Energon Blaster

The Energon Blaster is a weapon from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

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"A laser gun just came out of my chest! ...perhaps it belongs to Hot Shot."

When the power of the Matrix combines with the power of Energon, the Energon Blaster may be called forth. The weapon is a token from past leaders of the Autobots.

Japanese name: Matrix Blaster

Fiction

Energon cartoon

Under orders from Alpha Quintesson, Starscream lured Optimus Prime to the Moon in order to destroy him. During the battle, Starscream was able to destroy Optimus's drones, leaving him unable to form his Super Mode. Megatron also arrived and severely wounded Optimus. With his mission completed, Alpha Q ordered Starscream to retreat. Megatron, not recognizing that it was Starscream, followed him. Autobots had followed Optimus to the moon and Skyblast revived Optimus with an infusion of energon. Optimus stood up and his chest opened up and out popped the Energon Blaster. Optimus was shocked to see that it was Hot Shot's blaster, and wondered why Hot Shot was giving it to him. Megatron saw that Optimus Prime was being revived and returned. Optimus took a quick moment to optimize his hard drive, then blasted Megatron into space. Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary

Toys

Energon

• Optimus Prime Energon Blaster (role-play)

In real-life, the Energon Blaster fired foam darts.

Notes

• This toy was redecoed (possibly retooled) into the Iron Strike Blaster in the non-Transformers toyline, Iron Man 2. Hasbro claims the design of the Iron Strike Blaster was inspired by weapons Iron Man might use, but we know better.