New Year Special Convoy

Part of the 15th anniversary G1 Optimus Prime reissue by Takara...

Unboxing...

Back of box clearly indicates contents...

...so let's check if everything's in order...

(left : Autobot insignia sticker sheet, right : instruction manual and biocard)

 

(left : mousepad, right : roller and 2 blasters)

(left : roller and bag of wheels, missiles and fists, right : Matrix of Leadership accessory and removable chain)

Action Master Optimus Prime figure

(top : "bloated fist" blaster, bottom : Megatron in gun form)

Hmmm... I don't recall Megatron being part of the contents...probably the previous seller accidentally left this piece in the box...

Anyhow, if the "Goodbye Convoy" is beyond reach, no worries...this Optimus Prime features the exact, same blue tinted windows, like those from "Goodbye Convoy"...

notice the blue tinted windows?

comes with a rubsign - indication of later releases

underneath the trailer - Made in China unlike my previous Made in Japan trailers...

Action Master OP : "howdy, G1 OP"

"I'm the king of the world!"

In case, you missed these other G1 posts, for a quick recap...just click :

1. 15th anniversary Optimus Prime collection
2. holy grail still eludes me, so this is probably the closest...pre-rub "Bloated Fist" G1 OP
3. before there was Hasbro...there was...Milton Bradley
4. red shoes diaries...yah, you wish...

Transformers Collector's Edition Monopoly

A war that began in Cybertron, continued on Earth and has now spilled over to a board game...

Behold...the Transformers Collector's Edition Monopoly...where you get to choose fighting for the Autobots or the Decepticons...

Transformers character tokens instead of the standard tokens (eg. house, shoe...)

Autobots and Decepticons cards replacing the Community Chest and Chance cards respectively...

Card decoder included to decipher the directives on the cards...

No more houses or hotels...they are now energon cubes and anti-matter...

but sadly, they still resemble houses and hotels :P

  Money features Transformers characters...

 ...and their Tech Specs mottos...

  ...all denominations (1,5,10,20,50,100 and 200) similar to classic Monopoly set...

Optimus Prime : "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings"

This 2007 version comes with pewter tokens of Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, Jazz, Starscream and Soundwave...

Fight for peace with the Autobots or fight to control the universe with the Decepticons...

Anyone game for Monopoly now?

most important board piece...very G1...

All standard games squares have been replaced with those from the Transformers universe...such as Iacon, The Ark, Vector Sigma etc...

The four corners (Go, Jail, Free Parking, Go to Jail) remain unchanged...

As the game rules remain the same, victory occurs in the same classic manner ie. whoever is left when all other players have gone bankrupt, wins the game!

Let's play on...or in the words of Optimus Prime...transform and roll out!