Via DX9 Facebook we can share a great gallery of their upcoming DX9 Montana (Masterpiece Scaled G1 Breakdown) for your viewing pleasure.
DX9 D-13 Montana really shines on these pictures, showing an impressive level of poseability with great dynamic poses and the car mode features folding headlights and movable doors. Both robot and car mode design are very cartoon-accurate, great for fans of the G1 Sunbow animation style. We can all see some comparison pictures with other 3P and official Masterpiece scaled figures. The figure will include a little accessory: The remote for the Stunticons from the episode they first appeared.
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Blingotron
Oh, mine doesn't have any stripped screw heads. I have one screw in his pelvis that continuously rotates no matter how many times I turned it. Surprisingly the screw is still holding despite the plastic being apparently stripped out.
Legion9186
You could also use the duct tape method if you dont want to spend $$
idkwdya
I use a set similar to this on my drill with a VERY low power setting and it eventually got them out! Whoever assembled my copy really went to town on making sure those screws were too tight lol.
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Blingotron
I'm really annoyed my original MM doesn't have the painted elbows in combined mode like the new version has.
How did you go about fixing the stripped screws? I think I may have one in his pelvis but i'm not sure how to fix it.
idkwdya
Dragstrip, Deadend, and Wildrider arrived yesterday and this set is officially incredible in my mind!! Motormaster had quite a few issues out of the box sadly. The bug gun had a snapped off barrel, two of the screws in the combined mode head were stripped, and motormasters left foot was broken at the ankle joint pin. But it’s all been fixed and I’m very happy with the west!
Better late than never!
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Magna Jet Convoy
Any customers Down Under looking for latest release Capone? Saviers Toys has him newly listed as in stock – with only 1 remaining:
DigitalXtal9 (DX9) D-14 Capone – Savier's Toys
octobotimus
Always been fully painted, it’s why they included large spare sections of figure in cad rod paint chips. Can’t remember if any of the re-issues came with those spare parts or not.
idkwdya
Gotcha! Thats interesting to know. Did Montana have white plastic and metallic white paint applied on top or was the figure just white plastic?
Curium
IIRC the original Montana ended up largely grey due to a manufacturing error, then later they fixed it to being white.
idkwdya
Really appreciate this! That confirms what I’ve been noticing on the reissue set. I just received the reissue Montana and judging by reviews and online photos, it looks like his colors have been slightly altered as well. Did the original Montana have sparkly silver/white paint on his hips, crotch, and hood of his car?
SquishyOH
How is the quality of the latest Dx9 release? I read some fit-up and tolerance complaints about Hanzo and Gabriel last year and am hoping with the new Legends figures and the upcoming Datsuns and Sideswipe figures, that Dx9 is getting their act back together.
Dodgy Dan
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Sorry for the late reply, but this is the most egregious of the scuff marks. There's several smaller ones elsewhere, but they're not particularly noticeable due to the darker colour.
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Also, here's the best pic I could get of the colour differences, with the new one on the left. It's definitely black compared to the charcoal grey of thr first release, and the purple inserts are darker. Plus the first release has some metallic flecks I'm the plastic which the rerelease lacks.
Hope this helps.
idkwdya
Are you able to post some pictures of these issues? This is the first I’m seeing an instance of all of that.
Kalivon
Finally had a chance to install the front leg adapters from pezley. I know it's not animation accurate, but if i'm gonna be displaying him on a shelf next to Dx9 Gabriel, it just looks more interesting with the cars out front. Not hidden behind some non-descript grey shins.
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Now to wait for Fanstoys Superion.
WrongTurn
Well I'm on a G2 thing atm and having road tested the four XTB carbots and bailing, I've turned to DX9's offerings. XTB's were a bit shit, frankly.
G2 Montana is en route, which I'm looking forward to. Also their Dragstrip and Deadend. Henry/Wildrider not so much based on reviews and the QC issues with the waist.
However I'm here for the G2 combined mode tbh – hopefully sans G1 recent reissue issues – and with the upgrade to have the leg cars at the front, of course!
Come on DX9 let's be seeing the final G2 flamboyance please!
metalwar2010
I actually have one trailer with two shades of gray. ONE, I mean 1 panel is darker than the rest. I can't seem to catch it in a photo because it's so slightly different.
I didn't catch the color differences you mentioned on the purple, but definitely have those surface scratches on the black too. Its unfortunate they went so far to try to improve certain things on this reissue but also went backwards on the QC too.
Dodgy Dan
Sooo…. I went ahead a got the Capone reissue, my decision based on several factors including, but not limited to: The original having dodgy ratchets I had to repair (poorly), a lost bug gun, a sale at ShowZ, painted elbow envy, and general financial irresponsibility.
I thought I'd bring this up because there's one fairly notable difference I don't think anybody else has mentioned yet: The main colour of the body has been changed from a dark grey to straight-up black, plus the translucent purple insets are darker as well (making the detailing behind them less clear). As a result, the painted accents on the chest, waist and thighs doesn't stand out as prominently, but I can't lie: The black really makes the other colours pop and I think I prefer it. I tried getting a good picture of the two together, but the weather here isn't conducive to photography at the moment.
Also, I did run into some QC issues, namely small scratches and scuffs on the main body, but the upside is that the black makes them far less visible. Anyway, hope this helps in some small way.
idkwdya
My Motormaster just shipped from Showz! That sale price was finally the nail for me to go into this set.
King Nergil
Nobody? Maybe someone has two…