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Chewbacca

YEAR UNKNOWN · Action Figures (3¾-inch)

Master development record consolidating 2 catalogued development stages/artifacts for Chewbacca. Surviving stages identified during discovery include: Proof card, Wax sculpt. Individual stages are evidence within one product-development story rather than separate Development Products.

Development OriginUSA
Developer / LicenseeKenner
Development PeriodUnknown
Research ConfidenceHigh
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Development storyChewbacca is not a single isolated oddity but a development story assembled from the surviving pieces of Kenner’s work. Bringing those stages together lets us follow the idea as it changed — from early planning and physical experiments toward the form collectors eventually knew, or toward a path that was abandoned. Master development record consolidating 2 catalogued development stages/artifacts for Chewbacca. Surviving stages identified during discovery include: Proof card, Wax sculpt. Individual stages are…
How to identify itChewbacca development includes original-scale wax sculpt material and original 12-back proof-card evidence. The wax preserves figure sculpting; the proof card preserves packaging development for the earliest release.
Production outcomeDevelopment record
Surviving evidenceDocumented multi stage development · At least one wax-sculpt stage and one proof-card stage are documented.
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