Well, while I enjoyed this issue, I didn't enjoy it enough to defend it against STL's critisisms. It feels very much like a link in the chain issue, the battle against six shot was good, but everything else felt like it was just a lead up to the next issue.

As has been echoed by others, I wouldn't mind all the many plots and subplots if this was an ongoing series, but as a miniseries, with a 4 month hiatus, it's feels really stop start, and I tend to loose focus between miniseries. Nonetheless I look forward to resolutions of some subplots, particularly the Reavers, and the Machination, (who I'm sure is Scorponok). The plots that interest me most are the more unusual ones that fall a bit outside of the usual TF universe. But I guess they have to fill each comic with a certain quota of classic Autobot action so the more easy to please fanboys will buy it.