Equipped with various weapons and the Matrix of Leadership, Optimus Prime is one of the most powerful characters in the Transformers franchise.

Optimus Prime is one of the most popular and highly rated buildable models in the Lego Icons lineup--for good reason, too.

Case in point its latest kit, a 13.5-inch tall Optimus Prime which actually transforms into a transport truck.

The leader of the Transformers' Autobots is definitely based on a flat-faced cab-over-engine semi-truck. Exactly which one, though, remains a matter of dispute.

It’s actually Optimus who sacrifices himself, after destroying Bumblebee, and donates his own body to rebuild Bumblebee. In short: It’s actually Bumblebee in Optimus Prime’s body.

More video game Transformers-inspired figures are on the way from Hasbro, including another Optimus Prime. In 2015, the game Transformers: Devastation arrived, which features the iconic Autobots ...

The new Transformers Studio Series Optimus Prime stands 6.5" tall, features his design from the video game, and converts into his Cybertronian truck mode in 22 steps.

In the original Arcee lived on the Transformers’ home world of Cybertron, and was a Cybertronian car resembling a futuristic Jaguar D-Type. Freightliner FLA: Optimus Prime ...

But it is his role in “Transformers” as the wise Swiss Army Knife semi-truck-turned-robot Optimus Prime that has earned Cullen the most attention.