Sideshow 1/6 C-3PO

[Lejuan]

I honestly expected them to learn from there mistakes.

It's not a mistake, it's just the materials used. Getting more weight out of that plastic would mean deliberately adding it somewhere, and that's not as easy (ie cheap) as it sounds. I think the problem is cognitive dissonance, ie it looks like a metal character but this perception isn't reinforced by the weight.

 

[inked]

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It's significant. Leg squats for 3PO!

Is the head pushed all the way down? Looks like a gap at the front of the neck

 

[jrhrlh]

Got mine today and I'll say he's OK. He looks like C3PO and is a great representation of him but there are a few things that I just wasn't happy with.
The color on mine is dull and seems much darker than many of the pics posted. To me it also seems like a very cheap paint job. There are runs and blemishes in the finish. I also wasn't thrilled with the very visible glue seam on the sides of the body.
As other have mentioned, the thumbs are beyond screwed up.
They need to be set another 90 degrees from where they are.
The restraining bolt doesn't stay on unless you find the exact spot and even then it easily falls off it you move him.
I do have to ask, Is anyone else having a hard time getting the severed arm in place? I don't want to break it but I can not get it completely in.
After having him in hand I just feel the $230 price tag was a bit steep.
I will hold onto him since it is the exclusive. I've never felt this way about any other figure I've purchased but if HT should come out with a 3PO I'd definitely consider dumping this version.

 

[EVILFACE]

Very nice pictures, Evilface. Happy you like him.

Other than the thumbs, I really love this figure.

Cool pics EF.

Thanks. Yea I think I might try and pull the thumbs reposition them.

Couple outside shots.

 

[TonTon]

Wow, awesome shots, EV1LFACE!

Can the legs me rotated a bit inward/outward where the groin is? I'm still not totally clear on the what the hip articulation is like.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Even better outside, right.

Don't pull on the thumbs too much, EF! Unless you mean to separate them totally. I was curious about that myself but I worry about blemishing the paint.

Can the legs me rotated a bit inward/outward where the groin is? I'm still not totally clear on the what the hip articulation is like.

Yes, a bit. As you would imagine.

 

[FlyAndFight]

Is the head pushed all the way down? Looks like a gap at the front of the neck

I double-checked and yes, it was pushed all the way down. (I ended up pulling off head in order to get to the batteries and remove the little sliver of paper that keeps the lights from activating.)

The lighting system is fantastic. Touch sensitive (backside of head) to activate.

Great photos, EvilFace!

 

[careyb]

Well I got mine today ... haven't open it yet.. Heard the pros and cons There are QC issues but if the paint job is good ... That's ok with me . It's definitely C3PO ... Does look great with R2


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[Tom Day]

The hands look massive. Would the Tamashii hands fit on this figure?

 

[ali032373]

I got mine today.

Both Pistons on the left arm are broken.

Also, one leg appears longer than the other. Like it was not properly set in the groin/hip socket. This makes standing him up a real issue. Anyone else have this problem?

Anyone? My figure's legs are clearly uneven in the hip joint.

 

[Wor-Gar]

The hands look massive. Would the Tamashii hands fit on this figure?

Wouldn't match... so depends on what's more directing to you.

Wait until you get to his thumbs.

 

[WWEJedi]

Anyone do this shot yet with Vader? My favorite picture of Vader ever.

 

[FlyAndFight]

Hate that pic. Pollutes the OT with the PT nonsense...

 

[TaliBane]

I've seen you mention this a couple times. You need to work out a bit more, man! It's really not that tough.

I frighten easily, especially with $300+ figures.

Thanks. Yea I think I might try and pull the thumbs reposition them.

Couple outside shots.

Very nice. "Lando Calrissian and poor Chewbacca never returned from this awful place."

(never understood that line though - aren't Leia and Chewy still waiting to go into the Palace?)

Even better outside, right.

Don't pull on the thumbs too much, EF! Unless you mean to separate them totally. I was curious about that myself but I worry about blemishing the paint.




Yes, a bit. As you would imagine.

Will anyone be brave enough to snap off the thumbs and reglue them?

 

[WWEJedi]

Hate that pic. Pollutes the OT with the PT nonsense...

Not really..... that one picture says more about Vader than the OT ever did

 

[TaliBane]

Anyone do this shot yet with Vader? My favorite picture of Vader ever.

Everyone's pictures look amazing. Great result in this figure. But every time I see his head and mouth I think of this.
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Is that bad?

I sure hope Vader doesn't view 3PO in the same way Jedijim does.

 

[ZE_501]

Got in C-3PO yesterday and overall I'm extremely pleased with him.

[snip epic review]

Whoa. Now I don't know what to think. I was convinced earlier that the Tama was better via photos, but you've made a pretty compelling argument the other way. SSC does look better to me in your comparisons in terms of feel and accuracy -- speaking without having compared to screen caps.

I guess it really is just a matter of taste in the end. Nice review.

 

[ZE_501]

Not really..... that one picture says more about Vader than the OT ever did

*hears can of worms opening up*





*walks away*

 

[momaw]

Abrams has said it was to show that time had passed. That there was an unwritten history between ROTJ and TFA.

And I am thankful he did that. If 3PO didn't have that red arm in the scene with him Han and Leia where he explained he had a red arm, I would have been confused as hell thinking I was watching the OT. I mean there was nothing in that scene whatsoever that would have given a clue time had passed.

 

[Mandible]

Anyone do this shot yet with Vader? My favorite picture of Vader ever.

Dork Vader. As if he'd ever be a sentimental cry-boy like that...

...oh wait, the prequels