Featuring the debut of the third Constructicon, the bossy short guy Dirt Boss. Being "born" out of the Headmaster unit, a forklift, and some metal, he retained the Headmaster unit's ability to control the minds of others. In this respect, he is similar to the Insecticon Bombshell from The Transformers (1984).
The Constructicons Mixmaster and Scrapper are shown to be watching cars being stripped of their parts with great joy. No doubt, for them this is the equivalent of going to a strip-tease club.
The truck driver is an homage to Sparkplug from The Transformers (1984). The random background workers also reference the cartoon.