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:''Clamp Down is an [[ | :''Clamp Down is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | ||
[[Image:ClampDown-card.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The reason Red Alert is paranoid.]] | [[Image:ClampDown-card.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The reason Red Alert is paranoid.]] | ||
Assigned to an [[ | 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, the 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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: An [[ | : An [[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|tampographs]], like his headlamps. | ||
: The base mold is also used for [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[ | : The base mold is also used for [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Deep Cover]] and [[Tigertrack]]. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Clamp Down's deco is based on the pre-''Transformers'' ''[[ | * Clamp Down's deco is based on the pre-''Transformers'' ''[[Diaclone]]'' toy that became Red Alert, the "New Countach LP500S Police Car Type". | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 19:57, 24 March 2009
- Clamp Down is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
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, the 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
- Accessories: Rifle, launcher, 3 missiles
- 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 Sideswipe, Deep Cover 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".
