WHY?!

The Energon Saber is a mighty blade composed largely of pure energon, due to its component members the Energon Saber Mini-Con Team 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

Hey, why is Scattor backwards?

The Energon Saber served as Kicker's personal weapon/hoverboard. 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. There, Ironhide held Scorponok at sword-point ot interrogate him. Energon Tower 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 After securing an alliance with Alpha Q, Kicker called on the Energon Sabre to break up a fight between Rodimus and Optimus, who came to blows over how to deal with Unicron. Shockblast: Rampage

When Alpha Q sent his Insecticons after Misha in a bit of "fun" to scare her, Kicker summoned the Energon Saber Mini-Cons to combine into their weapon form, so he could wield them and fend off the Terrorcons. Misha convinced Kicker not to react violently however, and he stayed his hand while Misha went ahead to meet with Alpha Q. Kicker’s patience soon ran out when the Insecticons wouldn't allow him passage, and he forced his way forward, only to be stopped once more by Scorponok. Kicker parried with the Energon Saber against Scorponok until Misha managed to open a conversation with Alpha Q. Each One Fights...

The Energon Saber 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

Kicker summoned the Energon Saber on the newly-rebuilt Planet Q to slash at Snow Cat and some Battle Ravage Terrorcons. Return! Our Scorponok

Ironhide used the Energon Saber to battle Scorponok again, this time on the Plains Planet near the recently-deceased Alpha Quintesson's gravesite. Optimus Supreme

The sword was next seen in Kicker's possession when he made his way to the control room of the Cybertron Space Port. Though leaking Energon gas in the area damaged the Autobots, it seemed to have no effect on the weapon. Wishes

At some point, in the Autobot combat training simulation, Ironhide wielded the Energon Saber in a bout against Scorponok. Distribution

While trying to beat Galvatron to the super energon pool, Kicker used the Energon Saber to again slice his way through a pack of Battle Ravages. Galvatron Terror

Kicker used the Energon Saber as a hover board to travel into the void of space and seek out what remained of Unicron's essence. After finding it, he grabbed the saber by the hilt and brought down its blade towards the tiny black orb, Spark but hesitated before cutting it in twain. Primus then contacted Kicker, warning him not to destroy Unicron; in this state, the dark essence could be used to bring life to the universe once again. Galvatron then arrived, intent of destroying Unicron himself as revenge for being manipulated by the malicious god. Kicker raised the Energon Saber against the Decepticon leader, and managed to hold his own until Omega Supreme came to his aid. The Energon Saber resumed its function as a hoverboard as Kicker bore witness to a new sun being created from Unicron's essence to nourish Alpha Q's planets. The Sun

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 (Energon Class, 2004)

• Takara ID number: SC-08

The Energon Saber was available only as an Energon 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. Unfortunately, due to being made of translucent plastic, all the components suffer from the same breakage issues as the original, prone to develope stress fractures over time that leave the combined mode unstable.

The same sculpts were used for the Blizzard Saber and the Chaos Saber. The original toolings were used to make the Star Saber/Dark Saber and the Vorpal Saber.

We didn't have a photo of this saber until 2024. Whoops!

• Kicker (Microman, 2004)

• 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 three Powerlinx sockets on its backside for use with any compatible figures.

Now available in show-accurate gold (not really)!

• STD Grand Convoy and Kicker (Multi-pack, 2004)

• ID number: SS-03

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

This saber of mine is burning red!

• Kicker Energon Edition (Microman, 2004)

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

Universe (2003)

• Energon Saber (Basic Class, 2005)

The Energon Saber team was repackaged on a Universe-themed card and sold through discount chains in the U.S. like Big Lots!.

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.
• According to designer Aaron Archer, the Energon Saber Mini-Con Team were on the original Mini-Con ship, having been infused with energon after spending the years since the crash in pools of the stuff.^[1]
• The Energon Saber's constituent members originally had no team name. The toy packaging itself used "Mini-Con Team" as a categorization for "Energon Saber" similarly to the "Perceptor" set. Thus in 2015 the Facebook edition of Ask Vector Prime went with the obvious route and canonized "Energon Saber Mini-Con Team" as the team name.

Foreign names

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

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