Medicom's R2 and 3PO

[TK4872]

My two droids, scale or no scale, they look fabulous!

 

[Invictus Sol]

They definitely are well done. Sideshow will have their work cut out just to match them in quality, for sure.

 

[Nico62fr]

Yes they look really great, but I'm waiting for SSC version, hoping the price won't be as high as Medicom or HT !

 

[jedijim3002]

I have the medicom 3PO and love it. Hate the price but I wanted it and it's my money so oh well. It is exactly 1/2 inch too short. R2 on the other hand is way too short. For me anyway. I wish it was the right size cause it really looks amazing.

That being said I am interested to see how SS tackles this one. It should be 1/2 inch taller and a bit thicker as far as helmet and body are concerned. I know tony daniels was skinny but he still had to fit inside this thing.

He should be a hair taller than Luke in any case.

 

[sithlord13]

no one else seen the preorder for more medicom figures?

talking r2d2 and c3po and a TC14?

https://www.rebelscum.com/story/front/Three_New_Droids_From_Medicom_Toy_Corporation_144315.asp

 

[Invictus Sol]

I got the feeling quite a few people saw them but were meh about it. Personally, I really like the chrome finish on the TC-14 but apparently it's the exact same mold as 3PO (including dent on right chest) so not sure how I'd feel about forking over another ~$240.00 for a straight repaint. Luckily, I've sworn off Medicom so it's not something I'll need to wrestle with!

Also don't like the way Medi's going with this talking figure feature (both the re-release for R2 and 3PO have 7 - 10 recorded phrases) and hope SSC doesn't adopt it. R2 I can kind of see (if they do include it, I hope it's just something you can leave on with say the lights and it just randomly activates a phrase every few minutes... having to actually press a button every time would mean it never gets used) but I hope they avoid it for any of the humanoid figures.

 

[Jaymas]

My two droids, scale or no scale, they look fabulous!

They do look really good. It's not the scale that has kept me away but the price.

As for the scale, I know that it's off from what it should be film wise, but to me the scale is still very realistic. People often very correctly point out in regards to scale how 3po would need to be large enough for Anthony Daniels (as skinny as he was and considering his real hight) to be able to fit inside the suit. But, if 3po were a real robot- he would not need to be so big for a man to fit inside of him.

Having humanoid droids slightly smaller than the average person seems to make sense if Star Wars was in the "real" world. In fact, why make him any larger than he would need to be- as a real droid that just equates with unnecessary extra cost. If 3po were really produced for the purpose of being a protocol droid he would not need to be any larger than what is represented in the pic above.

In other words, if you did not need a man to play a robot- and you could just build 3po to play himself, the scale of the medi figure works just fine for a "full size" humanoid droid.

I know it's not what many collectors are looking for as the seek accurate representations of what is in the film- but I think I could live with a 3po this size as an accurate representation of the story, because he doesn't look "too small" for a humanoid robot and is only "too small" when you compare him to reference shots in the film.

 

[sithlord13]

I guess I'm surprised about the negative reaction. The pricing is ridiclously high in this climate but if someone knocks them out cheap like play did last time I'll have another r2. Unless pull their finger out and get on with their versions.

 

[galactiboy]

R2 is really the only figure where a talking feature would be fun... little beeps and boops would work well coming out of him. But no need for C-3PO, Vader or anyone else to do it.

And at $240 each I'm not interested since they're undersized (and R2 is out of scale with C-3PO). If they were truer to 1/6 I'd not worry about waiting for Sideshow... but even if Sideshow charges the same amount at least they will be scaled better.

 

[Invictus Sol]

Those are some good points, Jaymus, in regard to C-3PO scaling... I can kinda see that argument. The bigger problem for me is - as galactiboy points out - that R2 is not scaled correctly even to 3PO, so then he'll be tiny compared to the SSC figures. I could get past maybe a more slight 3PO because of the quality, they do look great, but I definitely want my R2 to be a bit more substantial.

 

[OSCORP]

Scale schmale i always say.

 

[Jaymas]

Those are some good points, Jaymus, in regard to C-3PO scaling... I can kinda see that argument. The bigger problem for me is - as galactiboy points out - that R2 is not scaled correctly even to 3PO, so then he'll be tiny compared to the SSC figures. I could get past maybe a more slight 3PO because of the quality, they do look great, but I definitely want my R2 to be a bit more substantial.

Yes, I think you make a great point about the problem with r2's scale, especially proportioned to 3po when it comes to screen accuracy. Even though I agree with you that he looks too small next to 3po, I could make a similar argument that his size isn't necessarily "unrealistic" for the kind of droid he is.

Scale isn't always consistent in films like Star Wars, I believe the 2r Kenny Baker was in was slightly larger than remote control one they would later come to use more often. When it comes to establishing scale for the character I think there is a window that seems appropriate for an "astromech droid" that could work even if it was a bit smaller then what we see in the movie. I admit though the medi and hasbro r2d2's are really pushing that window; which is why they seem too small to so many.

And back to your point that for screen accuracy of how the droids look together, there is no arguing that r2 is even smaller in regards to scale than 3po. If medi's 3p0 is really "1/7th", as some people consider him, then perhaps we could call medi's r2 "1/8th".

Am I wrong in my understanding though that Medi r2 is pretty close to the size of hasbro's r2?

If am correct then the difference in scale between the hasbro 3po and r2 (the only ones I have to go with my sideshow figures at this time) is even greater. Hasbro 3po is too big, and hasbro r2(and medi at about the same size) is too small.

I wonder what the r2d2 1/6 clock (I forget who makes it- but understand it has great accuracy in terms of scale) would look like next to the the medi 3po? I'd like to see it the clock with the hasbro 3po too for that matter. Since you are talking about how they looked together in regards to scale I think it would be an interesting experiment. Any one have these that can supply some pics?

 

[Creighton]

Off topic here but I can't believe they produced a TC-14? They just used the same mold with a silver finish and not even a serving tray is included. Same price too! I'm willing to bet no one with a normal income is jumping on that. End of rant.

 

[sithlord13]

Off topic here but I can't believe they produced a TC-14? They just used the same mold with a silver finish and not even a serving tray is included. Same price too! I'm willing to bet no one with a normal income is jumping on that. End of rant.

Good point. I havnt even thought about the tray! Not one for me anyway but at 240$ you really need to include any essential items.

 

[Brinn 71]

I'd like to see it the clock with the hasbro 3po too for that matter.

Here you go; my modded Hasbro 3P0 with the taito R2 clock:

And some of my Hasbro Jawas (and modded taller, Chief Jawa):

 

[Jaymas]

Here you go; my modded Hasbro 3P0 with the taito R2 clock:

Wow- that looks just about perfect scale wise!!! (Good job on the mod too.) Thanks for posting.

I wonder how small the medi 3po would look next to the r2 clock?? What is worse compared to the scale of the medi 3po- the medi 2r which is slightly too small or the r2 clock which would be slightly too big?

 

[Brinn 71]

Yeah... its a MESS! I really wish Medi had done both droids in 1/6, cause if they had, I'd have a bunch of them right now.
Clean ones, Tatooine dirty ones......

Hurry up! Sideshow!!

And THANKS!

 

[Niltusk]

There was a really cool Tatooine custom 3PO on Evilbay this week, with a really nice patina look. I'd love to see SS do something of that nature.

 

[Creighton]

Thank you niltusk. He was my creation

 

[Niltusk]

Thank you niltusk. He was my creation

Awesome work Creighton, very impressive weathering