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Re: CHEWIE & C-3PO REVEALED!!!
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lugnet.starwars
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Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:12:08 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Kevin Loch writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Kevin Knoot writes:
> > A gold-plated 3PO would be cool. Perhaps they made him out of a gold-colored
> > plastic instead was so they could print on his front AND back. Are there
> other
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> real gold plating would be very expensive.
Err, well, I wasn't referring to *real* gold plating, but to vac-metalizing,
which is the process they use on the big silver broadswords, the little Divers
daggers, and (more importantly) the Spaceport gold visors and domes. They
probably could have vac-metalized Threepio but, then again, the parts for a
minifig might be too small/delicate for vac-metalising.
eric
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| (...) I think the plating would have rubbed off in heavy use areas, like the joints. Having a beige C3PO is better than having one with areas of plating missing. ;) Jeff "You can't be a hero hiding underneath your bed" (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: CHEWIE & C-3PO REVEALED!!!
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| (...) other real gold plating would be very expensive. The "silver" bricks are aluminum coated. Is there a gold substitute? If they used copper they would have to coat it too (and it might not be safe, since the coating could be chewed off). KL (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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