by Nekoman » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:38 pm
- Motto: "Think for yourself, and think hard."
- Weapon: Star Saber Sword
I love this line, to me it was like classics before we even had that, and I am going to go over why I love this line on each reason.
First, the homage.
In Energon we got an updated Scorponok, someone who hadn’t been accurately represented in his G1 form since G1. We also got an Optimus Prime that was a flat nosed truck unlike in Armada and he was not a Fire truck nor a monkey or a flying Fire truck for that matter, why in my opinion, Energon Prime still remains closest to G1 prime out of all the different Primes and don’t forget nitpickers, this Prime had a cab. Yes, a cab, something Classics Prime didn’t have, something movie Prime didn’t have and something it doesn’t look like Animated Prime will have (but, I cant tell if he‘s meant to be a mac truck or a fire truck). We also got figures that were a homage some of the best and seemingly forgotten characters of G1, including Skids, Rodimus Prime, Inferno, Shokwave and best of all, Arcee. People act as if this is one of the worst scouts from this line, but I for one believe she is one of the best. Why, because she is the first toy of the famed and loved character from G1 no matter how you put it, that toy is pure awesomesauce for that reason alone.
Now for the second reason I love Energon, the gimmicks.
Yeah, that’s right I LOVED THE GIMMICKS!!! Cuz, they were fun gimmicks, all the deluxe and voyager sized Autobots could combine, and it was kind of fun! So much you could do with the different pairings of two bots. Then there was the other gimmick which was the Energon parts, now I know most of you probably think the Energon parts are unrealistic and such cause really, if giant alien shape shifting robots came hurdling down to earth they probably wouldn’t wave translucent weapons on top of that would they? Well who knows, but the Energon weapons are creative and something that has been in Transformers since it started. Plus, you could always just pile them together and have your G1 Decepticons mining their Energon to get back to Cybertron just like in G1! Just an example of all the different things you can do with Energon weapons, another thing I like about the Energon parts is that they don’t hinder the figure and instead add to it.
Next, grunts!
Energon worked the grunts into the story perfectly, in Energon the Omnicons and the Terrorcons were for the most part sentient as are all other Transformers except they all looked the same and were uniform. Just like people, we all have the same form for the most part and we all have unique personalities as do these Omnicons, so they had their own way of thinking while continuing to be grunts. And almost all of the scout class figures were grunts, therefore giving them a variety of forms which in my opinion added to them.
And for my general thoughts…
This line had many strong figures, gimmicks that were fun, and some real creativity thrown in it. After all of the good I speak and you still don’t like these toys for some weird reason, than I cant see what some people look for in Transformers. To me this remains the best Transformers series of them all and probably will for a long, long time.
. but cybertron looked so diverse and interesting, and after learning tha a lot of cybertron figures were repaints of energon, i went about trying to scoop up certain figures that i could find on ebay. still havent found an arcee, prime, or megs. but im still looking. i think energon is the perfect example of a toy line for kids, but having awesome characters and some pretty good bots.
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