Daliy Prime - Powermaster Optimus Prime Goes to Japan

Today's Optimus Prime shot follows on from our previous look at the Takara Transformers Super-God Masterforce C-307 Super Ginrai, with a look at the 1988 Transformers Powermaster Optimus Prime figure. The first all-new figure design for the Autobot Leader not to based on the Diaclone Battle Convoy figure included a third Powermaster mode that combined the cab and trailer into. What it gained in mass, it lost in detailing as the figure had even less articulation and detailing than the original. However, Takara (shown left) managed to improve on the figure with many additions such as the use of die-cast in the cab, clear blue windows, lots more chrome, silver-gray trailer, and slide-out hands on the Powermaster mode.

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