Astron Seiber Omnicron (Nemesis Edition)

Prelude: Hey, remember when, in the Shattered Glass Universe, the evil Nexus Omnicron combined with Seiberion Blade into the mighty Seiber Omnicron to do… something? No? No surprise, really. Because what we have here is a pretty weird third party / knock off toy, based on Energon Optimus Prime and Wing Saber, all dressed up in Shattered Glass / Nemesis colors and shrunk down to Legends Scale. Intrigued? Let’s say go! 

Many thanks to my buddy Fuchs Geronimo, who loaned me this figure for the review.

Nexus Omnicron: Nexus Omnicron is a scaled down version of Energon Optimus Prime with a new Shattered-Glass / Nemesis inspired paintjob. Nexus stands at about Scout-Class scale now, so he probably fits in with Legends-scaled third party toys (I have none, so I cannot really say for sure). Apart from size and paint, the toy is practically identical with the official Energon figure except in some small details. The Super-Mode helmet on Nexus’ back can’t fold out into an antenna-like thing and there are no electronics in the torso, unsurprisingly. 

Transformation and alternate mode are pretty much identical to the original figure, too. It’s the same kind of slightly weird truck we remember from Energon, just without the helmet-turned-antenna on top. You can swivel up the “ears” of the helmet for a slightly antenna-like feel, if you wish. The gun, a fully functional spring-powered projectile launcher, can be stored on the back. And yeah, that’s pretty much it. A smaller, very slightly retooled, repainted version of Energon Optimus Prime.

Seiberion Blade: And here we have the scaled-down, repainted version of Energon Wing Saber to go with the Optimus Prime knock off. Seiberion Blade stands about as tall as a Deluxe figure now and has also received a Shattered Glass / Nemesis like paintjob to fit in with Nexus Omnicron. Nothing except size and color has really changed from the Energon figure, meaning Seiberion Blade suffers from the same lack of articulation. He does have the working missile launchers, as well, though those tend to pop off his legs at the slightest provocation.

Seiberion Blade transforms into the same kind of sci-fi stealth bomber / flying wing Wing Saber did. He has the landing gear, too, the only thing missing are those little tabs to fix the “wings” in place in this mode. Doesn’t really need them, of course, the wings stay in place without them well enough. No other changes worth mentioning here. Seiberion Blade is Wing Saber, just smaller and with a more evil paintjob, full stop.

Seiber Omnicron: Much like it was with the original figures, the main attraction of these two here is that they can combine in two different configurations. Nexus Omnicron becomes the torso, Seiberion Blade splits into the four limbs. There is the Flight Mode version, where the combiner has huge wings and gun feet, and the Assault Mode, where the combiner has double-shoulder guns and missile launcher arms. Once again, no real difference to the original figures apart from size and color scheme.

That said, the scaled-down version here really does very well in combined mode. The only real issue is that the panels that open up on the chest tend to pop off when you move the arms in either configuration, but they can easily be popped back on again, no problem. Articulation is identical to the original toy, meaning quite good, and apart from the missing light and sound effects there are no other differences worth mentioning.

Bottom line for the combiner: like with the original figures, it’s the main reason to get these figures, as it’s just a lot of fun in both configurations.

Remarks: This toy here, a loan from my buddy Fuchs Geronimo, took me by surprise, I must admit. Never heard of it before, never saw it anywhere. The company(?) that made it, Astron, has apparently never produced anything else that I could find. The toy itself is really just a scaled-down knock-off, but there is some (minimal) new tooling and an original paintjob, too. It’s half Shattered Glass, half Nemesis, and the result is kind of its own thing in a weird way. And in case you were wondering, to the best of my knowledge there has never been a Non-Nemesis Edition of this toy, either.

So what’s the final verdict on this toy? The very fact that it exists makes it somewhat interesting and overall it’s a pretty well-done scaled-down version of the original Energon toys, which I’m a huge fan of. The plastic quality is not exactly great, but not terrible, either. The main problem, for me, is that the toy doesn’t really fit anywhere, neither in terms of scale nor paintjob.

So bottom line: a nice curiosity, especially as there are but very few Energon-inspired toys in the third party / knock off market, but probably only interesting for die-hard Energon fans.

Rating: C+