Landquake

Landquake is the name to two different characters in the Transformers universes, however one is portrayed as an upgrade to Energon Landmine by some sources, where other sources describe him as Landmine's brother.

Transformers: Energon (2005)

Transformers character
Landquake
Affiliation	Autobot
Sub-Group	Ultra Vehicles
Function	Energon Miner
Motto	"Behind my sensitive exterior lives a hardened fist."
Alternate Modes	Semi-truck with plow and crane trailer.
Series	Transformers: Energon
English voice actor	Ward Perry
Japanese voice actor	Kenta Miyake

In the animated series, Landmine was evolved by Primus into a new form. In Japan, this was an upgrade which was reflected in the show, where he was called Landmine Supermode. However, the U.S. release of this toy was named Landquake and was portrayed as a new character, Landmine's brother. In the Dreamwave comics fiction Landquake is Landmine's brother as well.

His tech spec painted him as something of a pacifist Autobot. While his brother is happiest battling Decepticons, he prefers to help the Omnicons mine Energon, using his tremendous strength to crack open Energon deposits. While he dislikes fighting, he will not shirk a call to battle, using the same strength he uses to crack open seams to break Decepticon heads.

Dreamwave Productions

In the Energon comic series by Dreamwave comics Landquake was Landmine's brother. He appeared in issues 27-29 of the series. He originally appeared as part of the Autobot reinforcements under Jetfire who headed to Earth to fend off the Terrorcon invasion. Landquake was part of the team who travelled to Los Angeles to battle the Insecticon clones, alongside Perceptor, Cliffjumper, Bulkhead and Tow Line. They were in danger of being overwhelmed by the sheer number of clones until they were rescued by a surprising source - Megatron, resurrected in a new body by Optimus Prime. Megatron decimated the Insecticon clones, leaving the Autobots to help with the devastation.

Toys

• Energon Landquake

Landquake is a redeco of Energon Landmine. He comes with one missile.

External Links

Toy Gallery

Transformers: Cybertron

Landquake's bio painted him as one of the oldest serving Decepticons since the beginning of the Autobot/Decepticon war. However, he became disillusioned with Megatron, believing his leader's ego was doing more harm than the Autobots. Throwing in with the Decepticons as he believed he had a greater purpose in life than being a simple Energon analyst, self doubt about the Decepticon cause has begun to creep in, and he now serves with little true conviction.

Fun Publications

Landquake made his first fictional appearance in the Hasbro Club Collector's Comic, distributed through their newsletter. He appeared in the four part "Revelations" arc, set during a Mini-Con civil war, helping the Decepticon aligned faction to build a deadly weapon to destroy the Mini-Con High Council. The High Council sent Sentinel Maximus and Skyfall to stop them. Although Landquake and Skyfall battled, the two quickly realised they felt a kinship of sorts and formed a loose partnership. When Unicron attacked, the two combined their shielding to help stop him and his servant Soundwave. However, the energy released was too much, and a massive explosion knocked the two into another dimension. Getting their bearings, the two encountered another incarnation of Megatron, who threatened to kill them.

In Crossing Over, Landquake was too confused by this unfamiliar Megatron to fight, and they were saved first by a group of humans in Robo-Hunter suits, and then by a team of Autobots led by Optimus Prime.

Toys

• Timelines Landquake (2006)

Unrelated to the Energon character of the same name, Landquake; 2006's Transformers Club exclusive toy is a Decepticon (a repaint of the Energon Destructicon tank Kickback/Blight) who is able to combine with others club exclusive figures (including the Autobot Skyfall) to form a larger robot.

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