Transformers Artifact of the Week: Generation Two Dairy Queen Optimus Prime
So, I’ve had one of these without the stickers for years, and finally managed to find a mint one with all the stickers. To be honest, this thing is a piece of crap.
Available in Dairy Queen Pick-Nic meals in 1994 (or 1995), this toy has no articulation, no transformation, and no hands. The stickers look ridiculous, I don’t know what they were thinking. They have nothing to do with Optimus Prime. There are no real instructions on the stickers, though the sheet seems to outline the toy. It makes no sense to put the awful readout screen (I assume that’s what it is) sticker over the molded chest, or the two stickers with the two dots on them on his face and grill, so I put those on his back. This toy was $55 on eBay, but I’ve been looking for a mint one for years. That wouldn’t seem so much for something like this if it wasn’t a steaming pile of crap.
As always, you can find over 9000 Transformers merchandise items and collectibles at TFMuseum.com.
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Hiya Lewis!
Any updates on this?
Let me know when you get a chance, and have a great holiday season too 😀
Thank you so much!
I really appreciate your kindness, and I hope you get well soon!
Here’s also hoping the Sox keep their recent surge going as well!
Please contact me once you find it!
I’m going to try to find it for you, but it’s going to take some time. I spent three months+ recovering from a fall last year, and I still can’t be on my feet that long. My attic is currently inaccessible, and I’m trying to stuff moved so I can get into it, but once I do, it could be in any one of 25+ tubs. I’m working on it. I won’t forget. I got your e-mail a couple of weeks ago. I’ll contact you there as soon as I find it.
Hi there!
I am still interested in purchasing your Dairy Queen Optimus Prime, so I was just wondering if you’ve managed to track it down yet!
I don’t mean to pester you, but I was just curious 😀
Please let me know ;D
Hi friend!
Are you also a fellow Patriots fan?
Also, any luck finding the DQ Prime?
Let me know 😀
I don’t have photos of the individual toys, and unfortunately, I can’t put my hands on them right now, but I have the store displays.
http://tfmuseum.com/tf-00072.html
http://tfmuseum.com/tf-00073.html
http://tfwiki.com is a good place for info, and they have pictures of most toys. http://tfu.info is also great for toys photos.
Nice!
So do you by chance have any pictures of the BW McDonalds toys at TF Museum?
I have not been able to find any in the gallery, and I want to see pictures of the U3.
No, I’m not involved with Seibertron, but they do have a great site.
A lot of your collection reminds me of the figures on the Seibertron website. Do you also run this?
I got my first transformer in 1984 when I was ten, but I didn’t start really collecting until 1995 when I went to College and discovered other fans on the internet, and went to my first Botcon. So that would be 24 years. I was lucky. I got into it before the European and Japanese toy prices skyrocketed.
Nice! I am really impressed!
I hope to someday add the DQ Prime to my collection, but I doubt it would ever rival yours!
How long have you been collecting?
Thank you. Yes, that’s my personal collection on TFMuseum.com.
Thanks,
Lewis
Also, I’ve been looking around at the TFMusuem website, and it is awesome!
Do you run that site as well?
Lewis,
Thank you so, so much!!! This has made my day!
Can we exchange email addresses to allow us to stay in contact during the meantime? Also, do you use Pay Pal?
Mine is cfloyd493@gmail.com. Thank you!
Chase, I would sell it, but at the moment, its packed away with all my extra stuff, and it could be in one of twenty tubs that I can’t really access. I might be able to track it down later in the summer. When/if I find it, I’ll let you know.
Thanks,
Lewis
I just read your article about the Dairy Queen Optimus Prime, and I was wondering if you’d be open to selling me one of them (since you said you had two).
It is tops on my want-list, so please let me know ;D