Blackpearl, Congrats on being brave enough to get the 12" beast as your first scope!
With LED torches, make sure they're really LED. The ones with red screen over a normal lightbulb are not good enough; they're better than ordinary torches but still interfere with your night vision. Cellophane over a torch would be the same I imagine. Get one of those red LED rear lights for push bikes from a bargain shop (for under $5). They're perfect.
I also got a laser collimator with my scope. I assume you got a return beam one... When you get it make sure the collimator itself is collimated. It is if rotating it in the focuser does not shift the return beam. If it's not collimated, do not attempt to collimate it yourself if you can return it (I tried and busted the laser, even though I was very gentle). If you bought it from Andrews, you won't get a user's guide. Get one
here from Orion. They also have manuals for GSO scopes you might want to check out.
Even if it is well collimated, the laser alone might not be good enough. Check out the
barlowed laser method.