Quote Originally Posted by Seraphim Prime View Post
Scrounge was a minor character in a single comic book, but served to show the severity of Decepticon rule under Straxus, and his death lead to Blaster choosing to take more significant action against the Decepticons.

Kinda like Biggs Darklighter in the Star Wars saga - minor character with significance to one of the major characters.
Quote Originally Posted by Paulbot View Post
He's also memorable as being one of the first Transformers to actually die in the comic book (compared to deactivated even apparently irreparably like Sunstreaker) as well as being one of the first non-toy characters introduced in them.

But I think generally it's also partly because he's one of those characters who's obscure enough that you'd never think he'd ever get a new toy.
Thanks for the insight. Yes he seems like a cult comic book hero. I never read the comics though I did get that 30th anniversary retail set last year that has the first 8 G1 comics. I should try reading them to see if I'll get hooked, though I've never been into comic books.