#transformers photography

Siege Sideswipe Severely Strapped

Transformers War for Cybertron: SiegeAutobot Hound

I wasn’t expecting much from this figure but I ended up liking him a fair amount! His legs transform in a really interesting way, similar to how Titans Return Kup’s legs did.

Hound is interesting to me because, despite having the most militaristic alt mode of the original 1984 Autobots (A jeep in army colors, which isn’t exactly a tank or anything, but still), his bio presented him as a very peaceful and nature loving bot, even going so far to mention he wanted to be a human. It also came up with non-violent uses for his toy’s weapons. He was more park ranger than army ranger, I guess you could say. In the pilot of the original animated series, he was even presented as being the human character’s buddy rather than Bumblebee! Unfortunately, most of his post-G1 depictions ignore his peaceful, nature loving ways, something this toy is also a bit guilty of. The Michael Bay movies are the worst about this, but he’s at least voiced by John Goodman, so there’s that.

Transformers Studio SeriesShadowRaiderRaldor

Back when he was first revealed, there was either a typo in the picture or a serious instance of misreading on my part which led to me thinking this guy’s name was Shadow RALDOR instead of Shadow RAIDER. I like my name better.

I’m a big fan of the AoE Lockdown design and this is a really good redeco of it! I’m really tempted to pick up another one and try painting his car parts blue to give Lockdown another henchman.