I am rooting for Leupold big time. They make some models that no one else can touch for size, weight, eye relief, etc. The perceived deficiencies are by now well documented, so I don't expect they are going to encounter any big surprises. Give me a 2.5-8x36 with solid internals, and I am a happy guy.
MLGA!
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Thomas Paine
