Hi, I totally agree with you on the new AF so far. I'm OK the Falcon wave goes with the 25 aniversary of ANH but now we have AT-AT and snowspeeder. Yeah the paint is new (and possibly better) but the toy isn't different enough that I'd buy it. Its quite clear that AF fans are hungry for some new plastic, especially from AOTC. If Hasbro messes up the distribution again (flood retail with too much rehashes) a lot of us will never see the AT-TE or Solar Sailor when they come out.
If they release action figures this way (their core business), its like releasing the new Endor Han, Bespin Luke, Bespin Vader on May 22nd and the heck with AOTC figures. Again, as AF scale toys are not Hasbro's core SW business, I get the sense that they don't really care about the line. I think its poorly executed so far and I'm running out of patience.
In my case, I'm from Canada so I'll probably have to bid on ebay anyway. Hadn't seen even the rehashed AF waves here "yet". Likely never; Walmart has been very skimpy with SW products this time around and TRU in Canada doesn't have half the stuff that's listed on line. It's a tough hobby......