I got mine on Wednesday and unboxed him yesterday. I am so glad to finally have Han to go with Luke. I remember back in the day finding the KB Hasbro 12" exclusive and was so excited to have it at the time (sold them long ago). Later I missed the Sideshow two pack, and in retrospect I am glad I did. But these two together represent such an iconic part of Star Wars for me I had to them.
Here are some quick crappy cell phone pics...
As for now though they are displayed with the helmets "on". I hate to draw attention to receiving a new figure for myself so close to Christmas. So they are truly in disguise; Shhhhhhhh, as long as no one reads the name plates. Ha! I posed them next to my New Hope Vader and I gave Han the long rifle he carried from my other Stormtooper figure (not sure why he didn't come with one). I put Han's regular Trooper blaster in the holster, I hadn't tried that before, was happy it fit. I can almost picture them saying...
Han: "This is not gonna work."
Luke: "Why didn't you say so before?"
Han: "I did say so before."
I like the Han sculpt. I think the smirk looks way more subtle in person. I'll try it on my regular Han when I get a chance, but I understand you need a shorter neck peg so I'll have to see if I can find one someplace.
The stand is pretty cool. I haven't put batteries in yet so don't know how well the light up feature works. But, I decided to pose my regular Stormtrooper on that stand so Han and Luke can have matching regular previously released Stormtooper stands. The new stand fits perfectly in my Ikea CD tower shelf, so that's kinda cool. I find it interesting the instructions show how multiple stands can fit together. great idea, but what else even comes with this stand? What's left to do that might come with it later? I might be tempted to pick up a parted out one, but not sure I really want to pay an arm and a leg for it. Maybe Hot Toys should sell them separately, because again, what else are they going to even be sold with. It's a great idea, I just wish they thought of it earlier to include with other ANH figures.
Also: I used the coupon on the box to get $20 off my pre-order of the HT ESB Vader. The coupon expires sometime later today. Man, they sure do give you a short window to use those things. Glad I was able to take advantage of it.