Hot Toys C-3PO (ROTJ)

Wor-Gar said:

Has this guy ever disliked anything?


What's with all the cinnamon all over 3PO?

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Cinnamon Axe Body Spray. It’s also HT new scratch and sniff feature.

When viewing it close and personal the paint application looks super odd:

Jabba's slime all over the face.

This is how they get us all to buy the cleaner ANH version.

Absolutely cake this guy in an almost pixelated camo deco so we’ll all be craving a Threepio with a bit of shine.

I think I’ll pass on this one. At my normal viewing distance it doesn’t even look like 3PO to me.

Not really a fan of the dirty look, think I will pass.

I think we are all fine with weathering on the ROTJ version. Although many of us remember him as a shiny golden top spinning around on Endor.

The problem is that the orange paint doesnt makes sense. Brass has a brown Patina as it tarnishes. Not sure how HT lost sight of the prototype- but they ended up making more work for themselves.

Did 3PO decide to be a graffiti artist?

It's the first thing I noticed about this figure and have wondered if others would just be OK with it or not.

Personally, I think that spackled paint job looks awful. It's heavy handed and even distracting. No idea what possessed them to mass produce a product that looks like that...

I understand the look they're going for but my god, who said "yeah, this looks good - ship it!"

Not sure if it's been brought up, but I wonder if using those same polishing cloths that folks used on Chrome Mando can be used here to take off some of the dirt and grime

Gipetto0812 said:

Not sure if it's been brought up, but I wonder if using those same polishing cloths that folks used on Chrome Mando can be used here to take off some of the dirt and grime

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Was wondering the same. Also the paint may not look as bad when not under the microscope. I thought chrome Mando looked fine in person.

Howard knows exactly what he’s doing.
First, give us the less desirable (but actually really awesome) aotc version
Now, a heavily weathered rotj version that is too weathered to fit with anh heroes.
Then, we will get a less weathered but still not clean anh tatooine version.
Eventually, we will get a Chewbacca with C3po backpack.
Way to play the long game uncle howie, bravo.

I'm not going to lie, I will continue to buy every single version of the main OT heroes. (Even 3PO.)

I have the Tamashii C3PO and it was always too clean. This is the definitive C3PO with a little weathering. Will post comparison pics when this one starts shipping.

Gipetto0812 said:

Not sure if it's been brought up, but I wonder if using those same polishing cloths that folks used on Chrome Mando can be used here to take off some of the dirt and grime

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I was curious about this too.
IF I do get this figure,and I will eventually,I might pose it with the AOTC sand base.

ObiGlennKenobi said:

I was curious about this too.
IF I do get this figure,and I will eventually,I might pose it with the AOTC sand base.

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Agreed on the base. I have an extra Fennec Shand display waiting to be used on a version of C3PO

Hot Toys have proven their excellency at delivering a stellar gold chrome application on their figures.
Question is, why they failed us this time? Cost reduction? Lack of capabilities?

Their AOTC version is by far a superior release, sadly. I was expecting a Bandai-killer.

EDIT: Their ROTJ C-3PO does seem to be more screen accurate with current application (spotted pattern?), I wonder if it's ANH C-3PO that's living inside me brain when I envision the character..? It seems to be more chrome-y than ROTJ. Guess designers faced a dilemma: Either make it screen-accurate or nice-on-display-shiny (more prop-accurate..?).

Bottom line I am undecided about this figure.

I would say an ROTS C3PO would be the most clean and chrome-y that it would need to have the same finish as that stormtrooper they did or equal to the Bandai Tamashii finish

Gipetto0812 said:

I would say an ROTS C3PO would be the most clean and chrome-y that it would need to have the same finish as that stormtrooper they did or equal to the Bandai Tamashii finish

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Probably. Coruscant’s environment isn’t as harsh as Tatooine’s dunes.