I didn't buy into ace when they first came out because the hangers looked like they would bend and they did.
If this new brand has superior QC then they are already ahead.
In all honesty, it's surprising as fuck that ACE survived in that people were willing to deal with easily the shittiest QC seen in a truck brand (fucking ML were able to do it and I doubt they lost money over producing it, Theeve did it and they had less of a head start by not being part of Team Indy way back when) just because they skated differently than Indy; better is subjective.
Personally, the OG hanger design (theeve V1 too) is tits and I've only ever had issues with classics over 8" (or Theeve over 8.18") and my first pair of 55 AF1s (shitty QC fooled me twice, shame on me) so unless I'm getting them for free, I'm not paying for subpar shit...hell even the pair I did get for free I sold off the next day.