The store was out of conversion kits that weren't preorders, luckily they plan to have more this week before game night. So I did pick up my 2.0 Core.
I started punching out components, and the 2 Straight wasn't fully perforated. Before I realized it, I had torn the paper a bit. I managed to glue it back down, but all of the cardboard feels pretty fragile, like the paper surface is much more paper-like than the previous components.
I have a chunk out of my 5 straight, right from the factory. Not a huge deal I can use the good side but a very large and noticable blemish.
Out of my starter set and 3 conversion kits, I had one sheet of baseplates that had big problems peeling rather than punching. I took photos and contacted FFG/Asmodee right away. The replacement sheet is already in the mail.
Yes. It looks like they doubled down on quality of everything but doubled up the prices...
My 1 straight, after 6 games, is showing a lot of wear, so I agree with you about the paper surface being fragile.
On the other hand, the dials and their rivets actually fit together properly (instead of needing a lot of wiggling and widening of the centre holes), which would have been horrible considering how many dials I've had to assemble! And they aren't showing wear.
3 hours ago, Jaden Corr said:Yes. It looks like they doubled down on quality of everything but doubled up the prices...
Good. Twice the price, double the fail!
I had similar, though fairly minor, issues with some of my conversion kit cardboard. I figured out after punching out 5 or 6 tokens that there seems to be a right and wrong way to punch out the pieces. If you push them the wrong way you can get peeling/tearing.
30 minutes ago, Jike said:I had similar, though fairly minor, issues with some of my conversion kit cardboard. I figured out after punching out 5 or 6 tokens that there seems to be a right and wrong way to punch out the pieces. If you push them the wrong way you can get peeling/tearing.
That has always been kind of an issue, seems to just be inherent to cardboard.
In the past, with lesser quality cardboard bits, I have painted slightly thinned white glue along the edges.
This helped stop edge peeling.
Can't help with ink wearing off other than a light spray of protective coating.
19 hours ago, saturnflight said:Out of my starter set and 3 conversion kits, I had one sheet of baseplates that had big problems peeling rather than punching. I took photos and contacted FFG/Asmodee right away. The replacement sheet is already in the mail.
it is happened to me too, and I discovered why. The process of printing was done with a humid cardboard, that dissolved the lyer of glue that compact the card lyers making up the solid board itself. It was a mistake of the chinese printer, to run the job in quite swift time.
And make me a very much not satisfied costumer. With multple care I was able to avoid damages, but this careless quality control left my trust in FFG/Asmodee very injured. Since the coming of Asmodee these mistakes and error multiplied.
10 hours ago, Jaden Corr said:Yes. It looks like they doubled down on quality of everything but doubled up the prices...
Is the core twice as expensive?
1 hour ago, CapitanGuinea said:it is happened to me too, and I discovered why. The process of printing was done with a umid cardboard, that dissolved the lyer of glue that compact the card lyers making up the solid board itself. It was a mistake of the chinese printer, to run the job in quite swift time.
And make me a very much not satisfied costumer. With multple care I was able to avoid damages, but this careless quality control left my trust in FFG/Asmodee very injured. Since the coming of Asmodee these mistakes and error multiplied.
Aha! I'm assuming you meant "humid" there. That makes sense. Well, that's very disappointing. If FFG replacements don't have the error, I'm seriously considering sending mine back.
I had 0 issues punching out 6x conversions and a starter...
Just made sure I punched in the right direction (like every cardboard game ever made)
Maybe I just got lucky?
I only had one slight tear on a K-Wing tile, but that was more my fault than anything.
the quality of the cardboard seems identical to older releases to me.
Not all that great but not utter trash either. Its cardboard after all, cardboard has a habit of peeling. Humidity ftw.
3 hours ago, jocke01 said:Is the core twice as expensive?
The Core isn’t no. The rest though... ?
4 minutes ago, Jaden Corr said:The Core isn’t no. The rest though... ?
Still isn't...
2 minutes ago, Hujoe Bigs said:Still isn't...
It was a metaphor. ? No, it isn’t exactly twice the price, yet it (read expansions) is more expensive then before and I never encountered these problems with first edition...
I've had a few bad punch outs with 1.0, but I also knew that's the case with any cardboard. It does seem that 2.0 is having a bit more a problem though.
4 hours ago, CapitanGuinea said:it is happened to me too, and I discovered why. The process of printing was done with a umid cardboard, that dissolved the lyer of glue that compact the card lyers making up the solid board itself. It was a mistake of the chinese printer, to run the job in quite swift time.
And make me a very much not satisfied costumer. With multple care I was able to avoid damages, but this careless quality control left my trust in FFG/Asmodee very injured. Since the coming of Asmodee these mistakes and error multiplied.
I distrust anything Asmodee has to do with. Terrible company!
FFG seems to still be doing what they can to provide great service, however I heard something not long ago... goes something like “no man can serve two masters.” I hope FFG chooses the loyal customers over the corporate “devel” Asmodee.
To reply specifically to the thread, I had some tearing as well, but lucky for me it wasn’t bad. I do hope it was just the high demand that led to the poor quality, and not something to be seen once we get past the initial change.