I only begun to encounter heavy QC issues with Takara-Tomy during Henkei. Before that, I was very happy with them in that regard. On the other hand, Hasbro also had decent QC too but at around the time Universe 2.0 appeared, their QC also fell to the ground.

Since it has been established that both releases are from the same factory, then it makes sense why both lines have such mediocre QC. Hasbro/TakTom should have been on top of that as the problem continued on for subsequent waves.

For the record QC =/= 'nicer paint finish' it's about preventing manufacturing defects from reaching the store shelves. I had people confuse the two in similar discussions in the past.