TFWiki säger att mangan är en separat kontinuitet, så ingen hjälp där. Det gör emellertid status :
"With Devil Z's death, the bond he had forged between transtector and human ceased to exist, and Ginrai and the other humans were separated from their transtectors. The transtectors, however, had been evolved through their partnership with the humans and continued to exist as true super-robot life forms. Having been imprinted with his human partner's personality, Ginrai's transtector departed for space to pursue the surviving Decepticons and rejoin the greater war."
Så man skulle anta att eftersom de har utvecklats ut ur behovet av en mänsklig partner är de inte längre svaga utan dem.