Right you are Paulbot. And thats part of what bugs me.
More possible spoilers: Seeing Prime in his current state and Sunstreaker back etc means we know which characters live and which die so some of the suspense of future stories is removed.Seeing Sunstreaker means we can assume that Hot Rod is successfull rescuing Sunstreaker and most probably defeating the Machination (No doubt with Grimlocks help).
But still this is only the first issue. And it's really all flash and bang. I'll wait till next issue when perhaps we start to learn what the story is.
On another note Spotlight Hardhead was awesome! I like they way they gave him some personality. I also enjoyed the broard spectrum of chracters that showed up. I do hope there not going to rush the story to gel with All hail Megs though, cause that would suck. When Devils Due reformated thier G.I Joe comic from G.I Joe to America's Elite they took a fairly epic storyline and finished it all up in one rather rushed feeling unsatisfying issue. In which the Joe's defeated Cobra Comanders most grand scheme just by doing a Rambo, and busting in and shooting, yawn.