... And you can't blame Hasbro for doing that, because we saw how the vehicle-based G1 ended and G2 utterly failed as an attempted revival. Twice bitten thrice shy.
......
Remember that G2 also gave us...
* A green Megatron
* A purple Megatron
* A black Mirage
* A purple Ramjet
* A brittle gold Slingshot
* A fluoro "hurt your eyes" Soundwave
* A white Blast Off (hey, that's realistic!) - with purple camouflage (never mind...)
* A blue Sideswipe
* A black Sideswipe (okay, this actually worked well for him; although the weapon colours were still terrible and the MP toy deliberately avoids this)
...etc