Buy my broke-ass Threepio - PLEASE!!
This is the tragic tale of the fallen
golden Ewok deity, C-3PO. When you last saw C-3PO, he was basking in
the glow of victory over the evil Empire while benevolently ruling over
his furry followers. But as I'm sure you can imagine, reigning over a
tribe of flea-ridden fuzzballs gets old quick. And for a droid fluent
in over six million forms of communication, weeks on end of "Yub? Yub
nub. Yub nub!" were absolutely maddening.
So in the first in a series of poor
decisions, C-3PO chose to flee his position as head of the tribe to
scout out greater adventures. The Ewoks weren't willing to watch their
god just up and walk away, so 3PO was held against his will for many
months. He ended up bartering away his glorious golden armor to a
visiting merchant for passage, and had to don cheap, yellow, plastic
replacement covers.
Threepio's new adventures started
promisingly enough. He set out on a quest to find the legendary cosmic
rainbow space testicles. Much hilarity ensued.
But the treasure found at the end of
the space testicle rainbow wasn't anywhere near what 3PO was hoping
for, and at that point things started to really go down hill. Pissed
off after 3PO fell to pieces (literally) yet again, R2-D2 ran off,
taking along 3POs right leg as a souvenir.
In a harsh, every-droid-for-himself
galaxy, a one-legged droid can have a tough time. And 3PO struggled
through a number of ill-fated careers. He found work as a B-wing pilot,
but that ended tragically when he discovered he couldn't double-clutch.
Then he sought out a job in the Mos
Eisley Cantina. While Wuher had eased his prohibition against droids,
3PO found that a one-legged freak was still shunned in such a
high-class establishment.
After a few profitable weeks posing as
a parking meter on Tatooine, 3PO finally saved up enough money for a
replacement leg. But fate would frown down upon him once again. In his
vanity, 3PO sprung for a high-end golden replacement leg. And that's
something you don't just walk around with on the mean streets of Mos
Eisley.
Threepio really began walking the
fringes of society. His career as an erotic dancer fizzled quickly,
despite the fantastic initial draw of the stage name "Goldenrod."
And he finished dead last in every single ass-kicking contest he entered.
In the end, Threepio wound up like so
many other crippled droids, panhandling on the streets posing as a
disabled Clone Wars veteran.
But you could give this destitute droid
a new lease on life!! For just a few cents a day, you could sponsor
this impoverished etiquette expert. With your help, he could be
programming binary load lifters again in no time!
And now for the REAL reason you should buy this C-3PO...
You're bidding on an exceptionally rare Glasslite
version of the Droids cartoon C-3PO. Glasslite manufactured a line of
Star Wars figures in Brazil in the mid-1980s. There was a line of Power of the Force action figures, and a line of figures based on the Droids
cartoon. In the middle of production, Brazil was hit with an economic
depression. As a result, several of the figures produced for these
lines were pulled from the production lines and recycled. From the Droids line, there are three figures which are extremely scarce: Vlix, Thall Joben, and C-3PO.
Vlix is of course the most famous of
those three. A loose Glasslite Vlix can fetch thousands of dollars. The
Glasslite Thall Joben and C-3PO, while equally rare, both have Kenner
counterparts and thus don't sell for nearly as much. Why spend $3,000
on a loose Glasslite Droids C-3PO when you can pay $125 for a nearly-identical U. S. Kenner Droids C-3PO? So the prices are much more reasonable, despite comparable rarity. Same supply, lower demand.
The Glasslite versions are still quite
valuable. So much so that I bid up one that I saw on eBay despite it's
missing its right leg. I'm a C-3PO focus collector, and knowing the
rarity of the Glasslite Droids 3PO I knew not to miss my
chance. I purchased it hoping that I would one day find a replacement
leg. But before I could, I came across another Glasslite Droids
3PO on eBay that had both legs, but had a head which was broken off and
glued back on. I purchased that figure, stole his leg for my now
complete figure, and now here's what's left over. Missing leg. Broken
neck. But still one of only a few dozen examples on the planet. If you
don't have one in your collection already, you should. And as tough as
these are to find, you should go with this one now rather than waiting,
perhaps for years, for another.
There are a few significant differences between this and the Kenner Droids
C-3PO. The paint, while similar, is of a slightly different hue. The
brown and blue are both slightly darker. In addition, the plastic used
in this figure is of a different quality. It's more rigid and
lighter... a lot closer to the plastic used in the standard,
gold-plated Kenner C-3PO than the more rubbery yellow plastic used in
the Kenner Droids 3PO. Quality control at Glasslite wasn't nearly as
strict as at Kenner, so as you can see, the paint applications are a
bit sloppier. This is the blue-eyed version of the Glasslite Droids C-3PO.
I'm auctioning quite a few other rare and valuable items. Be sure to check out my other auctions.
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