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This Kenner removable limbs C-3PO action figure was really very much needed and justified as a variation on the one-piece 1977 C-3PO. Threepio spends half his life suffering from accidental amputations, the significance of which I talk about in my article here. This Bespin figure comes complete with a cargo net for Chewie to carry this unlucky droid around with him; however the C-3PO with removable limbs would be equally at home holding his own leg or arm following the attack by the Sand People / Tusken Raiders in A New Hope, or under assault from Salacious Crumb in Jabba's Palace in The Return of the Jedi. The C-3PO with removable limbs is actually quite a versatile action figure in terms of play value, and you could, of course, also use him in all the innumerable Star Wars scenes where you needed a complete C-3PO figure as well. This was very handy indeed since the 1977 C-3PO figure wasn't that durable and often became loose-limbed and difficult to stand up very quickly indeed.

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C-3PO Removable Limbs Cargo Net

I don't think it was often that I actually put my C-3PO figure in his cargo net as a child for Chewie to carrie him around in. The net was very prone to stretching and getting Chewbacca to balance and stand up with the extra weight was just never going to happen without a figure stand and figure stands were about as rare as chicken's teeth back in the 1980s.

See my articles on the hidden significance of C-3PO in the Star Wars Trilogies: C3PO and the Amputation Motif in the Star Wars Films and C3PO Darth Vader's First Child and the Bespin Reunion.

C-3PO Removable Limbs Wear and Tear

The paint loss suffered by this C3PO action figure has a rusty patina to it, which actually makes him look a little weather damaged, as you can see in the example below.

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