Pretty sure I’m about to get flooded with comments years later saying the 86 Optimus Prime crushes this one. So I’ll just say this for the record: at TWICE the price, I sure freaking hope it does lol. I’m not sure what world we’re living in where a new doubly expensive version of a cool character suddenly makes the slightly older fantastic one considered “garbage”. Earthrise Optimus still gets most of it right, and even a few things I prefer over the commander. He’s also getting reissued, and I know plenty of people who can’t afford a $100 figure, so this one will be killer for you. Until the new version actually comes out and I try him for myself, nothing has changed for this years-old list, and even if it does that won’t change how freaking great this figure is. THAT’S how good the WFC trilogy was 🔥

Wait till bro sees ss86 prime leak

Earthrise Optimus Prime is atleast top five best mainline Optimus figures ever

“I do not want you going to that drive-in theater anymore” - ROTB Optimus prime

Earthrise prime is one of the few I’d call a mini masterpiece

He was my re-introduction to collection

You wanted to hate him but you fell in love with him.

Got the matrix of leadership in the chest! That alone is awesome

"Earthrise is the greatest CHUG toy line" *siege, kingdom, and legacy say hi*

Man I'd love to find this somewhere and buy it without selling my kidneys

Earthrise is definitely a great line if all you want is G1. I feel like the past 6 years have had many good lines, between Studio Series and its sublines, War for Cybertron, then Legacy, we've had many great figures. I'm just excited to see what Studio Series 86 has in store for Optimus and Megatron.

I love it when you find that transformer that just fits in your hand so well n smooth and when you just understand how to transform it but its not too easy on that one bit lol and then you look at his face sculpt and just get captivated in those blank eyes and your imagination pictures them lighting up and hearing their voice you totally try to mimick when your alone lmaooo its the best feeling ever honestly

This was actually my first transformers figure, I became a fan during Covid so I watched siege and started to fall in love with the show

I still feel like Earthrise is gonna be the only instance of Cliffjumper being retooled into Bumblebee instead of the opposite.

Get yourself the incredible MAS-01 Optimus Prime figure. "Fall in love" doesn't begin to describe it.

*transformers legacy joins the fight*

The entire WFC and adjacent lines (Studio Series '86, Netflix exclusives, Legacy) have been top-notch and are the best collection of G1 Transformers EVER! I was an MP/3P type of collector. Once these came out, I decided to switch to the CHUG line and couldn't be happier. Also helps that they take up less shelf space, and are all in decent sclae with one another. I am just a couple figures away from recreating the 1986 movie. I am also glad they made characters from the expanded G1 Universe like Beast Wars, and the Japanese continuity. For as nice as the higher end TFs are... the recent CHUGs work better as a collection. This Prime figure is an example of what the classics line should have been.

Bruh the"you can't handle the truth"quote, if you know you know

I bought the Kingdom release of this figure. My biggest complaint about him is that the hinge on his gun is very loose. Other that that, he's an amazing figure

Nice ROTB reference

So thats from where that line comes from

The earthrise Transformers were my favourite because their skin felt like actual metal. I managed to get sideswipe and blackarachnia from the trilogy

Legit masterpiece in the mainline, it’s what made me start paying attention to the WFC trilogy. And yeah earthrise was pretty great, but as someone in the UK, it was only great as long as you could find any of it 😂

I LOVE this toy! It’s my favorite siege/earthrise/legacy era toy and it’s built really solid!

It's my all time favorite optimus, just wish the trailer was a bit bigger and I wish it came with roller

I have the Kingdom Takara version of ER Optimus, and I have the Takara Siege Nemesis Prime.

100% agree, I felt the same way about it but after I finally got it I fell in love with it

Absolutely crazy but I feel the same way, why can't Hasbro do this everytime?

Transformers prime is the greatest series of all time earthrise doesn't even compare to the storyline or the comebacks or the jokes or the character development or the action and many other things but also Transformers prime is one of the ogs and it brings back lots of nostalgia so it easily clears just watch it fully all seasons and you will know what I mean

hasbro when their like 40 dollar figure is better than half their 400 dollar ones:

I am willing to bet that Hasbro is making a Comander Optimus Prime closer looking to the MP in a year.

SS86 Optimus prime-*Enters*

There has never been a better time to be a Transformers fan and collector. Seems like we are constantly getting definitive versions of characters from all of Transformers history.

SS86 Optimus: Hold my energon cube!!!

You really can't go wrong with a modern twist to the classic design bro, it's just perfection

A fellow Earthrise enjoyer I see

The more I look at it the more I fell in love to this figures

Until November when studio series 86 optimus prime

Even better is his SG redeco, I just love the purple on it, and SG as a whole

The Shattered Glass repaint of this figure is my favourite turning Optimus Prime into Orinix an evil autobot. He does have flaws tho, he comes with a matrix that doesn’t exist in the Shattered Glass universe and he can link up with the Earthrise trailer which again doesn’t exist in their universe but he’s so awesome.

I sure wish Earthrise Optimus Prime existed when I was a kid, that's for sure. As soon as I seen G1 Optimus Prime with a trailer I always wanted one but the closest I ever got was a MP 04 without a trailer. The matrix was still bad ass and it was nice to hear Optimus Prime ACTUALLY speak with the special bottom on his standing pad. Hell the mouth even moved which was just as cool.

I want that figure so bad because it just looks amazing and I’ve heard really great things about it

I agree. Earthrise, and Legacy, have put out the best versions of G1 characters since G1

It may have its flaws like the legs being too long for certain people, the trailer looking kinda barren and the scars of it being a Siege retool, but it’s still a really neat Prime in my book 👍.

Wait till the studio series 86 Optimus Prime will show up

The commander class version just retired this one

Earthrise Grapple and Wheeljack: “Allow us to introduce ourselves.”

wait till you see ss86 optimus

My favourite Optimus would have to be the Superlink grand convoy. Was one of the best days of my life when I got my hands on it🤣

Hey, Bumblebee quotes that man in ROTB! 😲

Earthrise optimus was the last gift my father ever gave me before he passed away on halloween later that same year… This figure is the crown jewel in my collection. And for the reason stated above NOTHING will ever change that.

The fact that I bought him a few years ago on Amazon for £44 and my mum accidentally gave threw it away last year, I still cry every time this transformer is mentioned

Earthrise Optimus Prime looks like an updated version of the original G1 version.

Why does every optimus prime i see in this model always have the same legs, like literally it could be an entirely different prime different transformation and different design but it still ends up with the same leg design

Transformers 8 2024 and a new story begins

"I don't want you going to that drive-in theater anymore bumblebee" -Optimus prime

Yes and no, they have fantastic molds! But horrible QC in a lot of them because of COVID.. too sad that a great toyline is hugely dragged down because of the bad QC and distribution. That and the seeker mold, i think that one is kinda disappointing

Being the definitive mainline Prime, this thing has everything it needs to be such. Pretty good, so much so, that I needed this one to replace POTP as my main. However, i do wish one day, theyll use the engineering from Classics Deluxe Prime (Yes, i know about the proportions) utilizing a real grill, and tucking away the fenders as the waist to make a perfect anime accurate Prime.

It’s so good how he gets these toys and collectibles and shows us I love to watch him everyday

You know it's a perfect Optimus Prime when you hear The Touch the moment you look at it.

I have a feeling, now with them doing a ss 86 magnus, i think theyre gonna do an 86 commander class version of this guy, and if that happens, earthrise primes gonna have to take the back seat.

I have this and it’s my one of favorite in my collection and one of the best Optimus Prime figures of recent time

I got a similar mold that didn't get the trailer, but was packed in with two mini figures that turn into an Energon axe and an Energon shield. The windshield is silver instead of blue.

I remember i was collecting a lots of tranformers toys when i was a child and even lego transformers😅

Thank god of got this figure

I bought this back in November 2020, this is my first animated Optimus Prime and still one of my favorite tf in my collection

It's the same for me , this was the first prime I bought in a really long time, probably since the revenge of the fallen leader class prime...now I got a collection of primes lol

Best Hasbro Optimus since the original G1. My only complaint are the wheels on his butt in robot mode.

I only wish they'd reprint this guy because I missed him for both Earthrise and Kingdom. I remmeber seeing Earthrise Prime in a store back in 2019 but couldnt afford him. Nowadays as a working man, the prices he goes for make that even more true. Hopefully some miracle comes along.

I miss my og metal optimus😢

This ones almost perfect aside from the wheels on his back. The Netflix ver. takes it further by having no ugly grey panels on the sides of the calf (it bugs me so much on the standard one)

I agree QC issues aside (thankfully I only had that annoying ass grapple peg problem) it was a sign that combiner wars bullshit of every mold being the EXACT SAME was over

I have that exact optimus prime truck! I just never knew there was a trailer for it.

My only reason for picking him up was my Classics Prime breaking. I was hunting for siege prime and ended up with this mini masterpiece.

One of my favorite to flip modes back and forth. Added a few upgrade pieces , not it's the perfect prime from the mainline

I got on the earthrise line early when a lot of people were hating. They are amazing figures for the most oart

Third party collector here, laughing at Hasbro's tech 😂

Omg I'm so sick and tired of not being able to find the earth rise Optimus

“You can’t handle the truth”. “ I do not want you going into that drive in theater anymore”.

This guy really surprised me too!! I thought genuinely before the WFC trilogy that I would NEVER replace classics prime on my shelf of CHUG. Then this mold comes out with 3 remolds that turn out to be absolute BANGERS!!!! I think my favorite look of them all is the premium finish siege one, but if I ever got my hands on the Netflix earth rise version, that’s definitely up there for me. Great choice my man!

Takra tomy, magic square and other companies: I'm joke to you?

I pre ordered the headquarters set with the beautiful painted prime

He was the first ever Prime I got, I doubt I'll be letting this one go anytime soon

It looks amazing....IF ONLY I CAN AFFORD ONE!!!

The fact this is just as good as mp10 and is a cheaper alternative to mp10 and the third party amazing masterpiece styled figures of optimus, yeah this guy is bang for your buck

They need to repaint this with better trailer accessories for 86 Studio Series

SS86 Commander Optimus is vying for the rop spot on this list. With a little Energon and a lot.of Luck, he will be the Definitive Prime for my collection.

I agree, Earthrise was AWESOME. That cliffjumper was just.. perfect. Optimus is cool too.

In my country, not a single toy or display model came out for the Transformers Netflix show and I was so upset, all that came out was stuff for Earthspark and I really wanted to see if Cog got a figure or Scorponik

He’s is probably my favourite Optimus out of my entire Transformers collection, only nitpicks are the kinda simple transformation, idk why but siege was clever and unique but here it’s just flip flop done, and the absurd price

He's SO good.

I like the beast war ones I started collecting transformers not so long ago amd i gotta say so far I love the details and the way they transform.

Or, as some collectors call him, MP-10 for those of us who are on a budget.

Random Beachcomber cameo

Optimus Prime is one of the fewest good things of the Earthrise line, cus it had many issues

Love the wfc trilogy figures, although Im not a huge fan of its Megatrons its still a solid way of having a G1 collection.

Optimus prime is my favorite toy

I must admit, I was very much the same with this boy, I wasn't gonna get him at all, then I got the netflix release on sale, and yeah, now he's my favourite prime! 😅

There's probably going to be a studio 86 Prime that will put that one to shame. You know there will be.

I admit he is better in hand. They got the concept of how the transformation should work down. Now we just need to be blown away by an SS86 version.