Hi can any of yous help me with ID those R2-D2 variants ?

I really want to get closer to what card the figures have been on ? and are they all Kenner figures ?

From left to Right.

1. R2-D2 (C G.M.F.G.I. 1977 Made in Taiwan).

2. R2-D2 (C G.M.F.G.I. 1977 Hong Kong) Blue.

3. R2-D2 (C G.M.F.G.I. 1977 Made in Hong Kong).

4. R2-D2 (C G.M.F.G.I. 1977 Hong Kong) Light Blue but Silver Dome.

5. R2-D2 (C G.M.F.G.I. 1977 Hong Kong) Light Blue but Gold Dome.

to my knolidge gold dome r2's where only taiwan COO and not hong kong.

Depending on who you listen to the gold dome is degredation :scratch:

never heard that chrome could turn into gold???
but in the proces of chroming goldlike finish is present,but if not rinsed properly you could get a goldlike finish.
its a cool thing but not always accepted as a variant

If you can find any documentation, pictures etc that show Kenner intended to release R2-D2 with a gold dome then I think it would be easier to convince people it's a "legitimate" variation.

Most people agree that outside of certain factory mistakes/differences in paint application and colours available where the figure is produced most funny colours are just a result of age.

The gold is almost certianly a result of ageing, more the lacquer than the chrome it's self I think, I have a R2 sensorscope with a goldish dome, I also have a DS Droid that is fully gold, more so than C-3PO, there is a pic of itin one of my posts somewhere. It's not a variant, but it sure looks cool!

As to the original question, not really sure, but I've heard a few references to TAIWAN coo's being from some of the earliest versions. Only R2, Luke, Leia, Chewbacca, Vader & Boba have Taiwan COO's from the Star Wars set, four of which of course where in the early bird set. Wether or not early bird R2's had Taiwan COO's exclusively I would have no idea, never had the opportunity to look at one.

Thanks guys.

Yes I also think some colors or maybe many colors is because of age. But it is funny to collect them and it gives many more variants

I do not have any R2-D2 MOC so I can't convince anybody yet.

So maybe the Taiwan version could be from the Early Bird set ?

So does any of you have a R2-D2 MOC ? that could help with some ID.

aussiejames wrote:

Depending on who you listen to the gold dome is degredation :scratch:

i second that opinion

pomse2001 wrote:

So maybe the Taiwan version could be from the Early Bird set ?

The Early Bird R2 came in a "Made in Hong Kong" baggie. I can check the COO another time for you when I am back home.

Its dome is deeper blue than a regular R2.

Early Bird baggies


Loose Early Bird R2 (right)



Loose Early Bird R2 (right)

Cool bags Marco

I have read about and seen auctions about early bird R2-D2 from Hong Kong and Taiwan so could that be correct that the early bird R2-D2 was maid in both countries ?

Marco why do you photograph with blue background is there a trick to learn there from you ?

I have seen some people have a no coo R2-D2 but I have not found one yet, I think it is very hard to find. Do you know if that is real or is it just some people who had moved the head from R2-D2 to a sensorscope body ?

Is there more R2-D2 variants ?

Way nice baggies, don't have the Leia and Chewie yet!

tk421 wrote:

Way nice baggies, don't have the Leia and Chewie yet!

Maybe you would share some pictures of the R2-D2 you have with us

I there no one who knows more about where the R2-D2 variants came from and is there no one who would share pictures of the R2-D2 variants they have ?

http://threads.rebelscum.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=1843863

Joe_O wrote:

http://threads.rebelscum.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=1843863

Thanks joe with that link.

But it still do not answer all my questions about if we can ID a loose R2-D2 and say this one is a palitoy and this one is a kenner just as we can ID the Lili Ledy figur by the screw.

But I can see there is also Italian, Australian & a Japanese R2-D2.

Maybe there is still many variants out there.

Do you not have a R2-D2 MOC ? or do you only have Tri-logo MOC ?

Well you could perhaps contact the owners of the figures in that thread

Joe_O wrote:

Well you could perhaps contact the owners of the figures in that thread

Well I never thought about that. But It could be cool if we could solve all riddles on this forum

I will still cross my fingers for some help on this forum before I will join other forums for help

hey pomse you do know that there are 2 sticker detail variants too on every r2 and also r4.

DLT9 wrote:

hey pomse you do know that there are 2 sticker detail variants too on every r2 and also r4.

No I did not know about sticker variants, do you have pictures of those variants ?

i will try and make one,hope my iphone can handle this because my camera doesnt.

DLT9 wrote:

i will try and make one,hope my iphone can handle this because my camera doesnt.

Hope it works I would love to see some pictures

i hope you see this.
the difference is in the bottom blue square,left lager detail and right smaller detail.

DLT9 wrote:

i hope you see this.
the difference is in the bottom blue square,left lager detail and right smaller detail.

Cool, can you take a picture of each of the figures so I can see a larger picture ?

I don't think I have such a variant.

sure here goes:

lager


smaller

DLT9 wrote:

sure here goes:

lager


smaller

It looks like there is also a big difference with the grey square to the left in the bottom ?