Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 3,363: Chopper (C1-10P in Mining Facility Disguise, Droid Factory)

 

CHOPPER (C1-10P in Mining Facility Disguise)
Star Wars Droid Depot
Item No.: ???
Manufacturer: Disney
Number: n/a
Includes: Collector card, RX-01 torso
Action Feature: Pulls apart, jointed arms, opening front repair arm
Retail: $19.99
Availability: April 2026
Appearances: n/a

Bio: All different types of droids populate the Star Wars galaxy. Each droid is different and has their own unique personality and colors. This droid can be found aboard freighter 2716 in Faos station. Join Chopper on his adventures throughout the galaxy! May the Force be with you... and your Droids! (Taken from the packaging.) (Taken from the packaging.)

Image: Adam's photo lab.

Availability: Click here to buy it at eBay now!

Commentary: While I will of course grouse about the price, as I must play the hits, I also quite like Chopper (C1-10P in Mining Facility Disguise). It's an existing mold, in a color I pretty much forgot about, despite remembering a lot from the "In the Name of the Rebellion" episodes. He's in part 2, and unlike the Imperial disguise I didn't remember the normally orange Chopper's yellow makeover until I saw the figure. I've seen this color scheme on other toys, as it looks a lot like various caution signs and an old Imaginext robot I had on hand. He has a yellow body with black and gray highlights, making the figure look like a completely new droid. If Disney wants to give me bright new colors on a mold that make it look different from my other droids, I'm going to be a lot more chipper about wasting $33 or so to ship one to my house.

The markings all match closely. The orange on the sides of the dome are actually lights, not just an orange stripe, so that doesn't look quite right - but everything else is pretty much on the mark. You don't get panel lines, but at least the sculpted panels look pretty good and I guess you could add your own grime wipe if you're the kind of person who still has the time and drive to customize your toys. I'm leaving it pristine.

There's a lot of extra paint on this one. Not only is the top of his dome silver, but the little dish has painted black panels on top. We haven't seen that on other Chopper figures. It's distinctive, making this the kind of figure you could have in a background on a shelf or in a playset to mix things up a bit.

Construction is the same as the other Disney Chopper figures, with jointed dome-arms, ankles, a rotating wheel leg, plus that pop-out claw arm. If you've bought another one, you know what to expect. Joints are generally tight, with a dome that swivels more easily than some other astromechs. I especially appreciate the black wheels. You'll probably never bother to look at them, but they pop nicely.

The figure includes the core body for RX-01, which I assume you will build out between now and December. He takes up about 1/3 of the figure's bubble. The cardback on my sample was thicker, but with some of the worst non-bootleg printing I've seen in a while. The text appears more fuzzy than usual, perhaps it's a color alignment issue. Even the portrait on the front looked a little rough.

If you're a Chopper completist, this is a decent one. It appears on an actual episode, and it brings us the mold in new colors. That's about as good as one can expect these days. I wouldn't recommend it at premium eBay pricing, but it's charming enough and different enough to warrant blowing a few bucks.

Collector's Notes: I got mine from Disney Store's web site. It took a while to sell through.

--Adam Pawlus

Day 3,363: July 16, 2026

Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 3,354: Chopper (Imperial Disguise, The Vintage Collection)

CHOPPER (Imperial Disguise)
The Vintage Collection 3 3/4-Inch basic figure
Item No.: Asst. G2786 No. G2616
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Number: #350
Includes: Alternate radar dish
Action Feature: Arm opens on torso, removable radar dishes, jointed hands, tilting neck
Retail: $19.99
Availability: July 2025
Appearances: Star Wars Rebels

Bio: With help from his fellow Spectre crew member Sabine Wren, Chopper (C1-10P) could join his team's underccover missions in disguise, painted as an Imperial droid. (Taken from the cardback.)

Image: Adam's photo lab.

Availability: Click here to buy it at Entertainment Earth now!

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Commentary: Is there any figure as satisfying as the sensible repaint? Chopper (Imperial Disguise) was a figure I expected us to see when the show was still running, because Hasbro loves a repaint. Well, we finally got him about a year ago - they took the basic droid body, removed an accessory, reduced the paint a bit, and gave us something new. The orange dome is now black with red, and looks great. The body is mostly unpainted, which matches the show. Typical Chopper figures have lots of painted panels and cables, while this one keeps it plain.

He has an alternate radar dish, and I'd have been fine if they left it out. I don't know where to store it, and it's going to get lost - but I guess you have an option if you want a tilted dish.

Articulation is really nice. The ankles move, the wheel sort of turns, the third leg pops out, but what's really exciting is the dome. This figure can spin and tilt in any direction, mimicking his ability in the cartoon. Each arm is jointed at the dome, but not at the "wrist" or "eblow" like Disney's exclusive version of the robot. Since a proper Chopper in these colors doesn't exist in Disney's mold, though, it's moot - you're going to want to get this one. It's also worth noting Hasbro's Chopper mold also has a flip-out arm in the body, with a dark grey interior behind it.

Is it perfect? No. Is it as good as you're going to get? Probably. Hasbro left the back of Imperial Chopper's body nearly completely unpainted, and also neglected to paint the cables on the back of his feet. The animation model doesn't seem to have cables, but the live action one does - so maybe that's why they skipped them here. It's too much work for a repaint, even if it's a repaint of a short figure that probably could have stood to not be full price. But if you want 3 3/4-inch scale Chopper in these colors, this is your one option.

Even if you don't like the show, this is a neat figure - the coloring matches the panels and rooms on the first Death Star. If we ever get a Death Star playset again, this would be good hall filler. (I would like a Retro one, too.) I'd recommend getting this one since he's still at (or under) original retail price.

Collector's Notes: I got mine from Entertainment Earth.

--Adam Pawlus

Day 3,354: June 16, 2026

Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 3,284: C1-10P (Ahsoka show redeco, Droid Factory)

C1-10P or Chopper if you're nasty
Star Tours Droid Factory Ahsoka Set
Item No.: ???
Manufacturer: Disney
Number: n/a
Includes: 3 more droids
Action Feature: Pops apart, jointed arms
Retail: $49.99
Availability: January 2024
Appearances: Ahsoka 

Bio: All different types of droids populate the Star Wars galaxy. Each droid is different and has their own unique personality and colors. These four are featured in Star Wars: Ahsoka. May the Force be with you.... and your Droids! (Taken from the figure's packaging.)

Image: Adam's photo lab. 

Availability: Click here to buy it at eBay now!

Commentary: I took a while to open Chopper, or C1-10P on the box. The reason I was in no rush is because Hasbro hade more coming, and Disney made several, and also I was more curious about how the set woudl look in the distant future of 22 months later. And here we are! The mold for this 2024 figure comes from 2017 C1-10p "Chopper" [FOTD #2,385] and that mold has been reused a few times for holiday, pride, Mickey, and other purposes. It's a good design and before Hasbro did their The Vintage Collection version, arguably the best you could get at this size. Today, I'd say it's acceptable.

The Chopper model on TV has changed a bit since the cartoon, with panel sizes altered a bit and their placements changed. An off-center tilted square is corrected on Ahsoka, but is still askew on this mold. The colors are good, with different panel coloring than the cartoon models. They're more in line with the TV show, but not as good as Hasbro's nor are they perfect. You don't get the weathering, and the metallic bits are more of a matte finish. The wires are more subtle, and the articulation isn't as good. But it's a lot cheaper - SRP on this set was a mere $12.50 a figure, versus Hasbro's $16.99 per. It's even cheaper on eBay now, because it didn't sell through at full price.

This Disney Chopper has a mismatched left foot, which doesn't match the show. But it does have a brown box painted in front of the right leg, which Hasbro left off. It's interesting to see which designers keep and lose various details, because neither is 100% correct. There are many nits to pick. This mold is also larger than Haasbro's, so I assume you'll probably just want to get theirs for the superior paint and extra accessories. Heck, Hasbro's got a dome that can tilt like it does on the show, while Disney's only swivels. Unlike Huyang, there's a clear winner - and this probably isn't it. It's not a bad figure. I like the jointed dome arms, and the flip-out claw in the chest. It's just an old mold that has since been supplanted. You will most likely get one as part of the 4-pack, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you're a Chopper completist.

Collector's Notes: I got mine from Disney Store.

--Adam Pawlus

Day 3,284: October 14, 2025

Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 3,250: C1-RN8W (Pride Collection, Droid Factory)

C1-RN8W Pride Collection Disney Exclusive
Star Wars Droid Factory
Item No.: No. 418148205414
Manufacturer: Disney
Number: n/a
Includes: n/a
Action Feature: n/a
Retail: $14.99
Availability: May 2025
Appearances: n/a

Bio: The Disney Pride Collection was created by members and allies of the LGBTQIA+ community. The Walt Disney Company proudly works with nonprofits throughout the LGBTQIA+ community globally. (Taken from the packaging.)

Image: Adam's photo lab.

Availability: Click here to buy it at eBay now!

Commentary: New! The C1-RN8W figure iterates on what we got with R3-RN8W [FOTD #3,141] last year - a black repaint, with a lot of colors. (I'd also accept droids in 1980s beige PC cases with rainbow colors, just saying.) This time around we get Chopper, and it looks great. And expensive.

The same mold has been in circulation for years, and this time I assume a fair amount of cash was spent getting many colors of paint applied correctly. It's not quite as colorful as last year's model - it had a few more colors than this one - but it still pops nicely. The top of the dome has painted a very clean silver, with a matching set of details for various panel covers, the equator around the dome, plus markings on the feet and legs. Vents on the front and back of the figure are also decorated.

The rainbow color pattern repeats in order in a few spots. I'm surprised both the front and back of the legs got fully decorated, plus the full treatment on the eyes. And across the torso, a few times. And up and down. It's pretty impressive, particularly given how some of these lines are about 1mm tall and are set inside a sculpted indentation correctly. If one or two were out of alignment, I'd understand it, but they got 'em all right. This sort of thing still amazes me, I remember seeing old Kenner figures in cheap used bins with overspray on the wrists and going "Oh, I bet this is from like 1982 or something because this kept happening." Kudos on Disney for their precision here.

As with other C1-10P figures from Disney, you get a lot of moving parts. The claw across the chest pops out, the arms on the head are jointed in three spots, and you can pop that radar dish off if you want. The legs and dome are fully removable, but Disney opted to not paint the interior on the body - which makes sense, you're unlikely to see it much. It breaks zero new ground in terms of tooling, but short of the tilting head on Hasbro's version of the mold? There's not much else you could do with it. This is fine.

If you've got enough droids, you might not want this one too. The lack of color is one of my gripes about Star Wars toys in general, given how it's mostly earthtones and lightsabers, so these Pride droids really pop on the shelf. I'm hoping they rerelase (or reiterate) R2-RNBW at some point so I can get one of those too finally. This one hasn't sold through yet, but it's pretty nifty and arguably worth getting if you need something to get to free shipping. Maybe next year we can get a protocol droid!

Collector's Notes: I got mine from Disney. For future generations, take note: shipping was about $10 in 2025, so buying it online cost about $25 + tax. Buying it at a theme park probably meant paying for parking. Yes, I think about these things a lot.

--Adam Pawlus

Day 3,250: June 17, 2025

Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 3,203: C1 (Penguin, Holiday Droid Factory)

C1 Penguin Droid
Star Wars Droid Factory 2024 Advent Calendar
Item No.: ???
Manufacturer: Disney
Number: n/a
Includes: R2 Gingerbread Droid, BB-8 Snowman, Chopper Penguin, Gonk Gift, D-O Holiday, B2EMO present, R1 Holiday Bell, wreath, Santa hat, drink tray, scarf, tiny top hat
Action Feature: Articulated arms, removable wreath, opening claw arm, removable third leg
Retail: $79.99
Availability: August 2024
Appearances: n/a   

Bio: All different types of astromech droid populate the Star Wars galaxy. Each droid is different and has their own unique personality and colors. Open up the Sandcrawler to reveal and build 7 new droids to celebrate along with them for 25 days this season. May the Force be with you... and your droids! (Taken from the packaging.)

Image: Adam's photo lab.

Availability: Click here to buy it at eBay now!

Commentary: This R1 (Penguin Droid riffs on the Chopper C1-10P body with the vibes of a rockhopper penguin wearing a scarf. It kind of works, it kind of doesn't, but what matters is that it's distinctive and not particularly holiday-ey. Nothing about it particularly reeks of Christmas, but there are penguin-inspired elements like the splashes of paint around the eyes, the central eye being painted kind of like a beak, and of course the yellow feet. It's not too overt, and the off-kilter scarf splash of red paint certainly evokes the idea of a winter garment without being overtly Earthy.

You've seen this mold many times before but there are some key changes, like the radar dish. Specifically, there is no radar dish on his dome. You do get a green wreath with red berries and a gold bow, and it has indentations to sit on his arms. You'll need to pry off the dome or the arms to get it seated, though. Aside from that, the plastic parts are pretty much the same as several other Disney C1 droids - and that's perfectly fine.

With removable limbs and the usual series of joints, there's a lot to like here and not too many surprises. The bright white and golden yellow colors really pop against the black chassis, and at first glance it seems like it might be out of place in the dark, dusty, and otherwise corroded galaxy from which our toys hail. I wouldn't recommend getting the set solely for this figure, but it's a good figure in a pretty great set. If you're all-in for droid figures, Disney put some good variety into this box and you'd be well-served to pick it up on sale. At full price, it's not bad - but if you've got hundreds of droids and few to no playsets, your need for them may be pretty insignificant by now. I like it enough to say I'd love to also see orca, quail, or other creature-inspired droid recolors. With the pop-out arm and distinctive look, I'm not going to get rid of it or anything.

Collector's Notes: I got mine from Disney as they were offering both a discount code as well as free shipping. At under $70 delivered, it's pretty worthwhile. Try SHIPMAGIC or DISNEY25 codes to see if they still work.

--Adam Pawlus

Day 3,203: January 2, 2025

Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 3,185: C1-MNST4 (Droid Factory)

C1-MNST4 Halloween Edition
Star Wars Droid Factory
Item No.: ???
Manufacturer: Disney
Number: n/a
Includes: Radar dish, jointed arms
Action Feature: Comes apart
Retail: $14.99
Availability: September 2024
Appearances: n/a   

Bio: All different types of droids populate the Star Wars galaxy. Each droid is different and has their own unique personalitty and colors. This droid has been constructed using part of other droids for optimum performance on Coruscant. Join C1-MNST4 on his adventures throughout the galaxy. May the Force be with you... and your Droids! (Taken from the packaging.)

Image: Adam's photo lab.

Availability: Click here to buy it at Amazon now!

Click here to buy it at eBay now! 

Commentary: The whole holiday droid - indeed, the "fun" repaint - is something I've kind of soured on. It doesn't mean I don't like C1-MNST4 - this is a good execution (redeco, quirky, there's a story, and it kind of fits in to the narrative) but it's still getting further and further away from why I'm here in the first place since it doesn't really belong in the stories I like. It's like Transformers Collabs. Are they neat? Sure. But does Rathalos Prime fit on my shelves with Optimus Prime or Soundwave as nicely as Scrounge, Dinoking, and Nautica? Not really. As there's little need for scene filler anymore (there are so few playsets and so many figures, and so, so many droids) a figure like this exists as a souvenir for Disney fanatics, Halloween fiends, completists, or those who have a big monster collection. I may fit in some variation of that, so I see this guy and go "Yeah, that works for me." The Disney Halloween segment has been relatively restrained and $15 a year isn't like the $125 a year Hasbro has asked for its Christmas collections. (Sorry baby, you know I love you.)

I like a weird figure, and this is a weird figure. Most parts are molded in color - the Chopper body has some purple on the cloaca, there's one painted wire on a leg, and the head has painted hair and painted eyes. And staples. It gives the figure an almost bootleg look, and it really stands out from previous clear frosty figures or heavily painted droids. Normally we're given loads of painted panels, battle-damage or other highlights on the legs. And here? Nothing. It almost doesn't look like it belongs, so much as it looks like a test shot. The basic schtick is that it's Frankenstein's Monster, and in that realm it works. We've had skeletons, ghosts, vampires, and now a bunch of dead body parts bolted together.

Functionally, it's very good. Hasbro has arguably surpassed it with a tilting dome and other niceties, but it's still a solid design with a removable radar dish and tiny arms with little teeny joints. The claw arm opens on the chest, the feet move, and there's a non-retracting wheel despite what the packaging says. You can remove it, but you can't shove it any more up him. He does not consent, nor do the laws of physics.

I would be remiss if I did not inform any vinyl collectors out there that Monsta!!, the 1995 5-inch record from the underrated Man... or Astro-Man?-adjacent band Supernova, is easily had for a couple of bucks. (I've had my copy for years, you should get one.)

Back when we used to get one Christmas figure every couple of years, or an occasional silver figure, my attitude was "eh, just get it." Now that we're getting Mickey droids and chase blind box droids of robots I can't even recognize, I don't even have the chance to say "yes" or "no" to being a completist - it's just out of reach. Figures like this are in reach, with affordable secondary market prices. I love the concept, I like the execution, but if I were trying to keep it down to a sensible number of Halloween figures I'd probably emphasize getting some of the other ones first. The designers did what they were supposed to do here, but it's hard to top "glowing green ghost," "glowing skeleton," or "pumpkin bot." We got a Zombie this year, and I hope the gill man gets his due soon. Or a mummy.

Happy Halloween, everybody!

Collector's Notes: I got mine from Shop Disney.

--Adam Pawlus

Day 3,185: October 31, 2024

Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 3,166: CH-33P (Cheep, The Vintage Collection)

CH-33P (Cheep)
The Vintage Collection Amazon Exclusive 3 3/4-Inch Action Figure
Item No.: No. G0266
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Number: #323
Includes: n/a
Action Feature: Dome pops up, removable dish, pop-out arm
Retail: $69.99
Availability: May 2024
Appearances: Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Bio: A droid assigned to Clone Captain Rex's vessel, CH-33P came to the aid of Rex and Ahsoka Tano when Order 66 was issued. (Taken from the figure's cardback.)

Image: Adam's photo lab.

Availability: Click here to buy it at Amazon now!

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Commentary: Chopper, but not! The CH-33P figure was exclusive to Amazon, and has some shared DNA. The figure opts to use C1-10P's body, which is not accurate to the model for Cheep on the show. The cardback photo is smoother, with fewer open panels or replaced bits. If you didn't notice, that's OK - someone seems to have employed the Photoshop Burn tool to darken that part of the photo on the cardback, obfuscating it so you'll pay more attention to the new head sculpt.

It's worth noting the right leg doesn't match the show either - it's not rounded off, it's just a flat one like Chopper's. They also left off The Clone Wars dirty brushing deco, so it's a lot cleaner - but most of the other colors are where they should be. The red light under the yellow eye is present, some blue can be seen in the other two eyes. There's a yellow box on the body, dark gray on the feet, and it's generally pretty close to what you saw once you get past the fact that only the dome and the left leg are more or less correctly sculpted. In a repaint wave, this would be thrilling - foran exclusive figure, it feels like they snuck one past the licensing goalie.

One of the advantages of reusing Chopper's body is that you can pop the dome up a bit and have it wobble a bit if you like - it's not necessarily how it went on the show, but it's a nice feature. The arm is also fastened in there and can rotate, so you won't lose it. The radar dish, on the other hand, pops right out - so be careful to not lose it.

Now that we're being charged about $17.50 per figure in this set, much of which are mostly old parts, it stings a bit that our first (and likely only) CH-33P figure has an off-model leg and body. The back of the body looks fantastic, and they didn't cheap out on painting the silver panels or blue lights. They got deco more or less exactly where it should be, but it would have been nice to see a little more budget spent on getting the figure's body right. Most fans won't notice - or care - and in a kid line I would probably shrug off this kind of thing. It just would have been nice to have some snap-on facade or some element to cover those open panels and make him look a tiny bit more like the cardback, especially given how few droids (and new droids, at that) Hasbro produces in this scale anymore. Still, the set is as good as we're likely to get and if it's on sale, I'd recommend it. It's just a little harder to take with a smile when there are shortcuts on higher-dollar collector figures.

Collector's Notes: I got mine from Amazon.

--Adam Pawlus

Day 3,166: August 27, 2024