Originally posted by operator616
It's not hype for the simple fact that we've seen it on panel and confirmed in a handbookOn panel from Transformers US #74:
http://i.imgur.com/EVtHUSh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/6gXpuyN.jpgTransformers Ultimate Guide confirming it:
http://i.imgur.com/lGkZcZK.jpg?1
We don't know how long it took him to do it, yes, but he did achieve it. That much is indisputable.
Im not sure where you're drawing your info from. Because that's completely false.
He doesn't take forever to consume planets. Here's Unicron destroying a planet on panel in a matter of moments from Transformers US #66:
http://i.imgur.com/IlSZTqG.jpg
He's also got the size of a planet (that's a basic fact about him, btw), here's a bio confirming that he's the size of a large planet:
http://i.imgur.com/AuVuASy.jpg?1
*look at this (it's from Transformers UK #261, id use the UK series for this one):
http://i.imgur.com/pL9MI28.jpg
And? So Thanos beating a planet level reality warper (because that's all that Maker was, not a universal or multiversal being like the actual Beyonder was, despite her containing his essence) somehow enables him to defeat Unicron?
FYI, Unicron is more in Galactus' league than in Thanos'. If there's a feat for Thanos which is the closest to Unicron it would be in Avengers: Celestial Quest where he along with Death destroyed Rot (an abstract being), after which Thanos contained and released energies which shook the universe, but sadly that was retconned into being a Thanosi in Infinity Abyss, so meh (it may be usable, though).
Still, Thanos isn't winning against Unicron, that's for sure.
I never understood why Starlin made that showing as a Thanosi seeing that was a very good feat for Thanos.
srug