During the long years of relative solitude before and since their discovery on the Moon by the larger Transformers, Kobushi came to the conclusion that personal perfection could be attained through challenging combat. Every enemy destroyed, he believes, adds to his own power as a warrior. He has devoted his life to improving his martial skill, adapting the ancient art of Metallikato to most effectively use his diamond tipped drill arm. Landslide, the toughest individual on the Exploration Team, has been his frequent opponent, and Kobushi challenges him at every opportunity.
Landslide is at peace always. His long contemplation has taught him the path to inner stillness. He has let go of the physical world, and embraced the world beyond. Recently, he has discovered how to project his core programming out of his robotic body for a limited time and into astral space. There, he has encountered other, powerful beings, and learned many truths. Though Kobushi attempts to interrupt his meditation at every opportunity with petty challenges, Landslide has yet to fall before the aggressive robot's attacks, using his inner strength and passive nature to create the ultimate martial defense.
Please be aware that this is not a review, as I have never had these figures in hand. The pictures were provided by my good buddy Flo and I have reviewed other versions of these toys, which are linked below for reference.
Remarks: To bolster the Cybertron line-up, six Mini-Con teams from the Armada days were taken from storage, given new colors, and paired off more or less at random into nine different vs-Packs. At the very least, though, all nine packs sported individual profile texts for all these Mini-Cons (see above), making for a rather fascinating micro-continuity with the Cybertron series. In this pack we have Decepticon Kobushi, a repaint of Armada Dune Runner (I reviewed another version of him in the form of Armada Ironhide), paired off with Autobot Landslide, a repaint of Armada Buzzsaw from the Destruction Team. Interestingly enough the molds switched allegiances, as the Destruction Team was Decepticon-aligned, while Dune Runner's Adventure Team fought alongside the Autobots.
See Scattorbrain vs. Monocle and Payload vs. Ascentor for the rest of the Lunar Assault and Exploration Teams.
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Picture Copyright: Flo