Leyland

Leyland is a Decepticon from the Operation Combination portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Caution: Happy Fun Leyland may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.

Leyland (リーランド Rīrando) combines with his teammates to form the mighty Battle Gaia, making up the brunt of the Decepticon forces commanded by Scrash.

Fiction

United EX

When Onslaught succeeded in purloining a set of drones intended for Choppermaster, a new combiner, Battle Gaia, was created from his old body's data. After reporting his success to Scrash, Onslaught released Battle Gaia in order to create a distraction that would allow him to continue his thefts. Prelude to the Siege

Operation Combination story pages

Leyland served as a leg for Battle Gaia. Big Pinch, Autobots! The Decepticons' Attack on Earth! Conclusion

Metrowars

As part of Battle Gaia, Leyland was stationed aboard Metrotitan during an attack on Scramble City. Metrowars

Toys

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers

• Battle Gaia (Decepticon, 1992)
  • ID number: TF-10
  • Accessories: Cannon, pistol

Released in the Operation Combination portion of the original Takara, Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers toyline, Leyland is a redeco of the Combaticon Swindle, transforming into a XR311 Combat Support Vehicle. Since he uses the Scramble City-style of combination, he can form the limb of any super robot combination, but his standard placement is as the right leg to Battle Gaia.

He was only available as part of the Battle Gaia giftset, along with Great Cannon, Sandstorm, Shuttle Gunner, and Target Hawk. As one of the last releases of the Japanese Transformers line, at a time when pretty much everyone had stopped buying Transformers, a loose set of the team can demand prices over a thousand U.S. dollars.

• More information on Leyland at TFU.info

The Transformers combiner team mold: Combaticons
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Daishirou Shibukawa

Notes

• Leyland was presumably named after the British motor company that manufactured trucks and buses as well as the Land-Rover and other military jeep-style vehicles.
• None of the Battle Gaia components were given individual bios. This was actually very common by this point in the Takara Transformers line, which was loaded up with multi-packs (mainly of Micromasters) where the singular on-package bio would cover the entire team, and there was very little fiction to even attempt to highlight anyone beyond "hey cool robot that fights good".