Voltron
Transformers would dominate the transformable robot market for forty years, in 1984, there was a rival for transformable robot toys. Voltron started as an adaptation of several Japanese animated series about a team of explorers in high-tech vehicles sent to find new land for their overcrowded planet and defeating those trying to stop them. The climactic moment of each show is when the separate vehicles came together to form mega-robot Voltron. The toy Voltron allowed kids to assemble and disassemble Voltron, recreating that moment for themselves. Unfortunately for kids, in 1986, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled Voltron toys due to the lead paint used to create the bright robot colors. While Transformers has become a pop culture phenomenon, the lesser-known Voltron has had a quiet staying power, with a new series in 2018 and Voltron Lion Team toys still in production.