I think everyone's a bit frustrated in some capacity Obsolete, I wouldn't take things personal.
This forum is welcoming to differing opinions, but rightly so, it gets defensive because some people throw out contradictory opinions at times because it turns conversation into heated debate.
Another issue is that some of us who have been very pleased with this line and been following it from the start, have come to recognize certain nuances that are to be expected in the Sideshow process, and when we see others feeling negatively toward something and we feel from experience that there is opportunity for hope or sides to the matter, we're just trying to offer up more information and alternative ideas people may not be aware of, not tell anyone their opinion is wrong. Sometimes people aren't aware of certain details and it helps to hear from experienced people. Many people flew off the handle about ANH Leia's production quality because of some early pictures, but then other photos came along that more faithfully represented what you see in person and people calmed and even decided they wanted one, and I discussed some of my photography knowledge to try and help people that were speaking negatively off the pictures that the figure itself wasn't necessarily truly represented in those images and there was possibility that the real item was better. I don't care if people don't like that figure, some still don't, but when an opinion is based off of potentially false information or images, to me it seems like a nice gesture if those who may know something's askew enlighten others and provide them all the facts to make a sound opinion from.