Yes I do like that detail change. But the overall shape is so simplified and such a departure from the OT I have to agree with Turrican's assessment. It looks like pug dog face. Nose pushed up too high, face tilted too much. Frown too small, truncated, even compared to the Hero helmet. And the symmetry... ughh. The output of a CAD program, not from the hands of a sculptor.
But what really chaps my hide is when the speaker shows the archive helmet describing it thusly: "crude form...lumpy... a simple approximation of what the original design was supposed to be..." Them's fightin' words! It echoes the same rationaization for the ROTS Vader redesign, and we know how popular that was. If it ain't broke don't fix it! Just clean it up, apply some spit and polish. Maybe change a few details, but keep the same shape.
For the record here's the original Stormtrooper design sculpture. Now which one looks like a simple approximation, OT or R1? I rest my case, your honor.