TFs Q/C problems archive (already damaged in the packaging)

[JuzMel]

4) Latest and most shocking offense. Just recently got a Henkei Convoy through JuzMel (Thanks for passing it to ice, btw ) and I hadn't taken it out of his plastic bag that ice passed to me until last night, but only today did I notice that his abs (the faux-grille) is completely unpainted. It's just the red plastic. And this was the one I intended to leave MISB, too! WHUT THE!?!?!

Mel, are you still able to dispute with your ebay seller??

Eeks! Really? Sorry about that! I didn't even notice! *worried look on face* Now I need to go back and check my figures. Yours came from RK while mine came from ebay because I hastily bought Henkei Prime from ebay when I saw that RK ran out of the Henkei Set of 6 figures packaged for US$120.99. Then when they restocked the next day, I bought the set again which left me with an extra Prime. And because I got the ebay one earlier and opened it, I thought I'll let you have the MISB one from RK.

P.S That answers your question bro...

My Classics and Henkei are mostly all still MISB. I only opened some of the Encores and so far for mine, I was only unhappy with Ratchet and Ironhide because in vehicle mode their connecting pieces had way too much space between them.

[iceburn]

ahh so that is from RK..well, prob be more aware of the reproductions or future re-releases that have problems. no worries..i was just asking

[Autocon]

i hate this rotf line

i bought soundwave and realised he is missing a lil blue thing from his leg, feel stupid for not seeing it in store

discuss the q/c issues you have expereinced or find while searching for tfs

thinking a petition for hasbro!!!

[kup]

Aside from Ransack (which didn't bother me that much) - I have not encountered much bad QC as other lines such as Universe/Henkei. From the QC perspective ROTF seems as good as its predecessor which wasn't bad to begin with.

Don't worry about a petition for Hasbro, it will not be worth the effort as they would only care if they begin to receive letters by the truck load. Simply go back to the store and change it for another.

[griffin]

To see how bad or frequent the Quality Control issues with all TFs lines is, post what you have encountered, and photos if possible.

[TF76]

All mine have been fine except my first "trax" mudflap. His back just won't fold properly. I think the screw is just to tight but I got a new one and I'm going to return that one. That said I think the quality is the usual standard of the past few years. I do a lot of scouting and everything has seemed to be a similar standard.


When the first movie came out, comming from G1 toys I kept putting off buying the movie line they just looked badly made and cheap to me. They grew on me and I can deal with it now and ended up enjoying movie and anmimated toys. but couldn't get into classics.

[Autocon]

the paint apps are shocking thats my main gripe but missing parts in packaging! cmon!!

ive heard of so many q/c issues i thought this thread would have more posts

[GoktimusPrime]

This thread is for the discussion of any kind of quality concerns regarding a Transformer product.

Here's my latest story...

Product: Hasbro's Universe Hot Shot.
Concern: Rear left panel; miscoloured fenders, lack of detail on licence plate

Photos:

The toy should have a blue-green fender all around the car mode. However for some odd reason the fender bits are silver on the rear right panel. Furthermore, the licence plate which I believe should read "JAAM" is blank on the right hand side (so it just says "JA ").

Another anomaly but I don't know if it's just with my toy or common with all of them is a distinct gap located underneath the right side of the licence plate. The fact that this gap is absent on the left side does break up symmetry and gives the toy a bad look.

Unfortunately this toy was acquired overseas so bringing it back to the store for an exchange is out of the question. So unless Hasbro Australia decides to release the toy here, there's not much I can do... guess I'm now the proud owner of a freak variant?

[Golden Phoenix]

Looks almost as if the mis-coloured part is from a Henkei one. That would explain the gap at least

[Vector Prime]

the fender bits are silver on the rear right panel. Furthermore, the licence plate which I believe should read "JAAM" is blank on the right hand side

I had a look at my one Gok and mine's coloured the uniform greenish blue all around and the number plate reads JAAM as it's supposed to.

a distinct gap located underneath the right side of the licence plate.

The gap is the same on both sides of mine... looks like your one is missing a piece or something?

Hmm... maybe your one was made at Beer O'clock on a Friday arvo?