I'm pretty happy with Falcon in hand.
No pictures yet, but now that I have him I'm more convinced that the issue with his head is less about the mold and more about how they have applied the paint to the mold.
I got out my nail polish remover and some Q-Tips and can already see a noticable difference on his original head just rubbing down the lips and eyebrows a bit. He also seems to have some weird eye shadow which I got partially removed as well.
In the end I think the Hood head will work as a nice alternate head to the regular one, as they are pretty similar in general. Could be the same guy with different facial expressions.