Mirage (Transformers) first to rush into battle, Mirage was destroyed by a flamethrower to his neck; his death was soon avenged in battle by Ironhide. Mirage is one of the light blue robots in the 2010 card game "Monopoly Deal Transformers". The first truly new, different character to bear the name of Mirage appeared in the 1999 "Beast Machines" toyline, a portent of the frequent reuse the name would soon receive. A member of the evil Vehicons, with the requisite (albeit stylised and alien) racing car alternate mode, this Mirage did not appear in the accompanying animated series, but was characterised as
Transformers technology natural energon on the planet. Similarly, in "", The Dinobots assumed dinosaur forms with organic shells to protect themselves from energon radiation. Techno-Organic Hybrids are transformers who possess or have obtained organic halves (having been infused with an organic being's DNA) and can be considered a fusion of both technological & organic lifeforms at cellular level. Transformers of this type are featured prominently in the "Beast Wars" era and even more so in "Beast Machines" (with their existence and techno-organic nature being an important plot element). Their outward appearance often varies from slightly robotic, completely organic, or a combination of