The Constructicon combiner Devastator stands 100 feet tall, nearly three times Megatron’s 35 feet, and the Autobots’ biggest is the 60-foot cargo plane Stratosphere. Twenty-two robots from the live-action films, ranked by the heights in the films’ own scale charts and official bios.
Pictured: Devastator in the “Devastator’s Assault” scene from Revenge of the Fallen (2009), #1 at 100 feet.
Rank
Transformer
Height (ft)
Height (m)
Faction
Film of the figure
Height source
1
Devastator
100 ft
30.5 m
Decepticon
Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
ROTF Decepticon DVD scale chart
2
Scavenger
75 ft
22.9 m
Decepticon
Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
ROTF Decepticon DVD scale chart
3
Long Haul
65 ft
19.8 m
Decepticon
Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
ROTF Decepticon DVD scale chart
4
Stratosphere
60 ft
18.3 m
Autobot
Rise of the Beasts (2023)
ROTB Japanese scale chart
5
Jetfire
50 ft
15.2 m
Autobot
Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
ROTF Autobot DVD scale chart
6
The Fallen
42 ft
12.8 m
Decepticon
Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
ROTF: The Movie Universe (book)
7
Megatron
35 ft
10.7 m
Decepticon
Transformers (2007)
2007 film scale chart
7
Rampage
35 ft
10.7 m
Decepticon
Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
ROTF Decepticon DVD scale chart
9
Blackout
33 ft
10.1 m
Decepticon
Transformers (2007)
2007 film scale chart
10
Starscream
31 ft
9.4 m
Decepticon
Transformers (2007)
2007 film scale chart
11
Optimus Prime
29 ft
8.8 m
Autobot
The Last Knight (2017)
TLK official bios
12
Nitro Zeus
28 ft
8.5 m
Decepticon
The Last Knight (2017)
TLK official bios
13
Onslaught
27 ft
8.2 m
Decepticon
The Last Knight (2017)
TLK official bios
14
Hound
24 ft
7.3 m
Autobot
The Last Knight (2017)
TLK official bios
15
Ironhide
22 ft
6.7 m
Autobot
Transformers (2007)
2007 film scale chart
15
Soundwave
22 ft
6.7 m
Decepticon
Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
ROTF Decepticon DVD scale chart
17
Ratchet
20 ft
6.1 m
Autobot
Transformers (2007)
2007 film scale chart
18
Scourge
19 ft
5.8 m
Terrorcon
Rise of the Beasts (2023)
ROTB Japanese scale chart
19
Bumblebee
18 ft
5.5 m
Autobot
The Last Knight (2017)
TLK official bios
19
Crosshairs
18 ft
5.5 m
Autobot
The Last Knight (2017)
TLK official bios
19
Berserker
18 ft
5.5 m
Decepticon
The Last Knight (2017)
TLK official bios
19
Dreadbot
18 ft
5.5 m
Decepticon
The Last Knight (2017)
TLK official bios
No matching rows.
Method and caveats: heights are robot-mode figures from the films’ own published material, as collected on TFWiki’s “Official sizes and heights” page: the 2007 film’s scale chart (its Boston Globe trading cards agree), the Autobot and Decepticon scale charts from the Revenge of the Fallen DVD, the official character bios posted for The Last Knight, and the Takara Tomy Japanese scale chart for Rise of the Beasts. The companion book Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe is used only for The Fallen, whom no chart lists. Where a character has figures from more than one film, the tallest final one counts and its film is shown (Megatron: 35 ft in 2007, 30 ft in 2017; Bumblebee: 16 ft in 2007, 18 ft in 2017, 12 ft 6 in in 2023); preliminary charts and concept art are left out, and so are combined forms other than Devastator, a permanent team combiner (Optimus Prime with Jetfire’s parts is listed at 40 ft). Dark of the Moon, Age of Extinction and Bumblebee had no published scale chart, so Sentinel Prime, Shockwave, Lockdown, Grimlock and Galvatron can’t be ranked, and Unicron, a planet in The Last Knight and Rise of the Beasts, has no stated height. The animated Transformers One (2024) is a separate continuity on a different scale and isn’t included. The figures are the studios’, not measurements of the CGI, which often varies from shot to shot. Metres are converted from feet.[1]
The Top 10
#1
Devastator — 100 ft (30.5 m)
The Constructicons’ combined form is the tallest robot the live-action films have put a number on: 100 feet on the Decepticon scale chart released with Revenge of the Fallen, and “10 stories” in Michael Bay’s own production blog. He spends much of the film’s Egyptian battle on all fours, climbing the Great Pyramid of Giza to expose the Star Harvester inside, but “reaches 100 feet when it stands,” as Computer Graphics World reported. He was the largest robot Industrial Light & Magic built for the film, with 52,632 parts and nearly 12 million polygons: “the heaviest asset we’ve ever made… by far,” said ILM’s Jeff White.[1][2][3]
#2
Scavenger — 75 ft (22.9 m)
The red Constructicon is a giant Terex O&K RH 400 mining excavator, one of the largest hydraulic excavators ever built, and becomes Devastator’s upper torso when the team combines. The 75-foot chart figure makes him the tallest Transformer in the films who isn’t a combined form, though it doesn’t sit neatly with Devastator’s own 100 feet; the scale charts were drawn for each robot on its own.[1][4]
#3
Long Haul — 65 ft (19.8 m)
The only green Constructicon turns into a Caterpillar 773B dump truck and forms Devastator’s right leg. His standalone robot mode began as fan art by the freelance artist Josh Nizzi, which impressed Bay enough to hire him onto the film.[1][4]
#4
Stratosphere — 60 ft (18.3 m)
The Autobots’ flying transport in Rise of the Beasts is a battered old cargo plane, voiced by John DiMaggio, that carries the team to Peru. At 60 feet on the film’s Japanese scale chart he is the tallest Autobot with an official height in any of the live-action films, more than three times the height of the Optimus Prime he flies, who is listed at 18 feet in the same chart.[1][5]
#5
Jetfire — 50 ft (15.2 m)
The ancient Seeker who sleeps in the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center disguised as an SR-71 Blackbird is listed at 50 feet on the Revenge of the Fallen Autobot chart. A Decepticon who switched sides, he ends the film by giving his parts to Optimus Prime, and the combined “Power Up” Optimus is listed at 40 feet, 12 feet taller than Prime on his own.[1]
#6
The Fallen — 42 ft (12.8 m)
The film’s title villain, one of the original Primes and Megatron’s master, appears in no scale chart; the 42-foot figure comes from the official companion book Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe. He is the tallest Transformer in the films with no Earth vehicle mode, and he is finally killed by Optimus Prime wearing Jetfire’s parts.[1]
#7
Megatron — 35 ft (10.7 m)
The Decepticon leader stood 35 feet in both the 2007 scale chart and the Revenge of the Fallen charts, the tallest of the first film’s robots. He was a Cybertronian jet in 2007 and a Cybertronian tank after his revival in the sequel. By The Last Knight (2017) his official height had dropped to 30 feet; this ranking uses each character’s tallest final official figure.[1]
#7
Rampage — 35 ft (10.7 m)
The bulldozer Constructicon ties Megatron at 35 feet on the Revenge of the Fallen Decepticon chart. With Ravage, he holds Sam Witwicky’s parents hostage until Bumblebee destroys him.[1]
#9
Blackout — 33 ft (10.1 m)
The first Decepticon seen in the 2007 film, Blackout arrives disguised as an MH-53 Pave Low helicopter and wipes out the US base in Qatar in its opening scene. The scale chart lists him at 33 feet and the film’s Boston Globe trading card at 33 feet 5 inches.[1]
#10
Starscream — 31 ft (9.4 m)
Megatron’s treacherous lieutenant, disguised as an F-22 Raptor, is listed at 31 feet in both the 2007 chart and the Revenge of the Fallen Decepticon chart. He survives both of the first two films and is finally killed by Sam Witwicky in Dark of the Moon (2011).[1]
TFWiki, “Official sizes and heights,” live-action film series section (tfwiki.net), the source for every height and rank: the Transformers (2007) scale chart and Boston Globe trading cards; the Revenge of the Fallen Autobot and Decepticon DVD scale charts; Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe (The Fallen, 42 ft); Michael Bay’s Revenge of the Fallen blog (Devastator, “10 stories”); the Last Knight official Facebook/Twitter posts and TRF dossier bios (August 2016); and the Rise of the Beasts Japanese scale chart.
Slashfilm, “Transformers 2: Devastator To Be Almost 120 Feet Tall,” 2009 (slashfilm.com), for the pre-release 100–120 ft estimate.
Computer Graphics World, “Weighty Matters,” July 2009 (cgw.com), on ILM’s Devastator model, its largest and heaviest robot model (52,632 parts, 11.7 million polygons), which also confirms the 100 ft standing height.
Villains Wiki, “Constructicons (Transformers Film Series)” (villains.fandom.com), for Scavenger’s and Long Haul’s vehicle modes, their places in Devastator, and Josh Nizzi’s Long Haul design; and Jalopnik, “Constructicon Vehicle Modes From New Transformers Movie Possibly Revealed,” 2008 (jalopnik.com).
Empire, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts review (empireonline.com), for Stratosphere’s cargo-plane disguise; voice cast from the film’s credits.
