Got mine today. These are a grail set for me, so I'm excited to have them. I really wanted the original sand base version, but wasn't able to get them at the time they came out, and aftermarket prices have been pretty over-the-top. Weathering looks great on them, and I'm very happy with how they turned out overall. As others have mentioned, I do think the bases probably could have been designed in a way that makes them a bit more cohesive looking; the staggered effect doesn't make much sense to me. But overall it's a minor quibble for me.
But my biggest complaint is that Sideshow consistently seems to make the engineering of their light-up features an afterthought. Seriously, I have to take off 3POs face every time I want to turn on his lights?? And I DESPISE the tiny watch batteries they use (at least R2 has AAAs). They re-did this piece and had an opportunity to improve the lighting feature, but they took the easy way out and left it the same as before. Why couldn't they have engineered this to turn on from the OUTSIDE with a button, like R2, or even a magnetic switch? Honestly, I wish they would just design these things to work with AC adapters. We have these awesome lighting features that you can almost never use, or else you'll be replacing batteries every couple days. These are high-end display pieces, not toys; they should be designed in such a way that they can be DISPLAYED with their lights turned on for as long as desired! These are very expensive collectibles and I believe we deserve a better implementation of these features than what SS has been delivering. /end rant
perfect spot for it 
