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I found this on ebay a few months ago.  I never picked one of these up, but this is a pretty rare item and it is very difficult to get hold of.

back in May of 2002, Walmart held a contest at their stores called the Walmart Jedi Training Academy Clone Building event.

Inside of each box was the following.

• 150 complete Lego Clonetrooper minifigures of the original variety from 2002.  You can see this here.
  • http://www.minifigpriceguide.com/detailPages/STARWARS_sw058.html
• 150 Lego blasters for the Clonetroopers.   These are the original 2002 two piece blasters as well.

You also get the box which is the important part.  The box had a cutout on the top for the kids to reach in and grap the clone troopers out and start building.  The cutout was shaped like a Clonetrooper helmet!

 

Children reached into the box and grabbed parts of minifigures and then attempted to build as many as possible in 60 seconds.

Due to the nature of the contest, a few negative things happened to these sets which makes a complete set in good condition difficult to come by.

• Stores let children reach into the box and children were not nice to the box
• Stored sometimes gave the minifigures out as prizes to the children so not all of the kits still had all 150 Clonetroopers.

Here is a picture from someone trying to sell one of these kits complete back in 2003.

 

From the article above, here are some more details of the contest…

“This was part of an official Hasbro/LEGO/Frito Lay Star Wars promotional event, held at Wal Mart stores in mid May of 2002 (on the 18th I believe). The event was called the “Jedi Training Academy”, and had little game stations to test your Jedi Skills. I was able to get the entire Wal Mart promotional kit, this is just a portion of it. The big part is a 5 foot tall, three sided “building” with electronics, where you use electronic lightsabers and hit lights on enemies as they blink.

This piece is from the LEGO Clone Building section. You were supposed to reach into the box and build as many Clone minifigs as possible in 60 seconds.

A complete set consists of 150 clonetroopers, but they are few and far between. I had to purchase a second set to build one complete set. Some stores lost pieces, some gave them away. Each store was under very strong orders by LEGO to immediately destroy all of the pieces following the event;”

Here are two other photos that I found on this Facebook group.  They were posed by user Nick Coco and if you have one for sale, it looks like he might be a buyer.    I am not sure what I would do with three or four of these.

Lego Star Wars and Minifigures Collectors group

Here are a few more from that same facebook group by user Nick Coco

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Here is one that just posted on eBay. 

 

Does anyone know any more about these figures.  It appears that 100 of these were given away as part of a give-away in Australia.  Either as part of a competition in an Australian Lego Club Magazine, or as a Toys-R-Us give-away.  Or as both.    It also appears that the winners were notified in November 2007 when they received the prize in the mail.

The users were required to submit an entry answering the question “Why is C-3PO Gold?”

The figure is identical to the Gold C-3PO that was given away in the US and Canada, except that it is shrink wrapped in a special card board packaging that was limited to this small production run of 100.

I did add both of these to the price guide as I think that they are two different collectible items and that they both fall into the minifigure category.  I apologize if that is a stretch for a few of you, but it is how I classified it in my head.

http://www.minifigpriceguide.com/detailPages/STARWARS_sw158a.html

and

http://www.minifigpriceguide.com/detailPages/STARWARS_sw158.html

Finally, you can see where these fall in the top 100 figures here.

http://www.minifigpriceguide.com/Top100LegoMinifigures.html

One benefit of this particular packaging is that you do not need to remove it from it package to display it.  I know that I toiled over the decision for about 10 minutes before I opened up my c-3p0 bag and pulled out the minifigure to add to my display case.   However, that was when it was still going for $60-$80 and not $350.

You could even send it to one of the grading authority companies and have it graded on the card as is and wrapped in acrylic for long term display.  I think that would be a sweet addition to any collection.  I have a few graded figures and this one in particular would look really sweet encased in acrylic.

http://www.toygrader.com/

I have been eyeing these up over the past several years as a potential addition to my collection, but they are a little to rare, a little too pricey or they are in Australia and I hate trying to ship things across the ocean that are expensive.  Too many damaged packages over the years.

The outside of the mailer that they arrived in is pretty plain.  Comes with a Lego Postage Sticker in a plain Brown Envelope.  Here is the front.  Just ignore the white block on the front of the envelope.  I covered up the address on the picture.

 

And the Back of the mailer just has the return address to the  Lego Club Australia.  I wonder if I send them a letter if they will send me one of these?  I doubt it.

The back of the actual card packaging is nothing special either.  It says 2007 Lucasfilm ltd & TM. All rights reserved.  @2007 The Lego Group.  In the bottom corner.

 

Inside the mailer with the carder figure was the letter shown below.

 

Here is the text from the letter.

 

“You have one one of 100 Special Edition Metallic Gold C-3PO mini figures!  We received a great number of entries with many clever responses to our competition question why C-3P0 is “Gold”.  

Yours of course is one of our favourites, so please enjoy the special, exclusive prize!

Look out for the next exciting issue of the LEGO Club magazine coming in December!

Happy Reading!

Max”

I believe that these are currently worth between 1000 and 2500 based on what they have sold for in the past.  However given that only 100 exist.  They will go up a little as each one is put into someones collection and is stashed away.  In the Lego world, 100 is a pretty limited number.

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Today, Lego releases a 40 second animation on YouTube called “LEGO® Star Wars™ 2015 Mini Movie Ep 05 – T-16”  See below…

At approximately the 10 second mark, they have a Bantha figure.  It looks perfect!!!  I now want one of these.

I keep thinking what figures are they going to do now and they they drop a bomb like this on us.  I know that it is still jsut a rumor, but after seeing this, I am positive that they will eventually make one of these.

Here is the video that I pulled the screenshot from.

For those of you that do not know, here is what a Bantha is and how it applies to Tatooine.  You can read more here.

We have see a few brickbuilt Bantha’s in the past.  Here is the best one that I have seen over at www.baronsat.net.

You can see a bunch of other pictures of this here.

http://www.baronsat.net/Pages6/Bantha-New/

and here it is added up to rebrick.lego.com

http://rebrick.lego.com/en-US/bookmark/bantha-with-tusken-raiders-english/epohco

This will make a nice addition to my Star Wars minifigure collection when they finally produce them.

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Is it just me, or do they make these contests a little hard for 8 year olds.  I think it should be obvious.  This one is a little easier, but it is nothing like the find the gold c-3po that I posted a few months ago here

http://minifigpriceguide.com/wordpress/details-about-the-5-solid-gold-lego-c-3po-minifigures-given-away-by-lego-where-did-they-go/

You can click this to view a larger image.

?Welcome to the Death Star, the unstoppable battle station of the mightty Empire.  Here, the empire’s legions of stormtroopers work, train, and even relax (as long as Lord Vader does not catch them doing it!).

But the emporer also has recruited an elite squad of dark armored Shadow Troopers to carry out his most secret and sinister missions throughout the galaxy.  Each one is trained to be a master of stealth and sneekiness.”

Though you may like this.  It is a pretty nice picture all by itself as well.  I really like the Stormtrooper with coffee on falling down the front of his uniform.

 

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StarWars.com just revealed the exclusive minifigure that will be included with the book below.  The image(s) below were posted on their site this afternoon.

 

 

 

 

It looks like is is an updated version of the White Boba Fett from 2010.  Very nice addition to your collection.

It looks like the book is selling for about $14 on Amazon for pre-order right now.

 

Product Details

 

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I have been meaning to write about these two figures for a while, but I was having a problem finding complete information about these figures.  This collection of figures was given away at SDCC 2010 and Celebration V in 2010.

 

The above picture was taken by Flickr User JennFL2 and is one of the 9500+ images in her collection.

The three figures included in this collection are all in the top 100 most expensive and rare minifigures of all time and will probably never be in my collection.  🙂

Gold Boba Fett

Sterling Silver Boba Fett

White Boba Fett

If you look at this VIdeo from Fernando Cantu from Star Wars Celebration V, you can see the display that was used to give this away and a few other details.  They had this locked up pretty nicely and in a very nice display case.

I suggest watching the video to see better pictures, but here is a screen capture of the case and the sign that they had for the give-away.  If anyone has any pics of this case from the 2010 SDCC, I would be interested in hearing from you.

The Gold and Silver Boba Fett Figures are each limited to two copies and they only exist in these cases.  I really would be interested in knowing who has these now, but it probably does not matter as I cannot afford them any ways.  The white figure was also given away as part of the 2010 toy fair and as a poly-bag from Toys R Us.  So this one a little more affordable and can be purchased for about $65-$80 depending on when are where you find it.

I am assuming that these figures are three pieces in the same fashion as the Gold and Silver c-3po and the Bronze Bobba Fett.  I am not positive, but Lego stated that the Gold c-3po was made of three different pieces with the torso having additional engraving.  Even as I say this, I am questioning myself as it really looks like the arms and the helmet are movable.

I am pretty certain that we will never know as they will probably never be removed from the display.

On a lighter note, back in 2010, FBTB reported that one of these was listed on Craigslist.

See here.

“One of the two exclusive Comic-con sets of 1 White, 1 Gold plated, and 1 Silver plated boba fett showed up on craigslist about an hour ago. He wanted best offers or trades. I offered him everything in my house and lots of cash, but he said he was overwelmed with emails and taking the ad down. I was so close!! I feel like breaking something or getting trashed now. Just felt I needed to tell you guys.”

It sounds like it never sold, but if you are really looking for one of these, here is the place to start.  I am sure he received some crazy offers.

I have some prices on these figures based on reasonable estimates and what I would be willing to pay.  I have also spoken to a few other collectors and I am pretty sure that these values are under what they are really worth.  Especially in the case and with all three as the world is full of some really dedicated Star Wars fans.

I would not be surprised if this collection went north of $20,000 in an auction setting.    Especially if it could be authenticated.

It goes without saying, that if you know where any of these are located, I would be interested in hearing from you.  Please feel free to contact me if you know anything, or if you know of additional images of these.

 

 

 

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The lego Group released this poster yesterday for everyone to download and print at their enjoyment.  I am not sure if they are going to release or give away a paper copy of this.

Here are thumbnails to the HI-RES images.  You can click on them to get the full size images.

A = Admiral Ackbar – The public got its first glimpse of this minifigure at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con

B – Boba Fett – Very rare gold, silver, bronze and white versions of Boba Fett have been given away as special prizes over the years.

C = Chewbacca – The 2014 update to the Chewbacca minifigure features more realistic printing to the headpiece in addition to new sculpting. His legs are now printed with a hairy pattern as well.

D = Darth Vader – A special chrome version was created for
the 10th Anniversary of LEGO Star Wars in 2009.

E = Erza Bridger – Ezra carries a helmet that closely resembles the
early concept art for the Snowtrooper design.

F = Figrin D’AN – You can tell Figrin D’an from the rest of the Modal Nodes by his Kloo horn. Do you know what a Kloo horn looks like?

G = General Grevious – The first version of Grievous used recycled battle droid parts but a more realistic version with a new torso, head and legs was created in 2010.

H = Han Solo – Other variants of this minifigure have featured different colored legs but Han Solo is hardly ever without his belt and holster.

I = IG-88 – The robotic bounty hunter IG-88 shares many of the same body elements with the battle droids but the dark grey color and a unique printed IXI round element for a head sets him apart.

J = Jabba The Hutt – Jabba’s olive green skin color matches that of the latest Gamorrean Guard minifigures. This new color was introduced into the LEGO palette in 2012.

K = Kashyyyk Trooper – The 41st Elite Corps came to the defense Of the on Kashyyyk, thus their jungle – inspired camouflage. The first
minifigure with camouflage was Endor Luke Skywalker from set number 7128.

L = Luke Skywalker – Luke Skywalker leads the pack with the most LEGO minifigures.  In fact, with all his costume changes, re-issues and variants, there are currently thirty-six versions!

M = Mon Mothma – The Rebel Alliance leader is the first minifigure to don a white cape.

N = Nute Gunray – Except for a generic Neimoidian Warrior
released in 2014, Nute is the only member of his species to be
created in LEGO form.

O = Obi-Wan Kenobi – Obi-Wan is best known for his calm sense of
being. However, most of his minifigure faces include smirks or testy
expressions reflecting the many challenges he faced over the years.
Obi-Wan appears in twenty-five different LEGO Star Wars sets!

P = Princess Leia – Princess Leia’s signature two braided bun hairstyle was created specifically for her minifigure. The
hairpiece underwent a design overhaul in 2011.

Q = Queen Amidala – Queen Amidala also had minifigures listed as
Padmé Naberrie and Padmé Amidala but this is the only one where she is wearing her royal attire.

R = R2-D2 – Artoo’s leg element was initially designed with him in mind but now has been molded in eight different colors to date and
shows up in many different LEGO themes.

S = Stormtrooper – The Stormtrooper helmet has undergone many
different printing variations since it was introduced but the element mold itself has remained unchanged since it first appeared in 2001.

T = Tusken Raider – The newly redesigned Tusken Raider features a more movie-realistic sculpted head.

U = Umbaran Soldier – Umbarans fought alongside the Separatists in the Clone Wars. Their pressure suits and vacuum-sealed helmets were filled with a special kind of gas that increased the Umbaran’s
reaction time and agility.

V = V-Wing Pilot – This minifigure is built from the exact same
piece as the Clone Pilot but with black Imperial coloring and relevant emblems.

W = Wampa – The Wampas left hand is molded so he can dangle
Luke Skywalker upside down as he drags him back to his ice cave.

X = X-Wing Pilot – Two Rebel pilots wore the white helmet with the blue Alliance symbols: Wenton Chen (Red 11) and Dak Ralter Luke(snowspeeder gunner).

Y = Yoda – Yoda’s diminutive stature necessitated the creation of a new type of short leg piece in 2003.

Z =Zeb Orrelios – Zeb’s character design is actually based on early
concept art of Chewbacca during the first drafts for the original Star Wars movie.