With the success of the Transformers in the 80’s throughout the 90’s, the company Hasbro with their cooperation with Takara Company Limited of Japan released the Transformers Energon. Formed in 2003, this particular series combines Autobots with partners and give the Decepticons the power to use higher energies. Stars as well as Energon weapons could also be placed to Transformers to increase their powers.
The release of the Transformers Energon produced a TV series in Japan which is entirely computer generated. More than 50 episodes had been created on this story line. The lead characters are mostly the members of Generation 1 Transformers although there had been some difference character wise.
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This TV series became a hit in the Japanese scene so new versions of Transformers Energon Toys had also been released. Even with the old character playing, there had been various changes that happened mostly in the appearance of the G1 Transformers and their characters as well. Megatron, for example, now appears with a grey color scheme instead of the original purple figure.
The Energon Transformers is a commemoration of the 20th year since the launching of the Transformers series. The story opens having the Autobots and the Decepticons fighting over Energon in Earth. This series continued until 2004 and became a big hit to the Japanese audience. This had been an exciting series and numerous twists and turns happened during the entire duration of the series.
The Transformers Energon series has probably the most homage dedicated to G1 Transformers. There has been a lot of similarities between the current action figures to the old figures that had been released. To show the power of teaming up, a lot of the big action figures in the Energon series don’t carry weapons. This shows the value of the Omnicons and Terrorcons. The small characters on the other hand are often equipped with weapons.
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Aside from the Transformers Energon toys that were sold in the market, comics have also been launched to feature the Energon. This has been a continuation of the earlier series, Transformers Armada. The ultimate villain, Unicron, was brought back to life in this series after it was thought to be dead on the previous series.
Unlike the usual Optimus Prime, Energon’s structuring somehow resembles the action figures, Voltron or Power Ranger Zord. Many Transformers collector argue the design of this particular Optimus Prime as there had been several issues with the toys. The design was not as appealing and even earned a nickname of “Fatimus Prime”.
Even the minor glitches on the toy design, the whole Transformers Energon series had been fairly successful. Until now, there are still a lot of Energon action figures that are sold in the market. Collectors wouldn’t have a hard time looking for Transformer toys for these series as they are widely marketed in the Internet. And as proven so many times with the previous series, any Transformers series seems to be widely accepted by audiences worldwide.
