Gold Optimus Prime
Gold Masterpiece Optimus Prime in robot mode, holding his blaster out to one side.

Gold Masterpiece Optimus Prime

In August 2004 Takara held a contest in Japan: buy five specific Transformers toys, send in their points, and you were entered into a draw to win a Gold Masterpiece Optimus Prime. Only ten (or possibly twenty) of these toys were made. Based on the Masterpiece Optimus Prime, which has won many “Toy of the Year” awards, it has become the holy grail of Transformers for many collectors.

I created this site with photos of my Gold Optimus Prime so everyone can see more than the one photo shown in the contest.

All 15 photos

  1. 01Gold Masterpiece Optimus Prime
  2. 02The package from Japan
  3. 03The box
  4. 04Still in the box
  5. 05Robot mode
  6. 06The standard Masterpiece
  7. 07Gold accessories
  8. 08Truck mode
  9. 09The fold-out seat
  10. 10The Matrix of Leadership
  11. 11Flip-up arm panels
  12. 12Blaster in hand
  13. 13Where the gold stops
  14. 14Back in the display case
  15. 15The original 1984 Optimus Prime