Optimus' semi-truck form is also based on a real ... Are Pure Nostalgia The original "Transformers" Optimus Prime toy was released in 1984, alongside the premiere of the Western adaptation of ...

NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick also went and got himself Optimus Prime, a custom 1979 Peterbilt truck used in the Transformers movie. Hendrick paid $110,000 for the custom truck, which can do ...