't broken let alone any of the other appendages given how long I've had this on display. Ironically the only thing to ever break on mine is also the Megatron gun. the rubbery section pinned in the rear. Only complaint I've ever had is the snub smokestacks.
This figure was way better than masterpiece megatron v1 that was the first mp I got and it was rough
i had one of these as a kid & i loved it. my dad smashed it with a hammer when he got pissed off once so i don't have it anymore :( rip optimus u made my childhood special
I was checking ebay one day and felll on one for 50 quid.
This turned into an Asmr video really quick once he went over all of the joint cranking.
5:04
He sounds like pop rocks going off holy shit
I actuallly got one of these myself sans-accessories today, and its quite an impressive figure from so long ago, idk which one came witch a base that made optimus prime quotes, but thats the one i have today, the hydraulics in the toy are still functional and a joy to see, i miss thia kinda toy, even if it isnt popular, and 60 bucks made it oh so worth it
His proportions make him look like Kid Optimus. Still one of the most important figures of all time though.
This guy is special to me. I have 2, one still MIB and one that I took out.
This toy feels different and more durable because the design lead was taken by Hasbro, so it had to be "kid-friendly" even if it was expensive.
This is the Hasbro deco, which to my recollection was released almost concurrently with the Japanese Masterpiece version in late 2003. Early production runs of the Hasbro version had the same grey rifle as the Japanese one, but was quickly changed to a black rifle.
DOGGOOOOOO!!! I’m glad doggo is making more cameo appearances
My dad gave me this toy when I was 5 I remember playing with it good memories
Despite being very cool on many ways, it's clear to me that whoever was in charge of choosing materials and whoever was in charge of engineering, didn't meet one another.. cause my figure, which i barely transform and main sits on a shelf suffered the expected issues that come from having most of the lower legs being heavy die-cast metal( as well as few upper torso parts as well) , the thigh and hips being light weight plastic and having the knee pistons.. my figure can no longer stand up properly due to how loose the hips and knees are .. the lower legs are just too heavy on the joints.. i might try and take the legs apart and see if i can tighten things but i shouldn't have to
the Battle Damage is unique to the Hasbro release of MP-01 which was released for the 20th anniversary back in 2004
As your resident gundam fan I love love the pistons
I got the anniversary edition. I actually put it together from just a head piece. Took me a few years put I managed to put it full together and get its original box and some weapons.
The best part of these ‘old’ MPs Imo are there is no fake transformation part for the alt mode .
the articulation sounds like me getting up in the morning
Honestly? It's pretty great, I like how the joints have pistons and try to make it more than simple ratchet joints
I never had this version but I did have the white Magnus version and I remember really loving it at the time (also it has the longer smoke stacks). I believe I got it in 2007 or 8, when the MP line still felt pretty new. It still looks pretty nice, but the proportions are a bit off, and I wish the ab grill was angled. Still seems like a solid toy.
That grill just hurts to look at