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Seaspray (G1)

2011-05-19T05:41:39Z

58.69.193.172: /* Notes */

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{{disambig3|Seaspray}}
:''Seaspray is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1SeasprayColorModel.jpg|right|300px|thumb|In the Navy! Come on and join your fellow 'bot!]]
[[Earth]]'s ocean: an immense and drastically variable desert made of water, which hides a menagerie of the largest, the smallest, and the strangest creatures on the planet. Sunk in its dark and trackless depths lie ancient and forgotten relics, mingled with the spoils and remains of Man. This ocean, this vast mystery, is '''Seaspray'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s element, and he loves it dearly.

The oceans of Earth are not alone in his affections. On any planet, at any time, Seaspray is a consummate sailor. Because he is not very comfortable on land, Seaspray does not do well in ground fighting. On the water, however, he has few equals.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Alan Oppenheimer]] (English), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese), [[Alejandro Abdalah]] (Latin American)
[[Image:GoldenLagoon Seaspray vehicle mode.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Seaspray was first seen on Earth fighting pirates with [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] when a time warp unleashed a ship full of them on the 20th century. After locating the vessel with his radar, Seaspray helped the other Autobots push the galleon back through the timewarp before it sealed up. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

He was next seen helping [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] on a geological survey near the coast. When [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] staged a surprise attack, Seaspray engaged [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] in battle over open waters. Remarkably, the dim-witted Decepticon tried to ''ram'' the Autobot hovercraft and ended up splashing into the briny drink for his troubles. Seaspray got thrown for a loop when Ramjet eventually came back up for air, but still managed to shoot down the [[Conehead]] in the end. [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]'s discovery of a nearby [[electrum]] pool took away any chance of a fair fight, however, and so Seaspray and Perceptor were captured and taken back to the Decepticon undersea base.

[[Image:MakeTracks Seaspray communicator.jpg|thumb|right|230px|"Damn, it got wet and broke again."]]
After the entire Decepticon army coated themselves with electrum, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] forced the two Autobots to fight to the death for the amusement of his troops. They attempted to escape by blowing a hole in the outer hull, but were caught on the way out by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], who was returning with a third prisoner, Beachcomber. The Autobot geologist later managed to disable their guards, and they shot their way to freedom through a porthole. Using Seaspray's back-mounted propellers, they sped their way to safety and joined up with the rest of the Autobots at the electrum pool. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon}}

Working with the [[New York City]] police on their Crimebuster program, Seaspray had the unenviable task of patrolling the Hudson River and other waterways. He found nothing useful but sludge and grime. {{storylink|Make Tracks}}

[[Image:SeaChange Human Seaspray.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Why <s>would</s> <b>wouldn't</b> he want to become Fabio?]]
Out waterskiing with [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] one afternoon, the two Autobots stopped at dusk and Seaspray engaged in an old Earth superstition, wishing on the first star of the evening. He didn't tell Bumblebee what his wish was for, but moments later, they received a garbled distress signal from a distant planet. After conferring with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], they took Perceptor and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] to investigate the signal, only to discover it had been sent by a Decepticon creation known as [[Deceptitran]], requesting aid because his slaves were revolting. The Autobots quickly got involved with the local revolution, and "bubble-head" just as quickly fell head over heels for [[Alana]], one of the human leaders of the rebellion. Thanks to the miraculous [[Well of Transformation]] used by her people, the [[Tlalakan]]s, both Seaspray and Alana were able to experience life in the other's shoes, with him temporarily becoming (mostly) human and her changing into a robot. Deceptitran and his allies were defeated, and Seaspray proved that even a chunky robot with a throat full of mouthwash can find true love. {{storylink|Sea Change}}

In 2006, Seaspray joined [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] on a search for [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s remains, only to find the giant Decepticon city had not been permanently destroyed by [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] as they had believed. Seaspray picked up a trail, but must have lost it, because it ultimately took Perceptor's separate analysis to locate Trypticon in the Federated Democratic Republic...whatever of [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]]. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
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[[Image:Smeltingpoolminivehicles.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Fish out of water.]]
Seaspray was a member of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor's]] [[Cybertron Seven|resistance cell]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} He was transported to [[Earth]] with some of his comrades after the raid on [[Darkmount]]. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

After the catastrophic [[Underbase Saga]], Seaspray was aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], still functional and helping to move damaged Autobots about. {{storylink|The Man in the Machine!}} ''He was later offlined somehow.'' {{storylink|The Greatest Gift of All!}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====
Seaspray was part of the Autobot army during the all-out battle that Unicron instigated. He was in the thick of it, gunning down one Decepticon at pointblank range ''without looking'' while also firing on a tank. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Seaspray was among the Autobots working for [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] in an insurgency group on Cybertron and helped with rising up and overthrowing [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the Ark's crew. Later, he was chosen to travel to Earth aboard the starship ''[[Orion]]'' under [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s command, only to run into the super-freak named [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} The Autobots found themselves forced into a devil's deal with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in order to protect the Decepticon leader from his crazed clone brother. He did lead them to the Earthbound Autobots he had already disposed of, but then Starscream turned on his Autobot handlers, disabling Seaspray and his fellow soldiers before making his getaway. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}} [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] quickly got them back online, though, and Seaspray began working on the construction of Autobot City. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===IDW comics continuity===
Seaspray joined the Autobot forces on Earth at some point after the Decepticon invasion was averted. He arrived alongside [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Prowl}} Seaspray was seemingly captured by [[Skywatch]] at sea at some point. {{storylink|Seasons in Flight}} After escaping or getting rescued, he lined up with the rest of the Autobot troops when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] came to investigate their situation. {{storylink|A Rude Awakening}}

===Wings of Honor===
{{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1-toy Seaspray.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Prompting kids everywhere to gargle when they talk.]]
*'''Seaspray''' (Mini Vehicle, 1985)
** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-64'''

:Seaspray's ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' figure stands three inches tall and is one of the smaller figures of the line. The figure has a simple color scheme consisting of blue arms and feet, a white chest, and yellow legs as well as head and propeller system. The figure's only real articulation is at the shoulders. Like all the [[Mini Vehicle]]s, Seaspray is available in a variety of pack-in variations. He was available with or without a [[Mini-spy]] figure. The mold has the Takara and/or Hasbro copyright stamp on the bottom of the feet portion.

===Generation 2===
*'''Seaspray''' (Mini Vehicle, 1993)

:Seaspray's ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' release used the same mold as the ''Generation 1'' release, but with the dark blue replaced with a dark blue chrome. It is otherwise identical in mold and color.

:A rare variant exists that may have been a test shot run. These figures were apparently given out internally by Hasbro as [[Christmas]] ornaments, as they have been found bagged with a string attached and a card reading "Transformers Christmas ornament" on one side and "Merry Christmas from the Boys' Toys Marketing" on the other. The same treatment has been seen with a variant ''Generation 2'' [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]].

==Notes==
*Seaspray made an appearance in one of five original Generation 1 [[public service announcement]]s, urging nautical children to wear life-preservers. In this PSA, he was voiced by [[Wally Burr]] rather than [[Alan Oppenheimer]], his usual voice actor.
*Speaking of Alan Oppenheimer, the voice he used for Seaspray was virtually the same as what he used for Mer-Man on the early-80s version of the ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' cartoon.
*A reference to Seaspray is made in the [[Transformers The Game|video game]] based on the [[Michael Bay]] [[Transformers (2007)|film]]. Various billboards advertise "Seaspray's Fish 'n' Chips". On the DS Versions, a boat in Tranquility is named ''U.S.S. Seaspray''.
* The [[Sea Spray]] character from the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 toyline]] was apparently [[Authorial intent|intended]] to be ''this'' Seaspray, according to a [[Hasbro Q&A]] at the time. However, his bio and fictional appearances are rather at odds with this, portraying him alongside live-action film-style characters. As of November 2010, Hasbro maintains he is NOT a movie-verse character, so... well [[Personal canon|you]] can decide for yourself if he really belongs here instead.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Seaspray''' (シースプレー ''Shīsupurē'')
*''French:'' '''Embruns''' (Canada, "Spray")
*''Greek:'' '''Thalassόlykos''' (Θαλασσόλυκος, "Sea Dog")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Tajték''' ("Surf")
*''Italian:'' '''Elica'''
*''Portuguese:'' '''Gota de agua''' (Portugal comic), '''Oceanojato''' (Brazil comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Spasatel'''' (Спасатель, "Life-Saver")

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Seaspray/seaspray.htm Seaspray at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Seaspray Seaspray's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
*[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/Prototypes/Employee/Gen2ChristmasOrnamentSS.html Seaspray Christmas Ornament]

[[Category:Defense specialists]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]
[[Category:Mini Vehicles]]
[[Category:Sea specialists]]

Crankstart

2011-05-19T05:37:07Z

58.69.193.172: /* Packaging bio */ Bio states that they came "blazing right out of the ocean".

{{faction|decepticon}}
:''Crankstart is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Titan_2-18 Crankstart.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Have we used up all the Toto lyrics on the other pages yet? We have? Damn.]]

'''Crankstart''' just wants to have fun. Mind you, his idea of "fun" is basically "endanger the lives of any [[human]]s that might be in the remote vicinity". And if any [[Autobot]]s get in the way... well, that's all the more fun, isn't it?

That overconfidence will undoubtedly get him in deep, deep trouble some day.

==Fiction==
===Packaging bio===
Crankstart found a remote beach in eastern [[Africa]]<ref>[[Breacher]]'s bio</ref> to hide from the Autobots. This turned out to be pretty boring, so he would sometimes fire off a missile at passing human sea vessels to pass the time. Unbeknownst to him, [[Sea Spray]] and [[Breacher]] burst right out of the water and were hot on his tail.

===Titan Magazines===
[[Image:Titan_2-18 Crankstartdriving.jpg|right|thumb|220px|]]

Crankstart, [[Brimstone (TF 2010)|Brimstone]], and [[Trenchmouth]] were having a hell of a time in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]]: with the Autobot's popularity wrecked, they got to do some wrecking of their own and ''PARRRRR-TAY!'' He led the trio, eagerly touting the possibility for destruction and how more things would come to them if they waited; to prove his point, the local police turned up and he was able to have fun wiping them out. They drove off to have fun in [[Nevada]] too...

...when the Autobots hit. Crankstart mocked their strike as being feeble and pulling their punches... when [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] ''drove through him''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.18|Shadow War}}
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==Toys==
===''Transformers'' (2010)===
[[Image:TF2010toy-Crankstart.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you!'' We still got it, folks!]]
*'''Crankstart''' (Scout Class, 2010)

:Crankstart is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]], transforming into a vehicle based on the [[Sector Seven]] dune buggies seen in the [[Transformers (2007)|first film]], the same vehicle also used as the basis for the [[Movie (toyline)|''Movie'' toyline's]] [[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]]. The twin gatling guns mounted on his roof/shoulders have multi-jointed armatures for different firing positions.

:This mold was also used to make ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Beachcomber (ROTF)|Beachcomber]] and 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Rollbar (RPM)|Rollbar]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/Crankstart/crankstart.htm More information on Crankstart at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
*The abbreviated bio for [[Breacher]], as seen on his multilingual European release, refers to Crankstart as Crank'''''shaft'''''.

==References==
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[[Category: Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers (2010) Decepticons]]

Armorhide (Movie)

2011-05-19T02:07:27Z

58.69.193.172: /* Revenge of the Fallen */ Weapon is named such on the package.

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{{disambig3|Armorhide}}
:''Armorhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ReignofStarscream4 Armorhide.jpg|right|250px|thumb|My toy looks a ''little'' different...]]
'''Armorhide''' figures that the only way to beat the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] is to beat them at their own game. So he's extremely nasty, underhanded, and ruthless to the point of being murderous in combat. This puts him at odds with his teammates and earns him reprimands from [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], but frankly Prime can stuff it in his [[reactor linkage]] as far as Armorhide is concerned. At least when he's paired up with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], the mute Autobot can't raise a fuss.

==Fiction==
===Titan Magazines Movie comics===
{{notetitantlg}}
[[Image:Armorhide_drawhisfire.jpg|left|250px|thumb|That's it there. Good, eh? You should buy it!]]

Armorhide was part of the Autobot reinforcements. He was quite gung-ho about it, pointing out how the planet was doomed "unless ''we'' [did] something about it!" to [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] - even though she already bloody knew this. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} When [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] attacked, Armorhide declared he'd draw the Decepticon's fire, as he could take more punishment than the others - shockingly, this didn't work against a foe that can fly really fast. Armorhide joined his comrades in heading for Earth to make a last-ditch stand. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}}

His half of the team landed in [[Savannah]], and assisted [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] in a doomed battle. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}} Mid-battle, he decided to try being coloured white with blue bits, and then covered Ratchet as the medic made a last-ditch attempt to destroy the corrupted All Spark. The mission done, they withdrew. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}} He later decided to go back to black.

[[Image:RatchetArmorhide_letsdoit.jpg|right|400px|thumb|And my old ''Cybertron'' toy too!]]

He hated sentry duty, and was also rubbish at it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Part 1}}

In one engagement to protect human infrastructure, he worked with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and Arcee to protect an Alaskan oil pipeline from [[Payload (Movie)|Payloads]]. Bumblebee gave the orders and that order was to hold position, so naturally Armorhide transformed into truck mode and ''rammed'' the drone forces. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

With the two of them, he was placed under [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide's]] command on a mission to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He also found the time to paint himself green. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron: Part 1}} He then changed his mind and decided to be blue-and-white again. More worrying than fashion, however, were a Decepticon force powered by [[Nucleon]]; even ''he'' knew it would be stupid to have a straight fight, and said as much. Instead, he and Arcee provided a distraction by making a tactical withdrawal. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}}

The chaos of [[Unicron]]'s arrival ended the battle with the Decepticons, though Armorhide was annoyed to hear [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] thought [[Unicron|planet-warping death-gods]] were more important than killing him. He also found the time to go back to black. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} When Optimus Prime arrived and united both sides to drain the Nucleon from Unicron's new body, Armorhide was dispatched to work with Bumblebee in doing the actual draining. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

On the way back, he was one of the gunnery men on the [[Straxus (Movie)|Straxus]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}}

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===IDW ''Transformers'' Movie comics===

Many years ago, Armorhide was a civilian during the reign of Protector [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and science division leader [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]]. This peaceful existence ended when a [[The Fallen|mysterious relic]] was discovered outside the temple of [[Simfur]], and Megatron changed the military's mission of defending [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to open conquest, Armorhide joined with Optimus ''Prime's'' new faction, the Autobots. He was hiding out at an Autobot facility when [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] arrived to offer his allegiance to Optimus. During the subsequent civil war, He was present when Optimus Prime revealed his plan to capture the [[AllSpark (Movie)|All Spark]], and due to the lack of space on the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'', some Autobots would have to stay behind. Armorhide was among those who volunteered to stay. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4}}

[[Image:ReignofStarscream5 Crosshairs Armorhide.jpg|left|250px|thumb|''I SAID you should BUY IT.'' You lookin' for trouble?!]]

Thousands of years later and shortly after the destruction of Megatron and the Cube on [[Earth]], Armorhide part of a group of Autobots awaiting the order to move out and rescue fellow Autobots who had been captured by the Decepticons to build [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream's]] new All Spark cube. With the return of [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], they moved out. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 4|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number Four}}

When [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]]'s forces betrayed [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] at Simfur, Armorhide, [[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]]. Clocker and Arcee created havoc by destroying the new [[AllSpark (Movie)|All Spark]] cube and fighting the rebel Decepticon forces. Armorhide was pinned by [[Ramjet (Movie)|Ramjet]], and would have been killed if Crosshairs hadn't lopped the Decepticon's head off. He managed to escape with the other Autobots when Dreadwing's starship came crashing down to [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]], destroying the once-magnificent Decepticon city. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 5|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number Five}}

Through unknown means, he turned up on Earth and was captured and brainwashed by the [[Initiative]] into being one of their soldiers. His colours were bleached out and he was thrown at an Autobot/[[NEST]] team in the Initiative's final battle. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5}} He was taken in alive, and magically [[#Revenge of the Fallen|changed bodies]] mid-battle! {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6}}

Along with the other brainwashed Autobots, he was eager to return to battle but Optimus told them they still needed to recuperate after the mental trauma they'd suffered. Armorhide tried to refute this but accidentally proved Optimus wrong when he kept forgetting he was no longer on Cybertron and not talking to [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1}} While Optimus and his team went to save [[Sam Witwicky]] from a Decepticon attack, Armorhide and the other refugees remained on [[Diego Garcia]], nostalgically staring at pictures from Cybertron's past. In their docile state, they were found and killed by [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3}}
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==='''Revenge of the Fallen''' toy bios===
Armorhide's boredom was relieved by the discovery of [[Dirge (ROTF)|Dirge]] trying (and failing) to hide amongst the jets of NEST. Teamed with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] to go after him, Armorhide finally has the opportunity to use his brutal combat stylings without complaint... assuming Dirge ever lands. {{storylink|Armorhide (Movie)#ROTF|Armorhide bio}}
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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
{{anchor|Movie}}
[[Image:Armorhidemovietoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I'm mass-market out of the States, so no excuse! Spend those £££s!]]
*'''Armorhide''' (Scout, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Crane-cannon, Key

: Part of the third wave of Target-[[exclusive]] Scouts, Armorhide is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' series [[Armorhide (Cybertron)|Armorhide]] toy, transforming into a debadged first-generation Volvo FH Globetrotter semi tractor-trailer cab with hook-crane attachment. Plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into the back of his cab flips his grill down, exposing a rack of eight (non-firing) missiles. This feature is also available in his robot mode. Unlike most ''Cybertron''-mold toys, Armorhide can store a Cyber Planet Key using tabs on his hook-crane/rifle. He came with a black-bordered [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]-mold Key with the [[Sector Seven]] insignia stamped on it.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], and Armorhide's toy itself was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as ''[[Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Huffer (SG)|Huffer]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/TargetArmorhide/armorhide.htm More information on Armorhide at TFU.info]''
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{{anchor|ROTF}}
===Revenge of the Fallen===
[[Image:ROTF-toy_Deluxe_Armorhide.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hey, get this one too! C'mon, I'm a Deluxe now! Can you really pass up on this?]]
*'''Armorhide''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Accessories'': "Pulse rifle"
:''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Armorhide is a redeco of [[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|first movie]], transforming into an assault buggy. He features two [[Automorph]] gimmicks: a spring-loaded front end, retracting his front wheels into his chest during transformation, and sliding panels on each of his shins that retract when the tail light/knee caps are moved into place.

:In robot mode, Armorhide's rifle can be back-mounted to make an over-shoulder cannon, or held in his hand. He also has wheels on the soles of his feet, which let him roll in robot mode... in theory, at least, since his heel-wheels rub against his legs, keeping them from spinning freely.

:This mold was later redecoed into ''[[Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Comettor (DOTM)|Comettor]].

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==Notes==
* Though the bio on his 2007 Scout class figure brands him as an Autobot, his "faction" marking is that of [[Sector Seven]]. It is possible that he is hiding out in the Sector Seven motor pool, maybe even as the cab for the [[Sector Seven Mobile Command Unit|Mobile Command Unit]].
* Even more interesting, his Cyber Key has a Decepticon symbol on its backside. So Armorhide is even more than meets the eye...spooky.
* Armorhide's 2007 Scout class figure cardback claims his wrecker-arm-cannon has a spring-loaded projectile. It don't. Whoops.
* Twice, he's been coloured like the Cybertron Armorhide in the Titan comics. He was also once coloured green.

[[Category:Movie Autobots]]
[[Category:NEST]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Autobots]]
[[Category:Sector Seven]]
[[Category:Target exclusives]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]

Comettor (DOTM)

2011-05-19T02:07:18Z

58.69.193.172: /* Dark of the Moon */ Capitalization and some consistency

{{disambig2|the Autobot from Dark of the Moon|the Min-Con from Armada|Comettor (Armada)}}
{{faction|autobot}}

:''Comettor is an Autobot from the [[Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:DOTMtoy-Comettor.jpg|right|thumb|400px|I'm a moon buggy. Honest.]]

When [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] journeys to [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]], '''Comettor''' is his partner of choice! The quick and dependable lunar buggy is an expert in navigating the harsh lunar environment, and his high-caliber compressed [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]] cannon clears the battlefield of Decepticon obstacles.

==Toys==
===Dark of the Moon===
*'''Optimus Prime''' / '''Includes Deluxe Class Comettor''' (Walmart exclusive, 2011)
**''Accessories'': "Compressed Energon cannon"

: Comettor is a white and gold [[redeco]] of [[Movie (toyline)|''Transformers'']] [[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]]. Comettor transforms into a [[Sector Seven]] assault buggy of the type seen in the [[Transformers (2007)|first live-action movie]], which in turn is a heavily modified Chenowth Desert Patrol Vehicle (DPV) with added protective armor. The packaging claims this vehicle mode is a "lunar buggy mode."

: Comettor features two [[Automorph Technology|Automorph]] gimmicks. The first is a spring-loaded front end, retracting his front wheels into his chest during transformation. The second is a sliding panel on each of his shins that retracts when the tail light/knee caps are moved into place. In robot mode, his cannon can be back-mounted to make an over-shoulder cannon, or held in his hand. He also has wheels on the soles of his feet, which let him roll in robot mode... in theory, at least, since his heel-wheels rub against his legs, keeping them from spinning freely.

: He was included as a "bonus value" to [[Walmart]]'s [[exclusive]] ''[[Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#OptimusComettor|Voyager Class Optimus Prime (the one with the sparklies)]]. The pair together cost a dollar less than a regular Voyager Class toy.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]].

[[Category: Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]
[[Category: Wal-Mart exclusives]]

Landmine (Movie)

2011-05-19T02:07:17Z

58.69.193.172: /* Transformers (2007) */ Weapon is named such on the package.

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:''Landmine is both an [[Autobot]] and a series of [[Drone|drones]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Alliance2_LM1_Landmines.jpg|thumb|400px|Their mission: Disassemble Number Five]]

'''Landmine''' was brought to life by the [[AllSpark (Movie)|AllSpark]] during the [[Autobot]]s' final battle with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] in [[Mission City]]. Though Landmine finds time to log in training sessions with his mentor, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], he prefers to act as an undercover agent with the [[human]]s of [[Sector Seven]].<ref>At the time that this biography was published, Sector Seven was terminated at the end of the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 ''Transformers'' 2007 movie]], it was unknown at the time when these adventures might have taken place.</ref>

Sometimes there are a lot of him.

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==Fiction==
===Transformers (2007) movie===
[[Image:S7 buggy 52 smush.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Despite surviving the [[Starscream (Movie)|schemer]], the guy with the [[Brawl (Movie)|identity crisis]] did him in.]]

[[Robert Epps]] and [[William Lennox]] commandeered [[Sector Seven]] assault buggy #52 for their trip to [[Mission City]]. When they left the buggy, it was taken over by an unknown [[Sector Seven]] driver. Buggy #52 seems to have survived Starscream's initial attack, but was damaged while fighting [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]], and the driver injured. [[William Lennox|Lennox]] ordered his men to evac the injured driver as [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] bought the retreating humans time against [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|''Transformers''}}

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===Toy bios===
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====Transformers (2007)====
A Sector 7 buggy brought to life by the [[AllSpark (Movie)|AllSpark]] pulsewave during the Mission City battle, Landmine isn't quite sure what this "Autobot" thing is all about yet. Still, he's decided to to work with them, and is being trained by [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] in combat while he continues his Sector 7 duties. {{storylink|#AllSparkPower|Landmine toy bio}}

====Revenge of the Fallen====
[[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] loves to destroy as Landmine enjoys being a secret agent. They both hate each other. {{storylink|#LandmineVsRampage|Landmine VS Rampage}}

===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
Four months before the events of Mission City, Sector Seven recovered the Decepticon [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and reactivated him. Though at first the Decepticon was hostile, [[Salazar|Agent Salazar]] was able to come to an agreement with the being and exchange information. One of the fruits of these exchanges was the development of Sector Seven's L.M.-1 series of [[Drone|drones]]. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 2}}

In response to the threat of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] at the [[Hoover Dam]], Salazar unveiled, the L.M.-1. At first it appeared to be just an armored buggy, but Starscream's curiosity was piqued when the vehicle began to transform and reveal limbs. Unfortunately the display was less than impressive as the process halted in mechanical failure {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number Two}} Sector Seven retrieved L.M.-1 and took him back to a covert [[Nevada]] base, where they also held [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]]. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3}}

While awaiting for the Autobots to arrive to begin escorting the Decepticon remains, [[Professor Vine]] and [[Seymour Simmons]] reminisced about how Salazar's dealings with Wreckage and the creation of the L.M.-1s. As the group prepared to dump the Decepticon remains, Vine wondered if L.M.-1's mechanical failure had anything to do with Wreckage's earlier rampage and forced shut-down. Before long, the Decepticon was brought back online by the one remaining fragment of the [[AllSpark (Movie)|All Spark]]. However, the shard also seemed to bring three L.M.-1 units online, who came to the defense of the humans. Wreckage promptly slagged them. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}}

==Toys==
===''Transformers'' (2007)===
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[[Image:Movie_Landmine_toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Jeeper Creepers, where'd you get those peepers?]]
*'''Landmine''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MA-19'''
**''Accessories'': "Cryo-shock rifle", AllSpark cube (Japanese release only)

: As part of the "[[AllSpark Power]]" portion of the movie line, Landmine transforms into a [[Sector Seven]] assault buggy of the type seen in the [[Transformers (2007)|movie]], which in turn is a heavily modified Chenowth Desert Patrol Vehicle (DPV) with added protective armor. He has several S7 markings over his chassis. The rear of the vehicle sports an identification number of G2G-534. He features spring-loaded shock absorbers on all of his vehicle-mode wheels, plus a roof-mounted cannon on an articulated arm.

: Landmine features two [[Automorph Technology|Automorph]] gimmicks. The first is a spring-loaded front end, retracting his front wheels into his chest during transformation. The second is a sliding panel on each of his shins that retracts when the tail light/knee caps are moved into place.

: In robot mode, his rifle can be back-mounted to make an over-shoulder cannon, or held in his hand. He also has wheels on the soles of his feet, which let him roll in robot mode... in theory, at least, since his heel-wheels rub against his legs, keeping them from spinning freely.

: Like all Japanese "AllSpark Power" toys, the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] version of Landmine comes with a small Allspark cube accessory that's not included with the [[Hasbro]] version. Landmine himself has a slightly different base plastic color and rubber tires.

:Landmine was later redecoed into ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]] and ''[[Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Comettor (DOTM)|Comettor]]. His alternate mode was also used as the basis of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Scout Class [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]], although that toy is an entirely different sculpt.
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==Merchandise==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====RPMs - Robot Powered Machines====
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[[Image:ROTF-toy LandmineRPM.jpg|thumb|right|250px|We know, we're shocked he exists too.]]
*'''Landmine VS Rampage''' (R.P.M. Mini-Vehicle "Battle Series" pack, 2009)
**''Number:'' '''06 of 08'''

: Number six in a series of eight [[Robot Powered Machines#Mini-Vehicles|Robot Powered Machines Mini-Vehicle]] versus packs, "Battle Series" Landmine is packaged with the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]] [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]]. He's a non-transformable ''Hot Wheels''-like car, with his robot mode sculpted and painted onto his underside. He has through-axle construction similar to the ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]]s, letting him zip along smooth surfaces (and compatible racetrack sets) at high speed.

: Interestingly, his buggy number is now 23 instead of 52.

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==Notes==
[[Image:S7 buggy 52.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Cameos aren't much of a resume, but it's a living.]]

* Landmine's vehicle form is directly based on a specific Sector Seven assault buggy seen in the [[Transformers (2007)|movie]]. This makes him the only newly created mold from the movie toyline for a character who's not part of the movie cast that is a faithful recreation of the vehicle the toy is based on, without any major artistic liberties taken to circumvent licensing fees, such as [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]], [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] or [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]].

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Allspark Mutations]]
[[Category:Movie Autobots]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Autobots]]
[[Category: RPMs]]
[[Category:Sector Seven]]