Well, I have finally had the chance to collect and open my 2-pack! I am new to Hot Toys (apart from the recent Stormtroopers) and these are probably the most "high-end" items in my 20-plus years of collection - and while these figures aren't "perfect", I love them!!
I haven't had much of a chance to futz - I've mostly been checking my figures for issues - of which I have two minor ones - the Stormtrooper blaster exclusive has a bend at one end (an obvious productions issue) and my Han has some small marks on his forehead that appear to be glue spillage - they are quite minor, but once seen... I am going to contact Sideshow about both.
I think that the Han sculpt is pretty close to the Han we saw in ANH, but not a dead-on likeness, and I feel that the facial expression is a bit odd - it's like Han is a bit sad or something. The costume is great, despite a few minor production flaws which affect how certain parts of the costume sit. I'm really not a fan of his boots though - they look wrong and I can't help but feel that the material used will deteriorate too quickly. As I am unfamiliar with Hot Toys bodies, I removed Han's garments. I'm actually a bit surprised at the articulation - it seems a bit limited, but in fact, he can do quite a few poses. Plus, he could go shirtless and still look good, if you wanted to pose him that way.
Chewie isn't as awesome as the first images (which I NOW know is to be expected...), but is still pretty amazing and, despite his shortcomings (no pun intended - he seem correctly-sized to me!), I am super glad to have this Chewbacca in my collection!!! The fur on mine seems somewhere between the curly and the straight that I posted about earlier. I guess I prefer the curlier look, but hopefully a bit of a good futz will help. The fur does seem a bit dark in his face. I'm still getting to know his articulation, but so far he has done pretty much whatever I'd want a Chewbacca to do
I'm pretty afraid to break the wrist pegs - and have pretty much just chosen my favourite default pair of hands for each and intend to leave them like that for now!
In summary, I love these figures and am so glad to have them in my collection (despite the outrageous Aussie dollar!!!) - now hurry up the rest of the OT characters!!!