Land Military Mini-Con Team
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- The Land Military Mini-Con Team is aMini-Conteam from theArmadaportion of theUnicron Trilogy continuity family.
TheLand Military Teammight just be the toughest bunch of roughnecks theMini-Consever produced. Each one is a top-notch soldier with incredible firepower at their disposal, to say nothing of their wealth of military experience and tactical know-how. Luckily for theAutobots,the Land Military Team is mainly interested in freeing their people fromDecepticontyranny!
The Land Military Mini-Con Team consists of…
- Bonecrusherthe missile truck.
- Knock Outthe armored personnel carrier.
- Wreckagethe twin-missile tank.
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Fiction
Cartoon continuity
Armadacartoon
The Land Military Team sent a signal to the Mini-Cons onEarthon the behest ofMegatronto lead theAutobotsinto a trap. The Autobots chased the team and theDecepticons,warping around Earth until finally coming to a desert. They fired uponOptimus Prime,but eventually attacked Megatron and joined up with the Autobots.Vow
Force of Habit
During theUnicron Singularitycrisis, the Land Military Mini-Con Team served aboard the Autobot flagshipIron Hope.They were called into action during a Decepticon attack on the ship and battled a number ofDivebomb- andInsecticon-typeTerrorconsalongsideRiptide,Smokescreen,andIronhide.Force of Habit
Toys
Armada
- Land Military Mini-Con Team(Mini-Con 3-pack,2002)
- Takara name:Land Military Micron
- Takara ID number:MM-03
- Takara release date:December 26,2002
- Accessories:Bonecrusher missile, Knock Out missile, 2 Wreckage missiles
- Known designers:Hironori Kobayashi(Takara)
- The Land Military Team was released in the first wave of theArmadatoyline. All three members feature a firing missile launcher gimmick; whileKnock Out'sis spring-loaded,BonecrusherandWreckageuse pressure-launch mechanisms.
- TheTakararelease, also a first-wave release in theLegends of the Micronsline, features ever-so-slightly darker red plastic than the Hasbro release.
- This mold set was used to make theNight Attack Mini-Con Teamand theCybertronAir Defense Mini-Con Team.
- Ironhide & Land Military Micron(Multi-pack, 2002)
- ID number:MS-03
- Release date:December 26,2002
- Accessories:Bomb missile, Crack missile, 2 Shot missiles
- The Land Military Microns were available in Japan both as an individual team, and in a multi-pack withIronhideandSearch.All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.
- Land Military Micron Exdimensions(Mini-Con 3-pack, 2002)
- ID number:MM-08
- Release date:December 26, 2002
- Accessories:Bomb missile, Crack missile, 2 Shot missiles
- A limited-edition (but still normal retail)redecoof the Land Military Microns was released as part of theExdimensionslineup.
- This set also doubles as theRapid Deployment Mini-Con Team.
- Bomb Ultimate Edition(Promotional Micron,2003)
- Accessories:Missile
- Crack Ultimate Edition(Promotional Micron, 2003)
- Accessories:Missile
- Shot Ultimate Edition(Promotional Micron, 2003)
- Accessories:2 missiles
- Release date:January 1,2003
- A limited edition redeco of the Land Military Microns was available aspromotional giveaway itemsin JapaneseToys "R" Usstores: one randomly-selected member of the team was given free with the purchase of anyLegends of the Micronstoy in January 2000, and then again onMarch 20thwith the purchase ofConvoy Super Mode.While numbers for the first release are unknown, 3600 Ultimate Land Military Microns were available for the March campaign.
- They were made availableagainonMay 2ndat the Hello Mac store chain, with the purchase of either Convoy Super Mode orMegatron,only this time you got the complete set of three with a single purchase, limited to ten sets total per store. Apparently, they made a lot.
- Bomb Night Attack Edition(Promotional Micron, 2003)
- Accessories:Missile
- Crack Night Attack Edition(Promotional Micron, 2003)
- Accessories:Missile
- Shot Night Attack Edition(Promotional Micron, 2003)
- Identical to the U.S. release of theNight Attack Mini-Con Team,one random member of Land Military Micron team was given away free at JapaneseToys "R" Usstores with the purchase of anyLegends of the Micronsproduct during April, limited to 4000 units.
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese:Land Military Micron(ランドミリタリーマイクロンRando Miritarī Maikuron)
- French:Équipe Militaire de Terre des Minimodus( "Land Military Mini-Con Team" )
- Spanish:Los Minimodus - Equipo Militar Terrestre( "The Mini-Cons - Land Military Team" )