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Unproduced C-3PO Torture Chamber 4-Up Hardcopy

YEAR UNKNOWN · Micro Collection

A four-times-scale hardcopy created during development of the unreleased Bespin Torture Chamber figures. Micro Collection sculpts were enlarged during the sculpting process to preserve fine detail before reduction to production scale; this C-3PO material survives from that development chain and includes the character’s backpack configuration.

Development OriginUSA
Developer / LicenseeKenner
Development PeriodUnknown
Research ConfidenceHigh
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Development storyThis C-3PO 4-up belongs to one of the most fascinating unfinished chapters of the Micro Collection: the Bespin Torture Chamber. Kenner’s miniature figures were only a little over an inch tall, so the sculptors did not normally create them directly at final size. They worked at roughly four times production scale, in wax or acetate, allowing facial forms, costume folds and mechanical details to be sculpted cleanly before reduction. The C-3PO hardcopy preserves that enlarged intermediate stage. It includes the…
How to identify itFour-times-scale hardcopy for the unreleased C-3PO Torture Chamber figure, including backpack configuration. 4-up scale preserves detail before reduction and records a figure/configuration that never reached retail.
Production outcomeReleased product development · This prototype record is linked to the corresponding V2 production family/listing.
Surviving evidenceDocumented micro hardcopy · At least one 4-up hardcopy is documented.
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