Some time has past since this idea came up here, but it was still in my mind. Now I was able to add a weathered/damaged C-3PO head to my Salacious finally.
Disney/Lucasfilm whatever ... posted a star wars agenda für the SDCC and there's one panel for "high-end" collectibles with efx, sideshow, gentle giant etc... Guess we will see some new stuff/teases there. Also I hope that we will see some ne stuff at the booth, and not only on a powerpoint slide.
Pretty lame from them to deny disappointed user reactions regarding this problem.
I was pretty close to add a 2nd trooper to my collection, but the seller confirmed me that my white trooper wouldn't match with his some yellowish trooper. Fortunately I sent him some pictures before to compare...
Well, my decision would be simple if sideshow would've done a bette job on the pose. So with this being said and HT's going with a ROTS Vader, I think I will pass both statues and keep my Vader 1 and Obi PF display.