Ditto. (actually somewhere between Sept. 5-14).

Now it appears my orders for the Coneheads and Earthrise Arcee are in a race!  

 

Mine arrived today in a nice box. Very well packed. Haven’t opened it yet and probably won’t for another day or two. Hoping my luck continues.

 

Just got mine, no issues, no missing parts, sloppy paint or swapped shins. These guys have super tight joints too. Came packed in a box with bubble packs.

 

Mine arrived last Friday.

Outside of some warping due to Ramjet being improperly transformed at the shoulder assembly, no problems.

Man, I really like Dirge. I can't say why, but he really does it for me.

 

Seems legit... Anybody have THIS happen before?

 

I'll be replacing mine with a decent third-party replacement that looks more like the original toy's missile launchers, personally

Hoping maybe someone will do the wings' colors with actual plastic instead of just easily-chipped paint too

 

So at first it looked like my only QC issue was two dabs of black paint on Ramjet, but now I can see they did a half assed job painting Dirge's wings, with one being a noticably lighter coat than the other. Thinking about taking the wings off and spray painting them gold, but I don't have much experience and don't want to mess it up either. Suggestions?

 

yep, got that email yesterday.

 

I got my set this past Thursday from Amazon and WOW just so awesome. I've got my set sitting on a table and they are just waiting for their brother to join the table.

 

WHEN THRUST?!

 

Yeah, it seems Habro's QC is going down. Seems lots of ER Megatrons have very sloppy eyeshadow paint apps too.

 

That eyebrow is fucking hilariously bad.

 

I just pictured Megatron sitting in front of a mirror...

 

"Starscream! I blame you for this... somehow!!!"

 

I was fortunate enough for Amazon to deliver these today, after telling me they would be delayed until September 5th or later, sooo...

Pros:
* I don't have any appreciable mold flaws/fit issues, aside for some minor variability in how tightly the guns attach.
* The updates in molding for both are pretty extensive, and go further than I might have expected. The guns were not modified to be like their G1 toys, but I can write that off as a "wasn't in the cartoon" thing.
* Pretty much all the same positives (and negatives) as the Earthrise Starscream/seeker mold, though in this one the jet sits on its kneecaps.

Cons:
* Both of them have a lot of fully-painted parts, and the paint seems to be on the fragile side, and prone to scuffs and scratches. This is especially apparent on Ramjet, who has lots of black paint on white parts, and vice-versa.
* Dirge's front winglets have a gap between them and the fuselage, which doesn't look so good to me.
* A few bits of paint mis-alignment, like on the front/back of the cone head. I also wish the framing on the canopy was painted, but that might be another intentional "not in the cartoon" thing.
* Dirge's open-mouth face is as derpy as Skywarps. His expression looks like that of someone who has just been called a (offensive term here) to his face.

Overall: If you're familiar with Earthrise Starscream 'n' pals, you already know what to expect here. You like? Get. You don't? Don't.

 

Got mine today. Considering the horror stories, I was a bit apprehensive, but mine came not only in the original SIOC box, but that box was inside of another box (I shan't be smashing it with a hammer, though).

Everything seems pristine on my copies--everything tight, no problems with the paint apps, no problems with any pins. Transformed them to jet mode just to be sure, everything locked nice and tightly together. My first experience with the Earthrise seeker mode, so I fumbled about with the arm transformation (the little peg that goes through the where the fist is kept rotating up and getting in the way).

I really like them, but it's hard to give them an A+ overall considering the hit and miss QC on these guys and the absolutely bizarre cases of them getting shipped without any outer box at all. (I mean seriously, who does that? You'd have to SPECIFICALLY take them out of the SIOC box JUST to put the label on! It would be one thing if they were just slapping the label on the SIOC box.)

Bring on Thrust! I haven't had all the coneheads in the same line since the original G1 versions.

 

Got these guys, love 'em. Joints are all nice and tight, box wasn't crushed or marred by stickers, all good.

Only one QC issue is that one of Dirge's wings is a different colour than the rest. It's very subtle under normal lighting conditions, but under a bright light you can definitely see the discrepancy. For whatever reason, the right wing is painted with a much greener tinted yellow than the other wing and the two winglets in front. Not a big deal, I just thought it was noteworthy.



EDIT: Derp! Just saw the posts above about this. Eh, I'll leave it here as a visual aid...  

 

Mine arrived today, but came packed in a normal Amazon box. Not sure if that's significant?
Only QC issue was Dirge's right shoulder had some flash that needed trimmed off in order to get the front of the chest to tab/hold properly there. Well, the black paint on Ramjet's cone head is also slightly misaligned.

 

Not on my Dirge/Ramjet 2 pack but my ER Starscrem was missing both cannons! Kapow thankfully sent a pair out for me.

 

Somehow, my Dirge has the wrong face, which I'm happy with. No idea how it happened, though, but it's the correct color. Haven't noticed any other issues, except a bit of paint misalignment on Ramjet's conehead. Arrived in its product packaging, with the shipping labels on the back.

I've posted this in a couple threads, already.

Same thing happened to mine, but the Coneheads shipped a few days later, despite being "pushed back" to mid- to late September. Shipped & got delayed, again, in transit, somehow, too.