One in ten-thousand chance!

Matt BeDar · Post by **Matt BeDar** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:38 pm

I'm not quite sure if this belongs here, but here goes.

TLC has hidden 5 solid gold C3PO minifigs in 10000 boxes of the new StarWars line!

Is that news or what!

(Makes me wish I had a job though.

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Sir Kohran · Post by **Sir Kohran** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:42 pm

Where did you learn this?!

- Matt

MaxiVisVires · Post by **MaxiVisVires** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:59 pm

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/maxiv ... A/c3po.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/neost ... c01648.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/neost ... g_6507.jpg

A LEGO Promotion for this summer, 10,000 gold chrome C3PO's randomly inserted in Lego SW sets (battlepacks not included). And there's a sweepstakes for 5 Solid Gold C3PO's. The Solid Gold ones are not in the boxes but you have to enter the sweepstakes.

R_The_Falcon · Post by **R_The_Falcon** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:09 pm

This was also brought up in the March-April edition of Lego Magazine. (Yes, I still get it.)

LORD DOOM · Post by **LORD DOOM** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:11 pm

Wow! Talk about a collectors item! :O

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:13 pm

SOLID GOLD???

I think I can use that to make a proposal to my Anna! LOLZ!

smcginnis · Post by **smcginnis** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:43 pm

Yes, I've seen this before. Maxi is right; I mean, how could you put 5 figs in ten thousand sets?

Anyway, this is cool. I don't really care about C-3PO, but I'd love to have a gold one.

~smcginnis

lego2000 · Post by **lego2000** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:29 pm

Yay! Month old news!

Matt BeDar · Post by **Matt BeDar** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:51 pm

Sorry for the bad wording.

I meant that there were 5 solid gold C3PO's hidden in 5 of 10000 boxes.

Although apparently I was wrong about that, sorry.

Sheesh, I need to read things more carefully from now on.

MaxiVisVires · Post by **MaxiVisVires** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:39 am

lego2000 wrote:Yay! Month old news!

Wow, what insight you added to the topic.

JPinoy wrote:SOLID GOLD???

I think I can use that to make a proposal to my Anna! LOLZ!

LORD DOOM wrote:Wow! Talk about a collectors item! :O

The speculation for the solid gold C-3PO has been talked about highly. A regular C-3PO averages on BrickLink for 15.00. People are expecting the gold chrome C-3PO for 150.00+. And the Solid Gold one, well at least 500.00 judging by the price of gold, but expect to see it on eBay for 5k+. So yea, if you sold it, you can buy a ring for that proposal.

Rubberchickenknight · Post by **Rubberchickenknight** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:04 am

MaxiVisVires wrote:A regular C-3PO averages on BrickLink for 15.00.

Wow, I have two that I don't really treat well. I thought they were pretty common. Shows how much I buy Lego online.

This has given me a new reason to buy large quantities of SW sets. And fig packs for the Megablocks of it. I wonder if they will ever do this with castle (imagine: platinum black falcons!)

g2 · Post by g2 » Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:18 pm

Matt BeDar wrote:TLC has hidden 5 solid gold C3PO minifigs in 10000 boxes of the new StarWars line!

I don’t think this information is quite accurate.

MaxiVisVires wrote:A LEGO Promotion for this summer, 10,000 gold chrome C3PO's randomly inserted in Lego SW sets (battlepacks not included). And there's a sweepstakes for 5 Solid Gold C3PO's. The Solid Gold ones are not in the boxes but you have to enter the sweepstakes.

Ahhh…this sounds much more accurate. Thank you.

Glad that was cleared up. Otherwise we would have some sort of Wonka frenzy looking for those Gold tickets.

Rayhawk · Post by **Rayhawk** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:03 pm

g2 wrote:Glad that was cleared up. Otherwise we would have some sort of Wonka frenzy looking for those Gold tickets.

I'll bet it wouldn't be tough to detect the weight difference between a set with a regular fig and a solid gold one. But if I find one, do I get a chance to inherit the company? Because that would be sweet!

Post by **Athos** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:33 pm

Rayhawk wrote:
g2 wrote:Glad that was cleared up. Otherwise we would have some sort of Wonka frenzy looking for those Gold tickets.
I'll bet it wouldn't be tough to detect the weight difference between a set with a regular fig and a solid gold one. But if I find one, do I get a chance to inherit the company? Because that would be sweet!

But you also run the risk of being turned into a blue brick or attacked by Lego sorting squirrels...

Steve

Azaghal · Post by **Azaghal** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:29 pm

There are LEGO sorting squirrels?