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Vehicle Mode:
For a deluxe, Armorhide is one highly detailed figure. Some touches are rather large, such as those mentioned in the bullet point list above. Others are a bit less obvious at first. For instance, if you look inside the cabin, there are two seats inside. Later, we'll go on to discover these actually form the robot hands. I'm also very fond of smaller details such as the segmented parts of the scope on his weapon, the horizontal line details on his front lights and a series of tubes sculpted into the rear of the vehicle representing parts of the vehicle's frame. If the intention was to create a "realistic" looking Transformer based on a real life vehicle, this certainly fits the bill! Armorhide is cast in several plastic colors including dark green, black, light grey, camouflage green and gunmetal. The dark green makes up most of the vehicle mode while the black makes up smaller parts including his wheels and the rails running along the sides. Light grey is used for parts such as the seats, the canisters on the back and the handle of the gun mounted on the top of the vehicle. Speaking of the gun, that is where you will find a concentration of the camouflage green mentioned earlier. Gunmetal is found on the front and back, in the form of the frame pieces that his front and rear lights are mounted on. Paint applications are done in up in gold, silver, yellow and red. Silver is most heavily used color, making up most of the details on the vehicle. This includes the words "Defense" on either side of his hood and a large Autobot symbol in the center. Silver is also used for the date "10-22-80" printed on the right side armor panel over the windshield. The number "50" is painted over the left side. On the part that angles back on the front end, you'll find a US flag along with the number "50" (clearly meant to symbolize the states) on the top. Talk about a patriotic Transformer! The gold and red colors are found on the front and rear lights, where they are used to give some brightness to the dark front and rear sections of the vehicle. Yellow is used for the round portion of the sensor pod on the front of the vehicle. In terms of color scheme, I would say Armorhide is much closer in color to the dark tones of the Chenowth used in the film. The colors aren't exact of course, but they come rather close. I also find the color combination of the dark green with the camouflage green reminscent of G1 Onslaught, who also sported colors in that range of the colors. On each side, the panels have the N.E.S.T. symbols tampographed onto them with a lightning pattern shield around it. Armorhide's gun is mounted on an articulated handle, so you can raise it up as well as turning it around in a full circle. Push down on the vehicle and you'll notice it has suspension which pushes it right back up. This is thanks to springs built into each section leading to a wheel, giving it a fun play feature as well an added touch of realism. Transformation to Robot Mode:
A word of warning about the transformation. His front and rear fender pieces tend to pop off rather easily, so be careful or you may lose one.
Robot Mode: Other parts on this figure are downright traditional in appearance, including the chest, which takes the traditional "car front as robot chest" design and just adds some angles and his legs, which are clearly composed of the back part of the vehicle. His thighs do incorporate some angled design elements from the movies, but not so much that it's overdone. I do like the way his sensor pod and antenna wind up on the center of his chest, looking like he has extra instrumentation to track his enemies in robot mode. I'm a total sucker for highly detailed figures (then again, who isn't?) and Armorhide definitely delivers. The aforementioned angular armor pieces all have nicely sculpted overlapping details. His hands have raised lines that match up to the location of each of his claws on his hands and look on the legs for details including tubes and, circles, armor panels and more. What's nice is that a lot of the details are found on the inside of his lower legs, a spot most people wouldn't normally look. Having the springs on his ankles from the vehicle mode adds a bit of machinery detail that looks cool as well. All the colors from the vehicle mode carry over here, but now the camouflage green and light grey are much more prominant! The green can be found on segments including the head, forearms and thighs. The silver makes up the alternate segments including the upper arms, shoulders, feet and hands. A bit of soft, black plastic is used on the hands to make the claws. I like the use of soft plastic here (which I'm not normally a big fan of) since it allows the claws to be "sharp" looking while not dangerous to kids. The most prominant deco colors are black, red and silver. The black is found on his waist, with silver on top of that and on the robot head. Red is u sed for his eyes, neck and small details on his arms and legs. The red really stands out nicely against the dark colors, looking almost like energy glowing from his body. The silver Autobot symbol from the vehicle mode's front section is now prominantly displayed on his chest, right in the center. The color scheme looks great and I think it works very well. Armorhide has a whopping twenty six points of articulation. This easily makes him one of the most articulated figures in the entire "Revenge of the Fallen" toy line. This includes eight points of articulation in each arm, due in part to each hand having joints at the base and fingers. He also has waist articulation and ankle articulation. I also love the fact that this figure has several ball joints, allowing for a good range of motion.
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Armorhide is a character who was first introduced in the 
