Sideways is a nefarious agent with the ability to pose as both Autobot and Decepticon, depending on which of his two Mini-Con companions he interacts with. Sideways turns into a racing motorcycle, and his Mini-Con partners can combine to form a humanoid driver that is scaled perfectly to ride it. Otherwise, these Mini-Cons are too small. Their other function is they turn into a Headmaster-styled head that replaces Sideways' normal noggin, altering his allegiance by triggering a badge reveal on his chest. Making things confusing is that when the toy was first released, Crosswise was the Autobot head, and Rook was the Decepticon head. But the animated series had it the other way around, so a running change to the toy switched the heads' allegiances.
The combined form of the Universe Micromaster Aerialbots is Superion, an amalgamation of six robots plus their pack-in accessories that serve as connectors, head, and extremities of the gestalt warrior. While in Japan, the original source of the design ( Sixwing , 1992) was available in a collected set, this combiner needed to be purchased one bot at a time in the 2007 Universe release.
