Max3DS parser broken? - can't get materials

Hey,
Is anyone successfully using the Max3DS parser? I can't get my model materials from it and I think it is a problem in the class itself. If I add a trace inside the Max3DS class, it traces my materials, but if I try to use ANY of the inherited functions (like materialsList() or materials.toString() ) from another class, I get an empty materialsList.

If anyone has done this successfully, please let me know what the code is.
Thanks,
Andy