Phil's
Armada & Universe Highwire
and
Micron Legend Wheelie
Review

Highwire

Original Street Action Team Review from 2002: "Can't think of much to say about these, have a look at the photos and that's pretty much what you get. Getting a combing robot out of them is pretty clever though !"

Highwire is a black Bicycle (which I think is a first for a transformer toy) with grey forks & handlebars and a dark blue saddle. Both wheels turn, as do the pedals (though sadly not in relation to each other) and the handlebars move from side to side. You couldn't really hope for much more. Highwire also forms the head and back of Perceptor.

He has a minicon port on one side of him. As an add on to a robot it's pretty useless but find the right car/van TF to peg him onto and it looks like they're taking their bike out for a day in the country.

TF: Fold both the pedals down, then fold the back wheel and pedals so they're sticking out the back of the bike. Separate wheels, pedals and rear frame down the middle to form the legs. Look at the front of the bike, unhook the fork on your right to form an arm leaving the other fork and wheel to form the other.

Well..... Do you remember the little robots that came with late 1980's space Lego ? Highwire looks like that ! Ball joints at shoulders and hips gives him some movement but to be honest you're better keeping the legs locked together and the arms will always be hampered by a wheel hanging off on of them !

Decent try.

In Japan Highwire was known as Wheelie (surely more appropriate for Sureshock ?) and came in Micron Legend pack MM-01. There is no giftset featuring the original Street Action Team.

Dimension-X Wheelie

The Dimension-X version of the Street Action team wasn't sold by itself or at the time the original came out. Instead it emerged several months later at the end of the line as a pack in with the Japanese version of Final Battle Optimus Prime and a clear red Overload which was an exclusive to TRU Japan. On all three toys in this team black becomes red and grey becomes black.

This leads to Wheelie getting a quite striking red & black look - decent as a bike but not great in robot mode.

CD Wheelie

Original Review: "By ear Dream Again is the intro to the Micron Legend TV series

Dream Again is packed with the Street Action team which form Perceptor

These are the first real CD singles I've ever owned - they're the smaller size ones.

CDJapan also threw in 2 posters advertising the CDs - cool !

The Perceptor looks a little washed out (Zombie Airazor all over again)"

Wheelie is very similar to the original Highwire - the only change is making the visor on his face red and giving him a pair of white eyes

Change Micron Wheelie

From the original Review of the Kabaya Change Microns: "Parts 1-3 - Street Action team. Effectively the UK release but missing a few yellow paint Ops on Grindor and Sureshock. Nothing special"

Wheelie in fact looses the white visor and the red eyes and instead has a red visor. As noted above not terribly different.

Transformers Universe Highwire

In 2004 all three of the Street Action Team got their first and only western repaint when they were paired with a yellow & white version of Armada Thrust as a Wal Mart exclusive in the middle of the Sunstorm craze.

Highwire's only difference is that he's saddle is now green

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