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Your Tech Spec Trivia of the day, Rumble focused due to OP
Writer Bob Budiansky used the tape spool details on the microcasette toy to give Rumble his seismic powers. The piledrivers were an invention of the cartoon to look more interesting.
This also means that the original intent of Rumble's power is that he jiggles his tits at you until earthquakes happen.