Back in the early 2000s when repaints were all the rage, I remember asking people how they treated the same mold but a different color into their fiction, especially if they were in different factions. The discussion led to someone saying they always envisioned mold-mates coming out of the same production facility on Cybertron, then chose their own path as to which faction they sided with over time. I always liked that explanation for repaints.The way Transformers handles identical-looking dudes in different colors, wouldn’t the autobots assume that Megaplex is a different guy? Like, nobody ever labels Thundercracker or Skywarp as body doubles for Starscream.
yea i know it’s just hokey fiction to sell a megatron redeco