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GetterDragun wrote:

Stormrider wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:@ Stormrider, that bruiser actually TRANSFORMS! I'm putting it on caps because I'm also shocked in disbelief. Costing around US $ 1,000, those engineers at HalfEye actually did it!A friend of mine owns one and actually showed me the item in all it's glory.All three Getter machines interchange to become the Getter 1,2 and 3.(It's made of hard PVC/ABS with some die-cast parts, it puts Bandai's SOC version to shame.........but at that price, it's more than worth it.

I'd also mention another transformable Getter Machine (whose manufacturer's name currently escapes me ) That also is similar to the one made by Half Eye but it only transforms into Getter 1(but comes in 3 Getter components :eagle,puma and bear).And made of ABS/PVC with probably die-cast frames.

Anyway back to the subject, besides MP Megs and Convoy, I also vote for THS-02, quite complex given his size and CMS' Legioss and Tread.
For pre-MP tfs, I'd go for Big Convoy and Beastwars 2 Galvatron(those two really are a pain in the @ss to transform)

Do all Getter Dragons transform, or just the one that GetterDragun showed in his comment?

I saw a lot of Getter Dragons in Japan by Bandai but thought most of them were parts formers.

Not all of them. As far as I know, the Studio Half Eye is the only one where three components make the Robots. But they have two versions, the one shown above where all three ships can become all three robots and the Simple Change where all three ships become one robot (either Getter-1 or there is a Getter Dragun version).

SOC Getters are only figures and there is some company that makes a $500 Diecast 12" Getter that is non Transforming. The original Bandai/Popy Getters were just figures as well.

Edit: I left out Neo-Getter as it kind of sucked and wasn't the same kind of Robot as the real Getters.

Stockade wrote:Not sure if Mixmaster would rank as number 1, I'm sure he would be in the top 5 or 10 list for the most complex robot toy.

Optimist_Prime wrote:The two most complex, difficult, and mind blowing transformations...

Twin Twist & Top Spin

Valandar wrote:And, of course, those durn puzzles I can never figure out how to properly transform, the Gravity Bots!

-Kanrabat- wrote:This one. This sonnovascrap right there. It took me HOURS with the instructions to figure this guy out. My fingers got cramped. I had to take 3 aspirins to remove the headache. I curled up in foetal position and cried.

But I finally suceed.

Never again.

Dean ML wrote:I think LC Sentinel Prime is more difficult than RotF LC Optimus Prime. The only part about OP's transformation that gives me a tough time are getting his arms to turn into the hood. Getting everything lined up just right can be pretty time consuming with Sentinel. Don't have MP Megs, so can't comment on him.