Couldn't find a thread for this so :

I finished this early this week after I jarred my knee pretty badly and I had to say I really really liked it. Razorbeast is a favourite of mine now and I'm going to have to track down the toy. Drat. What I particularly like was how the story flowed so well and yet exposed us to the new BWs without dabbling in the little detail. It gave us new characters to care about and be interested in. Snarl and Optimus Minor are the two that come to mine. Oh and definitely Polar Claw too. I've put off getting him for a while and forgotten about BWs but he's most certainly on the to get list year.

Magmatron felt a bit straight forward. Another version of BW Megatron but I didn't mind. I think that they eventually clashed was nice to give a unique identity on them.

The art was great and Ioved the panel with Lio Convoy and Razorbeast on Cybertron especially. Its a very strong panel and it makes me want to dig out my Lio Convoy.

The plot and writing was well done too and I think it benefited greatly from just being written as a mini-series with a defined end but at least an opening for a sequel. There was a lot to like about it and a lot of moments that surprised and delighted like Grimlock suddenly appearing. Though the issue of scale comes to mind b/c Grimlock is based on the Dinobot mold iirc and he's massive compared to the others though if compared the toys that's not quite the case. Not that it bothered me though (other than wondering when I'd go and get one of them).

My only misgiving was I was hoping for more of the BW characters we know and love from the cartoon. It would've been great to see more of them and the dialogue of BW Megatron was great too, I could hear him in my head saying those exact lines.

This was a winner for me and I really look forward to grabbing the Ascending trade in February when my financial position is a lot more rosy.

What were other people's thoughts? It hasn't been mentioned much and all I really recall is Paulbot telling me it was disappointing and trying not to spoil me for which I'm grateful for b/c it was a whole new discovery.