I have the first release and if you tighten the screws in the ankles (all of them since the ankles are on a double hinge) and knees he holds up way better. Also the hips need to be pulled out for better support. He is kinda wonky at the arms though. I have the upgrade kit from xtb and the blast effect is too heavy for the arm (and the gun handle pushes forward) but he holds it well with both arms. The upgrade makes his proportions look wierd though and make his arms loose articulation. All in all I like the bots (except deadend is a brittle mess hips paint chips and side windows all cracked several times now and no replacement parts in years) also the hanging engine off dragstrp bothers me. It could easily have been designed to go in the cockpit or the leg half of him. He looks good though
I have the 4/5 youth stunticons. I actually got dragstrip today and both shoulders are cracking. I am not going to even bother with getting deadend now cause it will break for sure. It’s a shame because the actual figures are good just the QC issues of 2 of them ruin it. I hope they reissue dragstrip & deadend with the issues fixed
@@geraldtherat618 You and everyone else lol. Yeah, I had to glue some panels on the hood of my Dead End and the strut that connects the engine to the cockpit of my Dragstrip snapped so I just leave it connected to the lower body now. I appreciate X-Transbots for making the toy decos, but this was still in their questionable QC era. Fortunately, it's gotten better.
@@timbrower6806 I used to have him separated from the combiner, but, I mean it's a combiner. If they can't engineer a combiner that's stable with all of the boots attached then I might just remove the entire thing from my collection.
@@leoalpha7 i like having Motormaster and trailer in his alt mode next to my Optimus Prime and trailer so I got two trailers. One for Menosaur and one in the alt mode.
I have the first release and if you tighten the screws in the ankles (all of them since the ankles are on a double hinge) and knees he holds up way better. Also the hips need to be pulled out for better support. He is kinda wonky at the arms though. I have the upgrade kit from xtb and the blast effect is too heavy for the arm (and the gun handle pushes forward) but he holds it well with both arms. The upgrade makes his proportions look wierd though and make his arms loose articulation. All in all I like the bots (except deadend is a brittle mess hips paint chips and side windows all cracked several times now and no replacement parts in years) also the hanging engine off dragstrp bothers me. It could easily have been designed to go in the cockpit or the leg half of him. He looks good though
I’m so glad I’m in on the Fanstoys set
I'm not gonna lie, you might be right
I have the 4/5 youth stunticons. I actually got dragstrip today and both shoulders are cracking. I am not going to even bother with getting deadend now cause it will break for sure. It’s a shame because the actual figures are good just the QC issues of 2 of them ruin it.
I hope they reissue dragstrip & deadend with the issues fixed
@@geraldtherat618 You and everyone else lol. Yeah, I had to glue some panels on the hood of my Dead End and the strut that connects the engine to the cockpit of my Dragstrip snapped so I just leave it connected to the lower body now. I appreciate X-Transbots for making the toy decos, but this was still in their questionable QC era. Fortunately, it's gotten better.
Remove Gravestone from the back. Menosaur stands better.
@@timbrower6806 I used to have him separated from the combiner, but, I mean it's a combiner. If they can't engineer a combiner that's stable with all of the boots attached then I might just remove the entire thing from my collection.
@@leoalpha7 i like having Motormaster and trailer in his alt mode next to my Optimus Prime and trailer so I got two trailers. One for Menosaur and one in the alt mode.