Landshark (G1)

Landshark is an Autobot in a Timelines addition to the Generation 1 continuity family.

We also would have accepted "Wise Ass".

Landshark puts all those stereotypes of old miserly 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. And don't tell him to grow up, because he's carrying guns heavier than the rest of his team combined.

He doesn't know what a shark is, but if you confuse him for Landmine, he'll kick your skidplate.

Dude... Flak totally stole my motto!Landshark's "motto"

Fiction

Timelines

Wings of Honor

Toys

Timelines

"Candy-gram. Candy-gram. Candy-gram."

• Wings of Honor (BotCon 2009 box set)
  • Accessories: Missile

A redeco of Energon 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 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 weapons 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, Thunder Clash, Flak, and the Decepticon Scourge.

The mold was also redecoed as Landquake.

• More information on Landshark at TFU.info

Trivia

• Landshark probably won't be played by Chevy Chase, although Fun Publications staffer Rik Alvarez has noted that Chevy did influence the character.

• Laaand shark laaand shark laaand shark laaand shark...

• Landshark's biography mentions his battle with a Narliphant, a creature from the Rock Lords toy line.

• According to a post by Pete from Fun Publications Landshark loves Saturday Night Live.