As it has not been posted before: Renegade indeed relased a reprint of Anniversary Edition celebrating the 40th Anniversary of A&A itself:
https://renegadegamestudios.com/axis-allies-anniversary-edition/
Please Read Before Opening your Anniversary Box 2017!
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Yeah, my copy has four issues:
1. Dented setup boxes (all of them!)
2. Deformed infantry rifles (1-5 each side)
3. Molding defects (short shots, delaminations, burn marks)
4. Sprue/cutting defects (large/sharp white burs)I haven’t done an OCD count or anything, but I’d estimate that most of the ships (esp. Carriers) suffer from #4, and at least a handful of the other units for each side appear to suffer from #3. Contacted Wizards and got the high volume response; hopefully we’ll see some replacement pieces and boxes flowing out eventualy. It’s a bummer for WotC and the A&A brand, but this really does look like 100% MFG/China error given that the molds look identical to 42.2 and those pieces came out nearly perfectly.
On the plus side, my map does not have the warp/gap that some others are describing; and all of the counters/etc. look great.
UPDATE: got a new message from WotC asking for pictures before they will escalate to the parts replacement team. More than happy to oblige. No additional update yet.
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SO ANOTHER ISSUE HAS COME UP!!!
THE BOARD PIECES ARE STARTING TO WARP LIKE CRAZY FOR NO APPARENT REASON!
PINK PANZER’S BOARDS ARE WARPED AND COMPLETELY UNUSABLE!
JUST HAD A SUBSCRIBER SHARE WITH ME THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH HIS BOARDS!
WTF… CRUSHED BOXES AND WARPED BOARDS??? I’M TERRIFIED MINE WILL DO THE SAME SOON!
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@Young:
SO ANOTHER ISSUE HAS COME UP!!!
THE BOARD PIECES ARE STARTING TO WARP LIKE CRAZY FOR NO APPARENT REASON!
PINK PANZER’S BOARDS ARE WARPED AND COMPLETELY UNUSABLE!
JUST HAD A SUBSCRIBER SHARE WITH ME THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH HIS BOARDS!
WTF… CRUSHED BOXES AND WARPED BOARDS??? I’M TERRIFIED MINE WILL DO THE SAME SOON!
Concerned for everyone else as well. Major Black Eye for the Brand. Would’ve been better if they never released it.
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Concerned for everyone else as well. Major Black Eye for the Brand. Would’ve been better if they never released it.
Hush you. I waited a long time for them to gin up a new version. It’s imperfect, what else is new? I’m just glad I could get one for myself for less than the price of a used car.
As for board warp-age, a little bit of plexiglass over the top, and Bob’s your uncle.
-Midnight-Reaper
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Sometimes a difference in humidity between the manufacturing location and the final destination can cause warping. Try weighting the boards down with heavy books for a few days and see if they straighten out.
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Concerned for everyone else as well. Major Black Eye for the Brand. Would’ve been better if they never released it.
Hush you. I waited a long time for them to gin up a new version. It’s imperfect, what else is new? I’m just glad I could get one for myself for less than the price of a used car.
As for board warp-age, a little bit of plexiglass over the top, and Bob’s your uncle.
-Midnight-Reaper
I agree. Even with these defects I’m really pleased to get a copy. It doesn’t hurt that I got mine for a phenomenal price, either!
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Hmm…should I buy it ? A lot of negative reviews here. I had planned on buying this for a Christmas present for a friend. Try and get someone who would actually want to play the game.
If they get a shitty copy, well… how many games have you played that were Fckde from the get go ?
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Most of the issues are cosmetic. Creased boxes and rulebook dont affect the game. If you want something more involving then 42 but not as complex as global, its a must. I recommend for your friend
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Thanks Bob77 I was getting a bad impression reading these reviews. AA50 is a great game but don’t want him to be bummed when he opens it.
I’ll hope for the best because he’s getting it.
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Sometimes a difference in humidity between the manufacturing location and the final destination can cause warping. Try weighting the boards down with heavy books for a few days and see if they straighten out.
Unfortunately this is an EXTREMELY common occurrence. It’s entirely based on the humidity differences between where the components are manufactured and where you live.
There are ways to help mitigate the effects, but not all manufacturers do so, or do so as well as they could.
As Krieg says, weigh them down for several days and that should do the trick.
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Sometimes a difference in humidity between the manufacturing location and the final destination can cause warping. Try weighting the boards down with heavy books for a few days and see if they straighten out.
Unfortunately this is an EXTREMELY common occurrence. It’s entirely based on the humidity differences between where the components are manufactured and where you live.
There are ways to help mitigate the effects, but not all manufacturers do so, or do so as well as they could.
As Krieg says, weigh them down for several days and that should do the trick.
That should be stated on the box then
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all storage boxes in various states of denting/creasing/imprinting from the “spacer”
silly, they should have just reduced the size of the box.
rulebook also got damaged.when I opened the box, the “spacer” was flattened so it must have been pushed on a lot. (rough seas?)
Strange the outer box shows no signs of damage.Waiting to hear back from WOTC. Usually they are good about replacing damage.
Everything else is fine thankfully and all the pieces match the list in the rules.Disappointing to see when first opening the box though.
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If they wanted to keep the height of the box the same (I suppose to look good with other editions… uniformity), a single piece/sheet of properly sized Styrofoam as a spacer would have prevented this problem at a very cheap cost (or of course, stacking things in the right order to begin with).
Oh well, just count this as a quality-control issue from the manufacturer.
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heard back today.
boxes are going to be replaced.
they are awaiting on a shipment which they say will arrive in 6-8 weeks.
thankfully it is only a cosmetic problem and I can still play.
great customer support as usual.
went through other problems with A&A 1914 and a quick resolution was reached. -
Putting my order in tomorrow. Gonna go with the local game store. A little more expensive but want them to get the business.
Anyway, has anyone got a game that didn’t have some form of defect ? I’d like to take my chances and send it unopened to my buddy ( and his kid too ) but Idk how common these problems are.
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My game was not damaged in any way. They packed it properly with the cards on top. I bought it locally from a game store.
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Thank You GHG. I Hope to report the same result in a couple weeks.
On a side note your Russia strategy you tube popped up on a page one google ( axis and allies ) search . Didn’t watch it yet but am looking forward to it. : )
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got mine from a FLGS and it was dented to hell and back.
no outward signs, which is strange.
nothing that impacts play, just doesn’t look great especially after spending $90.
parts will be replaced eventually, which is great.
I’d give your friend a heads up and let them know replacement parts will be available when the new shipment arrives.on a side note, between this and what happened with A&A 1914, a QA person need s to be hired.
also, how much money can they afford to lose with all this extra parts and shipping. -
QA in China just isn’t what it used to be… :oops:
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I ordered mine from Amazon and they arrived in perfect condition. I haven’t seen any warping of the map boards as of yet so I’ll keep an eye on that.
The 1914 game I purchased has warping boards and it is most annoying. Downloaded IL’s 1914 map file and had it printed so I don’t have to deal with that anymore. Hope I don’t have to do that with the Anniversary game (Who am I kidding, I’ll probably get a map printed anyway).
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