Wildrider (Animated)
| The name or term "Wildrider" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Wildrider (disambiguation). |
- Wildrider is a Decepticon from a Timelines addition to the Animated continuity family.
Wildrider is the "Director" of Team Stunticon.[1] He likes to make things go boom.
Fiction
- Voice actor: Neil Ross
Wildrider was sent, along with the other Stunticons and Toxitron, on a mission to break Megatron and other Decepticons out of Trypticon Prison. In the guise of entertainers, they planned to rig the former Decepticon Gladiatorial Arena in Kaon with explosives, blasting the prison walls open and killing the audience in the process.
All was going well until the Stunticons were abruptly assaulted in mid-rehearsal by Cheetor, who opened fire on the disguised Decepticons. Once the Autobot cop settled down, the rehearsal continued under Wildrider's careful direction. Drag Strip reluctantly played the role of a damsel in distress, cornered by three Decepticons, unsuccessfully rescued by Toxitron, but then truly rescued by the appearance of a great big holographic Sentinel Magnus head.
On the night of the plan's execution, Sideswipe and Cheetor returned in the middle of the show, having worked out the Stunticons' plan. The Stunticons fought back with their stolen modifications, with Wildrider and The Motor Master roughing up Sideswipe. The two cop-bots were cornered, but Toxitron leapt into the fray, knocking out the structural supports for a giant ramp and sending it crashing down on the Stunticons. Toxitron turned out to actually be a disguised Optimus Prime, who revealed their plan to everyone watching. Wildrider was incarcerated in Trypticon Prison, alongside the very Decepticons he and his teammates had sought to free. The Stunti-Con Job
Toys
Timelines
- The Stunti-Con-Job (BotCon 2011 box set)
- Accessories: chaos-crystal-edged Chainsaw attachment, engine block/phlogiston-reactor flamethrower
- A retool of Deluxe Class Animated Lockdown, Wildrider transforms into an amalgam of a 1980s Corvette and a 1960s Cougar, with lots of spikes and a cow-catcher on his bumper. He looks freaking terrifying. In car mode, pressing down on his engine block/phlogiston-reactor flamethrower flips out twin cannon barrels. A removable chainsaw accessory attaches to the center of his bumper, but unlike the hook on the original Lockdown figure, cannot flip back out of sight. As with Lockdown, his engine block can be placed on the arm of any 'bot with the 256-OZU-004 body-type.
- He is only available as part of the BotCon 2011 box set, which also includes The Motor Master, Drag Strip, Breakdown, and Dead End.
Notes
- Wildrider was the fourth character to be revealed for the BotCon 2011 set. He was intended to be revealed in full on February 17, 2011, but BotCon revealed in advance that he would be Lockdown with a new head on the Tuesday prior.[2] The use of the Blazing Lockdown version of the mold was hinted at the morning before the reveal via the Twitter feed's preference for wings.[3]
- Wildrider's upper arms are swapped compared to the various Lockdown releases.
- In the original plan for the set, Breakdown was to use the Lockdown mold, and Wildrider was to use Rodimus Minor's. It was Derrick J. Wyatt's suggestion to switch them.[4]
- So, he is a director who likes explosions. That sounds strangely familiar somehow.
- Even though all of the Stunticons are supposed to have a Autobot Body type,Wildrider is the odd one out of the group,sharing a body type with Lockdown
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