Just because they share design and engineering doesn't mean they are produced from the same manufacturer
(Daimler and Chrysler seem to come to mind) One has nothing to do with the other. I never collected any of HTs early stuff, so I wouldn't know what types of issues they had. I was talking about MY HTs figs...not the ones you have or the ones anyone else bought. Just like I was talking about MY stormies. They are loose. That's a fact. Stating it and expecting better from SSC doesn't constitute whining. Its simply stating a fact. If yours and others are in good shape, then kudos to SSC for getting them out in good condition.
My preference would be to hold a product until you have it right. Afterall, three years of R&D was suppose to be that holding period. I waited like everyone else and like everyone else, wondered when they would finally pull the trigger. All the while buying EVERY SSC SW figure released up to now:chew. So if I get five of the new bodies (cause I count both sam and frodo seperately) and they all seem relatively loose and one so loose it won't stand on its own, I think I have a right to expect better. I'm a loyal customer (maybe even more so when it comes to SSC SW figs than you, but I can't substantiate that cause I don't know your collecting habits) that would like to have a figure stand when I pose it right out of the box. I do that with my Medi figs, I do it with my HTs figs and I've done it with many of my SSC figs...but not with this trooper and it certainly is difficult to pose the other pro's and armor figs I have from SSC.
Its too bad, is all. And it shouldn't be bad to say it.