All my ships are slightly angled to the left. Weird. I have some bent X-wing cannons and thrusters, but nothing big.

Yeah, I'm a little worried about removing the pegs from the TIE Advanced sometimes, but I've found a way to work it.

One of my TIE Advanced, and TIE Fighters are, well probably everyone on this forum knows by know! Banking to the left slightly. It is very annoying for me, and I almost refuse to use those ships. Part of me wants to email / call FFG for an exchange, but the other part is saying to myself not to because it's a new game and if everyone is doing that they could start losing business or something or other, I'm not really sure I feel bad about returning stuff lol, but my OCD still says it's annoying the crap out of me, and I'm scared I'll break it and be liable if I try to fix it. I do believe for the price you pay you deserve good quality, anyone know their support email? I do think as loyal fans we deserve the ships we pay for.

Harleequin said:

Man. I know we pay a lot of money for our toys, but if a model is just slightly off kilter, it cant be THAT big of a deal. If you recognize that it is your OCD kicking it up that far, then you may also realize that unless you have an actual issue with the game components, entitlement will only get you so far.

I recommend breathing exercises. Greet the day with a breath of fire and put a smile on your face.

herozeromes said:

I agree with that … one of my TIE Advanced stubs actually did come out yesterday. Easy to put it back in, but I'm concerned that some better-glued ones might break. I'll do one of two things: Always have little needle-nose pliers with the game for removing the pegs, or modding the storage inserts to allow for the pegs to remain in there.

Leaning towards the pliers right now.

only thing ive noticed wrong with my sets was the tie advanced is slanted, so it always looks like its flying crooked.

 FFG has a damaged parts replacement process. Search their site. It's a web based submission form that you can include pictures with. I used it to replace 2 ships that were bad from the pack. They sent replacement ships in their booster shell, no stands, no other packaging. The replacement ships were in great condition and the process was fast and easy. Just more proof that FFG is a world-class company. 

Please don't abuse the process if your ships only have slight imperfections. 

Once the replacement ships arrived I felt more bold to try and repair one of the original damaged ships. Snapped an X-Wing cannon right off!  

Hellfury said:

It's not entitlement, it's the fact that some of us will literally buy an entirely new TIE expansion just because we can't stand playing with that piece at all. It gets to the point where it just looks annoying and is annoying to play with, and people have even asked me if I broke the piece, or sat on it, or somehow tilted it, so I'm not the only one, it may not be a HUGE deal, but it's a big deal to me.

Maybe try fixing it yourself?

With other minis I've used brute force or a heating/cooling method to reshape or reform pieces that were damaged.  This is a different substance to be sure, but the smae ideas may work.

Hellfury said:

No matter which forum you go to there's always someone throwing around the word entitlement these days

kmanweiss said:

I'm afraid to break it, and once I do that I'm liable for it. It's not a sense of entitlement, it's the fact I really can't enjoy playing with those pieces the way they are, and with the amount these ships cost, you should be able to expect them to not have such a big flaw.

winters_night said:

And in that case it appears to be true.

Sorry to be so blunt, but there is a difference between a legitimate issue and making a mountain out of a molehill. Reasonable versus unreasonable.

In his defense though, 'reasonable' is rather subjective.

To some people, if a ship is off kilter by 10 degrees at a slight slant, they chalk it up to a craft making a maneuver. To others, the only reasonable state for that model is to be perfectly level with the playing suraface, as if there is such a state in outer space.

Parakitor said:

Same here - I'd thought that was how they were meant to be until I came upon this thread (the idea of a freakshow thread is hilarious, by the way - well done )

I think the worst thing I've noticed is the pegs though - the D-shape isn't always right on the male end, so I end up having to fiddle around a bit to get it right into the female end. But once they're all assembled, it's nothing. I was really quite impressed by having all straight cannons on the X-Wings!