Tamashii Soul of Chogokin C-3PO & R2-D2

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Nice one!

 

[Mad Old Lu]

Just got my C-3PO...wow. Amazing! I really like it. I don't know what else I can say. I'll post some pics soon.

Here yous guys go. Enjoy!

Glad you're happy with it, riblets! It truly is a great great piece. And it's a nice little set up of exceptional figures you have there!

 

[r3dPyramid]

Glad you're happy with it, riblets! It truly is a great great piece. And it's a nice little set up of exceptional figures you have there!

Thanks a lot!

 

[wookster]

Just opened up mine... holy mother of Darwin what a work of art... even the wife fell in love with it. Gonna have to dig out one of my old Hasbro R2's till I can get him a more fitting partner!

 

[Mad Old Lu]

Does that mean we'll be getting a full review soon, Wookster?

 

[Wor-Gar]

I'm still saving for this. Passed up alot of figures to get this one. Hope the price doesn't start creeping up on me before I can afford it.

As far as I can tell Amazon still has the best price for it, and seems to have many last time I checked.

 

[barryo]

I'm still saving for this. Passed up alot of figures to get this one. Hope the price doesn't start creeping up on me before I can afford it.

As far as I can tell Amazon still has the best price for it, and seems to have many last time I checked.

Sell your own blood...........

Own it man!!!!!!!!!!

 

[wookster]

Does that mean we'll be getting a full review soon, Wookster?

It'll have to join the queue, but if Mike doesn't get to it first I will.

 

[joebizz34]

Thanks to the guidance and help of PJB-1138 I had great success with the light mod.

I tried something different. I liked the amber but I thought the next to the darkest brown was good too. However I still felt like that hint of orange was missing when using the darker brown. So what I did was double layered it. I put the amber down first and then the darker gel over it. With the 2 together, this is what he looks like. I am happy with this result....



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[thorskywalker]

I apologize if these questions have been asked tens of times before, but it is kind of hard to scan back 300+ pages, so can fellow member enlighten me on 4 important questions:

1- Is this C-3P0 modeled after the OT character? the wiring around the belly has a few variations on other versions so I wonder which C-3P0 this is..

2- Has anyone bought this new for under $300 including shipment? What would be a GOOD price to get this? I am on the edge of pressing the button for $300 shipped from a collector. Would you consider this a steal?

3- Are there any 'common problems' with this figure, which I should be careful about? Especially when buying from other collectors? Should I have them check anything in particular or ask them to leave the box shrinkwrapped unopened?

4- Is this Medicom 1:6 or SS 1:6 in terms of scaling precision?


Thank you for your patience and may the force be with you all!

 

[Kenbenobi]

I apologize if these questions have been asked tens of times before, but it is kind of hard to scan back 300+ pages, so can fellow member enlighten me on 4 important questions:

2- Has anyone bought this new for under $300 including shipment? What would be a GOOD price to get this? I am on the edge of pressing the button for $300 shipped from a collector. Would you consider this a steal?

3- Are there any 'common problems' with this figure, which I should be careful about? Especially when buying from other collectors? Should I have them check anything in particular or ask them to leave the box shrinkwrapped unopened?

I'll take a stab at two of the questions. Under $300 shipped for NEW is probably a price that won't be beat, at least not anytime soon. You can get it from Amazon Warehouse Deals for $295 which might be close to new, but there are no guarantees.

Common problems are the arm pistons coming out. I had two different 3PO's. One had the left arm piston come out, one had the right arm piston come out. In both cases, once I put them back in, they never fell out again (thus far). Someone else in this thread said theirs is very loose and keeps falling out.

Also, on one of my 3PO's his chest metal wasn't... smooth. It had some bumps which annoyed me (which is why I exchanged it for a 2nd one). I can't say that it is common, but it happened to one of mine. The 2nd one did not have this issue.

I should also note that even though 3PO is metal, he can be scratched. I accidentally scratched mine with a finger nail. Thankfully it was on his torso, so not as noticeable, but it could happen.

 

[generalgrevious]

I'll take a stab at two of the questions. Under $300 shipped for NEW is probably a price that won't be beat, at least not anytime soon. You can get it from Amazon Warehouse Deals for $295 which might be close to new, but there are no guarantees.

Common problems are the arm pistons coming out. I had two different 3PO's. One had the left arm piston come out, one had the right arm piston come out. In both cases, once I put them back in, they never fell out again (thus far). Someone else in this thread said theirs is very loose and keeps falling out.

Also, on one of my 3PO's his chest metal wasn't... smooth. It had some bumps which annoyed me (which is why I exchanged it for a 2nd one). I can't say that it is common, but it happened to one of mine. The 2nd one did not have this issue.

I should also note that even though 3PO is metal, he can be scratched. I accidentally scratched mine with a finger nail. Thankfully it was on his torso, so not as noticeable, but it could happen.

I got mine through ss I used my points on him and the total came out to $295 after a $122.50 from my reward points

 

[thorskywalker]

I'll take a stab at two of the questions. Under $300 shipped for NEW is probably a price that won't be beat, at least not anytime soon. You can get it from Amazon Warehouse Deals for $295 which might be close to new, but there are no guarantees.

Common problems are the arm pistons coming out. I had two different 3PO's. One had the left arm piston come out, one had the right arm piston come out. In both cases, once I put them back in, they never fell out again (thus far). Someone else in this thread said theirs is very loose and keeps falling out.

Also, on one of my 3PO's his chest metal wasn't... smooth. It had some bumps which annoyed me (which is why I exchanged it for a 2nd one). I can't say that it is common, but it happened to one of mine. The 2nd one did not have this issue.

I should also note that even though 3PO is metal, he can be scratched. I accidentally scratched mine with a finger nail. Thankfully it was on his torso, so not as noticeable, but it could happen.

Thank you very much for the reply.. Just a few follow up questions.. do you STILL believe it is worth the money? Since you mention certain imperfections? I mean would you still buy it if you knew all about these beforehand?

I am getting it shrinkwrapped (as far as the buyer tells me) so it will be new, but now I am starting to get worried, do you think it is a better idea to ask the seller to open the box and check for the pistons? On rebelscum forums I have read someone complaining about BROKEN pistons; not just loose..

and finally, do you think ebay would be a very wrong place to buy this? As far as I understand, if something goes wrong, I can only reach SSC and they wouldn't help me with a figure purchased elsewhere

 

[Invictus Sol]

I apologize if these questions have been asked tens of times before, but it is kind of hard to scan back 300+ pages, so can fellow member enlighten me on 4 important questions:

1- Is this C-3P0 modeled after the OT character? the wiring around the belly has a few variations on other versions so I wonder which C-3P0 this is..

2- Has anyone bought this new for under $300 including shipment? What would be a GOOD price to get this? I am on the edge of pressing the button for $300 shipped from a collector. Would you consider this a steal?

3- Are there any 'common problems' with this figure, which I should be careful about? Especially when buying from other collectors? Should I have them check anything in particular or ask them to leave the box shrinkwrapped unopened?

4- Is this Medicom 1:6 or SS 1:6 in terms of scaling precision?


Thank you for your patience and may the force be with you all!

Welcome to the forums, Thor.

1 - As far as I know, this version of 3PO is modelled after ANH.

2 - $300.00's an *excellent* price, especially still shrink-wrapped. Many of us paid $400.00 direct from Sideshow, so only concern I'd have is the chance of discovering any flaws on opening (I'm assuming the sale is final). Not sure if the other collector will agree to opening it, either, as if it is flawed, he'll have to drop the price further to unload it. Don't think I'd open it, to be honest.

3 - Aforementioned piston and paint issues. One person here had a wire broken out of the box. Doesn't seem like this figure is plagued with issues but there are enough to kind of be concerned.

4 - SSC scaled, definitely. Pics of 3PO with HT Luke and Sideshow stuff look really good and he seems to blend right in.

 

[joebizz34]

Thank you very much for the reply.. Just a few follow up questions.. do you STILL believe it is worth the money? Since you mention certain imperfections? I mean would you still buy it if you knew all about these beforehand?

I am getting it shrinkwrapped (as far as the buyer tells me) so it will be new, but now I am starting to get worried, do you think it is a better idea to ask the seller to open the box and check for the pistons? On rebelscum forums I have read someone complaining about BROKEN pistons; not just loose..

and finally, do you think ebay would be a very wrong place to buy this? As far as I understand, if something goes wrong, I can only reach SSC and they wouldn't help me with a figure purchased elsewhere

I got mine brand new for a good price off eBay and it worked out fine.

 

[thorskywalker]

thank you all for your replies.. I guess I will contact the seller and ask him to open and check.. if he refuses, I will probably go with either HLJ or Amiami or SCC... $300 is too much of a money to take the risk and receive a broken figure without any chance of part replacements...
regardless of the flaws, as far as I understand, everyone here is impressed and pleased with the overall quality of the figure right?

 

[Lejuan]

thank you all for your replies.. I guess I will contact the seller and ask him to open and check.. if he refuses, I will probably go with either HLJ or Amiami or SCC... $300 is too much of a money to take the risk and receive a broken figure without any chance of part replacements...
regardless of the flaws, as far as I understand, everyone here is impressed and pleased with the overall quality of the figure right?

After my experience with Sideshow I'd avoid ebay sellers like the plague. With SSC I at least got the option of a full refund, even if I wasn't able to get a replacement. Would you have the same guarantee with your ebay seller?

My two cents is that you should spend the extra 10% and pick this up from HLJ, who will be able to - at the very least - refund you if you are unlucky enough to have problems with the figure. It doesn't seem like issues are widespread, but at least a few folks here have had one issue or another.

I am in the process of getting a refund from SSC, but in the meantime I picked up one from HLJ. Not a single issue with it.

And for me this thing is worth the money - it really is an outstanding piece.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Well said Lejuan.

 

[firefly2121]

FYI guys...I received an email from Sideshow with a 25% off coupon...Used it on C-3PO...So I got him ordered for $299. Coupon code is Avenger...I believe this will end 3pm (PST), its only good for 24 hours.

 

[King Darkness]

If you are a returning customer, its no good. Sideshow will cancel your order. Its only for first time customers.