Lockdown (G1)
| This article is about the evil Decepticon bounty hunter. For his heroic counterpart, see Lockdown (SG). For a list of other meanings, see Lockdown (disambiguation). |
- Lockdown is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Lockdown will pay top dollar to get what he wants... so he can earn an even topper dollar! Like any good bounty hunter, he's all business and does whatever it takes to haul his bounty in. He runs a very tight ship and is straight to the point. So he's not afraid to tell his colleagues exactly what he thinks of them, for better or for ill.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
When the infamous Decepticon Deadlock failed in a mutiny against his commander and deserted, Megatron called on the bounty hunter Lockdown to find him and return him to the Decepticons. Lockdown, with the help of some slave traders, found Deadlock on an unassuming planet where a mysterious third, neutral faction had been in hiding for eons. Drift #2
Lockdown explained to Deadlock that even though Deadlock's former boss, Turmoil, wanted Deadlock dead, Megatron felt that Deadlock was too important to his plans to have him be destroyed. The slave traders had other ideas, and noted that there were other Transformer deserters somewhere on the planet, ones who must have partially rebuilt Deadlock. In exchange for helping find Deadlock, they demanded to be led to the hidden Transformers; if not, they would take Deadlock for their own purposes. Lockdown suggested that Deadlock lead the hidden Transformers into an ambush, and commented that Megatron's faith in Deadlock had best not be misplaced. However, when they met Deadlock at the arranged site, he had an army of Transformer deserters with him ready for a fight, plus he had been completely rebuilt and renamed himself "Drift". Drift #3
Lockdown was furious at Drift for abandoning the Decepticon cause, and scoffingly dismissed him as an "idealist" when Drift claimed he found something better to fight for. Their personal combat was interrupted when the lead Slaver killed Drift's mentor, Wing, and Drift broke off to avenge his friend. After he killed the Slaver, and Dai Atlas arrived with a fresh crowd of third faction warriors, Lockdown chose to depart in the face of overwhelming odds. Drift #4
At some point Lockdown was put in charge of a team of Titan Hunters by Chief Justice Tyrest, who tasked them with hunting down and killing Metrotitans for their parts. In order to retrieve a Titan fragment, they boarded the Lost Light while the entire crew was paralyzed. ...the entire crew except Trailcutter, that is. Though Trailcutter's forcefield powers were shorted out at the time, unbeknownst to the Decepticons, he bluffed Lockdown and his team off his ship with some creative use of its gravity generators and his magnawheels. The Reluctant Specialist
Some months later, Lockdown and his Titan Hunters confronted the crew of the Lost Light again when they found Luna 1, Tyrest's headquarters. The Fecund Moon Rodimus led them on a merry chase across the moon and through the corpses of their titan victims, but Lockdown was eventually able to capture the intruders and bring them before Tyrest. House of Ambus The Titan Hunters were later ordered by Tyrest to suppress the attacking Circle of Light, who had escaped confinement thanks to Cyclonus and Whirl. Arm the Lonely Once Tyrest was defeated, Lockdown and his crew fled Luna 1. This Calamitous Life
Angry Birds comic
Lockdown was among Megatron's forces who attacked an Autobot ship in an attempt to seize the AllSpark, only to be knocked back into space by Heatwave's water blasts. Angry Birds Transformers #1
Games
Bot Shots Battle Game!
Lockdown participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! Bot Shots Battle Game!
Transformers: Legends
After the Decepticon Deadlock went MIA, Lockdown tracked him to an unfamiliar planet. Despite teaming up with some local hunters, Lockdown was sent packing by the Circle of Light. Circle of Light
Toys
Revenge of the Fallen
- Lockdown (Deluxe, 2010)
- Japanese ID number: RD-26
- Accessories: Engine
- Revenge of the Fallen Lockdown's design is a strong homage to his Transformers Animated counterpart. Lockdown transforms into an amalgam of a 1980s Corvette and a 1960s Cougar, with lots of spikes and a cow-catcher on his bumper. The toy's Mech Alive feature rotates cylinders inside his thighs as his lower legs rotate, and pneumatic cylinders extend as his Capture Hook is deployed.
- Lockdown may have the most articulated neck ever for a Transformer, having three ball joints and a swivel joint. Craziness.
- Similar to his Animated counterpart, Lockdown's arm-mounted hot rod engine weapon can be removed and can be replaced by Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe Ratchet's weapon. Likewise, Ratchet can store Lockdown's engine on his roof; it cannot, however, attach to his arm. Interestingly, the plug for Lockdown's engine is the same general shape as the plug for Animated Lockdown's EMP blaster/engine, but smaller; as such, it isn't compatible with Animated Lockdown, or with Animated Ratchet or Ironhide, for that matter.
Bot Shots
- Lockdown (2012)
- Series: 1
- Number: B008
- Fist strength: 445
- Blaster strength: 275
- Sword strength: 895
- Part of the third wave of Bot Shots, Lockdown is a teeny little "road warrior"-ish car with a spring-loaded automatic transformation to robot mode triggered when his front bumper is pressed. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. His head appears to be based more on the Revenge of the Fallen Lockdown than the original.
- Lockdown's main car body, arms and legs are also used by Bot Shots Barricade, Bumblebee, Mirage, Prowl and Topspin.
- Decepticon Fire Assault Team (Multi-pack, 2013)
- Series: 2
- Number: T020
- Fist strength: 350
- Blaster strength: 837
- Sword strength: 423
- A redeco of the original Lockdown mold now with yellow and red highlights a la Animated Blazing Lockdown, this version of Lockdown was available in a five-pack with similar redecos of Megatron, Shockwave, Starscream and Barricade.
Notes
- Artist Alex Milne had originally come up with an original design for Lockdown, but was asked by Hasbro to use the Revenge of the Fallen Lockdown's design instead.[1] It was editor Denton J. Tipton who suggested to writer Shane McCarthy to bring Lockdown into the Generation 1 universe.[2]
