Watch this amazing Optimus Prime toy actually transform on its own

I wish the Optimus Prime toys I had when I was a kid could do this.

A China-based robot manufacturer has breathed life into a Transformers toy, allowing it to actually transition between standing and truck state -- all on its own.

Senpower Beijing posted the video of its Optimus Prime in action on Weibo:

In the cartoons, the leader of the good guy Autobots transforms from his standing state by falling forward and becoming a semi truck.

But since that defies the law of physics, you can see how Senpower's robot cleverly turns its torso around, to collapse into the right shape. Pretty darn innovative.

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That design choice also allows the bot to go right back up from truck position to standing hero pose.

Here's another video of the Transformer pre-paint job, executing the move in reverse. Bravo!