Kre-O X Lego Optimus Prime (Small Scale Version)

During the Christmas break, I redesigned the small scale version Kre-O Optimus Prime. It had been sitting inside the box for years. Recently, I got a new parts from Lego store and it jump-started my new design. It looked like engine exhaust pipe which was the best fit for this long lost project. Usually, Optimus Prime was drawn with a heavy blue legs in 90% of designs. What about a streamline one? Let's try it.

*Please don't ask if I have instruction of this. I started with drawings on paper and then I built it right a way.

It was actually like this back in the old days... See old post here!


I grew up with Japanese robot cartoons like Gundam. Although the Gundam design changed since Z Gundam which had big legs and heavy backpacks. Gundam RX-78-2 was still my Number 1 Gundam. One day I saw "G40 Gundam" in Facebook. Many people said it was ugly but I thought it wasn't a bad idea to redesign something classic.

I redesigned the legs like knight's armor with exhaust pipes




Here is the scale with the large scale version. You can see the old post from here!




The joints movement of the new version was even better than the large scale version!

KRE-O Transformers G1 Small Set of Optimus Prime Rebuild (MOC)

It was not my original design MOC. I saw it in a Facebook account and I tried to build the same thing. I already take this apart. I just left the truck version on shelf.


I don't think you can get this small set anywhere in 2016.

KRE-O Optimus Prime MOD Version

Some new Lego and bricks fans may not even know KRE-O had such good products before. The recent KRE-O Transformers: Age of Extinction sets were pretty bad (in general so-called Lego standard). Low accuracy, bad structure, scaling disaster, etc stopped me from purchasing any one of them. However, it made the old Transformer G1 (Generation 1) series more valuable. Although the original designs were not good, it gave people a lot of room to rebuild and redesign. This Optimus Prime set was a great example. It wasn't my own MOD. I built it from a sample I found online. If the original designer read this, please let me know. I want to add your name in this blog post.



This MOD used the bricks came with the original set which was Michael Bay version Optimus Prime. I couldn't say I hate the Bay version but I preferred G1 version. I thought most guys in 30~40's like G1 OP more. Not sure that this set was still available in Amazon.com or not when you read this post. I strongly recommended you to get one if you saw it. I got other G1 KRE-O sets from the long-gone XS Cargo store in a few years ago in very cheap prices.


You wouldn't know why KRE-O hired good people on building cars/trucks but not robots before giving a green light on this product line...

All joints in this MOD were built by ball-joints. I could freely pose it without any problem but they were not very strong. I read someone mentioned they had the issue with the heavy Destroyer MOD, online. I also wanted to get that set but they were all gone.

Maybe one day, I will improve it when I have time...

I will show you Bumblebee MOD later. Thanks for reading!