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    Re: CHEWIE & C-3PO REVEALED!!! —Eric Joslin
   (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: CHEWIE & C-3PO REVEALED!!! —Jeff Stembel
     (...) 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)
    
         Re: CHEWIE & C-3PO REVEALED!!! —Eric Joslin
      (...) Oh, agreed, definitely, but like I said, he's not quite beige, either. Compare him to Luke's legs in the same photo... he's a slightly different color. Is this a new Lego color made just for Threepio? I looks almost like a gold pearlised or (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
     
          Re: CHEWIE & C-3PO REVEALED!!! —Christopher Tracey
      I have this wierd 2x2 brick with a technic stud. It's tan but it's kind of a milky to the point of almost being semi-translucent. The color is definately different from the 'normal' tan. The C3PO fig looks the same as this brick to me. of course, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: CHEWIE & C-3PO REVEALED!!! —Jeff Johnston
     (...) Nah, a C3P0 with some of the plating missing would just look like the C3P0 from the movies. 8) He was pretty beat up, after all... (Too bad they didn't give him one silver-grey leg!) J (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: CHEWIE & C-3PO REVEALED!!! —Jason Brown
      (...) ;) True enough (...) Um, not to nitpick (but I will anyway ;) ), didn't he get the silver leg in ESB? :) The Falcon has the ANH crew, after they excaped from the Death Star (Leia with buns, Tatooine Luke). Hopefully when they do a ESB or RotJ (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: CHEWIE & C-3PO REVEALED!!! —Kya Morden
      (...) Ewok Tree Fortrest. *grins evilly* (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: CHEWIE & C-3PO REVEALED!!! —Rob Ledrich
     (...) He definitely has a silver lower leg in episode IV. I know he has it on the Tantive IV, but I don't remember if he has it at the end during the ceremony. (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: CHEWIE & C-3PO REVEALED!!! —Kevin Loch
   (...) gold-colored (...) Doh! you're right, we do have "gold" parts in spaceport. Nice ones too :) KL (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
 

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