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A reader posted on my Facebook page today that two different Prints of the Lego Star Wars Chrome Gold C-3PO minifigure exist.  I had never noticed this before, but as soon as he sent me a picture and an explanation, I was able to verify that multiple versions do appear to exist.  The reader Bryan Kan is a very well known Lego Star Wars collector in Australia and he was able to provide a picture of both figures side by side so that it was clear and apparant what the differences are.

Bryan Kan stated the following.

“To my knowledge the one on the left is the European/Australian version while the one on the right was from US/Canada. The white polybags are identical.”

From my research tonight on google and in my past saved pictures, it does appears that the European version is the darker one.  It is also apparent from every picture that I can find of the 1/100 limited carded prize that was awarded in Australia is also of the darker variety.

Here is an eBay auction with the Darker Variety.  This sold a while ago, but it will give you an idea.

And here is an eBay auction with the lighter Variety.  Again, this one also sold a while ago as well.

You can also see both of these figures on the top 100 list here and here.

Light

here also via Bricklink.

Dark

I dug in my collection and found mine and I definitely have the one on the right.  Without the darker lines.  Just for the record, it is practically impossible with my Camera to take a picture of these Chrome figures.

I will be adding this variant to the Top 100 list tonight.  I believe that the value is the same, it just appears that some were printed different that others.  This is very similar to the smooth hair Leia variant.

Thanks for looking.