Clampdown (G1)
| The name or term "Clampdown" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Clampdown (disambiguation). |
- Clampdown is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Assigned to an Earth police force as head of the Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program along with his brother Deep Cover, Clampdown (クランプダウン Kuranpudaun) 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.[1]
Operating with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, his human partner is Officer Miko Tezuka.[2]
Fiction
Binaltech Asterisk
As leader of the Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program, Clampdown hoped to promote peaceful cooperation between humans and Transformers. To accomplish this, he paired several Autobots up with humans from different walks of life so that people could see how well the two races might interact. Binaltech Asterisk
Wings Universe
At the dawn of the Machine Wars, Clamp Down was a security officer operating on Cybertron. Dedicated to law and order, Clamp Down had no qualms about imprisoning fellow Autobots such as Gunrunner, Mirage, and Electro when they violated Cybertronian law. When generals Obsidian and Strika ordered all prisoners released who were willing and able to take up arms against Jhiaxus and his clones, Clamp Down very reluctantly did so. Even still, he tried to force a confession out of Mirage and Electro about their smuggling activities first, and refused to arm Electro with the sword he needed to focus his forestonite powers.
Despite his myopia in the face of open warfare, Clamp Down was named one of the city commanders of Cybertron in defense of the oncoming invasion force. Termination
Clamp Down was later present at the signing of the Pax Cybertronia at Autobot City, where he shook Starscream’s hand. A Common Foe
Toys
Collector's Edition
- Clampdown (March 2003)
- ID number: 91
- Accessories: Rifle, launcher, 3 missiles
- An e-HOBBY exclusive available only in a set with Deep Cover, Clampdown is a redeco of the original Red Alert toy based on the pre-Transformers Diaclone toy that became Red Alert, the "New Countach LP500S Police Car Type". He transforms into a Lamborghini Countach LP500S (obviously), using exactly the same base plastic colors as Red Alert, 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.
- Pre-orders for the set closed on January 10, 2003, with the toys shipping out in March.
- The base mold is also used for Sideswipe, Deep Cover, and Tigertrack.
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Masterpiece
- Clampdown (December 26, 2015)
- Japanese ID number: MP-14C
- Accessories: "Laser Homing SAM Launcher", "Electron Pulse Gun", two "Screw Driver" pile drivers
- Masterpiece Clampdown is a redeco of MP-14 Alert, transforming into a licensed Lamborghini Countach LP500S with a light-bar. Standing at around 6¼ inches (or 15.5 centimetres) from head to toe in robot mode, he is in scale with MP-10 Optimus Prime, and can fit inside Prime's trailer in vehicle mode. His non-firing rocket launcher is jointed at the peg to allow it to pivot up and down, and can fit on either shoulder (it should be mounted on his right), while his rifle can be held in either hand. Both weapons can also be combined and mounted onto his light-bar. Clampdown also comes with new pile driver accessories which can snap onto the ends of his forearms when either hand is flipped in. These are different from either of the pairs of pile drivers available with MP-12 Lambor, and represent the weapons as they appeared in "S.O.S. Dinobots".
- In Japan, he was sold exclusively through TakaraTomy Mall, but was also available outside Japan through Hasbro Asia. When purchased from a seller supplied by Hasbro Asia, Clampdown came with a special collector coin, mounted on a card styled to resemble his vehicle mode hood/chest, with a lightbar across the top.
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