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

[Invictus Sol]

Hope the seller is an honest bloke and that you get a good one, Pop. It's an incredible figure, so long as the surface is good and the wires are unbroken (mine arrived with 'broken pistons' but they easily clicked back together and have not come apart since). Fingers crossed you get a pristine 3PO because it really is in another class. Good luck!

 

[PopCultKid]

Thanks dude, I'm really hoping so too. He seems like a solid eBayer but you know how that can sometimes go. He assured me that there were no defects and the surface was clean. I pretty sure that I'm safe but we'll see

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BANDAI-TAM...aduFtIVSR%2F5k4lBBgHg%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

[CaptnRex]

Awesome, yeah it's one of my all time favourite figures, (HT Hellboy is another), my piston was out of place when it arrived too but they go back into place.

 

[DCFett]

Oh why you go and mention hot toys hellboy? Why they never made the professor still chaffes my ***! ��

 

[PopCultKid]

Got this bad boy today. Niceeee!!!!

Everything looks tip top and no surface issues worth mentioning. No broken wires or pistons. All the hands were still sealed in individual plastic bags but the tab for the batteries was missing; was it displayed before? IDK maybe but it's basically factory fresh so I good deal at less than $270

This guy is awesome and I'm glad I finally pulled the trigger. Now we need an R2 of this quality!!!! ASAP!!!!


So. Who wants to buy a V1 Medi C3PO?

 

[DCFett]

Congrats! This is simply the best of the best for most. It's definitely something that brought back all the "what if they did...?" nostalgia I had as a kid 30+ years ago! I was holding that bad boy thinking "Damn, they did it... " with a big smile!

 

[PopCultKid]

Congrats! This is simply the best of the best for most. It's definitely something that brought back all the "what if they did...?" nostalgia I had as a kid 30+ years ago! I was holding that bad boy thinking "Damn, they did it... " with a big smile!

Thanks and agreed

 

[Lejuan]

Got this bad boy today. Niceeee!!!!

Everything looks tip top and no surface issues worth mentioning. No broken wires or pistons. All the hands were still sealed in individual plastic bags but the tab for the batteries was missing; was it displayed before? IDK maybe but it's basically factory fresh so I good deal at less than $270

This guy is awesome and I'm glad I finally pulled the trigger. Now we need an R2 of this quality!!!! ASAP!!!!


So. Who wants to buy a V1 Medi C3PO?

Congrats Pop, that's a steal for such a good example

 

[Centurion]

Got this bad boy today. Niceeee!!!!

Everything looks tip top and no surface issues worth mentioning. No broken wires or pistons. All the hands were still sealed in individual plastic bags but the tab for the batteries was missing; was it displayed before? IDK maybe but it's basically factory fresh so I good deal at less than $270

This guy is awesome and I'm glad I finally pulled the trigger. Now we need an R2 of this quality!!!! ASAP!!!!

Congrats!

That's what everyone I know says who opens and gets a chance to handle this figure... "We need an R2 built with the same quality!"

 

[PopCultKid]

Thanks boys

Too bad R2 sounds to be on the distant horizon now. I guess the Medi will continue to stand in for now. The Medi is damn good and would be perfect if it wasn't undersized

 

[Darth Fok]

What's the latest rumor for the R2?

 

[Pixelpiper]

Haven't heard any, but I'll start one now. Shhh, pass it on: No R2 coming from Tamashii Nations. Hasbro will be working in connection with Hot Toys on a new die cast version for release in October 2016. It will be the Episode 7 version. Episode 4 version in March 2018.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Haven't heard any, but I'll start one now. Shhh, pass it on: No R2 coming from Tamashii Nations. Hasbro will be working in connection with Hot Toys on a new die cast version for release in October 2016. It will be the Episode 7 version. Episode 4 version in March 2018.

 

[PopCultKid]

Haven't heard any, but I'll start one now. Shhh, pass it on: No R2 coming from Tamashii Nations. Hasbro will be working in connection with Hot Toys on a new die cast version for release in October 2016. It will be the Episode 7 version. Episode 4 version in March 2018.

Really?!?! I heard that V1 was 2016, V2 is 2017 and the DX 2018

 

[CaptnRex]

I'd like to know one way or the other as to whether we're getting R2 from Tamashii.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Someone posted in here a little while back that they effectively said "no" for the foreseeable future, until they secure new licensing - that was pretty specific. And the "until" part makes me feel it's kind of a "don't hold your breath" situation. If all licensing currently comes via a deal with Hasbro (who has exclusive toy license), then chances are slim to none that they will skip over Sideshow to give someone else a competing sub-license directly for this merch.

 

[Solo_bones]

Heartbreaking..

 

[Pixelpiper]

Heartbreaking..

Yup. I honestly feel there's a better chance we'd see an R2 from Sideshow alone before that Tamashii story plays out.

There's always hope that the very specific info we read is misinterpreted or flat-out wrong though. This would have been a great question for Sideshow at SDCC.

 

[pixletwin]

I would say someone at Sideshow did something to really piss off someone at Tamashii.

 

[Solo_bones]

Help us, Tamashii and Seiji, you're our only hope.