Quote Originally Posted by Hursticon View Post
That, and he bares a striking resemblance to G1 Micromaster Dropshot, bar the wrong faction logos.
Yeah, wrong faction and he's missing those terrible 90s colours in bot mode (yeah, red and green totally go together with blue). The alt mode is quite similar though.

However, according to TFWiki he was apparently an homage to Groundshaker's ATV. Same colours, same 6 wheels, little cockpit, big gun on top. Apparently he was initially named Groundshaker too.



But to answer the original question, I think everyone just likes the engineering and aesthetics.