Quality Issues Iron Beast

Ok, i need to vent.
I am buliding my halflings at the moment and i am really mad about the quality of certein models.
The Hard Plastic kits are great. The Resin kits are not as good. Not even close. They have a lot of gaps but these can be filled with plasto or similar material. Annoying but not a real problem.

But now comes the Iron Beast! I have two and both are terrible. Nothing fits properly. The legs are either to loose so that the glue does not connect or i have to shave off the connector because its to tight. The Plattform doesnt fit, the details are miscasts and biggest joke is one leg at my second IB. The lower part of the leg is tilted 45° ! WTH!

The PVC bases are also warped to a degree where they are completly unusable and the material is way to soft.

Is there no such thing as quality control at Mantic? How is it possible that something like this even ships?

Mantic has a reputation for poor quality but i always tell people that their quality improved a lot and then something like the iron beast comes around.

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that is rough. have you tried the hot water trick on the crooked parts?

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not yet. The leg is thick and short. i am not sure hot water will work. Maybe i’ll try a heatgun instead

Hot water should belp.
You could also contact customer service at Mantic.

The most recent one i got came ready built, rather than in pieces (presumably a leftover from the LoI release, rather than the newer run).

While I’d expect some issues with the separate pvc pieces, they certainly shouldn’t be like the leg.

The bases were warped, but as i removed them to fit the rest of the army it wasn’t an issue.

Try heating trick but still worth getting in touch with mantic directly.