Hello again boys and girls. It has been a while since I've posted any Transformers review. Today I'm going to do a review on one of my dream toy - Landcross! This figure is very rare and hard to find and I am very lucky to stumble upon it online and I quickly grab it. Been wanting this bad boy since I was a kid and finally my childhood dream is fulfilled.
Landcross is actually the name of the combiner from the victory series. The team is called multiforce. They consist of 6 members and they are one most unique combiners to date. The consist of Wing, Waver, Dash, Tacker, Mach, Tackle. Each of them can transform into a robot and an alternate form, but they can also combine as a pair (which is their normal appearance in the cartoon )
So normally they appear as Wingwaver , Dashtacker, and Machtackle. The unique ability of this team is that they can exchange who is the upper half and lower half of the body while performing dual combine, mix and match as you will. In the cartoon series, they are considered greenhorns and require guidance of other seniors or commander such as Blacker or Starsaber. But they are a very cool team nonetheless.
Got this picture of Landcross from the Internet. He looks just awesome !
Love the design!
Some classic G1 picture from the internet
He comes in a gift box set like this in the olden days ;)
Sometimes sold separately as a team of 2
There was also a stealth mode variation. I guess this will be super rare nowadays.
There is also a K.O version out in the market. I almost want to get one of this because I just can't find a complete set for the original previously.
Luckily, as lady luck was on my side, I get to buy the 2004 version
A re-issue version as part of the Transformers:Micromasters
They come as individual boxes of 6
The design for the box is the same for each robot. Or maybe the name is written on each box, I'm not sure as I can't read Japanese :)
Here, it is shown the two-robot pairs, individual robots and their combined mode.
The side view of the box shows the individual robot and their alternate mode.
At the back of the box we can see them in action with Metroplex in the background. I'm not aware Metroplex was in the same era as the Multiforce
And at the side, we can see the best part of this combiner where you can mix and match each two robot pairs for all 6 character and you get a total of 36 possible combinations! How cool was that!
He comes in these accessories and they include 2 feet pads, 2 hands, the combiner head, the chest plate and the groin plate
All 6 of the individual robots do have their personal weapons, and frankly I'm not sure which gun belongs to who LOL
The guns have different designs and they do have quite nice details, but they are all done using black plastic.
Their guns can combine to become a big ass gun for Landcross and I think it is a very cool feature.
Like "All for one and one for all!"
And then we move on to Wing! I think he is the leader for the multiforce team. He transforms into a fighter jet. Transformation for G1 toys have been straight forward and simple. But they look cool nonetheless. And they are precious~~~~~
You can actually put his gun on top of the jet, but for me it looks weird.
Disrupts the aerodynamics if you ask me haha!
His design is not bad, but you can actually see the hands are at the side of the plane. Would be nice if they can tug them in like the G1 Arielbots.
Side view
Back view.
From the bottom we can basically see how he would look like in his robot mode.
And here is Wing in his robot mode. Simple and blocky. That's the G1 spirit. I like!
I don't really like the wings jetting out like that. Doesn't look nice. He is one of those among the 6 who is not very stable and can't stand properly sometimes.
They will all look like they have a very long lower limbs and short arms. Can't be helped as this is part of the transformation process which will be shown later.
His side view
A little close up to see his face sculpt
It is quite detail. Not too bad
Here we can see the unique feature for each Multiforce toy, as there is another head design that can pop out from the other end depending if we want to use him as the upper half, or lower half of the two-robot team.
Peekaboo!
A totally different head sculpt
For a G1 toy, it is considered a very innovative feature.
Next we have Waver! He transforms into a hovercraft
I think I transformed him wrongly, his hands should be pointing downwards LOL
Newbie. You can actually attach Landcross's hand on top and use it as a weapon, but it too looks kinda weird.
The propeller at the back can actually spin , which is really cool
You can see the robot's head there though.
And here he is in his blocky robot mode.
His legs can transform properly and is one of those character among the 6 who has a proper foot.
If you have a foot, you are stable as I always say :)
Side view. In today's standard, people will complain he has too much kibble LOL
Back view
His alternate face design.
And here we have Tackle. He transforms into a truck I suppose. Nice orangy and bluish truck.
Yes, he does roll around nicely
Top view
Side view looks decent
Nothing much to see from the back
You can put Landcross's foot pad as canons for him in alternate mode.
Looks kinda cool. Remind me of Dino Riders somehow :)
Here he is in his Robot mode. Through doesn't have much of a foot, he is fairly stable
Orange is the new black
Alternate face sculpt
Here we have Tacker. I guess he transforms into a military truck
From the top I guess we can see it looks like him taking a rest as a robot
Nothing much to see here.
Similar as Tackle, he can apply the foot pad on top of his alternate mode as an extra weapon
And here he is in robot mode. He has the biggest gun around :)
Side view looks quite clean, and he is one of those guys who doesn't have a proper foot
Back view
And....... his alternate face sculpt
Next we have Dash! He transforms into a cycbertronian car. Looks kinda like Lightspeed don't you think?
From the back, we can see his robot head, tuck inside
Instead of the Landcross hand, I prefer to put the weapon on top of his alternate mode. Looks more awesome don't you think?
Here is Dash in his robot mode. He is the shortest in robot mode because he is the one with the most descent foot design LOL.
Side view of the feet does look a little funny.
He looks a little broad from the back haha
And here we have his alternate head sculpt
Last but not least, we have Mach! His alternate mode is a shuttle
We can apply Landcross's chest piece as his wings to make him look even more awesome
We can see Landcross's chest piece under his belly
I do like the color scheme on Mach's robot mode. And his red eyes like a Decepticon makes him look even cooler.
Alternate face sculpt.
So next we will proceed with two-robot pair transformation. So all you need to do is to transform one unit at the torso, and the other as the lower limbs.
And here we have Machtackle as seen in the series. He does have weird arms though LOL, even for a G1.
Back view looks kinda awful, but it's the same as all the others where you have the arms of the individual robots jetting out at the back.
Picture I got from the internet
And next we do the same for Wingwaver
Looks slightly better than Machtackle
His picture I got from the internet
Same issue for the back, but this is less obvious as there are other kibbles at the back to hide it
Dashtacker is next! I suppose they have the least kibble of the three but the lower limb just didn't look good.
Upper half of the body looks way bigger than the lower half.
Happy three friends :)
Yeah... they do bring back memories
OK, and now for the fun part, the next 33 possible combination for this unique combiner team
We have Wingtackle
Wingtacker
Wingmach
Wingdash
Waverwing
Wavertackle
Wavertacker
Waverdash
Wavermach
Here we have Machwing
Machwaver
Machtacker
Machdash
Tacklemach
Tackledash
Tackletacker (LOL)
Tacklewing
Tacklewaver
Dashwing
Dashwaver
Dashtackle
Dashmach
Tackerdash
Tackermach
Tackertackle
Tackerwing
Tackerwaver
I got this clip from Youtube, lets watch once again the awesome landcross combine!
Really does bring back memories.
I still remember the goosebumps I got when I saw them combine the first time :)
Here I will show the sequence of combining them into Landcross himself!
I'm always curious as a kid regarding how they combine. And now I know :)
Form feet and legs!
Form torso!
Form torso again!
Form arms and torso!
And I will form, the head!
Here he is, the man himself! The awesome Landcross!!!
I realy dig the head sculpt and the chest piece. It feel so..... heroic.
Love him!
He is blocky, he looks like a brick, and that's why I love my G1 :)
From the side, he looks kinda thin and malnourished.
He needs more energon
From the back, he looks weird LOL
Here we have a multiforce combiner holding a gun combiner
In all his G1 glory. Nerdgasm......
Some size comparison with G1 Optimus Prime
With MP 12
That's All Folks! Thank you so much for reading.
P.S If movie Jazz had this feature, he wouldn't die in the 1st movie.
Until the day, till all are one ......
Have a great day ahead
