Eggbot (AB)

Eggbots are enemies from the Angry Birds Transformers continuity.

"You'd better run, egg!"

Though once they were just normal, harmless eggs, after the EggSpark's transformative energies mutated them, the Eggbots became dangerous and hostile enemies for the Autobirds and Deceptihogs alike! Eggbots come in a variety of types and sizes, but they all mindlessly sow chaos and destruction in their wake!

Fiction

Angry Birds comic

The first batch of Eggbots came into being when some of the Flock's eggs were dropped onto the EggSpark by Soundwave Pig. Some time later, they sprouted mechanical limbs. Jazz Bird, upon noticing the change, offered the Eggbots some candy. In response, one of the Eggbots blasted him in the face. The eggs then quickly began to duplicate themselves and ran off into the wild. Angry Birds Transformers #1

As the EggSpark caused Piggy Island to transform further, the Eggbots grew bigger and more heavily armed. The Autobirds and Deceptihogs joined forces to battle them, but found themselves on the losing side of the conflict. Age of Eggstinction! Some Eggbots even grew mouths, and displayed the ability to scream! One of the smaller Eggbots was eventually captured by the Autobird/Deceptihog alliance in order for them to study it. Revenge of the Fowlin'!

But the Eggbots continued to grow in numbers, and their armament became increasingly powerful as well. With all-out pandemonium breaking out, the Autobirds and Deceptihogs were left with only one option: tackle the source of their island's metamorphosis at its source. Though it took some doing, they managed to launch the EggSpark off-planet, causing the Eggbots to revert into regular eggs. All of them, that is, save one that shot a transformative beam at a nearby cactus, changing it into a wild-running robot. Hard Boiled

Commercial appearances

After the EggSpark transformed the Flock and the Bad Piggies into the Autobirds and Deceptihogs, their confrontation was interrupted by a bunch of Eggbots firing on them, and cyberforming nearby rocks into armed turrets. They were chased off by Optimus Prime Bird, Bumblebee Bird, and Grimlock Bird. Angry Birds Transformers: Cinematic Trailer

Games

Angry Birds Transformers

The game has three eggbots that create events on the map, which takes 5, 15, or 30 minutes to complete. If a player chooses to intercept an event early with Gems, they can chase a (mostly) harmless Eggbot through the level and blast it to get Coins. The Eggbot will run off the screen whenever they're provoked enough, if the character is in vehicle mode, or if a buddy is active. If you hit the Eggbot really hard, it may even drop a Gem! If you manage to "defeat" the Eggbot four times, it will have enough and fly away, never to be seen again for the rest of the stage. You ideally want to do this quickly not just to get Coins, but to get them out of the way, as they can block your targeting-tap on dangerous enemies on the right side of the screen.

The only time you'll theoretically want to spend Gems for Coins from Eggbots is to complete the "Golden Egg" in-game achievement. (Eggbot interception used to be one of the potential Daily Quests, but has since been removed from the pool.) As this Achievement only counts Coins acquired by Deceptihogs, so pick your characters carefully. Characters that deal high damage per shot are the most effective at making Eggbots spill heaps of Coins (and of course the Goldbrick Energonicon is ideal to use to amply amplify your income). Characters with fast fire rates are pretty effective as well, but power-hitters can squish an Eggbot squat with a single blast and make them spill thousands of Coins in a single shot!

Eventually, Eggbots would also show up during certain weekly challenges. There's almost never any kind of tie-in theme, they're just there in every challenge stage all week. With the right character, this is your opportunity to rack up loads of Coins... and get the "Golden Egg" achievement without spending any Gems!

External links

• The Eggs at the Angry Birds wiki