Fixit never transforms in the show, so his alt mode is a bit of a mish-mosh of his robot parts with the drills that sometimes come out from his fists out in the front, making this some kind of "futuristic" (and I use that term lightly) personal drill vehicle. The strongest part of the mode by far is the back end, where there's handles for someone to hold onto him (in an imaginary sense; the handles are not 5mm-compatible, unfortunately) and little pad extensions on the back for someone to stand on him. There's also big wheels detailed like what you'd expect a driller vehicle mode to have. The front half or so is mostly weak, though. On the plus side, you've got the two drillers in the front with little wheels under them, but the parts behind them are very obviously Fixit's main body and his upper arms, with the shoulder bits just kinda splayed against the sides of the body. The section behind THAT is obviously the top of his robot head, though thankfully his actual face folds away completely in this mode, so at least that doesn't show. As with most RID2015 toys, his mold detailing is pretty minimal, though a "ribbed" section on his main body and his drills-- both painted silver-- look pretty good. There's a couple other divots on the main body, but that's about it as far as mold detailing beyond very basic shapes. His color scheme is almost entirely a straightforward orange plastic in this mode, though there is actually a fair amount of light milky gray plastic, used on his handlebars and on several interior parts that aren't readily visible in either mode-- thankfully, given that it's that bland shade of the color. It, the silver, and the black contrast fairly well against the orange, though it's nothing eye-popping. There's also a bit of pale metallic bronze around the front drills, and some light blue on the main body-- the metallic bronze is a nice shade, but blends in with the orange a little much for my liking. On the other hand, the light blue looks so good against the orange I wish it was used more.
    To transform Fixit to robot mode, you just pull down on his gray handlebars until they meet the orange footpads on the back; the rest of him auto-transforms. (To get him back to vehicle, you press down on the gray section in the back middle until the catch releases.) The end result isn't all that different from the vehicle mode, since so much of this mode is visible in the former mode-- it's just more of the parts rearranged in a humanoid form. Just like in the show, Fixit doesn't really have feet, just two wheels with vaguely feet-shaped wedges in front of them to help him stand up. I do wish that the drills could fold around with actual hands to replace them, though, as Fixit doesn't actually have his drills deployed much in the show. There's also the handlebars and entire back portion of the vehicle mode just hanging behind his butt, which makes him look a bit unsightly from a side view. However, that's nothing compared to his most annoying issue, which is with his shoulders; the transformation is SUPPOSED to make his gray shoulder pieces flush with his body, but they stop juuust a click short of that and there's a very annoying gap in between his shoulders and main body, with the shoulders sagging a bit under the weight of the arms. Considering that Fixit's only articulation is back-and-forth at said shoulders, this makes him feel a little unstable whenever you pose him, since the shoulders aren't firmly in place. On the plus side, though, Fixit's face is really well-sculpted in this mode and spot-on accurate to the show (more accurate than his Legion toy, in fact), with pale bronze eyebrows, light blue eyes, and a silver face with a black bit on his headcrest. He has a rather neutral expression on his face.
    The 1-step version of Fixit has a better vehicle mode of the two toys of the character, with actual handlebars and a back end that looks like someone could actually use him as a drill vehicle, though the rest of his vehicle mode is poor and obviously just his robot mode parts crashed together in a triangular vehicle-ish pattern. In robot mode he looks fairly good proportionally, though he has some big kibble behind his butt, and his shoulders are VERY annoying as they don't completely sit flush with the rest of the body. I think in general this is a poor design so I don't think any toys of this character are good, but if you're going to get a toy of this figure I'd get the Legion class version instead.

Review by Beastbot

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