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aaron Archer, who was the Hasbro US guy who was leading the brand at the time admits he wasn't super familiar with Transformers lore at the time and didn't really consider the importance of certain characters to fans. This is why armada had things like Wheeljack being used for the Autobot traitor(because he thought "Wheeljack" sounded villainous) and why Scavenger is an Autobot despite being a Devastator homage.
There was a really cool Soundwave proposal for Transtech right before Armada too.