As others have pointed out, in the real world, whether or not it is a toy or looks like a toy is irrelevant so long as it can be taken out and used to threaten. The same applies to the law; it being marketed as a toy makes no difference to the bank clerk who fears being shot.

I'm not condemning nor condoning those who do choose to own MP Megatron or G1 Megatron, either in Australia or elsewhere. Like I said, I used to own it myself. What I am trying to do, if the obvious difficulties of importing it in the first place aren't enough, is get fans to consider the issues involved before just deciding to import it. I have every respect for fans who choose to own it responsibly according to the law, keeping it locked up, but that isn't every fan. All it takes is a burglary and a robber with enough brains to transform it*, and you've gone from a collector's piece to an illegal replica firearm.

*Admittedly, with MP Megatron, you may think this is unlikely, but we're not discussing the other issue with that toy: namely that it's actually quite a bad figure!