Now Quickstrike as a name was associated in Beast Wars with the Scorpion/Cobra fuzor. Why attach it to a wolf in Beast Machines when there's a perfectly good wolf name - Wolfang - in use in Beast Wars already ?
Quickstrike is a grey/blue wolf with brown/bronze highlight and clear blue feet & sword blade tail. The front legs have a limited ball joint at the hip and bend at a very low knee & at the ankle. The front legs look oddly bent in the middle. The back legs have a ball joint within the body, a bending joint followed by another limited ball joint that only turns in at where the hip is and a bending ankle. The mouth opens and the head moves back & forth and side to side on a ball joint.
TF: fold the legs straight in front and behind the wolf. Fold the back legs down to the sides. Fold the chest panel under the beast out taking the head with it. Push down on the tail and the robot head. pushing into the body and extending the waist at the other end. Turn the waist round. Fold the head in and close the chest panel. Fold the robot feet out and fold the arms up at the elbow.
Oh dear, another robot I don't like (see Geckobot written the same evening) Arms are far too long, legs too short - so much so that the hands aren't that far off touching the floor when the arms hang straight down. Bends at the ankle & knee - again knee far too low on the legs formed from the front beast legs. Hips are ball jointed, waist turns, neck is ball jointed leading to a head that should be lightpiped but doesn't work too well. Shoulders are ball jointed, arm bends above the elbow which immediately connects to another ball joint. Wrists bend.
Decent gimmick in the left arm - flick a switch and a blue blade folds out. Obviously can't be used if arm hangs straight down, and also has problems folding out if the wrist isn't bent inwards.
Have gone off the wolf & robot mode since my initial assessment. TF is still quite fun though !