Landcross (G1)
| This article is about the heroic Victory combiner. For his evil Shattered Glass counterpart, see Landcross (SG). |
- Landcross is an Autobot combiner from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Landcross (ランドクロス Randokurosu) is the product of the further combination of all three of the Multiforce's usual combined forms into one, rendering him the ultimate form of all six Multiforce warriors.
Landcross is composed of:
The focused totality of all that combining makes for a pretty intense guy, to the point where even his Brainmaster superiors find his single-minded fury in battle mildly alarming.
Fiction
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Victory cartoon
- Voice actor: Masashi Hironaka (Japanese)
When the Decepticons attempted to steal an energy plant, the Multiforce arrived to repel them. Wishing to prove themselves capable warriors, they elected not to contact Star Saber, and instead combined into Landcross to combat Dinoking.
Things were looking grim when, thanks to an SOS sent by Jan Minakaze, Star Saber and the Brainmasters arrived. Landcross and Star Saber jointly fought off Dinoking, and Star Saber admonished Landcross not to be so reckless. Unite!! Multiforce
Later, with an injury sustained by Blacker leaving the Brainmasters unable to form Road Caesar, Battle Up of Wrath!! the Multiforce journeyed to Antarctica to counter a Decepticon attack on an UN scientific survey. They formed Landcross and fought Liokaiser alongside Galaxy Shuttle, but got their skidplates whupped. Fortunately, Star Saber was able to arrive in time to turn the tide. Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle
Landcross was later beaten up by Dinoking in America, but was saved by Victory Leo. Fight!! Victory Leo When Deathsaurus launched his final attack on Earth, Landcross managed to blow up one of the asteroids fired from the Planet-Destroying Fortress, but was badly injured in the resulting explosion. After the war, he was assigned to Vega Sector and given the rank of governor. Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification
Zone cartoon
Landcross was seen among other high-ranking Autobots (such as Road Caesar, Grand Maximus, Metalhawk, Lander, and the Autobot Godmasters) when Dai Atlas was sworn-in by Victory Saber as the new Supreme Commander of the Autobot forces. Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!
Micromaster
After falling through a dimensional rift while testing their new stealth modes, the Multiforce combined into Landcross to fight Berserker Sixwing in the past. They kicked his butt. The Menace of Landcross's Combining Formation!
Ask Vector Prime
The Multiforce followed the normal flow of time to return to their native period, making sure to not interfere with events they knew had to transpire. They eventually battled the Praetorian in the Vega Sector, with the new hyper-evolved bodyform Gaiacross. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/01
Victory comic
The Multiforce was summoned to Earth by Star Saber and battled Dinoking as Landcross. After defeating Dinoking, Landcross separated in order to swarm Deathsaurus with superior numbers. So Cool! Our Ally, Star Saber!
On their next mission, the Multiforce were unable to best Deathsaurus while combined as Landcross. Even the arrival of Road Caesaar and Star Saber didn't tip the balance of power in their favor. Only after Solon accidentally distracted Deathsaurus were the Autobots able to get the upper hand. Great Reversal! Star Saber
Sometime later, Landcross and Road Caesar arrived too late for battle, as Victory Saber had already moved down all the Decepticons in his path. The Strongest Pair, the Combination of Victory! Landcross also fought against the Decepticon space base in the final battle when it was raining meteors down upon Earth. The Grand Victory War
Toys
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
- Wingwaver (Multiforce, 1989)
- ID number: C-316
- Dashtacer [sic] (Multiforce, 1989)
- ID number: C-317
- Machtackle (Multiforce, 1989)
- ID number: C-318
- Landcross is the combination of the six Multiforce members Wing and Waver (sold together as Wingwaver), Dash and Tacker (sold together as Dashtacker), and Mach and Tackle (sold together as Machtackle). Wingwaver forms the torso while the other two pairs form the limbs, with Dash and Mach normally forming the the right and left arms, and Tacker and Tackle forming the right and left legs. The individual guns all combine together to form the "Hybrid Gun".
- Theoretically any bot could form any part of the combiner (as they all share the same general engineering and transformation scheme), but only Wingwaver has the necessary connections to attach limb-bots or super robot armor, plus Waver lacks the proper connections to attach fists or footplates properly as a limb. Also, the bots forming the legs need to be properly paired up to avoid a severely lopsided super robot: Dash/Mach and Tacker/Tackle.
- Landcross (Multiforce gift set, 1989)
- ID number: C-319
- Landcross was also available in a gift set containing the entire Multiforce team. All of the toys in this set are physically identical to their individual releases.
- However, this set does not include the bio/trading cards for any of the component duos, only the combined Landcross mode.
Micromaster
- Wing (DX Micromaster, 2002)
- Micromaster ID number: 1
- Waver (DX Micromaster, 2002)
- Micromaster ID number: 2
- Dash (DX Micromaster, 2004)
- Multiforce ID number: 3
- Tacker (DX Micromaster, 2004)
- Multiforce ID number: 4
- Mach (DX Micromaster, 2002)
- Micromaster ID number: 5
- Tackle (DX Micromaster, 2002)
- Micromaster ID number: 6
- Takara re-released Multiforce in the final wave of Micromaster, as "DX Micromasters". Landcross was never sold as a "complete" robot; you had to separately-purchase his individually-boxed components. The boxes have a small hole in the front to show a number printed on the instructions, revealing which toy is inside.
- These toys all have slight deco differences from their original releases, see the individual components' pages for further details.
- Wing Stealth Mode (DX Micromaster, 2002)
- Micromaster ID number: 1
- Waver Stealth Mode (DX Micromaster, 2002)
- Micromaster ID number: 2
- Dash Stealth Mode (DX Micromaster, 2004)
- Multiforce ID number: 3
- Tacker Stealth Mode (DX Micromaster, 2004)
- Multiforce ID number: 4
- Mach Stealth Mode (DX Micromaster, 2002)
- Micromaster ID number: 5
- Tackle Stealth Mode (DX Micromaster, 2002)
- Micromaster ID number: 6
- All six components were also available as black "stealth mode" chase figures, with two randomly-chosen boxes per case of twelve toys replaced with the chase versions. And no, you can't peek in through the hole in the box to see if it's a chase or not, as the instructions block it off.
Notes
- Oddly enough, only half of Landcross's components transform into land vehicles.
Foreign names
- Mandarin: Jùshízì (Taiwan, 巨十字, "Grand Cross"), Fēiyáoyì (China, 飞摇翼, "Fly Shake Wing")
- Russian: Vezdekhod (Вездеход, "Landrover")
