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The Real Optimus Prime lives in my hometown!

Maybe not my hometown, but one town over less than 10 minutes away.

Maybe not the Optimus Prime you are thinking about, not the one from the ’80s cartoon or this summer’s movie… its some dude.

Some dude actually changed his name to Optimus Prime. Not some fat thirty-something fanboy who still lives in his mother’s basement. No this dude is in the frickin military and married with kids, not what most would expect.

It all started in the ’80s, when Scott Edward Nall was just a little tyke and loved playing with Transformers toys. Of course, Optimus Prime was among his favorites. So, for his 30th birthday, Nall decided to transform a bit of himself, legally changing his name to match the action figure.

A couple of years before he left for Iraq in 2003, with Ohio’s 5694th National Guard Unit from Mansfield, he made the switch. While serving the country, he bore his new name proudly on the chest of his uniform.

from the Ohio.com/Beacon Journal 7/06/07 

See him for yourself
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