Does anyone else miss when Hasbro made Transformers toys that were cool robots for the sake of being cool robots?

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As Transformers Energon wound down, it brought back traditional five-member Transformers combiners. These were very cool toys.

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Transformers Energon Kicker and Highwire: the original Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover toy.

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Transformers Energon Arcee: the inspiration for Transformers Prime and Rise of the Beasts Arcee

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Transformers Energon Rodimus: not named "Rodimus Prime" because Hasbro in 2004 didn't want Optimus to share his last name.

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Transformers Energon Megatron: based on Galvatron, called Megatron to protect the trademark.

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Omnicons and Terrorcons: army builder characters whose role was the mining and processing of Energon.

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The Decepticons are a self-interested bunch, so their gimmick in Transformers Energon - Hyper Power - was based on individual characters, and included triple changing!

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The Autobots in Transformers Energon were all about teamwork, so their gimmick was the ability to combine into stronger and more powerful warriors!

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