Mech Ideas Gauntlet and Piston Color Prototype Images

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I did mean the clean one, I don't like battle damage, but I might snatch that one before it disappears forever.

Its honestly depressing that I cannot find Gauntlet anywhere… I missed out on a definitive Ironfist and Crankcase.

Just took my Gaunlet out of the box and boom the same problem, broken peg. I doubt I can fix this because the broken peg is really jammed in the leg.

Hey I recently got these guys and was wondering, is there anyone who is making a "battle damaged" head for Piston to make him a little more IDW accurate? If I missed it in an earlier post I'm sorry but I couldn't find anything in my searches.

Spumoni Dingo

So I've skipped through parts of this thread, but at 79 pages there's a lot of backlog. So can someone give me a quick lowdown on preventing the breakage with this mold? I don't plan on transforming my Gauntlet or anything anytime soon, but better to address it now.

It seems to be only Gauntlet that has problems with many of them breaking at the thigh swivel. There isn't really a particular way to prevent breakage other than just never transforming it or posing it. That doesn't mean its guaranteed to break, just that there are some that will break with very minimal handling. Here's my previous post on the matter. I went through three of these guys altogether (two originally and one that I found cheap later on) and a set of replacement legs, every one of them broke in the same place.

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I'm still not entirely sure what the problem is. With my first Gauntlet the thigh joints were not what I would consider tight, they moved smoothly. After time the pegs on the thighs developed stress marks and then one broke. I was always very careful, especially after reading about other people breaking theirs, and never put any pressure on those parts during transformation or posing.

When I got the replacement set of legs from BBTS, both of them broke before I even got them on the figure. Neither had stress marks when I took them out of the box. I did a test rotation to check the tightness before installing them and they simply fell apart like the joint was made of cheese. Like my previous Gauntlet, the joints were smooth and not tight.

Perhaps it was air bubbles inside the posts that severely compromise the structural integrity of the plastic. It's certainly not the case on all copies of the figure, but I'm not willing to try out a third, even though I really love the toy and sorely miss having him in my collection.  

He is available at Toy Arena too.

Make sure you sand down the mushroom peg in the leg before you snap it off!

There's supposed to be a restock this month with gauntlet at bbts. We will see.

peaces

any word on a restock of these guys?

You can still find Piston if you look.
Demolition Crue DC-03P Piston – Third Party Transforming Toys & Accessories Mech Ideas

As for Gauntlet there is the version with extra paint apps.
Demolition Crue DC-03 War Gauntlet – Third Party Transforming Toys & Accessories Mech Ideas

Rexidus

I would be leery about it if all you did was superglue. Drill a small hole and add a pin would make the strongest repair i'd think.

or glue it and drill a small hole with screw – double strength