Got my set plus the common chase in this week.  I think they look really good.  I've also got the all gray chase coming in a few weeks, but wanted to post a pic of the first 7 in their shiny cases.  =)

You're on a roll.  Open the others quick, don't waste that lucky streak.  

For the two variants with rockets and slots, do we know yet if they are actually working firing rockets; i.e., do they have internal springs, separate rocket parts, and the tabs work to launch the rocket, or, are they all one solid piece and are just sculpted to look like that?

Will the chases be carded as well, or will they only be found in the boxes?

I'd be all for a reissues of the figures that originally came with paper costumes: orignal Leia in white dress, and those ROTJ figures (not part of ANH, I know), of Luke and Leia on the speederbikes, replacing the paper with plastic costume parts.

I think this is that 2-pack:

Do you think sellers read these threads and see what we, the buyers, think the price will be, and then set their prices accordingly?  Someone speculated about the Parco Vader as "going to go for at least $300", then one appeared on ebay for a BIN of exactly $300.  They'd be silly not to do this, since we wouldn't be completely surprised by the starting price, that's what we guessed it to be, so we may be more likely to buy it at that price.

I cringe when I see people quoting high prices on items not yet released like this, partly for this reason.  I do think this figure will be highly sought after, I'm going to try to find one and I don't yet own any 400%ers (but I have all currently released SW kubs, except for the Jawa chase), but do you think we may actually be hurting ourselves by telegraphing our expectations on price like this?

"I don't see this figure selling for more than $90 or so."   (Let's see if this works... =)

The R2 looks like he has sandy feet, as mentioned somewhere previously, but are there any noticeable differences on the C3PO?  I suppose he could be sandy as well, but that'd be hard to telll.

Also, here's a pic I found that might be that white arm that's cutoff to the left:


a Vader/Stormtrooper bearbrick set: