^My thoughts on this line.
Character-wise, I'm hyped for Cog and Ironhide, but everything else feels like a dead-end. Cog looks immensely fun, and I actually like the blocky look/alt-mode on Ironhide. But, yeah, that dead end... I have no attachment to the micromasters and doubt they'll release all the targetmasters needed to "complete" my TR figures. Especially with a slot already all-but wasted on an action master partner... I'll probably try at least one micromaster pair for sheer novelty. Who knows, maybe I'll start snapping them up for customs or scale play with Titans?
Optimus and the inner magnus look surprisingly nice, and I would get them if I didn't already have an even better Optimus and a classics Magnus. Much as I like the self-combining feature, I can't justify spending $50 on a replacement figure that is so inelegant and (to me) unappealing when compared with the CW one. I'm passing on almost every PotP leader, so clearly self-combining isn't essential for my collection.
The new visual direction is... interesting. It's like Beast Machines Megatron took over the design team. Chromia looks like some sort of spongy organ in vehicle mode, but is obviously trying to be as robotic as possible. I guess it's like bayformers, where there is so much small detail that larger design elements can get swallowed up... At least the "gritty" paint apps will make my early customs fit in
The effect parts are pretty neat, but I'll never buy enough battle masters to use them well - especially if they only make 8 of them or something. Oh well?
Regarding the leaks for future figures, Six-Gun is a must-buy. I hope the deluxe-priced Prowl, Drift, Crankcase, and Barricade are for Siege, but highly doubt it. Crankcase from Hound, anyone? Zero interest in a leader Shockwave, sincerely hope that he and Jetfire are for Cyberverse and we have more slots open for more interesting characters, but again I highly doubt it. One of these days Hasbro has to get around to Star Saber and Deathsaurus, but it probably isn't today. The new springer (no way cyberverse has the budget for a real triple changer, or the guts to portray spinger as anything but) would have to be literally magic in plastic form to surpass the last one, and with the "everything and everyone is a cube" thing they have going on here, I don't see that happening. Also just realized Impactor could be a straight redeco of Ironhide. Hope that doesn't happen, but it would be quite a twist.
Despite all my gripes, some of these figures look stellar. Optimus looks great (awesome blend of toy and cartoon influences on the torso), Ironhide will be great to have, and the weaponizer Cog looks like buckets of fun.