This is tough. I love Astromechs but I can't see HT not doing this one too, especially since the mold is done with the R2 from TFA previewed at a recent show, so I might sit this out knowing that we're getting another soon enough.
It seems Sideshow are now tasked to release secondary and tertiary characters only. Wondering how efficient this business development can be on the long run though. I'm no astromech hardcore fan so i gotta ask. How many R2 units one can collect and display at that scale?