Flipchanger - Revision history

BerylRoll at 19:33, 14 May 2026

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	Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Size class\|Basic-sized]] vehicles in the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers\|Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>		Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Size class\|Basic-sized]] vehicles in the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers\|Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>

	Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the ''Machine Wars'' versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.		Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the ''Machine Wars'' versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo (BW)\|Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.

	Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which [[Autotransformation\|autotransform]], when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.		Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which [[Autotransformation\|autotransform]], when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.

Doomdorm64 at 18:08, 26 October 2018

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	A '''flipchanger''' is a kind of [[Autotransformation\|autotransforming]] toy with a spring-loaded [[transformation]]. The toy's major moving parts are linked together by gears, levers, or other mechanisms, and held into place by a simple latch, which keeps the figure in its [[alternate mode]]. When the latch is released, the internal springs pull the mechanisms into their robot-mode positions. Usually the limbs or other parts must then be adjusted and posed manually for display. [[Tow-Line (RID)\|''Robots in Disguise'' Tow-Line]] is a complete flipchanger of this type.		A '''flipchanger''' is a kind of [[Autotransformation\|autotransforming]] toy with a spring-loaded [[transformation]]. The toy's major moving parts are linked together by gears, levers, or other mechanisms, and held into place by a simple latch, which keeps the figure in its [[alternate mode]]. When the latch is released, the internal springs pull the mechanisms into their robot-mode positions. Usually the limbs or other parts must then be adjusted and posed manually for display. [[Tow-Line (RID)\|''Robots in Disguise'' Tow-Line]] is a complete flipchanger of this type.

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 01:23, 14 May 2018

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	Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Size class\|Basic-sized]] vehicles in the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers\|Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>		Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Size class\|Basic-sized]] vehicles in the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers\|Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>

	Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the Machine Wars versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.		Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the ''Machine Wars'' versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.

	Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which [[Autotransformation\|autotransform]], when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.		Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which [[Autotransformation\|autotransform]], when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 22:05, 1 May 2018

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Transformers1001 at 02:38, 30 April 2018

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	Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the Machine Wars versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.		Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the Machine Wars versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.

	Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which autotransform, when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.		Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which [[Autotransformation\|autotransform]], when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.

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	Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Size class\|Basic-sized]] vehicles in the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers\|Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>		Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Size class\|Basic-sized]] vehicles in the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers\|Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>

	Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the Machine Wars versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.		Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the Machine Wars versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.

	Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which autotransform, when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang ~~(Armada)~~\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.		Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which autotransform, when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.

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Abates: /* Notes on usage */

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	==Notes on usage==		==Notes on usage==
	Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Size class\|Basic-sized]] vehicles in the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers\|Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>		Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Size class\|Basic-sized]] vehicles in the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers\|Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>

	Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the Machine Wars versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.		Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the Machine Wars versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.

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	Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which autotransform, when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.		Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which autotransform, when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.

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	==References==		==References==

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	==Notes on usage==		==Notes on usage==
	Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Basic]]~~-sized~~ vehicles in the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers\|Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>		Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Size class\|Basic-sized]] vehicles in the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers\|Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>

	Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the Machine Wars versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.		Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the Machine Wars versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.

	Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which autotransform, when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.		Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which autotransform, when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.

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Abates at 11:07, 24 July 2012

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	A '''flipchanger''' is a kind of [[~~Autotransform~~\|autotransforming]] toy with a spring-loaded [[transformation]]. The toy's major moving parts are linked together by gears, levers, or other mechanisms, and held into place by a simple latch, which keeps the figure in its [[alternate mode]]. When the latch is released, the internal springs pull the mechanisms into their robot-mode positions. Usually the limbs or other parts must then be adjusted and posed manually for display. [[Tow-Line (RID)\|''Robots in Disguise'' Tow-Line]] is a complete flipchanger of this type.		A '''flipchanger''' is a kind of [[Autotransformation\|autotransforming]] toy with a spring-loaded [[transformation]]. The toy's major moving parts are linked together by gears, levers, or other mechanisms, and held into place by a simple latch, which keeps the figure in its [[alternate mode]]. When the latch is released, the internal springs pull the mechanisms into their robot-mode positions. Usually the limbs or other parts must then be adjusted and posed manually for display. [[Tow-Line (RID)\|''Robots in Disguise'' Tow-Line]] is a complete flipchanger of this type.

	Some toys referred to as flipchangers use this mechanism, but do not transform completely. [[Override (Cybertron)\|''Cybertron'' Override]], for instance, has a flipchanger-type transformation which must be completed manually, even before posing the limbs.		Some toys referred to as flipchangers use this mechanism, but do not transform completely. [[Override (Cybertron)\|''Cybertron'' Override]], for instance, has a flipchanger-type transformation which must be completed manually, even before posing the limbs.

	==Notes on usage==		==Notes on usage==
	Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Basic]]-sized vehicles in the ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>		Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Basic]]-sized vehicles in the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers\|Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>

	Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the Machine Wars versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.		Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the Machine Wars versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.

	Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which autotransform, when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.		Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which autotransform, when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.

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	Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Size class\|Basic-sized]] vehicles in the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers\|Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>		Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Size class\|Basic-sized]] vehicles in the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers\|Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>

	Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the ''Machine Wars'' versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.		Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the ''Machine Wars'' versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo (BW)\|Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.

	Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which [[Autotransformation\|autotransform]], when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.		Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which [[Autotransformation\|autotransform]], when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.

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	Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Size class\|Basic-sized]] vehicles in the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers\|Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>		Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Size class\|Basic-sized]] vehicles in the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers\|Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>

	Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the Machine Wars versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.		Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the ''Machine Wars'' versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.

	Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which [[Autotransformation\|autotransform]], when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.		Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which [[Autotransformation\|autotransform]], when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.

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	A '''flipchanger''' is a kind of [[~~Autotransform~~\|autotransforming]] toy with a spring-loaded [[transformation]]. The toy's major moving parts are linked together by gears, levers, or other mechanisms, and held into place by a simple latch, which keeps the figure in its [[alternate mode]]. When the latch is released, the internal springs pull the mechanisms into their robot-mode positions. Usually the limbs or other parts must then be adjusted and posed manually for display. [[Tow-Line (RID)\|''Robots in Disguise'' Tow-Line]] is a complete flipchanger of this type.		A '''flipchanger''' is a kind of [[Autotransformation\|autotransforming]] toy with a spring-loaded [[transformation]]. The toy's major moving parts are linked together by gears, levers, or other mechanisms, and held into place by a simple latch, which keeps the figure in its [[alternate mode]]. When the latch is released, the internal springs pull the mechanisms into their robot-mode positions. Usually the limbs or other parts must then be adjusted and posed manually for display. [[Tow-Line (RID)\|''Robots in Disguise'' Tow-Line]] is a complete flipchanger of this type.

	Some toys referred to as flipchangers use this mechanism, but do not transform completely. [[Override (Cybertron)\|''Cybertron'' Override]], for instance, has a flipchanger-type transformation which must be completed manually, even before posing the limbs.		Some toys referred to as flipchangers use this mechanism, but do not transform completely. [[Override (Cybertron)\|''Cybertron'' Override]], for instance, has a flipchanger-type transformation which must be completed manually, even before posing the limbs.

	==Notes on usage==		==Notes on usage==
	Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Basic]]-sized vehicles in the ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>		Officially, the term "Flipchanger" has been applied to those [[Basic]]-sized vehicles in the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (toyline)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' series which were recolored from the short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers\|Machine Wars]]'' line. In fact, the group name was printed on the spoiler of Takara's [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Indy Heat]] figure (though it was omitted from [[Hasbro]]'s [[Skid-Z (RID)\|Skid-Z]] version). The term did not seem to be in use by fans until around this time, with its first recorded use on [[alt.toys.transformers]] coming in July 2000.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a6cd9c8848144269?dmode=source TOY REVIEW : MACHINE WARS : EVIL DECEPTICON - MEGAPLEX at Alt.toys.transformers]</ref>

	Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the Machine Wars versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.		Fan usage is broader, extending the set of Flipchangers to include the Machine Wars versions of these recolors, as well as the early [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)\|''Beast Wars'' figures]] such as [[Armordillo]] whose transformations are exceedingly similar in concept. It is uncertain whether the fan use or the official use of the term was earlier.

	Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which autotransform, when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.		Broadened as it is, however, this usage does not usually cover the [[Deployer (BM)\|Deployers]], robotic animals which autotransform, when triggered, into weapons. This unaccountable bigotry may stem from their reversal of the usual flipchanger design; the Deployers' autotransform converts them to their weapon modes, which are less easily personified than their beast modes. This blatant discrimination is all the more amusing when considered against promotional materials for these figures, which extolled their ability to "flip-change" [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/msg/1feebf2c18646dd8?dmode=source]. [[Alexis Thi Dang\|Alexis]] is no doubt picketing the offices of fandom at this very moment. She shall probably not overcome.