Not reading Revolution but have flipped through it. Basically it's all the Cybertronians fault, they brought Earth into the mess with their fuel and tech.
I will read the one shots for the MTMTE and former RID Revolution tie ins before the new books launch. I hope you and anyone else did pre-order the 1:50 Optimus book. 100 or less are going to make it out. Same with Lost Light.
1:50.....man, they were reaching really hard on this relaunch. I guess they hope to pick up new readers from Rom, Action Man, MASK and G.I. Joe.
Good luck IDW, and please keep the cross-overs to a separate book!