G1 cartoon, s4, Fortress Max and Scorp question.

Can any one tell me what the thing was with Fortress Maximus and Scorponok?
- FM had 3 phases: Spike - Cerebros - Fortress Maximus
- Scorp had 2 phases: Zarak - (No normal sized transformer) - Scorp
Considering season 3 suffered from a great inconsistencies* due to whatever, I assume this was also the same deal with season 4? But if anyone can me more, much appreciation. I would have voted for the option of Zarak creating a normal sized robot, even if was only one shot that showed that detail.
* My favorites:
- Devastator broken by Ultra Magnus. And again Perceptor shooting Dev, which previously joined by 7 Constructicons.
- Brawl standing next to notmal sized Bruticus, and both escaping while running into huge sized Blast Off.
- Lots of Movie deaths returning in episode "Fight or flee" though only seen in 1 or 2 shots.
Dead robots coming back to life, 5 Airialbots died during battle
- FM had 3 phases: Spike - Cerebros - Fortress Maximus
- Scorp had 2 phases: Zarak - (No normal sized transformer) - Scorp
Considering season 3 suffered from a great inconsistencies* due to whatever, I assume this was also the same deal with season 4? But if anyone can me more, much appreciation. I would have voted for the option of Zarak creating a normal sized robot, even if was only one shot that showed that detail.
* My favorites:
- Devastator broken by Ultra Magnus. And again Perceptor shooting Dev, which previously joined by 7 Constructicons.
- Brawl standing next to notmal sized Bruticus, and both escaping while running into huge sized Blast Off.
- Lots of Movie deaths returning in episode "Fight or flee" though only seen in 1 or 2 shots.
Dead robots coming back to life, 5 Airialbots died during battle