Of course, Magnaboss raises the issue that winthing a year or two they happily reused the names Silverbolt and Prowl without batting an eye.
While I agree it's probably a coincidence, I like the 'might-have-been'.
those two are meant to be the g1 characters carried over. And prowl transmetal i heard is meant to be prowl II which is a clone or something? it is in the comics