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SWTOTW, Week 51, 2019 See-Threepio (C-3PO)
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<blockquote data-quote="Snaketibe" data-source="post: 522599" data-attributes="member: 7379"><p>Good old C-3PO. One of the first 12 figures, and actually one of the better likenesses from that initial run. As much as we might love them, Kenner's early efforts weren't exactly spot-on doppelgangers for the characters they represented, but C-3PO was better than most. It was another childhood favourite, and one of the main reasons I loved it then is the same reason I love it today; vac-metalizing! A technique Hasbro have increasingly abandoned in the modern line, I've always loved the fact (even before I knew the term or what it did) that Kenner used vac-metalizing to make C-3PO as shiny and therefore as movie-accurate as he is. For those who don't know, vac (or vacuum) metalizing is a method for coating a very thin layer of actual metal onto another surface, in this case the plastic body of old Goldenrod, and the end results are terrific!</p><p></p><p>Of course Kenner famously made a running change to C-3PO part-way through the Empire line, replacing the fixed limbs version with the removable limbs one, but that doesn't mean there aren't variants to be found with the fixed limbs version. Far from it in fact. In addition to various widths of leg stance which range from the very narrow to the Blackadder-esque heroically wide, Takara in Japan famously did their own unique and completely different sculpts of Darth Vader, the Stormtrooper and C-3PO, all of which featured a cross-head screw in the centre of the figures' backs, rather than (in the case of Threepio), a rivet. The Takara C-3PO is sometimes referred to as having a different head sculpt (which it certainly does; one which is both wider and looking distinctly upwards), but it's not just the head, but rather the entire figure which is a different sculpt.</p><p></p><p>There is also a very nice red-gold finish version made by PBP, which is a completely different (and IMHO much nicer) shade of gold than that found on regular C-3PO's. There are other shades of gold finish available, ranging from the almost silver through to the various matte gold variants released by Glasslite in Brazil, Lili Ledy in Mexico and PBP in Spain, the latter two of which had a flat-head screw in their backs. Plus of course there is the brightly painted yellow and brown Droids variant.</p><p></p><p>I don't have any of the matte finish variants or the Droids one (truth be told, I'm not really a fan of them), but I do have 6 loose variants, including (from left to right below) two wide stance, one medium stance and one narrow stance regular C-3PO's, plus a red-gold finish PBP, and lastly a Takara alternate sculpt C-3PO.</p><p></p><p>And to finish things off, my Palitoy 12-back C-3PO, which for once <u>isn't</u> a reseal ;-)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]62522[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]62523[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]62524[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]62525[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]62526[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]62527[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]62528[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]62529[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]62530[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]62531[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snaketibe, post: 522599, member: 7379"] Good old C-3PO. One of the first 12 figures, and actually one of the better likenesses from that initial run. As much as we might love them, Kenner's early efforts weren't exactly spot-on doppelgangers for the characters they represented, but C-3PO was better than most. It was another childhood favourite, and one of the main reasons I loved it then is the same reason I love it today; vac-metalizing! A technique Hasbro have increasingly abandoned in the modern line, I've always loved the fact (even before I knew the term or what it did) that Kenner used vac-metalizing to make C-3PO as shiny and therefore as movie-accurate as he is. For those who don't know, vac (or vacuum) metalizing is a method for coating a very thin layer of actual metal onto another surface, in this case the plastic body of old Goldenrod, and the end results are terrific! Of course Kenner famously made a running change to C-3PO part-way through the Empire line, replacing the fixed limbs version with the removable limbs one, but that doesn't mean there aren't variants to be found with the fixed limbs version. Far from it in fact. In addition to various widths of leg stance which range from the very narrow to the Blackadder-esque heroically wide, Takara in Japan famously did their own unique and completely different sculpts of Darth Vader, the Stormtrooper and C-3PO, all of which featured a cross-head screw in the centre of the figures' backs, rather than (in the case of Threepio), a rivet. The Takara C-3PO is sometimes referred to as having a different head sculpt (which it certainly does; one which is both wider and looking distinctly upwards), but it's not just the head, but rather the entire figure which is a different sculpt. There is also a very nice red-gold finish version made by PBP, which is a completely different (and IMHO much nicer) shade of gold than that found on regular C-3PO's. There are other shades of gold finish available, ranging from the almost silver through to the various matte gold variants released by Glasslite in Brazil, Lili Ledy in Mexico and PBP in Spain, the latter two of which had a flat-head screw in their backs. Plus of course there is the brightly painted yellow and brown Droids variant. I don't have any of the matte finish variants or the Droids one (truth be told, I'm not really a fan of them), but I do have 6 loose variants, including (from left to right below) two wide stance, one medium stance and one narrow stance regular C-3PO's, plus a red-gold finish PBP, and lastly a Takara alternate sculpt C-3PO. And to finish things off, my Palitoy 12-back C-3PO, which for once [u]isn't[/u] a reseal ;-) [ATTACH type="full" alt="User Car Salesman - 01.jpg"]62522._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="User Car Salesman - 02.jpg"]62523._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="User Car Salesman - 03.jpg"]62524._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="User Car Salesman - 04.jpg"]62525._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="User Car Salesman - 05.jpg"]62526._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="User Car Salesman - 06.jpg"]62527._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="User Car Salesman - 07.jpg"]62528._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="User Car Salesman - 08.jpg"]62529._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="User Car Salesman - 09.jpg"]62530._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="User Car Salesman - 10.jpg"]62531._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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