How on earth could Hasbro come some close to gaining themselves a small sliver of redemption and then so totally blow it at the last second? Black and Silver...that works. Black Silver and Yellow detailing...
Had they gone with something in the blue range for the detailing and made the arms, legs and head something like a gun-metal grey so that they stood out just enough from the vehicle parts that it's not a solid looking blob, then they would have had something.
Maybe use the blue stripe that should have gone onto the vehicle detail to also highlight some of the bot features (without going overboard) just to spruce it up a bit.
What they have, however, is just freaking hideous. I have no desire to see that thing transformed cause that would just be nightmare inducing.