>>6473181Depends on the continuty, I'll use g1, american and japanese versions.
>Japanese:Little robots who built essentially mechs that their tiny bodies transform into heads for>American:Bonded to a living being who transforms into their headAs for your "why didn't they" thing I'll throw in a few thoughts
>why don't the zentradi shoot the valks in macross mid transformation, answer:happens too quickly despite visual porn of the transformations>perhaps its teleportation that allows the "head on" sequences as the connections are always spot on>suspension of disbelief is required to enjoy camp 80's shows that are essentially giant toy commercials 