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The Land Military Mini-Con Team is a Mini-Con team from the Armada portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
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Only TWO THINGS come from Iacon, boy!!!

The Land Military Team might just be the toughest bunch of roughnecks the Mini-Cons ever 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 the Autobots, the Land Military Team is mainly interested in freeing their people from Decepticon tyranny!

The Land Military Mini-Con Team consists of…

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Fiction

Cartoon continuity

Armada cartoon

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Six wheels of justice.

The Land Military Team sent a signal to the Mini-Cons on Earth on the behest of Megatron to lead the Autobots into a trap. The Autobots chased the team and the Decepticons, warping around Earth until finally coming to a desert. They fired upon Optimus Prime, but eventually attacked Megatron and joined up with the Autobots. Vow



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Force of Habit

During the Unicron Singularity crisis, the Land Military Mini-Con Team served aboard the Autobot flagship Iron Hope. They were called into action during a Decepticon attack on the ship and battled a number of Divebomb- and Insecticon-type Terrorcons alongside Riptide, Smokescreen, and Ironhide. Force of Habit

Toys

Armada

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  • 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 the Armada toyline. All three members feature a firing missile launcher gimmick; while Knock Out's is spring-loaded, Bonecrusher and Wreckage use pressure-launch mechanisms.
The Takara release, also a first-wave release in the Legends of the Microns line, features ever-so-slightly darker red plastic than the Hasbro release.
This mold set was used to make the Night Attack Mini-Con Team and the Cybertron Air Defense Mini-Con Team.


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  • 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 with Ironhide and Search. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.


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  • 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) redeco of the Land Military Microns was released as part of the Exdimensions lineup.
This set also doubles as the Rapid Deployment Mini-Con Team.


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Shot Ultimate Edition
  • 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 as promotional giveaway items in Japanese Toys"R"Us stores: one randomly-selected member of the team was given free with the purchase of any Legends of the Microns toy in January 2000, and then again on March 20th with the purchase of Convoy Super Mode. While numbers for the first release are unknown, 3600 Ultimate Land Military Microns were available for the March campaign.
They were made available again on May 2nd at the Hello Mac store chain, with the purchase of either Convoy Super Mode or Megatron, 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.


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  • 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)
  • Accessories: 2 missiles
  • Release date: April 24, 2003
  • Known designers: Joe Kyde (deco artist)
Identical to the U.S. release of the Night Attack Mini-Con Team, one random member of Land Military Micron team was given away free at Japanese Toys"R"Us stores with the purchase of any Legends of the Microns product 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")
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