Force Awakens - C-3PO 5002948

[pterribilis]

Was hoping to see this beauty somewhere at midnight but no such luck. Someone from the Aus/NZ site got his in New Zealand of all places. Anyone know when and where they are coming to USA? or Australia?

[1brickshyofcrazy]

Interesting - is this a polybag or minifigure pack?

[stevenli]

Looks like poly -- guessing TRU

[dr_spock]

Is his left arm now dark red?

[Brickred]

That's the c-3po variant from TFA, I believe a TRU special available with the blue ray bundle shortly after the movie is available.

[massakassa]

I like it!

[jnparyniak]

This is what is posted om thebrickfan website

"It was revealed a few a while back but there will be a polybag associated with Star Wars: The Force Awakens which is a C-3PO (5002948) minifigure polybag. As you can see, this version of C-3PO is a little different from the usual versions we’ve seen since has a red arm for some reason which will be revealed in the movie this December.

There are two different offers for the polybag in the US as far as I know. One is a LEGOLAND Florida special offer where purchases of $35 or more from September 7 to September 28 will net you on of these polybags. The other offer hasn’t been officially announced yet but I heard that it will be availble at Toys R Us with a certain purchase amount."

[lordoflego]

Me likes, me wants

[anakinisvader]

I'm actually impressed with this one. I'm liking the detail LEGO is starting to put on the figures now.

[lego the hutt]

This was recently revealed on starwars.com: (take note of the last sentence that I bolded)

Coming this December, from the award-winning writer and artist team of James Robinson and Tony Harris, Marvel's Star Wars Special: C-3PO #1. Part of the "Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens" publishing program, this one-shot will fill in some of the protocol droid's post ROTJ adventures, including the story behind his red arm.

[lordoflego]

Legoland discovery center too?

[slacker]

Is this going to be shinny gold or just molded in that tan color?

[grymg]

molded in pearl gold unfortunately. someone already reviewed it on eurobricks.

[slacker]

I just read the review. How disappointing that it's not chrome. The printing is great.

[grymg]

I can count on my fingers the amount of parts that I have in chrome - old lightsaber hilts, cylinder piece from the old train shed, TC-14, and my chrome stormtrooper minifig. So I'm guessing Lego doesn't like to chrome parts at all due to some reason (reliability, cost, etc.)

[StClair]

I can count on my fingers the amount of parts that I have in chrome - old lightsaber hilts, cylinder piece from the old train shed, TC-14, and my chrome stormtrooper minifig. So I'm guessing Lego doesn't like to chrome parts at all due to some reason (reliability, cost, etc.)

I hated those chrome lightsaber hilts. Playing with them removed the layer of "chrome" so quickly. I wouldn't mind having a chrome c3PO though.