I tried selling this but failed!
PROLOGUE
Photos and details of this project and many others older ones used to be published in mocpages.com (now offline). Now I am slowly migrating them over to my blog here, one project at a time.
ABOUT OPTIMUS PRIME
Optimus Prime is the leader of the Autobots from G1 Transformers cartoon series.
I have made so many version of Optimus Prime that I dedicated a page just to feature them (link below)
ABOUT THIS PROJECT
This project was initiated as an improvement to
version 1 (below) made few months prior in the year 2005.
Note the aesthetic differences between v1 above and v2 below
Roller, prime's wheeled drone can actually tow Prime's trailer in the official toy version as well.
On retrospect... I'm not sure why I did the above. Kinda overengineered just to park the trailer securely.
WITH ROLLER
TRANSFORM!
In version 2, I decided to apply some creative license and make roller transform! Something not canon in the official G1 Transformer toy /cartoon from the 1980s.
No longer grounded, Roller's alternate mode is a winged creature that could fly, obviously
TRIVIA: I TRIED SELLING THIS ON EBAY!
I bought a ton of LEGO parts from bricklink just to make THREE copies of this trailer , including Roller. Then I attempted to sell them on ebay.
There were some enquiries but eventually no transaction took place due to high shipping cost.
I ended up dismantling the other two and sold the bulk of the gray parts to a local buyer.
TRAILER EXPANDED
Grapple arms was extremely ariculated
Roller parked on the platform.
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Cockpit fits one minifigure nicely, as long as their headgear is not too tall !
Performing repairs and diagnostic on Hasbro MP01 Masterpiece Optimus Prime
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