Shia & Rosie on set Transformers 3

In the live action films Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Optimus Prime is the leader of the Autobots. Prime now transforms into a conventional Peterbilt 379 cab, rather than the cab over Design of his original Generation 1 body. Also straying from the G1 design, Prime's vehicle mode is now decorated with red flames painted onto a blue body (à la Rodimus Prime, his Generation 1 successor), often incorrectly rumored to be inspired Von NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon's current paint scheme at the time. The reason for the change was due to Director Michael Bay's decree that no "mass...