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