Blight (Energon)

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This article is about . For other uses of "Blight", see Blight (disambiguation)|The name or term "Blight" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Blight (disambiguation).}}
Blight is a Decepticon from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
His skin keeps coming off in the middle of important board meetings.

A member of the Destruction Team, Blight combines with his teammates to form the powerful Bruticus Maximus.

Poor blighter, he was too near the sun, and like Icarus it proved his undoing, only it wasn't the sun, it was Barricade's spark, and it was exploding, and Blight wasn't trying to fly. So really he wasn't like Icarus at all, but he can still be our friend.


Fiction

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Energon cartoon

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Shortly after awakening from their long slumber, Bruticus Maximus and Constructicon Maximus were ordered by 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 him to be the future of Cybertron. Wishes

When Six Shot pinpointed an Autobot signal on the planet's surface, Galvatron sent Constructicon Maximus and Bruticus Maximus out to investigate. The two combiners came upon Autobot refugees looking about the crashed Miranda II for survivors, and decided to have some fun by beating them up. Arcee and Kicker sped by to allow the Autobots to escape, and Bruticus Maximus split into Blight and his other components to give them chase. They were unable to catch the pair, but came upon them again after the Omnicons had managed to clog up an energon pipeline, hindering the Decepticons' planetary defense grid. Bruticus Maximus assumed his combined form to gun them down, but was countered by the arrival of Optimus Prime and other Autobot reinforcements. Break Through

During a virtual training match between the Autobots and Decepticons, Blight was part of Barricade's Destruction Team, fighting the Air Team alongside the Construction Team. They combined into Bruticus Maximus to defeat Superion Maximus, only to be defeated in turn by Optimus Supreme. Distribution

Blight and the other Destruction Team member eventually paid for their treachery during a final show down 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 Storm Jet. However, the ghost of Superion's brother appeared, destroying 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. Spark

Blight was never referred to by name, nor was he ever presented as a sentient, individual being. Most of his appearances were as the right arm of Bruticus Maximus.

Toys

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Energon

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You bought the gift set just for me?
  • Bruticus (Multi-pack, 2004)
  • ID number: SD-21
  • Release date: October 14 2014
  • Accessories: Dual cannon/radar (combiner foot/hand), Decepticon-style energon star
  • Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro){{#if: |, {{{2}}}}}
Takara's Super Link Swindle shares a mold with his teammate Brawl, transforming into pale-green and dark-gray anti-aircraft tank similar to a [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Flakpanzer Gepard|{{#if:||Flakpanzer Gepard}}]]. His robot chest/tank turret has a spark crystal for his included energon star.
Swindle can form an arm or leg to any Energon-style "Powerlinx Combiner" super robot, though his nominal placement is as the left arm to Bruticus, with his clear-blue Energon weapon forming a hand or foot as needed. Speaking of, that gun features a Mini-Con-compatible Powerlinx post.
All five members of Bruticus were only available in the Takara Super Link line as part of a complete super-robot multi-pack, released in the seventeenth and final wave of toys, of which Bruticus was the only release.
This sculpt was also used to make Fun Publications Transformers Collectors' Club-exclusive Timelines Landquake and 2008 Universe line's Bruticus Maximus team members Blast Off and Brawl, who double as Revenge of the Fallen Blast Off and Brawl. Another planned redeco, movie Gunbarrel, was canceled, but later popped up in the aftermarket in unusually large quantities.


Surprisingly, NOT a reused name at the time.
  • Blight (Energon Class, 2005)
  • Team ID number: D2
  • Accessories: Dual cannon/radar (combiner foot/hand), Decepticon-style energon star
  • Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro){{#if: |, {{{2}}}}}
The Hasbro release of Blight was sold on an individual card, in the eighth and final wave of Energon "Energon Class" (aka "Basic") toys.
Of all the Destruction Team members, Blight is the most significantly changed from his Super Link counterpart. Blight is a much brighter, yellow-tinted green rather than pale green, and has black plastic instead of dark gray. And like all of the combiners in this series, his clear-blue plastic is lighter. He also has lavender paint applications where Swindle has plastic-matching dark gray.
His stock photos depict a misassembled Energon weapon, with the rear part facing the wrong way (so it would cause trouble if one were to use Blight as one of Bruticus Maximus's legs, with the weapon piece forming the foot). The toy itself comes with a correctly assembled weapon, and the instructions also depict it the correct way.


Notes

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  • Early information from Hasbro's official Transformers website listed Blight under an older working name, Scattorshot. The name later got briefly reattributed to the Shockblast redeco, previously announced as "Six Shot"... who ultimately saw his name changed back to "Six Shot" after all. The name "Scattorshot" was ultimately used on a character in the follow-up series, Cybertron.

Foreign names

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  • Japanese: Swindle (スィンドル Swindoru)
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