Starscream mentally paused for a moment, thinking over that question. "Yes and no. Our manufacturers did not put together our frames with transformations in mind. We created that ourselves. Actually, I had a hand in that - specifically for our Thundercracker's reformat as well as many others."

So yes, there were others with this Thundercracker's frametype. Sort of. No one started out looking as they presently did in the scientist's reality. They were all now upgraded and wore armor and modifications. This also meant that Starscream was familiar with many different frame types. It would explain how he knew to do this without really knowing.

"I have heard of this word. Trine. I'm not sure what it means."