1969

2011-07-06T07:04:31Z

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{{yearofthe|1969}}
The year '''1969''' (MCMLXIX) predates the launch of the [[Transformers brand]] by fifteen years.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Fiction==
===Live Action Movie Continuity===
====July====
* [[July 20]] — [[Sector Seven]]'s top secret ''[[Ghost 1]]'' spacecraft is launched under cover of the Apollo 11 launch. [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] is moved from the [[Sector Seven High Arctic Base]] to [[Hoover Dam]]. Neither mission goes particularly well. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}} Meanwhile [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] find [[Ark (DOTM)|The Ark]] on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon}}

==Non-Fiction==
===Events===
* [[Claster]] is acquired by [[Hasbro]], who would use the company to syndicate the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1]] and ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoons.
====July====
* [[July 16]] – [[Apollo 11]] lifts off toward the first landing on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]].
* [[July 20]] – Neil Armstrong takes his historic first steps on the Moon at 02:56 UTC.
* [[July 24]] – The Apollo 11 astronauts return from the first successful Moon landing

===Births===
====January====
* [[January 11]] — [[Dariusz Stach]]
* [[January 15]] — [[Wankus]]

====February====
* [[February 11]] — [[Lee Tockar]]

====March====
* [[March 22]] — [[Alex Irvine]]

====April====
* [[April 6]] — [[Jamie McBride]]
* [[April 25]] — [[Gina Torres]]

====May====
* [[May 13]] — [[Andrew Pepoy]]

====June====
* [[June 8]] — [[J. P. Manoux]]

====July====
* [[July 7]] — [[Cree Summer]]
* [[July 22]] — [[James Arnold Taylor]]

====August====
* [[August 6]] — [[Chris Edgerly]]
* [[August 10]] — [[Brian Drummond]]
* [[August 16]] — [[Andy Milder]]
* [[August 26]] — [[Holly Kaneko]]

====October====
* [[October 14]] — [[Kōsuke Okano]]

====November====
* [[November 4]] — [[Samantha Smith]]
* [[November 17]] — [[Ryōtarō Okiayu]]

====December====
* [[December 13]] — [[Hideo Ishikawa]]

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

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Landshark (G1)

2011-07-06T07:04:13Z

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:''Landshark is an [[Autobot]] from the "[[Wings of Honor continuity|Wings of Honor]]" portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[Image:Landsharktoughguy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|We also would have accepted "Wise Ass".]]
'''Landshark''' puts all those stereotypes of [[Kup (G1)|old]] [[Ratchet (Animated)|ornery]], [[Jetfire (ROTF)|irritated]] [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|mechs]] to rest. Sure, compared to the rest of his team, he's the oldest, but he's also by far the most irreverent. Not even the most serious of dire situations can stop him from cracking jokes. (The frightening amount of weaponry he carries around dissuades his peers from telling him he's just not all that funny.)

His piloting skills are legend among the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]]. So legendary, in fact, that (so [[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]] claims, anyway) there's a crater in the runway of [[Space Port Bravo]] named after him.

He doesn't know what a shark is, but if you confuse him for [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]], he'll kick your skidplate.

{{quote|Dude... [[Flak (G1)|Flak]] totally stole my motto!|Landshark's "motto"}}

==Fiction==
===Wings of Honor===
[[Image:WingsofHonor-shipslog.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Landshark mans the Snark controls.]]
Before the war, Landshark was the pilot of the ''[[Eight Track (G1)|Eight Track]]'' under the command of [[Thunder Clash]]. Landshark and [[Flak (G1)|Flak]] played mentor to a young "protie" named [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], though Landshark's lessons were a lot less practical than Flak's. After a [[Units of time|solar cycle]] of scanning remote star systems, the ''Eight Track'' received a priority signal from [[Autobot High Command]]! Back home, the [[Decepticon]]s had rallied around a [[Megatron (G1)|new leader]], and what once was a manageable group had suddenly become an army. [[Quintesson|Someone]], possibly these Decepticons, shot down a freight hauler, the ''[[Van De Graaff]]'', over the planet [[Beta-Nine]], and its precious cargo could not fall into enemy hands. Landshark and the others were ordered to retrieve the cargo and return it to Cybertron.

The ''Eight Track'' was shot out of Beta-Nine's orbit by a Decepticon starship, so Landshark did his best to land the ship. Despite Landshark's reputation as a great pilot who could land a ship in any condition, the ''Eight Track'' crashed hard in a swamp. Nothing was hurt, save Landshark's morale. He expressed doubts over the mission they'd received, but Thunder Clash told him to put up and shut up. They were Autobots, and they had an important job, no matter the risk.

[[Image:LandsharkWOH-energondelivery.jpg|rightt|300px|thumb|There's the money shot.]]

The Decepticons were instantly upon them, and Kup was immediately separated from the rest. Landshark and Flak were ordered to divert the Decepticons away from the ''Van De Graaff'', and so they headed deep into the jungle surrounding the swamp. Between the two of them, they were able to defeat [[Leozack]] and [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]].

Ultimately, the cargo was retrieved by Thunder Clash and Kup and returned to Cybertron when a rescue ship came for them all. For their bravery, [[Magnum]] of Autobot High Command assigned Landshark and the others to a new unit, the Elite Guard, which had been established to counter the Decepticons in the Civil War that had just began. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

Ten years later, Landshark was "helping" Kup move some boxes around by standing around telling him to hurry up. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

At some point after that, Landshark found himself and his squadmates fighting a horde of [[Virulent Clone]]s alongside [[Metalhawk]]'s squad. When Metalhawk called to [[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]] for aerial support, Landshark hoped to see the two "upgrades" show off their flying. But Over-Run instead gave "Sharkie" a demonstration of his personal remotely-controlled attack helicopter.

The two squads then relaxed for a bit, until a call bleeped over Thunder Clash's comm, causing Kup to flail in surprise. Landshark told Kup that he ''really'' needed to learn to relax, until Thunder Clash told him to quiet down, as the call was Magnum informing them that Metalhawk's squad had to ferry Thunder Clash's squad to [[Space Port Bravo]] straightaway. Metalhawk gave Thunder Clash a friendly teasing about Landshark constantly crashing the ''Eight Track'', to which Landshark protested that last time around the culprit had been Kup's shreik bat.

As the two squads loaded their gear onto the ''[[Hawk's Claw]]'', Landshark asked to borrow Over-Run's helicopter to help deal with the buzz flies at their next stop. Over-Run acquiesced, but put his foot down on letting him pilot the ''Hawk's Claw''. Landshark wormed his way into the pilot's seat anyway, though not without receiving a dig from Over-Run about his landing skills.

The two squads eventually reached the spaceport and said their goodbyes as Thunder Clash's squad went inside. Metalhawk's squad later learned that their compatriots had been given the ''[[Beast With Wings]]'', a starship so sturdy that Magnum hoped even Landshark's landing skills would be hard-pressed to wreck it. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}}
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==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-LandsharkWoH.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Candy-gram. Candy-gram. Candy-gram."]]
*'''Wings of Honor''' (BotCon 2009 box set)
**''Accessories'': Missile

:A [[redeco]] of ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Landmine (Energon)#Toys|Landmine]], Landshark transforms into a green, orange and silver Cybertronic half-track battlefield recovery vehicle. The front of the vehicle features a large plow while the rear has a rotating crane with a [[Retractable string gimmick|working winch]], accompanied by a spring-loaded [[missile]] launcher. The front half of the vehicle can separate from the tracked portion as a smaller truck cab. The tracked portion can then be reconfigured into a mini battle station that Landshark's robot mode can operate. Most of the crane is detachable, possibly [[for safety reasons]]; it doesn't appear to attach anywhere else.

:In robot mode, Landshark has no weapons, but his standard 5mm fists can hold any [[Energon weapon]]s or other weapons sporting a compatible peg system. In the dead center of his chest is his [[spark crystal]], over which an [[energon star]] can be attached. Landshark combines with the "trailer" rear half of his vehicle, forming his [[brute mode]]. The tracks, with their flip-out digger claws, mount on his arms, while the remaining portion forms a weapons backpack.

:Landshark comes in a box set along with [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], [[Thunder Clash]], [[Flak (G1)|Flak]], and the Decepticon [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]].

: The mold was also [[redeco]]ed as [[Landquake (Energon)|Landquake]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/BCLandshark/landshark.htm More information on Landshark at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* Landshark probably won't be played by [[wikipedia:Chevy Chase|Chevy Chase]], although [[Fun Publications]] staffer [[Rik Alvarez]] has noted that Chevy did influence the character.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhOc0fVJyGI HEEEE-MAN HELLLLLLLLLLP!!!!]
* Landshark's biography mentions his battle with a [[Narliphant]], a creature from the ''[[GoBots (franchise)|Rock Lords]]'' toy line.
* According to [[Pete Sinclair]], Landshark loves ''[[Wikipedia:Landshark|Saturday Night Live]]''.

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