This is my first order from Hastings, and with the horror stories from the Trooper thread, I expected the worst. I received my Sniper from Hastings today. Amazon stated that it would be delivered between 8/20/10 and 9/7/10, a pretty big window, and it arrived a day early, to boot. It was packaged in a slightly larger shipper carton, not the accurate dimension cartons that Sideshow uses. The display box was in a plastic bag the same way Sideshow ships their 1/6 stuff, and a few air packs were in there to keep the figure from rolling around. So I was pretty impressed by the care they put in packaging. However, the display bow was damaged, with a heavy crease on one side of the package and a slight tear on the other. I have to admit that I'm one of those OCD types who want a perfect and unblemished display box, but at least the figure inside was pristine. All equipment was accounted for. Well done, Hastings. I would have preferred to pick up two extra Troopers to supplement the one I received from Sideshow when Hastings did their $29 sale, but a sniper at half retail ain't bad.