no,this is an updating of the figure combining elements of both the shell and the bot ala generations skullgrin or this guy(http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radicons-customs/712923-tf-generations-pretender-starscream.html)
Dude, this is great! He was my favorite pretender as a kid. I'm working on a Bugly that fits this concept, making the robot look like the pretender shell, that is.
This is pretty much what I try to do when making Pretender-based customs. I try to apply elements from both the shell and the inner robot.