The designers behind the toyline, based on the five-part Combiner model of one robot as a torso and four for the limbs, wanted to introduce a new version of Cyclonus who would be a combiner component unlike his incarnation in the original 80s Generation 1 franchise. The name Galvatronus has been used for multiple Combiner characters but originated in the collector oriented “Generations” toyline. Here is CBR's list of the top 20 Strongest Combiners and what each conglomerated titan is capable of to make them a deadly threat that is more than meets the eye. As dangerous and unpredictable the combination process can be, the added benefit of power and ability far outweigh the cons, with both the Autobots and Decepticons utilizing the technology in their ongoing conflicts. The gestalt combiner is more powerful than the super robot combiner, a singular Transformer who receives upgrades using the components of one or more teammates but can suffer from their merger if they inherit one or more debilitating personality traits. The most common form of combiner in Transformers is called a gestalt, a robot that takes shape using the parts of its smaller components forming a personality based on their individual wants, fears, and behaviors. Referred to as combiners, these types of Transformers are the byproduct of two or more Transformers fusing their bodies and consciousness' to create a new more powerful being.

If merging robots is such a popular story convention, it would only make sense for Transformers the most successful big robot franchise of them all to include the concept in its various incarnations. From Voltron to Power Rangers, to GoBots and beyond, genre fiction involving mechanical warriors uniting in mind and body to become even stronger is a much-beloved staple of the character archetype. What they say is true, the only thing cooler than one giant robot is a bunch of giant robots that come together to make a SUPER robot.

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