Technic Star Wars (part 1)
Way before the buildable figures, which I have very mixed feelings about, came the technic Star Wars figures. These were released between 2000 and 2002 and I count 9 of them. The buildable figures sometimes have some arm articulation (turn a cog on the back and the arm moves) but that is strictly it in terms of cleverness. In contrast, the technic figures almost all do a range of really clever things via internal mechanisms. They also have a range of rare and unique part/colour combinations which is useful to have in the back pocket. I've purchased them all over the years and as part of the Grand Deconstruct, am now taking them apart. I did the C-3PO, R2-D2 and Jango Fett straight off and forgot to take photos. However, a few thoughts are: The 3PO model ( 8007 ) looks really good with all the metallic gold parts and stickers. To date, I believe that this remains the only non-minifig version of C-3PO ever released. The "clever thing" that this mo...