Just last night, I finally got the chance to open my copy of the Servants of Strife Squadron Pack. Unfortunately, when I tried to install the miniature of General Grievous's starfighter with its attachment peg onto the assembled base and main pegs, it turned out that the only way to get it installed is backwards. Specifically, the craft faces in the direction opposite of the arrow end of the base. One thing I have discovered about the newer ships is that the attachment peg is detachable for some ships (just not all). Upon removing the peg, I realized what the problem is. The miniature's hole designed to connect to the attachment peg was drilled the wrong way. The hole's flat end is supposed to be oriented towards the miniature's front end, and the curved end is supposed to be oriented towards the miniature's rear end. However, this is not the case for General Grievous's starfighter. The flat end is oriented towards the ship's rear while the curved end is oriented towards the ship's front and not the other way around like it's supposed to be, and that's the reason why it can only be installed backwards on its attachment peg. Does anyone else who bought the Servants of Strife Squadron Pack have this problem with General Grievous's ship? I'd like to know before I decide whether or not to write to Fantasy Flight Games requesting a replacement miniature (maybe without the attachment peg because the peg for my miniature did not break off and that'll allow me to use the peg again if not the actual ship).
My Miniature of General Grievous's Starfighter is Defective.
This was an issue with the entire print run, every Belbullab is pegged backwards. It's easy enough to deal with by just putting the cardboard on the base backward, and it LOOKS normal after that. Still annoying.
Edited by ErulethoMine was as well. Same for 3 other people at my store.
All of them are like that. We just put them and their bases on backwards. No real harm as far as I know.
It’s because Grievous is a coward.
Just flip the baseplate (the cardboard part with the arcs on it) around. It'll work fine.
I own 2 - 1 is flying forward and 1 backwards.
Maybe I should create a configuration card?
Join the club. My Soontir is defective, it just keeps rolling blanks
2 hours ago, FlyingAnchors said:It’s because Grievous is a coward.
3 reverse speeds, 1 forward speed...in case the enemy attacks from behind
#firstworldproblems
12 hours ago, railwayman001 said:it can only be installed backwards on its attachment peg.
It took me over a year to realize the stands actually had a "front" based on the tiny arrow.
6 hours ago, Estarriol said:#firstworldproblems
Yeah, basically.
My brother was flying his Blabbyblabs backwards his first night and had no idea cuz he wasn't that familiar with the ship and thought they were fine. (I guess that's why there is an arrow on the stand in the first place.} I pointed out he had them backwards.
We realized both ships had the same problem, had a good laugh, rotated the cardboard, and finished the game.
Non-issue. Rotate the cardboard, works perfectly. No need for a replacement request.
Better backward, you can just rotate the base cardboard... I've had ships at weird 20-30 degree angles and it really sucks re-aligning them.
1 hour ago, Scarloochie said:Better backward, you can just rotate the base cardboard... I've had ships at weird 20-30 degree angles and it really sucks re-aligning them.
Yeah, this.
Some of the 2.0 stands have some built in wonk, it seems.
59 minutes ago, Darth Meanie said:Yeah, this.
Some of the 2.0 stands have some built in wonk, it seems.
It's not the stands that have the "built-in wonk." It's the ship itself because the hole was drilled into the ship's bottom incorrectly. I've now actually written to FFG about this and have asked them to re-manufacture the ship without this defect. (I just haven't made a parts request yet since, obviously, all examples of this ship have the defect.)
At least it's not side-ways or skewed to a ridiculous angle.
but Magnets... like beer: the cause and the solution to all of our problems.
Please drink responsibly.
Edited by Force MajeureOkay, folks, I think I've finally found the solution to this problem after a little more than a month (I should have actually written this earlier). It's very simple. Just carefully remove the attachment peg from the ship and then rotate the peg 180 degrees. You then just have to carefully jam its pointy end back into the ship's hole with the curved side of the peg's pointy end touching the straight side of the ship's hole and the straight side of the peg's pointy end touching the curved side of the ship's hole. Clearly, that's the way the Belbullab can face in the direction of the arrow on the base, and I can now use the ship in playing X-Wing. Please let me know if this works for y'all.
3 minutes ago, railwayman001 said:Okay, folks, I think I've finally found the solution to this problem after a little more than a month (I should have actually written this earlier). It's very simple. Just carefully remove the attachment peg from the ship and then rotate the peg 180 degrees. You then just have to carefully jam its pointy end back into the ship's hole with the curved side of the peg's pointy end touching the straight side of the ship's hole and the straight side of the peg's pointy end touching the curved side of the ship's hole. Clearly, that's the way the Belbullab can face in the direction of the arrow on the base, and I can now use the ship in playing X-Wing. Please let me know if this works for y'all.
Or ignore the arrow on the plastic base and just place the cardboard baseplate pointing the same direction as the nose of the ship...
I tried rotating my gaming table 180 degrees, but then I found out that all other ships except for the Beelzebub are now backwards. Sent a replacement request for new table to FFG.
I refuse to believe this thread isn't a joke
8 minutes ago, Flurpy said:I refuse to believe this thread isn't a joke
11 hours ago, railwayman001 said:Okay, folks, I think I've finally found the solution to this problem after a little more than a month
You then just have to carefully jam its pointy end back into the ship's hole
That's what she said
Okay, I'm sensing that a few of you don't want to try the solution that I am trying to suggest to you, and I am also sensing that a few of you think I'm being ridiculous, so I am going to have no choice but to suggest that if you don't think this solution is going to work (and I mentioned jamming the pointy end of the attachment peg into the ship's hole with that end's curved side aligning with the hole's straight side and vice-versa), just don't respond.
47 minutes ago, railwayman001 said:Okay, I'm sensing that a few of you don't want to try the solution that I am trying to suggest to you, and I am also sensing that a few of you think I'm being ridiculous, so I am going to have no choice but to suggest that if you don't think this solution is going to work (and I mentioned jamming the pointy end of the attachment peg into the ship's hole with that end's curved side aligning with the hole's straight side and vice-versa), just don't respond.
It's okay, man. If that works for you, great! Honestly I'm likely to do it if I get one. Most here just aren't as fastidious about these thing and don't mind putting the cardboard on the base the wrong way around.
The rest are just having fun because it's an excellent source of humor. None of this is personal or meant to insult you in any way; it's just an enjoyable subject to joke around on. I'm getting a lot of entertainment value out of this thread.
Fly Casual.
The yaw issue is much harder to deal with. Some of my ships from both 1E and 2E are 10-30 degrees off center and look like they're fighting a Dutch Roll compared to those around them. The 180 issue on the Blubablub was an easier solution by comparison. You get used to it though, and for the most part these things are identified and fixed pretty quickly if they're a manufacturing error rather than just a QC slip.