The motorcycle looks really good. It reminds me of those police motorcycles from CHiPs. The wheels are plastic and roll sufficiently. Although the front wheel assembly can articulate, the front of the bike does not. There is a kickstand to keep the bike from falling over. The line work and paint applications are decent.
Transformation is a little complicated, but it's not too bad. You just have to be really careful with those fragile handle bars. There is a bit of parts-forming. A piece of his back comes off to become a cover for the bike exhaust. It is difficult to peg in because the hole seems a little small. I'm pretty sure I don't have the head tucked away correctly because the panels for the front are not lining up properly.
He has an interesting look. Just like with Giant, Maketoys is putting their own design aesthetic on the Protectobots. I like everything from the waist up and the knees down, but am not too fond of his hips. He has cleanly applied gold, grey, and orange paint. Colored translucent plastic is used for ascents. The backpack is not very obtrusive.
His head is on a ball joint. His shoulders are on hinged ball joints, but be extremely mindful of the brake handles while manipulating his arms. Due to a momentary lapse in concentration when I was posing his left arm, I ended up snapping off one of the brake handles. A little bit of crazy glue was enough to stick it back on. He swivels at the biceps and upper thighs, but not at the waist. Instead of a waist swivel, there is a swivel joint in the middle of his back, but its range of motion is really limited. His hips are universal joints, I think. His wrists are also on ball joints. He has double jointed elbows and knees. His feet are on hinges, with a swivel at the toes.
His only accessory is a rifle, which he holds just fine in his hands. It also tabs onto the bike for storage.
I'll be displaying Axle with the mostly Deluxe figures of my Cybertron shelf. He'll probably stay in combined mode to complement Fall of Cybertron Bruticus and Maketoys Giant and Quantron.
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