Transformers: Energon (toyline) - Revision history

Doomdorm64: /* Post-Energon releases */

2026-05-13T08:22:35Z

Post-Energon releases

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	\|width="20%" valign="top"\|[[File:E-hobby-unite-warriors-grand-scourge.jpg\|thumb\|''Unite Warriors'' Grand Scourge]]		\|width="20%" valign="top"\|[[File:E-hobby-unite-warriors-grand-scourge.jpg\|thumb\|''Unite Warriors'' Grand Scourge]]
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			{{comingsoontoy\|''New Legends'' Shockwave}}

	==References==		==References==

Doomdorm64: /* Post-Energon releases */

2026-05-13T08:22:13Z

Post-Energon releases

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	{{Bp-a1\|[[Roadbuster (Cloud)\|Roadbuster]]}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Roadbuster (Cloud)\|Roadbuster]]}}
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			\|width="20%" valign="top"\|<u>'''''[[Transformers New Legends\|New Legends]]'''''</u>
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			{{Bp-d1\|[[Shockblast#New Legends\|Shockwave]]}}
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MCRG: /* Takara Super Link toyline */

2026-04-17T23:11:44Z

Takara Super Link toyline

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	[[File:TF-Super-Link-Logo.png\|300px\|right\|]]		[[File:TF-Super-Link-Logo.png\|300px\|right\|]]

	Premiering about the same time as the Hasbro line, but during a time of great financial difficulty for Takara preceding the merger with Tomy, ''Super Link'' (a much more thematically-appropriate name) is a strange duck compared to Takara's handling of ''Legend of the Microns'' and ''Galaxy Force''. In comparison with ''Energon'' overall, the line largely stuck with color tweaks, but ones that generally made the figures ''less'' accurate to the animation models, which were based on Hasbro's own early deco sheets. The expensive electronics of the Hasbro releases were stripped out, or greatly simplified in Grand Convoy's and Galvatron's cases, and Galvatron's entire mold was downsized to almost half its Hasbro Megatron size. Takara eventually filled out the line with a few more redecoes of the Terrorcon drones in limited numbers.		Premiering about the same time as the Hasbro line, but during a time of great financial difficulty for Takara preceding the merger with Tomy, ''Super Link'' (a much more thematically-appropriate name) is a strange duck compared to Takara's handling of ''Legend of the Microns'' and ''Galaxy Force''. In comparison with ''Energon'' overall, the line largely stuck with color tweaks, but ones that generally made the figures ''less'' accurate to the animation models, which were based on Hasbro's own early deco sheets. The expensive electronics of the Hasbro releases were stripped out, or greatly simplified in Grand Convoy's and Galvatron's cases, and Galvatron's entire mold was downsized to almost half its Hasbro Megatron size. Takara eventually filled out the line with a few more redecoes of the Terrorcon drones in limited numbers. Speaking of redecoes, many of the new-character redecoes in the back end of the Hasbro line were put into the cartoon as powered-up forms of the original characters... but then were never released in Japan, not even as store-[[exclusive]] "[[USA Edition]]s". Even major-ish cartoon character [[Six Shot (Energon)\|Six Shot]] was absent from the ''Super Link'' toyline, presumably a further consequence of Takara's financial woes.
	Speaking of redecoes, many of the new-character redecoes in the back end of the Hasbro line were put into the cartoon as powered-up forms of the original characters... but then were never released in Japan, not even as store-[[exclusive]] "[[USA Edition]]s". Even major-ish cartoon character [[Six Shot (Energon)\|Six Shot]] was absent from the ''Super Link'' toyline, presumably a further consequence of Takara's financial woes.

	The [[energon weapon]]s were something of a bigger draw in the line, as the "powered up" redeco toys (the "Energon _____" toys in the Hasbro line) were given new-color Omnicon/Terrorcon energon weapons as a bonus, plus numerous stores had exclusive-color energon weapons as [[campaign item\|free giveaways]].		The [[energon weapon]]s were something of a bigger draw in the line, as the "powered up" redeco toys (the "Energon _____" toys in the Hasbro line) were given new-color Omnicon/Terrorcon energon weapons as a bonus, plus numerous stores had exclusive-color energon weapons as [[campaign item\|free giveaways]].

MCRG: /* Takara Super Link toyline */ Quick reorder for readability.

2026-04-17T23:11:04Z

Takara Super Link toyline: Quick reorder for readability.

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	[[File:TF-Super-Link-Logo.png\|300px\|right\|]]		[[File:TF-Super-Link-Logo.png\|300px\|right\|]]

	Premiering about the same time as the Hasbro line, but during a time of great financial difficulty for Takara preceding the merger with Tomy, ''Super Link'' (a much more thematically-appropriate name) is a strange duck compared to Takara's handling of ''Legend of the Microns'' and ''Galaxy Force''. In comparison with ''Energon'' overall, the line largely stuck with color tweaks, but ones that generally made the figures ''less'' accurate to the animation models, which were based on Hasbro's own early deco sheets. The expensive electronics of the Hasbro releases were stripped out, or greatly simplified in Grand Convoy's and Galvatron's cases, and Galvatron's entire mold was downsized to almost half its Hasbro Megatron size. Takara eventually filled out the line with a few more redecoes of the Terrorcon drones in limited numbers.		Premiering about the same time as the Hasbro line, but during a time of great financial difficulty for Takara preceding the merger with Tomy, ''Super Link'' (a much more thematically-appropriate name) is a strange duck compared to Takara's handling of ''Legend of the Microns'' and ''Galaxy Force''. In comparison with ''Energon'' overall, the line largely stuck with color tweaks, but ones that generally made the figures ''less'' accurate to the animation models, which were based on Hasbro's own early deco sheets. The expensive electronics of the Hasbro releases were stripped out, or greatly simplified in Grand Convoy's and Galvatron's cases, and Galvatron's entire mold was downsized to almost half its Hasbro Megatron size. Takara eventually filled out the line with a few more redecoes of the Terrorcon drones in limited numbers.
			Speaking of redecoes, many of the new-character redecoes in the back end of the Hasbro line were put into the cartoon as powered-up forms of the original characters... but then were never released in Japan, not even as store-[[exclusive]] "[[USA Edition]]s". Even major-ish cartoon character [[Six Shot (Energon)\|Six Shot]] was absent from the ''Super Link'' toyline, presumably a further consequence of Takara's financial woes.

	The [[energon weapon]]s were something of a bigger draw in the line, as the "powered up" redeco toys (the "Energon _____" toys in the Hasbro line) were given new-color Omnicon/Terrorcon energon weapons as a bonus, plus numerous stores had exclusive-color energon weapons as [[campaign item\|free giveaways]]. Speaking of redecoes, many of the new-character redecoes in the back end of the Hasbro line were put into the cartoon as powered-up forms of the original characters... but then were never released in Japan, not even as store-[[exclusive]] "[[USA Edition]]s". Even major-ish cartoon character [[Six Shot (Energon)\|Six Shot]] was absent from the ''Super Link'' toyline, presumably a further consequence of Takara's financial woes.		The [[energon weapon]]s were something of a bigger draw in the line, as the "powered up" redeco toys (the "Energon _____" toys in the Hasbro line) were given new-color Omnicon/Terrorcon energon weapons as a bonus, plus numerous stores had exclusive-color energon weapons as [[campaign item\|free giveaways]].

	''Super Link'' also coincided with the 30th anniversary of ''[[Microman]]'', the toyline that would eventually branch off as ''[[Micro Change]]'' and ''[[Diaclone]]'', the lines that would eventually give birth to ''Transformers''. Takara celebrated this joint anniversary by releasing toys of human ally [[Kicker Jones]] in the ''Microman'' format.		''Super Link'' also coincided with the 30th anniversary of ''[[Microman]]'', the toyline that would eventually branch off as ''[[Micro Change]]'' and ''[[Diaclone]]'', the lines that would eventually give birth to ''Transformers''. Takara celebrated this joint anniversary by releasing toys of human ally [[Kicker Jones]] in the ''Microman'' format.

MCRG: /* Takara Super Link toyline */ Takara's financial state in 2004 had a pretty big effect on Super Link and it should be noted.

2026-04-16T17:08:28Z

Takara Super Link toyline: Takara's financial state in 2004 had a pretty big effect on Super Link and it should be noted.

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	[[File:TF-Super-Link-Logo.png\|300px\|right\|]]		[[File:TF-Super-Link-Logo.png\|300px\|right\|]]

	Premiering about the same time as the Hasbro line, ''Super Link'' (a much more thematically-appropriate name) largely stuck with ~~slight~~ color tweaks. Takara ~~also~~ filled out the line with a few more redecoes of the Terrorcon drones in ~~more~~ limited numbers.		Premiering about the same time as the Hasbro line, but during a time of great financial difficulty for Takara preceding the merger with Tomy, ''Super Link'' (a much more thematically-appropriate name) is a strange duck compared to Takara's handling of ''Legend of the Microns'' and ''Galaxy Force''. In comparison with ''Energon'' overall, the line largely stuck with color tweaks, but ones that generally made the figures ''less'' accurate to the animation models, which were based on Hasbro's own early deco sheets. The expensive electronics of the Hasbro releases were stripped out, or greatly simplified in Grand Convoy's and Galvatron's cases, and Galvatron's entire mold was downsized to almost half its Hasbro Megatron size. Takara eventually filled out the line with a few more redecoes of the Terrorcon drones in limited numbers.

	The [[energon weapon]]s were something of a bigger draw in the line, as the "powered up" redeco toys (the "Energon _____" toys in the Hasbro line) were given new-color Omnicon/Terrorcon energon weapons as a bonus, plus numerous stores had exclusive-color energon weapons as [[campaign item\|free giveaways]]. Speaking of redecoes, many of the new-character redecoes in the back end of the Hasbro line were put into the cartoon as powered-up forms of the original characters... but then were never released in Japan, not even as store-[[exclusive]] "[[USA Edition]]s". Even major-ish cartoon character [[Six Shot (Energon)\|Six Shot]] was absent from the ''Super Link'' toyline. ~~Weird!~~		The [[energon weapon]]s were something of a bigger draw in the line, as the "powered up" redeco toys (the "Energon _____" toys in the Hasbro line) were given new-color Omnicon/Terrorcon energon weapons as a bonus, plus numerous stores had exclusive-color energon weapons as [[campaign item\|free giveaways]]. Speaking of redecoes, many of the new-character redecoes in the back end of the Hasbro line were put into the cartoon as powered-up forms of the original characters... but then were never released in Japan, not even as store-[[exclusive]] "[[USA Edition]]s". Even major-ish cartoon character [[Six Shot (Energon)\|Six Shot]] was absent from the ''Super Link'' toyline, presumably a further consequence of Takara's financial woes.

	''Super Link'' also coincided with the 30th anniversary of ''[[Microman]]'', the toyline that would eventually branch off as ''[[Micro Change]]'' and ''[[Diaclone]]'', the lines that would eventually give birth to ''Transformers''. Takara celebrated this joint anniversary by releasing toys of human ally [[Kicker Jones]] in the ''Microman'' format.		''Super Link'' also coincided with the 30th anniversary of ''[[Microman]]'', the toyline that would eventually branch off as ''[[Micro Change]]'' and ''[[Diaclone]]'', the lines that would eventually give birth to ''Transformers''. Takara celebrated this joint anniversary by releasing toys of human ally [[Kicker Jones]] in the ''Microman'' format.

MahXyme: /* General retail */

2026-03-29T21:16:33Z

General retail

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	\|width="20%" valign="top"\|<u>'''Wave 1''' ([[December 25\|12-25]]-[[2003]])</u>		\|width="20%" valign="top"\|<u>'''Wave 1''' ([[December 25\|12-25]]-[[2003]])</u>
	<ul class="iconlist">		<ul class="iconlist">
	{{Bp-a1\|SC-01 [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Energon\|Grand Convoy]]}}		{{Bp-a1\|SC-01 [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Energon\|Grand Convoy Super Mode]]}}
	{{Bp-a1\|SC-02 [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Energon\|Hot Shot]]}}		{{Bp-a1\|SC-02 [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Energon\|Hot Shot]]}}
	{{Bp-a1\|SC-03 [[Inferno (Energon)#Toys\|Inferno]]}}		{{Bp-a1\|SC-03 [[Inferno (Energon)#Toys\|Inferno]]}}

Jalaguy: /* Exclusives */

2026-02-17T08:54:51Z

Exclusives

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	\|width="20%" valign="top"\|<u>'''Convenience stores (misc)'''</u>		\|width="20%" valign="top"\|<u>'''Convenience stores (misc)'''</u>
	<ul class="iconlist">		<ul class="iconlist">
	{{Bp-a1\|[[Micron Booster]] Ver.1<br>([[Snowblind\|Beacon]], [[Chrome]], [[Crunch (Energon)\|Crunch]], [[Hover]], [[Lens]], [[Mile]], [[Solar]], [[Spoil]], [[Synapse (Energon)\|Synapse]], [[Road Rebel\|Thyristor]], [[Torque (Energon)\|Torque]])}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Micron Booster]] Ver.1<br>([[Snowblind\|Beacon]], [[Chrome]], [[Crunch (Energon)\|Crunch]], [[Hover]], [[Lens]], [[Mile]], [[Quantum]], [[Solar]], [[Spoil]], [[Synapse (Energon)\|Synapse]], [[Road Rebel\|Thyristor]], [[Torque (Energon)\|Torque]])}}
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	\|width="20%" valign="top"\|<u>'''Gamers'''</u>		\|width="20%" valign="top"\|<u>'''Gamers'''</u>

M Sipher: /* Takara Super Link toyline */

2025-12-26T02:07:23Z

Takara Super Link toyline

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	Premiering about the same time as the Hasbro line, ''Super Link'' (a much more thematically-appropriate name) largely stuck with slight color tweaks. Takara also filled out the line with a few more redecoes of the Terrorcon drones in more limited numbers.		Premiering about the same time as the Hasbro line, ''Super Link'' (a much more thematically-appropriate name) largely stuck with slight color tweaks. Takara also filled out the line with a few more redecoes of the Terrorcon drones in more limited numbers.

	The [[energon weapon]]s were something of a bigger draw in the line, as the "powered up" redeco toys (the "Energon _____" toys in the Hasbro line) were given new-color Omnicon/Terrorcon energon weapons as a bonus. Speaking of redecoes, many of the new-character redecoes in the back end of the Hasbro line were put into the cartoon as powered-up forms of the original characters... but then were never released in Japan, not even as store-[[exclusive]] "[[USA Edition]]s". Even major-ish cartoon character [[Six Shot (Energon)\|Six Shot]] was absent from the ''Super Link'' toyline. Weird!		The [[energon weapon]]s were something of a bigger draw in the line, as the "powered up" redeco toys (the "Energon _____" toys in the Hasbro line) were given new-color Omnicon/Terrorcon energon weapons as a bonus, plus numerous stores had exclusive-color energon weapons as [[campaign item\|free giveaways]]. Speaking of redecoes, many of the new-character redecoes in the back end of the Hasbro line were put into the cartoon as powered-up forms of the original characters... but then were never released in Japan, not even as store-[[exclusive]] "[[USA Edition]]s". Even major-ish cartoon character [[Six Shot (Energon)\|Six Shot]] was absent from the ''Super Link'' toyline. Weird!

	''Super Link'' also coincided with the 30th anniversary of ''[[Microman]]'', the toyline that would eventually branch off as ''[[Micro Change]]'' and ''[[Diaclone]]'', the lines that would eventually give birth to ''Transformers''. Takara celebrated this joint anniversary by releasing toys of human ally [[Kicker Jones]] in the ''Microman'' format.		''Super Link'' also coincided with the 30th anniversary of ''[[Microman]]'', the toyline that would eventually branch off as ''[[Micro Change]]'' and ''[[Diaclone]]'', the lines that would eventually give birth to ''Transformers''. Takara celebrated this joint anniversary by releasing toys of human ally [[Kicker Jones]] in the ''Microman'' format.
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	{{Bp-a1\|[[Micron Booster]] Vol.2<br>([[Blitz]], [[Breakage\|Brake]], [[Cluster]], [[Mudbath\|Damper]], [[Effect]], [[Kickflip\|Filter]], [[Flashdrive\|Processor]], [[Groove (Energon)\|Groove]], [[Rotor]], [[Barnstorm\|Saber]], [[Seeker (Energon)\|Seeker]], [[~~Bingo~~\|Triac]])}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Micron Booster]] Vol.2<br>([[Blitz]], [[Breakage\|Brake]], [[Cluster]], [[Mudbath\|Damper]], [[Effect]], [[Kickflip\|Filter]], [[Flashdrive\|Processor]], [[Groove (Energon)\|Groove]], [[Rotor]], [[Barnstorm\|Saber]], [[Seeker (Energon)\|Seeker]], [[Trickshot\|Triac]])}}
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	\|width="20%" valign="top"\|<u>'''Posful'''</u>		\|width="20%" valign="top"\|<u>'''Posful'''</u>

M Sipher: /* Energon Class */

2025-12-26T00:14:21Z

Energon Class

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	{{Bp-a1\|[[Strongarm (Energon)#EnergonEnergon\|Energon Strongarm]]*}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Strongarm (Energon)#EnergonEnergon\|Energon Strongarm]]*}}
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	\|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2\|[[File:En-toy Cruellock.jpg\|thumb\|Energon ~~Class Cruellock~~]]		\|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2\|[[File:En-toy Cruellock.jpg\|thumb\|[[Cruellock#Toys\|Cruellock]]]][[File:En-toy Windrazor.jpg\|thumb\|[[Windrazor (Energon)#Hasbro\|Windrazor]]]]
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	\|width="20%" valign="top"\|<u>'''Wave 5''' (''TPB'', [[August]] 2004)</u>		\|width="20%" valign="top"\|<u>'''Wave 5''' (''TPB'', [[August]] 2004)</u>

M Sipher: /* Mega Class */

2025-07-28T01:32:03Z

Mega Class

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	{{Bp-d1\|[[Shockblast#Toys\|Shockblast]]*}}		{{Bp-d1\|[[Shockblast#Toys\|Shockblast]]*}}
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	\|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2\|[[~~Image~~:~~Energon beachcomber~~ toy.~~JPG~~\|Mega Class Beachcomber\|right\|thumb]]		\|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2\|[[File:En-toy Beachcomber.jpg\|Mega Class Beachcomber\|right\|thumb]]
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	\|width="20%" valign="top"\|<u>'''Wave 3.5''' (''TPB'', [[September]] 2004)</u>		\|width="20%" valign="top"\|<u>'''Wave 3.5''' (''TPB'', [[September]] 2004)</u>

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	[[File:TF-Super-Link-Logo.png\|300px\|right\|]]		[[File:TF-Super-Link-Logo.png\|300px\|right\|]]

	Premiering about the same time as the Hasbro line, but during a time of great financial difficulty for Takara preceding the merger with Tomy, ''Super Link'' (a much more thematically-appropriate name) is a strange duck compared to Takara's handling of ''Legend of the Microns'' and ''Galaxy Force''. In comparison with ''Energon'' overall, the line largely stuck with color tweaks, but ones that generally made the figures ''less'' accurate to the animation models, which were based on Hasbro's own early deco sheets. The expensive electronics of the Hasbro releases were stripped out, or greatly simplified in Grand Convoy's and Galvatron's cases, and Galvatron's entire mold was downsized to almost half its Hasbro Megatron size. Takara eventually filled out the line with a few more redecoes of the Terrorcon drones in limited numbers.		Premiering about the same time as the Hasbro line, but during a time of great financial difficulty for Takara preceding the merger with Tomy, ''Super Link'' (a much more thematically-appropriate name) is a strange duck compared to Takara's handling of ''Legend of the Microns'' and ''Galaxy Force''. In comparison with ''Energon'' overall, the line largely stuck with color tweaks, but ones that generally made the figures ''less'' accurate to the animation models, which were based on Hasbro's own early deco sheets. The expensive electronics of the Hasbro releases were stripped out, or greatly simplified in Grand Convoy's and Galvatron's cases, and Galvatron's entire mold was downsized to almost half its Hasbro Megatron size. Takara eventually filled out the line with a few more redecoes of the Terrorcon drones in limited numbers. Speaking of redecoes, many of the new-character redecoes in the back end of the Hasbro line were put into the cartoon as powered-up forms of the original characters... but then were never released in Japan, not even as store-[[exclusive]] "[[USA Edition]]s". Even major-ish cartoon character [[Six Shot (Energon)\|Six Shot]] was absent from the ''Super Link'' toyline, presumably a further consequence of Takara's financial woes.
	Speaking of redecoes, many of the new-character redecoes in the back end of the Hasbro line were put into the cartoon as powered-up forms of the original characters... but then were never released in Japan, not even as store-[[exclusive]] "[[USA Edition]]s". Even major-ish cartoon character [[Six Shot (Energon)\|Six Shot]] was absent from the ''Super Link'' toyline, presumably a further consequence of Takara's financial woes.

	The [[energon weapon]]s were something of a bigger draw in the line, as the "powered up" redeco toys (the "Energon _____" toys in the Hasbro line) were given new-color Omnicon/Terrorcon energon weapons as a bonus, plus numerous stores had exclusive-color energon weapons as [[campaign item\|free giveaways]].		The [[energon weapon]]s were something of a bigger draw in the line, as the "powered up" redeco toys (the "Energon _____" toys in the Hasbro line) were given new-color Omnicon/Terrorcon energon weapons as a bonus, plus numerous stores had exclusive-color energon weapons as [[campaign item\|free giveaways]].

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	\|width="20%" valign="top"\|<u>'''Wave 1''' ([[December 25\|12-25]]-[[2003]])</u>		\|width="20%" valign="top"\|<u>'''Wave 1''' ([[December 25\|12-25]]-[[2003]])</u>
	<ul class="iconlist">		<ul class="iconlist">
	{{Bp-a1\|SC-01 [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Energon\|Grand Convoy]]}}		{{Bp-a1\|SC-01 [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Energon\|Grand Convoy Super Mode]]}}
	{{Bp-a1\|SC-02 [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Energon\|Hot Shot]]}}		{{Bp-a1\|SC-02 [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Energon\|Hot Shot]]}}
	{{Bp-a1\|SC-03 [[Inferno (Energon)#Toys\|Inferno]]}}		{{Bp-a1\|SC-03 [[Inferno (Energon)#Toys\|Inferno]]}}