Armorhide (Movie)

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Armorhide is an Autobot from the Transformers portion of the movie continuity family.
My toy looks a little different...

One would be hard-pressed to find an Autobot who enjoys the thrill of battle more than Armorhide. Figuring that the only way to beat the Decepticons is to beat them at their own game, he is extremely nasty, underhanded, and ruthless to the point of being murderous in combat. This puts Armorhide at odds with his teammates, who wonder if his emotional management capacitors might have been meant for a Decepticon. His hardened exoskeleton can stand up to all but the most powerful Decepticon weapons. However, this has often resulted in overconfidence on Armorhide's part<ref>The Reign of Starscream trade paperback bonus material</ref> and reprimands from Optimus Prime.

Luckily for Armorhide, he does not care about others' opinions and the other Autobots have found reason to doubt his loyalty to their cause. Furthermore, Prime can stuff it in his reactor linkage as far as he is concerned. Once the war is over, historians can argue about Armorhide's methods in peace and safety.<ref>Transformers Scout Class Armorhide packaging bio</ref> But at least when he is paired up with other 'bots, they do not raise a fuss.

Fiction

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Titan movie comics

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That's it there. Good, eh? You should buy it!

In a divergent timeline, the Decepticons succeeded at Mission City and conquered the United States. Armorhide was part of the Autobot reinforcements. He was quite gung-ho about it, pointing out how the planet was doomed "unless we [did] something about it!" to Arcee - even though she already bloody knew this. Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1 Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2 When Starscream attacked, Armorhide declared he'd draw the Decepticon's fire, as he could take more punishment than the others - shockingly, this didn't work against a foe that can fly really fast. Armorhide joined his comrades in heading for Earth to make a last-ditch stand. Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3

His half of the team landed in Savannah, and assisted Ratchet and Ironhide in a doomed battle. Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4 Mid-battle, he covered Ratchet as the medic made a last-ditch attempt to destroy the corrupted All Spark. The mission done, they withdrew. Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5 He hated sentry duty, and was also rubbish at it. Aftermath Part 1

And my old Cybertron toy too!

In one engagement to protect human infrastructure, he worked with Bumblebee and Arcee to protect an Alaskan oil pipeline from Payloads. Bumblebee gave the orders and that order was to hold position, so naturally Armorhide transformed into truck mode and rammed the drone forces. Dark Spark

With the two of them, he was placed under Ironhide's command on a mission to Cybertron. Return to Cybertron: Part 1 They came across a Decepticon force powered by Nucleon; even he knew it would be stupid to have a straight fight, and said as much. Instead, he and Arcee provided a distraction by making a tactical withdrawal. Return to Cybertron: Part 2

The chaos of Unicron's arrival ended the battle with the Decepticons, though Armorhide was annoyed to hear Stockade thought planet-warping death-gods were more important than killing him. Return to Cybertron: Part 3 When Optimus Prime arrived and united both sides to drain the Nucleon from Unicron's new body, Armorhide was dispatched to work with Bumblebee in doing the actual draining. Return to Cybertron: Part 4 On the way back, he was one of the gunnery men on the Straxus. Hard Target

IDW movie comics

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Many years ago, Armorhide was a civilian during the reign of Protector Megatron and science division leader Optimus. This peaceful existence ended when a mysterious relic was discovered outside the temple of Simfur, and Megatron changed the military's mission of defending Cybertron to open conquest, Armorhide joined with Optimus Prime's new faction, the Autobots. He was hiding out at an Autobot facility when Ironhide arrived to offer his allegiance to Optimus. During the subsequent civil war, He was present when Optimus Prime revealed his plan to capture the All Spark, and due to the lack of space on the Ark, some Autobots would have to stay behind. Armorhide was among those who volunteered to stay. Defiance #4

I SAID you should BUY IT. You lookin' for trouble?!

Thousands of years later and shortly after the destruction of Megatron and the Cube on Earth, Armorhide part of a group of Autobots awaiting the order to move out and rescue fellow Autobots who had been captured by the Decepticons to build Starscream's new All Spark cube. With the return of Arcee, they moved out. The Reign of Starscream #4

When Dreadwing's forces betrayed Starscream at Simfur, Armorhide, Crosshairs. Clocker and Arcee created havoc by destroying the new All Spark cube and fighting the rebel Decepticon forces. Armorhide was pinned by Ramjet, and would have been killed if Crosshairs hadn't lopped the Decepticon's head off. He managed to escape with the other Autobots when Dreadwing's starship came crashing down to Trypticon, destroying the once-magnificent Decepticon city. The Reign of Starscream #5

Your guess at what's happening here is as good as ours, honestly.

Through unknown means, he turned up on Earth and was captured and brainwashed by the Initiative into being one of their soldiers. His colours were bleached out and he was thrown at an Autobot/NEST team in the Initiative's final battle. Nefarious #5 He was taken in alive, and magically changed bodies mid-battle! Nefarious #6

Along with the other brainwashed Autobots, he was eager to return to battle but Optimus told them they still needed to recuperate after the mental trauma they'd suffered. Armorhide tried to refute this but accidentally proved Optimus right when he kept forgetting he was no longer on Cybertron and not talking to Sentinel Prime. Rising Storm #1 While Optimus and his team went to save Sam Witwicky from a Decepticon attack, Armorhide and the other refugees remained on Diego Garcia, nostalgically staring at pictures from Cybertron's past. In their docile state, they were found and killed by Shockwave. Rising Storm #3 Shortly after this, a grave was made for him. Dark of the Moon #1

Toy bios

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Stalking through the jungles of Southeast Asia alongside Ironhide, Armorhide moved in absolute silence, the only sound being the dripping of the never-ending rain from the board leaves of immense trees. His mission was to finish the job the other Autobots left undone: tracking and destroying Bludgeon. Armorhide (Deluxe) Recon Ironhide

Armorhide's boredom was relieved by the discovery of Dirge trying (and failing) to hide amongst the jets of NEST. Teamed with Bumblebee and Evac to go after him, Armorhide finally has the opportunity to use his brutal combat stylings without complaint... assuming Dirge ever lands. Alliance Bumblebee Evac (Deluxe)

Toys

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Transformers (2007)

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I'm mass-market out of the States, so no excuse! Spend those £££s!
  • Armorhide (Scout Class, 2007)
  • Accessories: Crane-cannon, Key
Part of the third wave of Target-exclusive Scouts, Armorhide is a redeco of the Cybertron series Armorhide toy, transforming into a debadged first-generation Volvo FH Globetrotter semi tractor-trailer cab with hook-crane attachment. Plugging a Cyber Key into the back of his cab flips his grill down, exposing a rack of eight (non-firing) missiles. This feature is also available in his robot mode. Unlike most Cybertron-mold toys, Armorhide can store a Cyber Planet Key using tabs on his hook-crane/rifle. He came with a black-bordered Planet X-mold Key with the Sector Seven insignia stamped on it.
This toy was also sold as a Farmers exclusive in New Zealand.
This mold was also used to make Timelines Huffer, and Armorhide's toy itself was repurposed as Shattered Glass Huffer.


Revenge of the Fallen

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Hey, get this one too! C'mon, I'm a Deluxe now! Can you really pass up on this?
  • Armorhide (Deluxe Class, 2009)
  • Accessories: "Pulse rifle"
Revenge of the Fallen Armorhide is a redeco of Landmine from the first movie toyline, transforming into an assault buggy. He features two Automorph gimmicks: a spring-loaded front end, retracting his front wheels into his chest during transformation, and sliding panels on each of his shins that retract when the tail light/knee caps are moved into place.
In robot mode, Armorhide's rifle can be back-mounted to make an over-shoulder cannon, or held in his hand. He also has wheels on the soles of his feet, which let him roll in robot mode... in theory, at least, since his heel-wheels rub against his legs, keeping them from spinning freely.
This figure was repurposed as Dune Runner in the IDW comics, and was redecoed into Dark of the Moon Comettor.

Notes

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  • Though the bio on his 2007 Scout class figure brands him as an Autobot, his "faction" marking is that of Sector Seven. It is possible that he is hiding out in the Sector Seven motor pool, maybe even as the cab for the Mobile Command Unit.
    • Even more interesting, his Cyber Key has a Decepticon symbol on its backside. So Armorhide is even more than meets the eye... spooky.
  • Armorhide's 2007 Scout class figure cardback claims his wrecker-arm-cannon has a spring-loaded projectile. It don't. Whoops.
  • In the Titan comics, Armorhide has been colored like the Cybertron Armorhide twice and green merely once. Meanwhile, IDW has colored him green throughout his appearances in both Nefarious and Rising Storm.
    • In the case of the latter, this is somewhat of an error because his Earth mode in IDW's comics is based off the black and yellow/orange truck of the Scout Class toy.

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