Yeah but I still don't see how it's fundamentally different from what we had in Anglophone G1 where all the Targetmaster, Headmaster and Powermaster partners were human/Nebulan. Masterforce was aired in 1988 where binary bonding was still a big gimmick that HasTak were pushing.
"More much more than meets the eye!"
But if it makes you feel any better there's no binary bonding with fleshlings in Victory. All the binary-bonded partners there are robots