Steamhammer (Energon)

The name or term "Steamhammer" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Steamhammer (disambiguation).

Steamhammer is a Decepticon combiner from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

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 Autobots like 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, 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.

Japanese name: Scavenger

Fiction

Energon cartoon

Shortly after awakening from their long slumber, Constructicon Maximus and Bruticus 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, believimg he was the future of Cybertron. Galvatron!

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

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

Energon

File:EnergonSteamhammer toy.jpg

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.

This mold was also used to make Classics Scavenger.

• More information on Steamhammer at TFU.info

• Buildron (Gift set, 2004)
  • Japanese ID number: EX-01

In Japan, Steamhammer was only available as part of the complete Toys "R" Us exclusive "Buildron" set. He has some slight deco differences from his Hasbro counterpart.

Universe

• Steamhammer (Deluxe, 2005)

Steamhammer was repackaged on a 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 Steamhammer, by way of an abandoned OTFCC 2004 exclusive. At one point in time, the 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 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".
• It seems the grey panels on Steamhammer's hips lock into the tabs on his treads rather well, but none of his configurations make use of this.