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Star Wars / 2022
C-3PO - Molded Light Bluish Gray Lower Leg, Printed Arms
MinifiguresOfficial LEGO
C-3PO is deceptively difficult to translate into a minifigure because the film costume is covered in exposed mechanisms and famously includes mismatched leg plating. This modern version addresses details earlier figures often simplified, adding printed arms and a molded light-bluish-gray lower-leg section to represent the protocol droid's asymmetry. The improvement is subtle, but that is exactly what makes it valuable in a museum: generations of C-3PO figures show the steady increase in what LEGO printing and molding can communicate. The character remains unmistakably C-3PO even as the representation becomes more technically precise.
- Catalog number
- sw1209
- Year
- 2022