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Title: FOTW #1 - Chewbacca
Post by: aka DaBigKahuna on March 14, 2004, 04:13 AM
To all JDer's:

Feel free to share the following:

1) Pictures of the FOTW that you own.
2) How you obtained the FOTW or share a fond memory about the FOTW with us.
3) Provide information on the FOTW's known variations.
4) ?

I will go in order as listed in Tomart's Priceguide to Worldwide Star Wars Collectibles.  Now on with the show...


-Fish-

(http://community.webshots.com/s/image8/6/34/59/125763459kqHOFZ_ph.jpg)
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: Reconsgt on March 14, 2004, 10:44 AM
Everyones favorite walking carpet. I won't add to much to this one. As all of mine are currently packed away.

 
Thomas heres your chance to showcase your wookie.
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: DSJ™ on March 14, 2004, 10:00 PM
Thomas heres your chance to showcase your wookie.

 ;D    "I bent my wookie." (http://www.doheth.co.uk/sounds/ralph-wookie.mp3)

You have a PM Fish.  ;)
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: DSJ™ on March 15, 2004, 09:54 AM
Local find.

(http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/Vintage%20Chewbacca.jpg)
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: aka DaBigKahuna on March 16, 2004, 12:51 AM
I have heard of the green gun Chewie, how about other known variations?


-Fish-
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: jokabofe on March 16, 2004, 12:56 AM
i have one with green limbs... does that count  ;)   :D
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: aka DaBigKahuna on March 16, 2004, 12:59 AM
i have one with green limbs... does that count  ;)   :D

That depends, did you dip it in ectoplasma?  Take a picture and post it for us.


-Fish-
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: Reconsgt on March 16, 2004, 09:49 AM
There are  a few versions.  lip color, bag color and so on.
 As for the green limbs, that seems to still be up for discussion depending on who you ask. I count it as I feel it did not happen at all the plants cranking out the chewie. I may be wrong on that.   Thomas has a few oddities, 1 was discussed previously here as I was the former owner. I will try to dig up that thread.
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: Todd H. on March 16, 2004, 09:51 PM
There are only two known and documented versions of the chewie guns one is a Blue one which is found in Boxed Popy and most bagged versions the other being the black. The green one is more of discoloration. I will try and post some nice pics once I figure how to do this, anyone?
Todd
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: DSJ™ on March 16, 2004, 10:09 PM
Sent you a PM Todd.  ;)
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: aka DaBigKahuna on March 16, 2004, 11:42 PM
There are only two known and documented versions of the chewie guns one is a Blue one which is found in Boxed Popy and most bagged versions the other being the black. The green one is more of discoloration. I will try and post some nice pics once I figure how to do this, anyone?
Todd

Todd,

I would like to see pics, I notice the Earth has a green gun listed for like $35.00.


-Fish-
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: Reconsgt on March 17, 2004, 11:04 AM
The green gun was released early on in the early bird sets. I wouldn't say that it is a discoloration its a dark green plastic.  It is documented in the collectors archives and I can say with 100% certainty that they are out there.  They are uncommon but not all that difficult to find. I am unsure if any made it to carded figs I don't beleive any did.
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: Todd H. on March 25, 2004, 01:30 AM
(http://www.btascollectibles.com/hh/chewie_proto.jpg)
Heres a cool Chewie I found at a garage sale  ;D
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: DSJ™ on March 25, 2004, 08:51 AM
You broke my Wookie! Awesome piece Todd & at a garage sale to boot!   8)
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: Thomas Grey on March 25, 2004, 11:05 PM
I am going to cry.

Seeing Chewie like that is hard to swallow, but it is very cool!

I did post my Chewies a long while back:
CHEWIES (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=495)

Scroll down and there are some of the best scans I've ever done wierdly enough.

The blue bowcaster is actually a deep greenish-blue and the 'black' and regular bowcaster is a deep and dark blue when seen is good light. It came with the Early Bird Chewies for the most part and is quite rare, but it has also been reported and verified as packaged with some early 12 backs (like double telescoping sabers).

Green arms Chewie is discussed in depth in that link, so I'll save myself the trouble.

I also have eye variations (more white or more blue) and other paint variations. I'll look more and post all I have soon (think I have 3 complete and 3 or 4 without bowcaster...).

Sorry to be absent for so long. Glad to come back to this though!
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: Brian on April 2, 2004, 10:02 AM
I don't have a lot to add to this either, but I do have two Chewie's.  The first one is from my childhood, and it has held up pretty well (although he lost his bowcaster along the way).  I picked up another loose, complete, C-9 version last year as well (for a vintage loose display...some day).  Always one of my favorite characters and figures, and one of the first ones I owned if I remember right.  Hung out in the Falcon with Trenchcoat Han a lot when I was a kid :).  A pretty nice figure overall I think too, the sculpt has held up reasonably well over the years, all things considered.
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: Thomas Grey on April 2, 2004, 10:35 AM
Sorry mosnob, but I have to disagree with your sculpt comment...

Being the hopeless Chewie fan and collector of said wookiee, I think the sculpt of the vintage Chewie leaves a lot to be desired.

The paint job also is a bit minimal. They could have given Chewie the Ammo strap and side bag as accessories rather then sculpt them on the actual figure. He also looks like he's right out of the shower. Chewie never looked that well groomed. Even for the victory celebration. He was fuzzy like he had a prell shampoo rather than limp and staright haired.

Personally, I like the sculpt more because of what it means to me from the good ole days and the memories...
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: Brian on April 2, 2004, 12:00 PM
Yeah, I agree with you Thomas, it isn't exactly a spectacular sculpt...but I guess for me it is the nostalgia as well.  It worked for me as a kid, but then again a lot of figures did that have been put to shame by many modern sculpts.  Sorry for the confusion, I didn't mean to imply it stands up among today's standards.
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: aka DaBigKahuna on April 2, 2004, 03:55 PM
FOTW #2 to come this weekend.

One thing I really like about this vintage figure is it's weapon.  I dig how the bowcaster has the forearm fitting that no other weapon in the vintage line had.  If anyone has the time, post some clear pic's of the green bowcaster side by side with the original.  Also, the "green limb" version next to the original.

Being a bit colorblind that might help.  

"Viva la vintage!"


-Fish-
Title: Re: FOTW #1 Chewbacca - week of 3/15/04
Post by: Thomas Grey on April 3, 2004, 12:55 PM
I'll do my best to get up some images this afternoon. I finally may be able to carve out some time...
Title: Re: FOTW #1 - Chewbacca
Post by: Thomas Grey on April 4, 2004, 11:18 PM
The scans of the bowcasters could be better. I'll let you all fight over the eccentricities of each chewie and bowcaster... I'll comment on them soon, just no time at the moment...

(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/3-04/bowcaster.jpg)

(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/3-04/bowcasters2.jpg)

(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/3-04/2vintagechewies.jpg)

(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/3-04/greenlimbschewies.jpg)

(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/3-04/4chewies.jpg)
Title: Re: FOTW #1 - Chewbacca
Post by: Mainland05 on April 5, 2004, 12:24 AM
They look exactly the same to me?
Title: Re: FOTW #1 - Chewbacca
Post by: aka DaBigKahuna on April 5, 2004, 01:26 AM
They look exactly the same to me?

Really, I was thinking differently.  Look at the head sculpt, the one on the right looks more elongated.  Also, the bag color, not sure if it's do to fading.


-Fish-
Title: Re: FOTW #1 - Chewbacca
Post by: Thomas Grey on April 5, 2004, 01:18 PM
Not sure if this the case with everyone else, but the only image (out of a total of 5) I am able to see is the vintage chewies. I think I might need to downsize these...

Anyway, with the vintage...

the 1977 on the left is has some paint wear, so that is why the bag is different. The neck sculpts seem slightly different and that may be due to the early bird being at an ever so slightly different angle. This also may explain why the early birds nose is catching more light. (Bad scans... I'll try a camera in the future. The color is more even all over on the vintage. The early bird has a slightly darker brown on the limbs. The biggest difference is the eyes. The vintage has more white and the early bird more blue. It iws really obvious from further away and tricks my eye when I try and find other differences.

I'll try and downsize these a bit and add more explaination soon...
Title: Re: FOTW #1 - Chewbacca
Post by: Morgbug on April 6, 2004, 12:31 AM
I can only see the comparison pic of the two vinty Chewie's Thomas.  

Took a quick perusal of the other thread and it seems I have an odd duck mentioned there.  Just like Wayne, I have a chewie with the drab green satchel.  He also has the greehish limbs.  Hong Kong 1977.  Is this the same as yours Wayne?  

His eyes are quite wacky too.  Looks like someone did the paint by hand.  His right eye has a small area of blue with lots of white; the left eye is almost entirely blue.

I have a bowcaster somewhere around here, but think it might have fallen somewhere.  Hope the cat didn't eat it :o  I recall it being a bluish black color.