Photo of Bumblebee and Optimus playsets for size comparison (found in the Micro Machines section not the TF section of Big W Belmont):
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Optimus looks to be about the same size as Bumblebee, but is less than half the price. It looks a little bit simpler, but not that much to be so much cheaper... especially considering that Optimus would appeal more to those older fans who remember Micro Machines.
I want to get the blind boxes that actually have the Optimus Prime Mirco Machine vehicle in them.
Yeah, I saw them both today at BigW near me, and realised that Bumblebee is indeed a lot bigger... but that 2-dimensional photo made it look like they were about the same size.
I also think that the more complex engineering and lots more parts to the Bumblebee playset, makes it necessary to be more expensive, even if they were the same size.
Picked up the Optimus set the other day; it's pretty decent for the price. It would be nice if the trailer could close with all the attachments connected, but them's the breaks. The trailer is taller and slightly longer than Earthrise/Kingdom Optimus' trailer too (looks as 'good' if not better too). Now I'm gonna have to collect the vehicles!