I remember getting the first Sideshow Vader and being happy that we finally had a "great Vader" in 1:6. And HT Star Wars was still a pipe dream.
I had the honor of being the first to get that thing in hand. For me, it was stepping up from Hasbro and Medicom. There were some great leaps forward, but even then, the flaws obvious and posed a challenge as a toy photographer.