![]() ![]() I’ve heard that Lockdown’s transformation is very similar to DOTM Deluxe Roadbuster’s, to the point where people were speculating that the former may even be a remold of the latter. What’s the deal? Also, you can plug his huge cannon onto the back of the car, but why would you do that? My first thought was that it was done to make him look more interesting like with the Dinobots, but as any Bionicle fan will tell you, brown is not a good color for standing out on toy shelves. The dark greyish-brown is also a really odd color choice given the straight black and grey color palate of the character in the film. Also, Lockdown feels strikingly lightweight, which, combined with the clip-on wheels, can make him come across as feeling cheap. In plastic form, the overall character of the car is preserved, though it is a bit small (which becomes important later). Lockdown assumes the vehicle form of a Lamborghini Aventador, which is an intimidatingly awesome car that matches his character perfectly and looked excellent in the film. My initial reaction was one of anger and frustration, but I got over it because this is still a pretty nice rendition of a gorgeous car. Yes, it looks kind of dumb and no, I don’t see a reason for it other than laziness. Let me just get this out of the way: there are no windows. Not bad at all, but how does the long-awaited deluxe Lockdown match up to the onscreen character? And then he proceeded to continuously surprise everyone by being a solid character with an impressive amount of lines (delivered by a top-of-his-game Mark Ryan), easily proving himself to be the most effective villain of the film series. After getting a brand new homage toy in ROTF’s offshoot line and an appearance in IDW’s Drift miniseries (and, more recently, in MTMTE), Lockdown surprised everyone by being announced as the main villain of the fourth movie. Lockdown has come a fairly long way since his introduction in Transformers Animated as the harbinger of the show’s darker themes. Yes, it’s back to the Transformers 4 toyline, as the final member of the main cast and the movie’s main Cybertronian villain has finally found his way onto shelves with a proper toy.
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