1.  Willrow Hood
2.  Hoth Rebel Soldier
3.  Lobot
4.  Han Solo in Carbonite
5.  Princess Leia in Bespin Gown
6.  2-1B
7.  FX-7
8.  Luke Skywalker in Snowspeeder Pilot Gear
9.  Ugnaught
10.  Luke Skywalker (Dagobah Training)

Hmm. This is tough.

01. Cliegg Lars (AOTC)
02. Padme Amidala (Picnic Gown; AOTC)
03. Palpatine (Office Duel; ROTS)
04. Owen Lars (ANH)
05. Tzizvivt (ANH)
06. Tonnika Sister (ANH; I don't care which one) 
07. Admiral Piett (ESB)
08. Sim Aloo (ROTJ)
09. EV-9D9 (ROTJ)
10. Yak Face (ROTJ)

After those 10 (and maybe a new spirit Anakin with Sebastian Shaw likeness and spirit Yoda, both done like the 2004 OTC spirit Obi-Wan), I think I'd be happy with things ending.

I know I've been negative about Hasbro from time to time on this very forum over the years, but holy crap, I'm like a ray of sunshine compared to this PH guy. I don't really pay as much attention to things as I used to, so most of my awareness comes from seeing allusions the YF or JD Twitter accounts make, but the stuff mentioned in the first post is just way over the line in terms of human decency.

If the hobby bothers you that much, just quit. Go plant a tree or pick some flowers or something. Above all else, calm down, man. They're just toys.

What JJ Abrams projects has Grunberg ever been in? I don't recall him from Lost, Alcatraz, Cloverfield, Super 8, Star Trek etc. in fact I don't think I've ever seen him outside of Heroes. Just curious. I had no idea he had been cast in SW either, although that could be ok.

I know he was on Felicity, which was Abrams' first big television project (and a good show, too, at least early on; YES I SAID IT).  He may have been on Alias, but I can't remember.  Anyone?

I've gotten a few of them (Vader, the astromechs, Threepio) through Amazon and, although they wind up being a tad more expensive than going directly through other sellers, if you have Prime shipping it does kind of offset that end of things since many are fulfilled by/ship from Amazon warehouses.  I have zero skills as a model builder and even less as a painter (my nerves are shot all to hell, so my hand shakes when trying to paint, making detailing impossible), so a friend's brother does that for me, but the building is incredibly fun and rewarding.  I managed to slice my finger open with an Exacto knife while building Threepio, but no stitches so it was all worth it.   

I mainly got into these because I was so disappointed in the Black Series Vader and R2-D2 (Vader looking so "off" and R2 being small).  Even though they didn't have the "heft" of the BS figures, they look the part and fit right in.  When I heard there was a crackdown coming, my first thought was that Hasbro was somehow involved because of them being seen as a competing product line.  Whether or not that's true, I don't know, but I can say for me personally, it is definitely why I did it.  I'm still buying the Black Series figures, but the Bandai kits are to supplement the BS figures, not replace them.  I still plan on getting Boba Fett (just because he's been my favorite since I was a kid and he's my character focus), and I may get Phasma, but it's not a line I'm all in on.  But, boy, it is rewarding to look at them when you're finished putting them together. 

Our long national nightmare is over, and thanks to Amazon and some nice timing on Thanksgiving evening, Captain Phasma has finally taken her place in my collection.   

I also picked up Kylo Ren (Starkiller Base) at the local (still inexplicably open) Kmart earlier this week, at which point I, of course, saw my first Phasma hanging on the pegs.  I left her there for someone else to hopefully add to their collection, go under a tree for a kid on Christmas morning, and not, I dread, wind up on Ebay or Amazon as a VHTF HOT RECALLED VARIANT CAPITAN PLASMA STAR WAR 6 FIGUR. 

My local Kmart, which is amazingly still open, looks like a Big Lots and an Ollie's had a head-on collision and threw up a flea market, so I'm doubtful this will actually show up here. This particular store is also notable for having a high rate of Marvel Legends Build-A-Figure part thefts (replaced with kid's sticker sheets) and wrestling figure swaps that are both fascinating and upsetting, so even if it does show up, some ******* will undoubtedly swap it for a Hero Masher Ghost Rider with a swizzle stick on a piece of white felt. And Kmart, sadly, won't notice, even after I point it out.

Curious to know if anyone other tmanthegreat, myself and I believe one other person who posted they bought one on jd, have picked this up? Wondering what the likelihood we get #2 in the series is.

I picked this up on Monday at my local TRU (I had 20 dollars in Rewards dollars and a 10 dollar gift card, so it took some of the sticker shock away), and I'm pretty happy with it.  It's definitely large and impressive, to say the least, and I don't regret buying it at all.  I really can't add more to the reviews that tmanthegreat's, well, great photographs have already shown other than to say the cockpit is really the highlight of the ship.  Hasbro went above and beyond with the details inside the cockpit and didn't cut any corners there. 

The wings themselves are sturdy, although I'm a little concerned about the fact that the "tires" don't sit flush against the wings themselves (there's a tiny gap on mine; is it like this on everyone's?).  The wings are also "permanently" attached, but only do so with two clips inside the "tires" on the pylons from the cockpit/ball assembly, so it still makes the wings a bit wobbly, although when it's standing up (especially on carpet), this doesn't really affect the stability much.  As for taking up space, I have Queen Amidala's Royal Starship sitting in the (carpeted) floor of my collection room and the TIE straddles it perfectly with just enough clearance to not hit the RS's roof, so it took up less floor space than I feared.

The trickiest part of the whole assembly is getting the TIE Pilot into the cockpit.  You have to basically bend his knees completely backward (at both double joints like this < ) with his feet still pointing forward so he will fit well.  It also helps if you raise his arms while doing so and adjust them last.  Make sure you clip the waist clip above the belt since his pouches get in the way otherwise.  I also can't find a space to store his blaster pistol inside the ship, so you'll probably want to keep that somewhere else separately.

Overall, despite some minor quibbles, it's an impressive piece, and well worth picking up.  I hope the wave with the single packed TIE Pilot shows up in decent numbers at retail so I can find an extra gunner to stick in the co-pilot seat.