CHEWBACCA

STAR WARS: POWER OF THE FORCE II (KENNER)

Star Waaaaaaars!  Nothing but Star Waaaaaaaaars!  All with the Cooooooiiiiiins!  Every Thurdaaaaaaay!  Welcome to another Thursday here at the Figure in Question, a day for Star Wars stuff.  Not just any Star Wars stuff, though.  No, it’s Star Wars stuff with coins.  And figures.  And collectiblity.  And also things that are exceedingly similar to things that you already have.  Today takes things to almost a new level of “things you already have.”  This should be oodles of fun.  Let’s look at Chewbacca.  Oodles, I tell you!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Chewbacca was released in the Toys “R” Us-exclusive “Millennium Minted Coins” sub-line of Star Wars: Power of the Force II from 1998.  Chewbacca was still pretty much operating on “technically he’s got the same look in all the movies” principle, so he’s just got the one standard look here, much like elsewhere.  The figure stands about 4 inches tall and he has 6 points of articulation.  While the last two Coin figures had new parts, Chewbacca is a total re-use of the standard Chewbacca mold from the first series of the line.  It’s…well, it’s certainly a distinct sculpt, but also one of the more inaccurate figures from the earlier run of the line.  It was replaced by more accurate figures the same year as this release, but I guess they weren’t on hand for this release.  Alas.  This one gets a radically different paint scheme, though!  ….Nah, I’m just kidding.  What he actually gets is almost the exact same paint scheme, but now there’s some additional grey drybrushing on some of the fur.  Is it worth it?  No, not really.  You’d probably miss it if you didn’t have both versions on hand.  But it’s different?  So, yay?  Chewbacca is packed with the standard bowcaster from the first release (but lacks the wonky blaster rifle), as well as the display stand and Millennium Minted Coin.  That’s where the oodles of fun comes in.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

If you’ve read my last two Millennium Minted Coins reviews, then you know I didn’t have any of these as a kid.  This one especially wasn’t really on my list because he’s almost exactly the same as the standard one, and I just didn’t know if I needed it.  Clearly I lost that particular battle, huh?  I bought a whole set of these on eBay, so that’s where this guy came from.  Nothing really special, much like the actual figure.  He’s…fine.  I mean, technically better than the original, but that’s not saying much.  Yay for completism!  It’s oodles of fun!