Transformers

[eldargal]

He'll be a few inches shorter than Titan class Metroplex who was a few inches taller than Fortress Maximus, so roughly the same size I guess?

[bfmusashi]

:Nerd hat on: Fortress Maximus as a combiner depends on continuity, but let's just talk about dudes anchored on the first toy. In the US cartoon Fort Max is a city controlled by a robot (Cerebros) who bianary bonded with Spike who lives in his (Cerebros's) head. Since he's two guys and a transforming giant city body that's totally a combinder.
But, in the Japanese Head Masters cartoon the parts we'd call Fortress Maximus's City and Cerebros are just robot bodies, only the part we'd call Spike is an actual dude. Planet Master is just chock full of these little robots and they know there are violent big robots out there so they build sweet robot bodies for fighting other big robots. Fortress Maximus is just one guys super huge robot body that he needs another robot body to control. Like the Nemesis Dreadknight I'd argue that's not a combiner so much as a dressing in layers.
:takes off nerd hat:

[Charistoph]

:Nerd hat on: Fortress Maximus as a combiner depends on continuity, but let's just talk about dudes anchored on the first toy. In the US cartoon Fort Max is a city controlled by a robot (Cerebros) who bianary bonded with Spike who lives in his (Cerebros's) head. Since he's two guys and a transforming giant city body that's totally a combinder.
But, in the Japanese Head Masters cartoon the parts we'd call Fortress Maximus's City and Cerebros are just robot bodies, only the part we'd call Spike is an actual dude. Planet Master is just chock full of these little robots and they know there are violent big robots out there so they build sweet robot bodies for fighting other big robots. Fortress Maximus is just one guys super huge robot body that he needs another robot body to control. Like the Nemesis Dreadknight I'd argue that's not a combiner so much as a dressing in layers.
:takes off nerd hat:

I would also say the story laced in the toy lines also qualify as an option, at least here in the US. The Headmasters (of which FM was a member of), were still the robot transformers in their non-humanoid state, just another humanoid was their head, much like the cartoon version. The Marvel version also was used the same.

Oddly enough, the first Headmasters could have their chest stats changed depending on who the head was, but the second generation kept the stats in parallel when a different head was attached.

[eldargal]

Stuff from Toy Fair:

Combiner Wars Voyager class Cyclonus:



Leader class Ultra Magnus:





Combiner Wars Protectobots and Defensor:

[eldargal]

Combiner Wars Titan class Devastator:






Crotch shot, hur.

[Gotthammer]

Scale shot:

[Mr Mystery]

Wow!

[Kirsten]

I had the original Devastator, was so cool

[Mr Mystery]

Wot, no big danglyballs?


I am disappoint.

No. Not really

[bfmusashi]

Devastator is 18 inches tall so four inches shorter than new Metroplex, two shorter than old Fortress Maximus.