Landshark (G1)

Landshark is an Autobot from the Wings of Honor portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

We also would have accepted "Wise Ass".

Landshark puts all those stereotypes of old miserly, irritated 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

Wings of Honor

There's the money shot.

Before the war, Landshark was the pilot of the Eight Track under the command of Thunderclash. Landshark and Flak played mentor to a young "protie" named Kup, though Landshark's lessons were a lot less practical than Flak's. After a solar cycle of scanning remote star systems, the Eight Track received a priority signal from Autobot High Command! Back home, the Decepticons had rallied around a new leader, and what once was a manageable group had suddenly become an army. 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 Thunderclash told him to put up and shut up. They were Autobots, and they had an important job, no matter the risk.

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.

Ultimately, the cargo was retrieved by Thunderclash 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. Wings of Honor

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

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The Coming Storm: Part 2

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.
• HEEEE-MAN HELLLLLLLLLLP!!!!
• Landshark's biography mentions his battle with a Narliphant, a creature from the Rock Lords toy line.
• According to Pete Sinclair, Landshark loves Saturday Night Live.