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Steamhammer (Energon)

2012-02-24T10:07:30Z

194.83.243.25: /* Energon cartoon */

{{factions|decepticon|{{factions/icons|custom=Energon Powerlinx Blue symbol.png|cLink=Powerlinx}}}}
{{disambig3|Steamhammer}}
:''Steamhammer is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Energon (franchise)|Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Steamhammer-boxart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I wanna be your Steamhammer. Let there be no doubt about it.]]
'''Steamhammer''' has the physique to be a dull-witted legbreaker, and to be sure, he's very good in a fight. With his powerful fist and his mighty shovel arm, he is a deadly pugilist, and only the stronger [[Autobot|Autobots]] like [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] can really oppose him properly. Stoic and not given to mercy, he could run over a harmless petrorabbit without hesitation. When combined with his [[Construction Team]] into the mighty [[Constructicon Maximus]], he is dangerous indeed.

Brute strength, however, does not win wars alone. Steamhammer is no [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], but he is a skilled communications specialist and code breaker, and this is his preferred occupation: jamming transmissions, intercepting messages, and ensuring that his side's information is good, and the other side's is not. One must wonder, however, how he operates radio equipment and computer terminals with a shovel for a hand—

Ow.

==Fiction==
===''Energon'' cartoon===
[[Image:Distribution SteamhammerBarricade.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Before I let him beat me, I would die with my hammer in my hand.]]
Shortly after awakening from their long slumber, Constructicon Maximus and [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]] were ordered by [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] to pursue the fleeing [[Superion Maximus]] after the Autobot attempted to attack the Decepticon leader. Both combiners separated into their individual components and gave chase. They later pledged their allegiance to Galvatron, believing he was the future of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Galvatron!}}

During a virtual training match between the Autobots and Decepticons, Steamhammer and [[Barricade (Energon)|Barricade]] gathered with their respective team members to face off against [[Storm Jet (Energon)|Storm Jet]] and his [[Air Team]]. Both sides combined and clashed, with Superion Maximus losing the battle. However, they were quickly defeated by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Supreme]] in the next round. {{storylink|Distribution}}

Steamhammer and the other Constructicon Team members eventually paid for their treachery during a final showdown with the Air Team. Bruticus Maximus and Constructicon Maximus double-teamed Superion Maximus, who held his own and destroyed Constructicon's spark before the Autobot was reduced to just Storm Jet. However, the ghost of [[Anonymous Maximus|Superion's brother]] appeared, destroying [[Blackout (combiner)|Blackout]], giving Storm Jet the chance to procure Constructicons's dead limbs and recombine into Superion. Before Bruticus could recover, the Autobot pierced his spark, causing an explosion which engulfed them all. {{storylink|Spark (episode)|Spark}}

{{note|Steamhammer was never referred to by name, nor was he ever presented as a sentient, individual being. Most of his appearances were as the torso of Constructicon Maximus.}}

==Toys==
===Super Link===
*'''Buildron''' (Gift set, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''EX-01'''

: In Japan, "Scavenger" was only available as part of the complete Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]] "[[Constructicon Maximus|Buildron]]" set. He has some slight deco differences from his [[Hasbro]] counterpart. Notably, he is lacking the [[tampograph]]ed [[Powerlinx]] symbol on the side of his excavator mode/inside of his right leg.

===Energon===
[[Image:EnergonSteamhammer toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|On his wall is a big poster of Mike Mulligan's Mary Ann with her doors open... but only his closest friends know that.]]
*'''Steamhammer''' (Deluxe, 2005)
**''Team ID number:'' '''C5'''

: Steamhammer transforms into a green face shovel, of the super-sized quarry-mining variety. In robot mode, his left arm is made out of the steam shovel arm, and his [[spark]] crystal is located within the shovel. Like the other Energon combiner team leaders, he does not come with any weapons.

: He forms the central body component of Constructicon Maximus, with the rest of his team plugging into combiner Powerlinx ports located in his arms and legs. Constructicon Maximus' head is located inside the steam shovel's cabin.

:Like Takara's Scrapper version, Steamhammer suffers from a slight [[misassembly]]: The small tabs on the sides of his treads are supposed to peg into the holes in the gray flaps on his hips, thereby stabilizing the robot torso. However, the tabs are located on the sides of his head instead. Fortunately, the treads can be easily swapped using a screwdriver.<ref name="ooebi">[http://ooebihara.sakura.ne.jp/toys/TF/Slink/ex01/ex01.htm Ooebi's Hobby Factory gallery of Superlink Buildron]</ref> Hasbro's official [[stock photography|stock photos]] depict the treads correctly assembled, and the [[instructions]] show the tabs in the correct place in robot mode (oddly enough, the instructions imply that the tabs peg in less well than they do in reality).

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/Steamhammer/steamhammer.htm More information on Steamhammer at TFU.info]''

===Universe===
*'''Steamhammer''' (Deluxe, 2005)

: Steamhammer was repackaged on a ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]''-themed card and sold through discount chains in the US like Big Lots!. No mention of his combining ability is made on the cardback.

==Notes==
* Steamhammer got his name indirectly from [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Steamhammer (G1)|Steamhammer]], by way of an abandoned [[OTFCC 2004]] [[exclusive]]. At one point in time, the [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] trains were offered to [[3H Productions]] as a possible set of exclusives. Due to a suggestion from [[Graham Weaver]], one of them was planned to be named after the original Steamhammer, as it was a trainy kind of name. (Another of the three trains would be [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and the third was never decided on, though "Loco" or "Cowcatcher" was favored.) [[Hasbro]] changed their minds on the molds' availability, but they later used the "Steamhammer" name themselves, as they did similarly with "[[Vector Prime]]".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Scavenger''' (スカベンジャー ''Sukabenjā'')

===Footnotes===
<references/>

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Communications specialists]]
[[Category:Energon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Toys "R" Us exclusives]]
[[Category:Universe Decepticons]]

Steamhammer (Energon)

2012-02-24T10:05:49Z

194.83.243.25: /* Energon cartoon */

{{factions|decepticon|{{factions/icons|custom=Energon Powerlinx Blue symbol.png|cLink=Powerlinx}}}}
{{disambig3|Steamhammer}}
:''Steamhammer is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Energon (franchise)|Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Steamhammer-boxart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I wanna be your Steamhammer. Let there be no doubt about it.]]
'''Steamhammer''' has the physique to be a dull-witted legbreaker, and to be sure, he's very good in a fight. With his powerful fist and his mighty shovel arm, he is a deadly pugilist, and only the stronger [[Autobot|Autobots]] like [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] can really oppose him properly. Stoic and not given to mercy, he could run over a harmless petrorabbit without hesitation. When combined with his [[Construction Team]] into the mighty [[Constructicon Maximus]], he is dangerous indeed.

Brute strength, however, does not win wars alone. Steamhammer is no [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], but he is a skilled communications specialist and code breaker, and this is his preferred occupation: jamming transmissions, intercepting messages, and ensuring that his side's information is good, and the other side's is not. One must wonder, however, how he operates radio equipment and computer terminals with a shovel for a hand—

Ow.

==Fiction==
===''Energon'' cartoon===
[[Image:Distribution SteamhammerBarricade.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Before I let him beat me, I would die with my hammer in my hand.]]
Shortly after awakening from their long slumber, Constructicon Maximus and [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]] were ordered by [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] to pursue the fleeing [[Superion Maximus]] after the Autobot attempted to attack the Decepticon leader. Both combiners separated into their individual components and gave chase. They later pledged their allegiance to Galvatron, believing he was the future of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Galvatron!}}

During a virtual training match between the Autobots and Decepticons, Steamhammer and [[Barricade (Energon)|Barricade]] gathered with their respective team members to face off against [[Storm Jet (Energon)|Storm Jet]] and his [[Air Team]]. Both sides combined and clashed, with Superion Maximus losing the battle. However, they were quickly defeated by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Supreme]] in the next round. {{storylink|Distribution}}

Steamhammer and the other Constructicon Team member eventually paid for their treachery during a final showdown with the Air Team. Bruticus Maximus and Constructicon Maximus double-teamed Superion Maximus, who held his own and destroyed Constructicon's spark before the Autobot was reduced to just Storm Jet. However, the ghost of [[Anonymous Maximus|Superion's brother]] appeared, destroying [[Blackout (combiner)|Blackout]], giving Storm Jet the chance to procure Constructicons's dead limbs and recombine into Superion. Before Bruticus could recover, the Autobot pierced his spark, causing an explosion which engulfed them all. {{storylink|Spark (episode)|Spark}}

{{note|Steamhammer was never referred to by name, nor was he ever presented as a sentient, individual being. Most of his appearances were as the torso of Constructicon Maximus.}}

==Toys==
===Super Link===
*'''Buildron''' (Gift set, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''EX-01'''

: In Japan, "Scavenger" was only available as part of the complete Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]] "[[Constructicon Maximus|Buildron]]" set. He has some slight deco differences from his [[Hasbro]] counterpart. Notably, he is lacking the [[tampograph]]ed [[Powerlinx]] symbol on the side of his excavator mode/inside of his right leg.

===Energon===
[[Image:EnergonSteamhammer toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|On his wall is a big poster of Mike Mulligan's Mary Ann with her doors open... but only his closest friends know that.]]
*'''Steamhammer''' (Deluxe, 2005)
**''Team ID number:'' '''C5'''

: Steamhammer transforms into a green face shovel, of the super-sized quarry-mining variety. In robot mode, his left arm is made out of the steam shovel arm, and his [[spark]] crystal is located within the shovel. Like the other Energon combiner team leaders, he does not come with any weapons.

: He forms the central body component of Constructicon Maximus, with the rest of his team plugging into combiner Powerlinx ports located in his arms and legs. Constructicon Maximus' head is located inside the steam shovel's cabin.

:Like Takara's Scrapper version, Steamhammer suffers from a slight [[misassembly]]: The small tabs on the sides of his treads are supposed to peg into the holes in the gray flaps on his hips, thereby stabilizing the robot torso. However, the tabs are located on the sides of his head instead. Fortunately, the treads can be easily swapped using a screwdriver.<ref name="ooebi">[http://ooebihara.sakura.ne.jp/toys/TF/Slink/ex01/ex01.htm Ooebi's Hobby Factory gallery of Superlink Buildron]</ref> Hasbro's official [[stock photography|stock photos]] depict the treads correctly assembled, and the [[instructions]] show the tabs in the correct place in robot mode (oddly enough, the instructions imply that the tabs peg in less well than they do in reality).

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/Steamhammer/steamhammer.htm More information on Steamhammer at TFU.info]''

===Universe===
*'''Steamhammer''' (Deluxe, 2005)

: Steamhammer was repackaged on a ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]''-themed card and sold through discount chains in the US like Big Lots!. No mention of his combining ability is made on the cardback.

==Notes==
* Steamhammer got his name indirectly from [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Steamhammer (G1)|Steamhammer]], by way of an abandoned [[OTFCC 2004]] [[exclusive]]. At one point in time, the [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] trains were offered to [[3H Productions]] as a possible set of exclusives. Due to a suggestion from [[Graham Weaver]], one of them was planned to be named after the original Steamhammer, as it was a trainy kind of name. (Another of the three trains would be [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and the third was never decided on, though "Loco" or "Cowcatcher" was favored.) [[Hasbro]] changed their minds on the molds' availability, but they later used the "Steamhammer" name themselves, as they did similarly with "[[Vector Prime]]".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Scavenger''' (スカベンジャー ''Sukabenjā'')

===Footnotes===
<references/>

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Communications specialists]]
[[Category:Energon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Toys "R" Us exclusives]]
[[Category:Universe Decepticons]]