Some early success:  The quad has proven to be quite effective at printing gradient fades where the color transitions between filaments gradually.  So far I have printed successfully printed several knights from my organic chess set and a phone case.

Some Challenges:  One challenging that has been vexing me is stringing, particularly with PLA filament. This has resulted in unintentionally  fuzzy chess pieces and dice.   I conducted a stringing test with increasing retraction and it appeared that the printer was only retracting on about half of the non printing moves.  I suspect this may be an issue with the Voxelizer Experimental software but that warrants additional experimentation.  I am currently experimenting with using Slic3r and a post processing script by Juan Rosario.  

Unboxing Video - Youtube video posted 5/15/19

So almost a year ago I ordered a new M3D Crane Quad 3d printer.  This product was promoted under a kickstarter style purchasing option.  There is a lot that has happened in the year since I made the initial purchase but today the printer arrived.  Unfortunately, there are a couple problems that will delay me being able to try the printer out.

​​It appears to have been well packaged and there was no damage to the box. But one of the cables that connect to the screen was badly damaged. I contacted M3D but it is after hours so I am not expecting any response till tomorrow.

In this unboxing video posted on May 15 2019 I unpack the Crane Quad to discover that a cable to the video screen was damaged in shipping.

​There are a few other things I noticed that deserve comment. The connector on one of the stepper motors was slightly damaged but not beyond use. 

Also, it seems like the wiring is a generally shorter than it probably should be. For example, the X stepper wire seems to be about 2" short and pulls out of the stepper if I raise the X gantry near the top of the range. The wiring generally seems to be on the wimpy side. I would expect the stepper wires to be a somewhat heavier gauge. Then again the steppers themselves are quite a bit smaller than the ones on my Prusa Mk2.