Title:
Landmine 1st
Description:
Landmine (Deluxe, 2005)
Takara ID number: GC-09
Takara release date: January 20, 2005
Accessories: Launcher, missile, Earth Cyber Key
Cyber Key Code: dr94
Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro)
Cybertron Landmine transforms into a yellow wheeled front loader with articulated bucket shovel. He also has a rear-mounted spring-loaded "pile driver” launcher, which becomes a hand-held weapon for robot mode.
His Cyber Planet Key gimmick is a bit unusual for this line, as it is not part of a spring-loaded gimmick, and it works like an actual key: by plugging a Key into his rear wheels and giving them a twist while holding the "rubber” part of the tire, small blades swing out from the middle of each tire. (It is possible to deploy the blades without an actual Key, it’s just used for leverage.) This makes it kind of hard to roll him in vehicle mode, thus he has a third "attack mode”: these wheels flip up 90 degrees around the pile driver, which pushes them against a rubber thumb-wheel assembly which spins the tires when turned. Small wheels in his feet help keep the "attack mode” upright and mobile. This assembly ends up on his back in robot mode, and can be flipped up behind his shoulders.
The TakaraTomy Galaxy Force release of "Guardshell” uses different shades of plastic from the Hasbro version, and most notably, many of his grey parts are coated in metallic silver paint.
It is highly likely that this toy had locking pegs on the backs of the legs at some point in development: a pair of unused holes are still present directly above the folded legs in vehicle mode, on the underside of the rear wheel assembly. Stock photos depicted Landmine with red blades on the tires (as seen in a few scenes from the Cybertron cartoon), but the final toy had unpainted blades.
This mold was redecoed to make Timelines Rhinox and the live-action-movie series Grindcore, the latter of which was later repurposed as Shattered Glass Scoop.
Takara ID number: GC-09
Takara release date: January 20, 2005
Accessories: Launcher, missile, Earth Cyber Key
Cyber Key Code: dr94
Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro)
Cybertron Landmine transforms into a yellow wheeled front loader with articulated bucket shovel. He also has a rear-mounted spring-loaded "pile driver” launcher, which becomes a hand-held weapon for robot mode.
His Cyber Planet Key gimmick is a bit unusual for this line, as it is not part of a spring-loaded gimmick, and it works like an actual key: by plugging a Key into his rear wheels and giving them a twist while holding the "rubber” part of the tire, small blades swing out from the middle of each tire. (It is possible to deploy the blades without an actual Key, it’s just used for leverage.) This makes it kind of hard to roll him in vehicle mode, thus he has a third "attack mode”: these wheels flip up 90 degrees around the pile driver, which pushes them against a rubber thumb-wheel assembly which spins the tires when turned. Small wheels in his feet help keep the "attack mode” upright and mobile. This assembly ends up on his back in robot mode, and can be flipped up behind his shoulders.
The TakaraTomy Galaxy Force release of "Guardshell” uses different shades of plastic from the Hasbro version, and most notably, many of his grey parts are coated in metallic silver paint.
It is highly likely that this toy had locking pegs on the backs of the legs at some point in development: a pair of unused holes are still present directly above the folded legs in vehicle mode, on the underside of the rear wheel assembly. Stock photos depicted Landmine with red blades on the tires (as seen in a few scenes from the Cybertron cartoon), but the final toy had unpainted blades.
This mold was redecoed to make Timelines Rhinox and the live-action-movie series Grindcore, the latter of which was later repurposed as Shattered Glass Scoop.
Theme:
Cybertron
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2005
Date Added:
2022-12-18 08:58:43
Date Added:
2022-12-18 08:58:43
