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With the idea of saving a potentially endangered fellow Autobot in mind, Landmine insisted on bypassing the middle men and meeting the Mecannibals directly. Cloudburst was extremely reluctant of the risks involved, but not to worry -- Landmine had a plan. Remote-guiding their two outer shells into the meeting with the Mecannibals, the disguised Autobots arranged to pay for 500 million microchips. However, they also learned that the Mecannibals actually ATE other robots, and were about to dine on Sky Lynx. Landmine guided his inner robot form to bust in at that moment, assaulting the Mecannibals and freeing Sky Lynx. He then set off a flash of light to hide his robot mode re-entering his shell to hide. |
With the idea of saving a potentially endangered fellow Autobot in mind, Landmine insisted on bypassing the middle men and meeting the Mecannibals directly. Cloudburst was extremely reluctant of the risks involved, but not to worry -- Landmine had a plan. Remote-guiding their two outer shells into the meeting with the Mecannibals, the disguised Autobots arranged to pay for 500 million microchips. However, they also learned that the Mecannibals actually ATE other robots, and were about to dine on Sky Lynx. Landmine guided his inner robot form to bust in at that moment, assaulting the Mecannibals and freeing Sky Lynx. He then set off a flash of light to hide his robot mode re-entering his shell to hide. |
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| − | Having successfully acquired their goods and freed a fellow Autobot in the process, Landmine and Cloudburst were sitting pretty. The only remaining glitch was how the hiding Sky Lynx would be able to return to Grand Central to retrieve his friend Berko without being caught. Fortunately, folks -- Landmine had a plan. He simply grabbed Berko by the collar and tossed him into an alleyway so that he and Cloudburst could reveal themselves as Autobots in privacy. It wasn't total privacy, though -- the Mecannibals' brokers saw this revelation, and managed to capture the two Autobots for their bosses. {{storylink|Guess Who the Mecannibals |
+ | Having successfully acquired their goods and freed a fellow Autobot in the process, Landmine and Cloudburst were sitting pretty. The only remaining glitch was how the hiding Sky Lynx would be able to return to Grand Central to retrieve his friend Berko without being caught. Fortunately, folks -- Landmine had a plan. He simply grabbed Berko by the collar and tossed him into an alleyway so that he and Cloudburst could reveal themselves as Autobots in privacy. It wasn't total privacy, though -- the Mecannibals' brokers saw this revelation, and managed to capture the two Autobots for their bosses. {{storylink|Guess Who the Mecannibals are Having for Dinner?}} |
Things weren't looking too well for them until Cloudburst managed to negotiate their release from the Mecannibals, in exchange for hunting down some rare crystals on the planet [[Femax]]. They found their entrance to the mountain kingdom being blocked by a solid steel door. Landmine had a plan, and -- despite the nervous tick Cloudburst was starting to get everytime he heard those words -- they easily bypassed the door by having Landmine tunnel through the mountain itself using the astro-blasting power of his vehicle mode. |
Things weren't looking too well for them until Cloudburst managed to negotiate their release from the Mecannibals, in exchange for hunting down some rare crystals on the planet [[Femax]]. They found their entrance to the mountain kingdom being blocked by a solid steel door. Landmine had a plan, and -- despite the nervous tick Cloudburst was starting to get everytime he heard those words -- they easily bypassed the door by having Landmine tunnel through the mountain itself using the astro-blasting power of his vehicle mode. |
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- Landmine is an Autobot Pretender in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Paul McCartney wants to ban this Autobot.
Landmine luvvy-luvs him some adventure. He's always willing to leap into dangerous situations and unknown dangers with sword or blaster in-hand. He's brash and hot-headed, but unlike some other brash hotheads, he's very concerned about making sure he gets his job done right the first time around, so he doesn't brook mistakes.
- French-Canadian name: Sapeur
Fiction
Marvel comics continuity
A member of Fortress Maximus's crew aboard Steelhaven, Landmine volunteered for the synthoplasmic conversion process Optimus Prime had stolen from Scorponok, transforming him into an Autobot Pretender. With Optimus Prime coordinating the Pretenders' first battle with the Decepticons, Landmine and his teammates easily overwhelmed the opposing force. Pretender to the Throne!
After a large number of Autobot troops were critically damaged battling Starscream, Optimus Prime commissioned Landmine and Cloudburst for a mission of mercy. They were to proceed to Grand Central Space Station and arrange for the purchase of 500 million microchips, a necessary component for rebuilding their fallen comrades. The two Pretenders were chosen for the mission due to their outer human shells, as robots weren't welcome at Grand Central.
Canvassing the area at J'oh's Bar, Landmine got them involved in a bar fight trying to defend a Chromite from some angry patrons. They were beaten, however, and the Chromite was tossed out the airlock. After Cloudburst smoothed things over with J'oh, they left to find a reliable source of microchips, which they supposedly found in two hooded brokers for the Mecannibals. The deal seemed sound, but a passing human named Berko mentioned how his Autobot friend Sky Lynx suddenly went missing after trying to deal with those two.
With the idea of saving a potentially endangered fellow Autobot in mind, Landmine insisted on bypassing the middle men and meeting the Mecannibals directly. Cloudburst was extremely reluctant of the risks involved, but not to worry -- Landmine had a plan. Remote-guiding their two outer shells into the meeting with the Mecannibals, the disguised Autobots arranged to pay for 500 million microchips. However, they also learned that the Mecannibals actually ATE other robots, and were about to dine on Sky Lynx. Landmine guided his inner robot form to bust in at that moment, assaulting the Mecannibals and freeing Sky Lynx. He then set off a flash of light to hide his robot mode re-entering his shell to hide.
Having successfully acquired their goods and freed a fellow Autobot in the process, Landmine and Cloudburst were sitting pretty. The only remaining glitch was how the hiding Sky Lynx would be able to return to Grand Central to retrieve his friend Berko without being caught. Fortunately, folks -- Landmine had a plan. He simply grabbed Berko by the collar and tossed him into an alleyway so that he and Cloudburst could reveal themselves as Autobots in privacy. It wasn't total privacy, though -- the Mecannibals' brokers saw this revelation, and managed to capture the two Autobots for their bosses. Guess Who the Mecannibals are Having for Dinner?
Things weren't looking too well for them until Cloudburst managed to negotiate their release from the Mecannibals, in exchange for hunting down some rare crystals on the planet Femax. They found their entrance to the mountain kingdom being blocked by a solid steel door. Landmine had a plan, and -- despite the nervous tick Cloudburst was starting to get everytime he heard those words -- they easily bypassed the door by having Landmine tunnel through the mountain itself using the astro-blasting power of his vehicle mode.
After Landmine and Cloudburst proved to the Femaxians their good intentions, skill in battle, and most importantly their ability to forgive and forget a certain beheading (don't ask), they finally got ahold of the crystals they needed and returned to the Mecannibals' ship. In the end, however, their consciences got the best of them and they did not leave with the microchips as per the deal. Instead, the Pretenders insisted the Mecannibals rebuild the robots they had "recycled" into the microchips and raw materials they were selling. Their Autobot comrades simply wouldn't have wanted to be revived at the cost of others. Recipe for Disaster!
Sometime later, Landmine was the first Autobot to be deactivated battling Thunderwing and his newly-found power while possessing the Matrix. For a Transformer, that's like being literally struck down by the Hand of God, so it probably hurt A LOT. All Fall Down
Dreamwave comics continuity
According to the More Than Meets The Eye profiles, Landmine is Autobot Pretender leader. He and Scattershot must swap management policies.
Toys
Generation 1
- Landmine (Pretender, 1988)
- Landmine's outer Pretender shell resembles a human in a yellow and gray armoured space suit, armed with a gray sword and a gray blaster rifle. The shell's helmet and front-half of the belt are also removable, used to help "lock" the shell-halves together. This shell has very limited articulation, located in his shoulders.
Landmine's inner robot has good articulation for the period he was released in, owing to his relatively simple transformation and design. The robot transforms into a predominantly gray Cybertronic mining vehicle. The gray rifle can be stored on the top of this mode.
This mold --in the exact same colors-- was used for the Masterforce Pretender Lander.
Trivia
Secretarymine
- Landmine/Lander's animation model shows up in the Armada cartoon as a "generic", unnamed Cybertron. He is seen carrying a "clipboard" of some kind and reacting to the Mini-Con beacon. He's also the only one in that shot seen clearly, the other three (Streetwise, Wide Load and Sixknight) all being seen only from the back and largely obscured. First Encounter
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