>>6111635There are different fences on this subject.
Retools, from new accessories to just new heads are always a common theme with tools, action figures would be cheap to make because you can slap x head on body 3 and paint it differently and the only ones who complain are those who see that it may not fit supposedly.
For me personally with modern day transformers I anticipate "expected" repaints, the seekers will always be gladly be accepted (yes, I'm admitting g1 bias), for other cases it can differ.
For example, quake I don't mind as a redeco with a new head though I hope a new tank weapon is equipped (preferably one that makes him look like the older tank he was despite the hardhead H tank body) because the overall silhouette works quite well, krok I find lazy homages aside.
Even straxus and skullgrin I found lazy too back in generations, I dig the mold and attempts but something in the back of my mind irks me.
But really, I want more scourge to highbrow retools, they're robots, you can expect some sameness, but unless they're "related" via fiction (idw's take on starscream and jiaxus was a nice, if "excusing" touch) at least make them pop out in more than paint color and a new head
In short
>Break up bot bodies so it doesn't look cheap>least have fiction to explain why x autobot looks like x decepticon already in place>or stick to what's been done before as people expect that 