Landfill (RID)

The name or term "Landfill" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Landfill (disambiguation).

Landfill is an Autobot combiner from the Robots in Disguise continuity family.

Arms: 3, Hands: 1?

A versatile powerhouse, Landfill is the combined form of the Build Team. Like his sometime-nemesis Ruination, he is controlled solely by the thoughts of his central component, with the other team members giving up their autonomy in the combined form. Also in common with the Decepticon combiner, he can switch his limb components into different configurations to optimize his combat abilities. His unique design lets any one of the subordinate team members form his arms, with the other two serving as the legs, and gives him access to different tools and weapons in each configuration.

Landfill is composed of:

• Wedge (central component)
• Heavy Load
• Grimlock
• Hightower

Fiction

Cartoon continuity

2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Voice actor: Michael Reisz (English), Yukiko Tamaki (Japanese), Alexandr Novikov (Russian, till Lessons of the Past), Vladimir Gerasimov (Russian, from Lessons of the Past), Jorge Ornelas (Latin American Spanish), Daniel Abundis (Latin American Spanish, Episode 23 only), Sa Seong-woong (Korean)

The Build Team first combined into Landfill when fighting Megatron and Scourge at the Autobots' North energy research facility. Fighting the pair on a frozen lake, Landfill was easily able to send them packing. Landfill

Landfill was also formed in order to clear buildings and create a new foundation for the CGA Tower, which had been damaged by the Predacons. Sky-Byte Saves the Day

Landfill suddenly realised he was no longer in mint condition.

When the Build Team was in a battle with the Decepticon Commandos and losing badly to them, they resorted to combining into Landfill. Unfortunately, the Decepticons responded by forming Ruination and maintained the upper hand. The battle eventually got both combiners blasted underground in a place that was quickly filling up with oil. Landfill opened fire on the combustible, resulting in an explosion that forced both combiner teams to split back into their respective components. The Build Team were saved from being burned to slag by Optimus Prime. A Test of Metal

Once the ruins containing Fortress Maximus were located, Landfill fought successfully alongside Rail Racer to protect them from Ruination. Fortress Maximus When the Decepticons subsequently exposed the place in which the Build Team had hidden Fortress Maximus, Landfill again attempted to protect the giant with the rest of the Autobots. Maximus Emerges

During the battle after the Decepticons found Autobot headquarters, Landfill charged the Megastar, only to be promptly blown into separate units by the station's firepower. Surprise Attack! Landfill fought with the other Autobots against Ruination and Scourge while Omega Prime confronted Galvatron, until Prime was forced to order a retreat. Galvatron's Revenge Landfill was formed for the last time during the battle against Galvatron. He helped battle against the Decepticons, and joined the other Autobots in shielding Optimus Prime from Galvatron's paralysing rays. He and the rest of the team were held in a state of paralysis until Galvatron's defeat at the hands (or sword) of Omega Prime. The Final Battle

Legends comic

The events of the Robots in Disguise cartoon occur in Japanese continuity as noted above, except that they take place in the world of the original Generation 1 cartoon where the Transformer cast are time travelers from the Beast Era to Tokyo in the year 2000.

As a member of the Dimensional Patrol, Landfill was brought to the Legends World by Skids and Sky-Byte to defend it against the attack of Majin Zarak and the Zamojin. Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One

Universe comic

From Viron 903.0 Beta, the Build Team joined the Dimensional Patrol. Ask Vector Prime, 13 September 2015 Landfill was abducted by Unicron to become one of the latest combatants inside the Cauldron. Before his inter-dimensional trek could be completed, however, Rhinox from the Children of Primus attempted to intercept the dimensional transition before Unicron claimed his latest victims. Pulled in two directions, Landfill and his comrades Side Burn and Prowl were instead deposited on a frozen planetoid in space. A rescue team of Children of Primus deployed to the planetoid, but so did a team of Minions of Unicron. Landfill worked together with the rescue team, a group of Autobots accidentally pulled in from the past by Rhinox's device, and his fellow victims to successfully defeat the Minions. Afterwards, the temporally-displaced Autobots were sent back to their proper spacetime Voice Actor Drama while Landfill, Prowl, and Side Burn were sent back to their home reality without further participating in the Universe War. Ask Vector Prime, 13 September 2015

Shell Game continuity

In Viron 704.31 Epsilon, Megazarak used the Robo-Smasher to turn Landfill into the evil Devastator. Ask Vector Prime, 30 July 2015

Games

Transformers Roleplaying Game

While contemplating the strategic advantages Enigma of Combination, Onslaught considered a theoretical situation in which four unassuming Autobot builders could surprise their foes by merging into some kind of "Build King". The Enigma of Combination

Toys

Robots in Disguise (2001)

Can he can dig it? (Hasbro version pictured)

• Build Boy (2000) / Wedge (Deluxe Class, 2001)

• Takara ID number: C-018

• Build Hurricane (2000) / Grimlock (Deluxe Class, 2001)

• Takara ID number: C-019

• Build Typhoon (2000) / Heavy Load (Deluxe Class, 2001)

• Takara ID number: C-020

• Build Cyclone (2000) / Hightower (Deluxe Class, 2001)

• Takara ID number: C-021
• Known designers: Hisashi Yuki (TakaraTomy), Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)

Robots in Disguise Landfill is formed by combining Wedge, Heavy Load, Hightower, and Grimlock. Wedge forms the torso, while the other three can form either a single leg or both arms using a unique interlocking armature. With this system, Landfill can swap limbs around without needing to disassemble at all.

Landfill's "hands" are simple claws formed from Heavy Load/Hightower's feet or Grimlock's treads, and each has a 5 mm hole that allows for the "hand" to hold one of the three limb-bot's removable accessories. The third accessory then snaps onto Landfill's back in different locations depending on which figure forms the arms, a feature that was omitted from Hasbro's instructions. Wedge's double-barreled gun becomes Landfill's, er, codpiece.

There are a number of small paint differences between the Takara and Hasbro versions of each toy, detailed on their individual pages, but the biggest tell between the two is the addition of Autobot symbols on the three limb-bots for the Hasbro releases.

These molds were also used to make Universe Devastator.

• More information on Landfill at TFU.info

Yes, he can dig it. (Takara version pictured)

• Build King (Multi-pack, 2000)

• Release date: August ??, 2000
• ID number: C-022

In Japan, Build King was available both by purchasing the individual components, and as a complete box set. However, this set only came with the bio card for Build King, and did not include the individual components' bio cards.

Daiei stores offered the Super Wrecker Hook toy as a freebie with the purchase of the Build King box set.

Sonokong also released this gift set in Korean markets with no differences to the Takara release other than the packaging.

• Landfill (Multi-pack, 2003)

• Release date: November 25, 2003

A mainly-yellow redeco of the entire Build Team was released as a Walmart exclusive multi-pack on "Black Friday", the day after Thanksgiving, the most hellishly-overcrowded shopping day of the year. The set cost considerably less than four individual deluxes.

While still branded as a Robots in Disguise toy, the packaging was in the style of the then-running Armada toyline.

• More information on Landfill at TFU.info

Notes

Aesthetically-challenged, but functional

• Landfill's three possible configurations were not given official designations in English materials, but in Japan, they had specific monikers based on the character who formed the arms. The modes are:
  • Heavy Load and Hightower as legs, while Grimlock provides arms. This is the most commonly used configuration. Known as "Hurricane Mode", Landfill's Japanese tech specs identify this mode as a multi-purpose form with the perfect balance of offensive and defensive power.
  • Grimlock and Hightower as legs, with Heavy Load as arms. Used in "Sky-Byte Saves the Day". Referred to as "Typhoon Mode", this mode gives Landfill his highest offensive power.
  • Grimlock and Heavy Load as legs, with Hightower as arms. Used in "Galvatron's Revenge" and "The Final Battle". This form, going by "Cyclone Mode", excels in close-quarters combat.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Build King (ビルドキング Birudo Kingu)
• Korean: Build King (빌드킹 Bildeu King)
• Russian: Musorovoz (Мусоровоз, "Garbage Truck")