RicOlie_2 said:

I think so. Is it because you thought the rest sucked, or because you really liked the droid?

The latter. Thinking about it, I guess the shape and some design elements remind me of a few favourite droids from my childhood. No one influence...

^ Zax (From 1983's 'Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince')

^ Sergeant Major Zero (From 1983's 'Terrahawks')

^ Blinky (From 1991's 'Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars')

^ T-Bob (From 1985's 'Mobile Armored Strike Kommand')*

...so for me at least, it feels like something that would have been around the same time as the OT.

(* Daaammmnn! I had totally forgotten about M.A.S.K. I had every toy from that show! These are the kind of fuzzy memories this droid brings back. No way does this looks like something from the PT.)