TF: fold the front treads forward and down as far as they will go. Fold the middle of the front of the tank back and up. Fold the treads down to form the legs. Rotate the waist piece so all the detail is on the front of the tank and the legs are bent back at the knee. Flip the heel spurs out. Fold the tread covers at the back out to the sides - note they're pegged in at the front. Fold the claws out the back of the tank and swing the sides down to act as arms. Fold the platform the cannon is attached to back onto the robot's back. Fold the neck piece back to put the head into place - this joint is possibly the stiffest on any TF and feels like you have to break it to get it to move. Then if you want fold the cannon platform back up 90 degrees so it projects over his shoulder.
Robot is small, but detailed. The legs look odd bending that way with the exposed track work at the front. You can turn the legs round getting a more traditional lower legs but that then means you've got a hole exposed in the waist piece. He bends at the knees but this is restricted to keep the toy upright and although the hips only move forwards and backwards they're actually connected by ball joints. The waist and head turn - head is lightpiped. Shoulders are ball jointed, elbows bend and the claws bend in. Gimmick doesn't work in robot mode.
Beast Machines saw a lot of experimentation with characters in multiple size classes and it's only right at the end that they discovered that smaller was better. Great toy
My original review said "Tank Drone: Small. But very nice. Excellent tank with a nice rotating gun launching missile gimmick. Transform was OK but I had BIG trouble with a very stiff joint on the neck piece - watch out there. As a nice touch on the robot you can produce either a show accurate treaded version or - by simply rotating 180 degrees at the waist a more traditional looking version with feet. Unfortunately neither has particularly straight legs ! I'm hoping that when the new assortment comes out over here they'll pack this potential army builder in large enough quantities..... "
I got the pack when it came out in the middle of my "must own every minicon repaint" phase and said this "Stockade is a mustard orange, burgundy, bronze and grey repaint of the Tank Drone. Looks nothing like the yucky bright yellow on the pictures. Works very well. " And it does. The mustard yellow was also used on the full size Tankor repaint albeit in different place. If I'd have had my way the two would have been bundled together.