Energon Saber

WHY?!

The Energon Saber is a mighty blade composed largely of pure Energon, due to the component Mini-Cons having spent years embedded in pure Energon deposits. Though not as powerful as the legendary Star Saber sword, the Energon Saber is still a mighty weapon. With its strength, even a human like Kicker can hold his own against far larger Transformers.

The Energon Saber is composed of three Mini-Cons...

• Scattor the Cybertronic "x-wing" jet and blade-middle.
• Skyboom the Cybertronic shuttle and sword-hilt.
• Wreckage the Cybertronic star cruiser and blade-tip.

Fiction

Energon cartoon

The Energon Saber served as Kicker's personal weapon/flying surfboard. He was able to call it forth out of thin air no matter where he was—the center of Cybertron Destructive Power, a planet in another universe Jungle Planet, even the void of empty space. Spark.

He first obtained the sword at the battle of Plains City. The component Mini-Cons had escaped the destruction of Mars City by Tidal Wave and Scorponok, and accompanied Optimus Prime's team when Alpha Q sent his forces to attack Earth. The Mini-Cons formed into the Energon Saber, allowing Kicker to beat up some Terrorcons, and was then wielded by Ironhide against Scorponok Megatron's Sword.

Kicker took the saber back at the Battle of Lunar City Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary and lent it to Ironhide for the Battle of the Asteroid Belt. Ironhide used it again to save Kicker from Rodimus, Prowl, and Landmine and got creamed, but he still saved Kicker so it was all good Rodimus Friend or Foe?. Ironhide would borrow it again when he followed Rodimus into Unicron's head to meet Alpha Q A Tale of Two Heros, and when Kicker arrived, he used it to beat up Alpha Q in order to bring out the being's true face Alpha Q: Identity.

It was next seen on Jungle Planet, when Kicker used it to help Inferno against an army of Terrorcons and a brainwashed Scorponok Jungle Planet. He later used it a surf board for a bit before lending it to Ironhide once again to fend off Scorponok Bulkhead. Optimus Prime borrowed it to defend Ocean Planet against Megatron Farewell Inferno.

Energon comic

When Sharkticon made a bumbling attempt at infiltrating Ocean City, he ran right into Kicker and the three Energon Saber Mini-Cons. The Mini-Cons combined into their sword mode, which Kicker used to send Sharkticon packing. Perspective

Toys

Energon

• Energon Saber (Basic, 2004)
  • Japanese ID number: SC-08

The Energon Saber was available only as a Basic-class set of three Mini-Cons; Scattor, Skyboom and Wreckage. All three Cybertronic aircraft combine to form the blade, which can be held by any other toy that uses 5mm weapon-ports, or can be attached via Powerlinx Mini-Con plugs.

The same molds were used for the Blizzard Saber and the Sky Terror Mini-Con Team. The original toolings were used to make the Star Saber and the Dark Saber.

• Kicker (Microman, 2004)
  • Japanese ID number: SC-14

A small, non-transforming silver version of the Energon Saber comes packaged with the Super Link Kicker toy. This accessory has a two-level grip-post so it can be held in Kicker's Microman-style hands, plus any larger Transformers toy that uses 5mm pegs. It also has several Powerlinx sockets on its backside.

• STD Grand Convoy and Kicker (Multi-pack, 2004)
  • Japanese ID number: SS-03

For the two-pack version of the Microman Kicker toy, the Energon Saber was given a golden chrome covering.

• Kicker Energon Edition (Microman, 2004)

The Lucky Draw version of Kicker comes with a chromed-red version of the Energon Saber accessory.

Notes

Kryptonite Saber?

• An early, unreleased version of the Energon Saber team appeared in at least one Japanese magazine solicitation and toy show. Instead of having yellow translucent parts, the unreleased figures featured green. The reason for this variance is unknown.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Energon Saber (エネルゴンセイバー Enerugon Seibā)