Combattler V (1976)

Popy DX Chogokin Combattler V, 1976 The toy that made combining the main event. Five Popynica battle machines, each a toy in its own right, lock together into the full robot, and Bandai still calls it an epoch-making transforming and combining toy as its 50th anniversary arrives in 2026. Collectors outside Japan have a second route in: Mattel sold it in the Shogun Warriors range as separate vehicles and as a combined box set renamed Combattra, and Bandai later reissued it under its Godaikin label.