Gaiacross

Gaiacross is anAutobotcombinerfrom theJapanese cartoonportion of theGeneration 1 continuity family.

Congratulations! Your Landcross evolved into Gaiacross!

Gaiacross(ガイアクロスGaiakurosu) is the final evolution ofLandcross!What exactly does that mean? Who knows!

His components are:

• Jet
• Flame
• Cosmo
• Stream
• Crush
• Launcher

Fiction

Ask Vector Prime

In theVega Sector,theMultiforcebattled thePraetorianto stop him from using the corruptedReconfiguration Matrixto rewrite all local robotic life into loyalScrapmetaldrones. During their struggles, they evolved fromLandcrossinto Gaiacross.Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/01Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/22

Toys

Gaiacross

1. Jet(Candy toy, 2011)
2. Flame(Candy toy, 2011)
3. Cosmo(Candy toy, 2011)
4. Stream(Candy toy, 2011)
5. Crush(Candy toy, 2011)
6. Launcher(Candy toy, 2011)

Gaiacross can only be assembled by purchasing all six of his components individually and assembling them, with alotofpartforming.Each component is a snap-together model kit sold with a piece of (awful) gum. A hole in each box allows the buyer to get a look at the number of the kit inside.

Although there is an official scheme for the combination (Jet is the upper torso, Stream is the lower torso, Cosmo is the right arm, et cetera), the fact that all six core robots are functionally identical means that any component can form any part of the merged form. Gaiacross is armed with an axelike weapon formed from leftover vehicle parts from Jet, Flame, and Crush.

Notes

The original promo art for Gaiacross, using obviously unfinished design art.

• For years there was no information of any kind about Gaiacross besides that he fights Decepticons in some other dimension. Of course, pretty much all Transformers battles take place in another dimension.Ask Vector Primewould eventually give him his scant fiction.
• Gaiacross is a design evolution of theMultiforceteam (and their combined modeLandcross) fromVictory.Three of the components even share alternate modes with members of Multiforce.
• The toy is made in Japan, which is rare because mostTransformerstoys have been made in China since the late 1990s.
• The toy is a joint planning owned by TakaraTomy andKabaya.

External links

• Gaiacross on the Kabaya website(archived, images defunct)
• Kabaya staff interviewinTransformers Generations 2011 Volume 1with designersKoutaro HayashiandMasakazu Kunimitsufeaturing Gaiacross's history, translated by SydneyY at TFW2005