Clampdown (RID)
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- Clampdown is a Decepticon from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.
The skittering scumbag Clampdown is always looking to make a deal to save his own shell. Despite his impressive claw strength, he's a massive coward, always ready to run for the hills, or failing that, squeal on others to the authorities in the hopes of weaseling out of punishment.
In fact, it was his big mouth that got Thunderhoof locked away on the Alchemor. And now they're forced to work together as part of Steeljaw's plan. Yeah, that's gonna go over real well.
Fiction
2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon
- Voice actor: Jim Cummings (English), Francesco Orlando (Italian)
Clampdown was responsible for Thunderhoof being arrested on Cybertron. Thanks to his trying to blackmail a member of the High Council, Clampdown himself was also imprisoned on the ship Alchemor and eventually escaped when the ship crashed on Earth. Pilot (Part 1) He concealed himself in the storm drains under Crown City, frightening off anyone who got near.
After Bumblebee's team attempted to arrest him, he managed to escape and instead encountered Steeljaw who invited him to join a group. Unfortunately Thunderhoof was already a member of the group, and Clampdown fled when the other Decepticon threatened him. Both the Autobots and Decepticon found him hiding in a garbage dump, and he and the rest of Steeljaw's gang were captured after Thunderhoof accidentally rendered both himself and Clampdown unconscious. Steeljaw was later able to free them all, and Clampdown rejoined the gang. Sideways
Toys
Hero Mashers
- Clampdown (2015)
- Pieces: 8
- Part of the third wave of Transformers Hero Mashers —and the first of the Robots in Disguise-themed product— Clampdown is a non-transforming action figure with ratchet-joints, about six inches tall. He has multiple peg-holes all over that can be used to mount any Hero Mashers accessory.
- He is designed with a removable head (well, top of his head, at least), biceps, claw-arms, and legs, all of which use the same clip-peg/hole joint. This means his pieces can be swapped around in any order, as well as swapped with any other Hero Mashers figure... which includes figures from Marvel Comics, Star Wars and Jurassic World, meaning you can make some pretty freaky combinations.
- Clampdown's normal construction differs from all the humanoids in the entire line, in that his arms use two removable parts each instead of just one, and his legs only have a single piece each instead of two. This has confused the hell out of the Hero Mashers product photography team.
Merchandise
- Clampdown (McDonald's Happpy Meal toy, 2015)
- McNumber: 8
- Part of the 2015 McDonald's Transformers/My Little Pony Happy Meal promotion, Clampdown is a non-transforming action figure. His left claw is actually a spring-loaded missile tied to his arm by a string. The claw itself also has a spring-loaded gimmick, clamping shut when the trigger panel between the claw-blades is struck.
- Amusingly, this version of Clampdown is pretty much to proper scale with the normal Robots in Disguise Warrior-class figures.
