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Micro Collection Princess Leia — Exaggerated-Features Steel Production Mold

1980–1982 · Micro Collection

A steel production mold survives for the rejected exaggerated-features Leia Micro sculpt, showing that this alternate design advanced beyond hardcopy into tooling.

Development OriginUSA
Developer / LicenseeKenner
Development Period1980–1982
Research ConfidenceHigh
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Development storyMicro Collection Princess Leia — Exaggerated-Features Steel Production Mold belongs to the hidden, enlarged-scale world behind Kenner’s Micro Collection. The tiny figures collectors know from the finished line often began as much larger working pieces so sculptors and engineers could preserve detail, test reduction and evaluate paint or tooling before the design reached production size. A steel production mold survives for the rejected exaggerated-features Leia Micro sculpt, showing that this alternate design…
How to identify itSteel production mold for the rejected exaggerated-features Leia Micro sculpt. Production-grade tooling created for an alternate design that was ultimately not used.
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Surviving evidenceDocumented production tooling · At least one steel production mold is documented.
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Year context1980 Star Wars toys
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