Hasbro doesn't work that way though... So you get a shoddier figure by comparison. I don't see how that's possibly considered "positive" really. Taking two figures out all together also isn't much of an argument as it's just taking the already ****** scenario for the consumer, and making it worse. It's kinda like saying, "Yeah, well we could've left the radio out of your car" when arguing the value of a new vehicle...
To me, and I bought it mostlly for the turret as well, selling the extras off for the most part, the Hoth Troopers were a great (and new at the time) repaint of a great figure, so the price broke up a little nicer/easier to stomach because you at least got some cool figures... Likewise the Derlin repaint was sorta ok too. So again he factored in (to me) on the "value" of the set... The Officer I felt sorta blew, so he didn't rank high to me, and so getting 3 of him and losing 2 superior figures hurts the value of the set to me. I guess it depends largely on if you think the Saga figure is good in the first place.
It wouldn't be a deal breaker to me had this set come out this year, I'd still want the tower, but I'd have been selling all the pieces of the set to recoop the cost except for Derlin and the tower, rather than hanging onto some pretty fantastic army builders like I did.
