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''Clamp Down is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] continuity.''
:''Clamp Down is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''


[[Image:ClampDown-card.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The reason Red Alert is paranoid.]]
[[Image:ClampDown-card.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The reason Red Alert is paranoid.]]


Assigned to an [[Earth]] police force as part of an exchange program along with his brother [[Deep Cover]], '''Clamp Down''' is a tough, dedicated cop who works tirelessly along with his human partners. Uncomplicated in his way of thinking, his straightforward, sometimes black-and-white view he has taken thanks to the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] war occasionally clashes with the views of his new co-workers, not to mention the legal system.
Assigned to an [[Earth]] police force as part of an exchange program along with his brother [[Deep Cover]], '''Clamp Down''' is a tough, dedicated cop who works tirelessly along with his human partners. Uncomplicated in his way of thinking, his straightforward, sometimes black-and-white view he has taken thanks to the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] war occasionally clashes with the views of his new co-workers, not to mention the legal system.
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: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''91'''
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''91'''


: An [[E-Hobby|e-Hobby]] [[exclusive]] available only in a set with Deep Cover, Clamp Down is a [[repaint]] of the original [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] toy, transforming into a Lamborghini Countach LP500S, using the exact same base plastic colors, but with different paint and decal applications to make him into a police car. This arrangement is the same as the pre-''Transformers'' ''[[Diaclone]]'' toy that would become Red Alert. Several factory-applied decals on the original version were replaced by painted [[tampograph]]s, like his headlamps.
: An [[E-Hobby|e-Hobby]] [[exclusive]] available only in a set with Deep Cover, Clamp Down is a [[repaint]] of the original [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] toy, transforming into a Lamborghini Countach LP500S, using the exact same base plastic colors, but with different paint and decal applications to make him into a police car. As he was released in Japan, his spring-loaded missile launcher is fully operational. Several factory-applied decals on the original version were replaced by painted [[tampograph]]s, like his headlamps.


: The base mold is also used for [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], and [[Tigertrack]].
: The base mold is also used for [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], and [[Tigertrack]].
==Trivia==
* Clamp Down's deco is based on the pre-''Transformers'' ''[[Diaclone]]'' toy that became Red Alert, the "New Countach LP500S Police Car Type".





Revision as of 11:24, 14 November 2006

Clamp Down is an Autobot in the Generation 1 continuity family.
The reason Red Alert is paranoid.

Assigned to an Earth police force as part of an exchange program along with his brother Deep Cover, Clamp Down is a tough, dedicated cop who works tirelessly along with his human partners. Uncomplicated in his way of thinking, his straightforward, sometimes black-and-white view he has taken thanks to the Autobot/Decepticon war occasionally clashes with the views of his new co-workers, not to mention the legal system.


Toys

Generation 1

  • Clamp Down (Autobot, 2003)
Japanese ID number: 91
An e-Hobby exclusive available only in a set with Deep Cover, Clamp Down is a repaint of the original Red Alert toy, transforming into a Lamborghini Countach LP500S, using the exact same base plastic colors, but with different paint and decal applications to make him into a police car. As he was released in Japan, his spring-loaded missile launcher is fully operational. Several factory-applied decals on the original version were replaced by painted tampographs, like his headlamps.
The base mold is also used for Red Alert, Sideswipe, and Tigertrack.


Trivia

  • Clamp Down's deco is based on the pre-Transformers Diaclone toy that became Red Alert, the "New Countach LP500S Police Car Type".