Landmine (Transformers)
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| Autobot | |
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| Information | |
| Sub-group | Pretenders |
| Function | Asteroid Miner |
| Rank | 6 |
| Motto | "The greatest treasures are found in the darkest places!" |
| Alternate modes | Cybertronian Exploration Vehicle |
| Series | Transformers: Generation 1 |
| Autobot | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Sub-group | Deluxe Vehicles, Ultra Vehicles |
| Function | Soldier (Energon), Traffic guard (Superlink), Warrior (Cybertron), Aggressor (Galaxy Force) |
| Rank | 8 (Energon), 7.5 (Cybertron) |
| Partner | Rodimus (Energon), Red Alert, Hot Shot (Cybertron) |
| Motto |
"My fists are deadlier than your guns." (Energon Landmine) "Behind my sensitive exterior lives a hardened fist." (Energon Landquake) "My wheel track averages out any fight." (Superlink) "I will give the public peace and desire." (Galaxy Force) |
| Alternate modes | Cybertronian Tow-truck with plow. (Energon) Front endloader (Cybertron) |
| Series |
Transformers: Energon Transformers: Cybertron |
| English voice actor | Ward Perry (Energon), Paul Dobson (Cybertron) |
| Japanese voice actor | Kenta Miyake (Superlink), Tomoyuki Shimura (Galaxy Force) |
| Autobot | |
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| Information | |
| Sub-group | Deluxe Vehicles |
| Partner | Ironhide, Salvage, Longarm |
| Alternate modes | Desert Patrol Vehicle |
| Series | Transformers |
Landmine is the name to several fictional characters from the Transformers series. The first Landmine was a heroic Autobot Pretender who shouldn't be confused with Lander, a similar character.
Landmine is one of the first Autobot Pretenders to be created. The Autobot Pretenders are Transformers who have an armored shell usually resembling a humanoid. As with many Pretenders, Landmine did not appear in a cartoon shown in the U.S.; his only appearance was in the Marvel comics.
One of the hotels in Walt Disney World is called Disney's Pop Century Resort, which has different buildings from different decades of the later half of the 1900s. In the lobby are a series of shadow boxes with memorbelia from each decade. In the one from the 1980s are various items including a Transformers Landmine robot.
Although the US Transformers animated series stopped making new episodes before Landmine was brought out, his Japanese counterpart Lander appeared in the Masterforce anime series.
Landmine appeared in animation in early commercials for the Pretender toys.
Animation from the commercial was used in the opening credits for season 5 of the Transformers, which retold episodes of earlier seasons. Landmine appeared in them.
In a story called "By their Blasters you shall know them ...!" from Transformers Comic-Magazin issue #12 by German comic publisher Condor Verlag Optimus Prime instructs Backstreet, Bumblebee and Ruckus on how to identify Autobots from Decepticons in battle using the Ark's computer. Landmine is one of those he displays to the Autobots.
Although Landmine did get a full character profile in Dreamwave's More Than Meets The Eye series, he didn't appear in their comic stories before the company closed. His bio described him as being perpetually struck with dreams of adventure: whether its daringly rescuing innocents from the clutches of nefarious villains and then ride off into the sunset, or exploring dark caverns for the long-lost artifacts of ancient civilisations. He doesn't let this get in the way of his field performance, and often serves as the commander of the Pretender group.
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