3 things, 1st,  the screws are way too long  they either dig into the box spring or bend downwards if I put the box spring on top of the screw itself. 
2nd, is the shape of the headboard padding, as you can see in the circle. Not sure if this was caused my issue 3, or not. 
And 3rd, the box came damaged, which may have caused the damage to the headboard. Regardless of all these issues, I will not be returning it for 2 reasons, 1, I already put it together  Im not taking it apart, the screws alone took forever  2, its for my 6 yr old son who probably wont even notice, or care.