Are you asking if the existing figures are somehow better than the forthcoming ones? My understanding is the only difference will be price and the shoes, as the newer ones will probably be sculpted (either using an existing pair or a new 3-D sculpt).So is there any advantage to us getting the figures early then?
If they really wanted to preserve the specialness of the original figures, then the new figures should probably also have something else that sets them apart. A new sculpt isn't going to happen for this, but eyes looking to one side, and maybe give him a sunburnt/chapped lips look from after he was dragged around by Tuco in the desert would certainly set them apart, and would even make the newer figure more attractive to some.