| abstract | - A flipchanger is a kind of 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. 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. Cybertron Override, for instance, has a flipchanger-type transformation which must be completed manually, even before posing the limbs.
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