Star Wars: Mismatched Action Figure Question

bushnrvn

I have been going through some of my old toys that have been living in the attic of my parents' house for 10+ years and I found this little guy:

A little history, this figure is from a line that came out around the time of the initial Phantom Menace release. The idea is that the card included in the box is supposed to match the figure. When the tab is pulled/pushed on the card, it reveals a picture of the the figure's original/prequel trilogy counterpart. So in this case, the box is labeled correctly, however, the card does not show Chewbacca; it shows R2-D2.

I am by no means a collector but, I remember buying him and thinking "Huh...that's weird."

My question is, does this sort of mistake happen often? I am not interested in selling the figure, sentimental attachment and all that. I am just hoping to learn more about it.

see317

It's not hugely rare to see a figure get attached to the wrong card. It doesn't happen everyday, but it's not going to make that a rare collector's item.

yurnamehere

Given that Chewbacca wasn't in Episode 1, I'm note sure how they could have done as you described correctly in the first place.

CangoFett

Just wait for the 3d release, you will see that Chewbacca was actually the Pit Droid in the shop that Anakin worked in, in disguise.

Also we find out Han is Anakin's cousin.

MagicPrime

I will give you One Million Credits for that figure.

BubbaT

MagicPrime wrote:

I will give you One Million Credits for that figure.

Republic credits are no good out here! I need something more real.

Ziggymon

I thought the initial Phantom Menace figures had a red and black design. This will have been afterwards if thats the case.

Yar

I have a copy of Disney's Pinnochio on DVD, but when you play it, the movie is Dreamworks' Prince of Egypt.

I posted about it on a collector's forum once and I basically got flamed off the board instantly for being a liar and a thief. But it's legit, I have the proof of purchase and it was from Best Buy and there is even some research you can find on the Internets about the accidental batch of misprinted DVDs.

bushnrvn

yurnamehere wrote:

Given that Chewbacca wasn't in Episode 1, I'm note sure how they could have done as you described correctly in the first place.

The correct flashback card shows a "Wookie Senator" pretty lame...

Tach

Yar wrote:

I have a copy of Disney's Pinnochio on DVD, but when you play it, the movie is Dreamworks' Prince of Egypt.

I posted about it on a collector's forum once and I basically got flamed off the board instantly for being a liar and a thief. But it's legit, I have the proof of purchase and it was from Best Buy and there is even some research you can find on the Internets about the accidental batch of misprinted DVDs.

I'm not gonna call you a liar at all, but if you were to video that and post a clip, I would give you 1 million internets.

Yar

I won't do it for less than 2 million.

reVerse

bushnrvn wrote:

yurnamehere wrote:

Given that Chewbacca wasn't in Episode 1, I'm note sure how they could have done as you described correctly in the first place.

The correct flashback card shows a "Wookie Senator" pretty lame...

Yeah, everyone knows Chewie's prequel counterpart is Jar-Jar.

PantsB

BubbaT wrote:

MagicPrime wrote:

I will give you One Million Credits for that figure.

Republic credits are no good out here! I need something more real.

bushnrvn

PantsB wrote:

BubbaT wrote:

MagicPrime wrote:

I will give you One Million Credits for that figure.

Republic credits are no good out here! I need something more real.

lol

SaraLuna

found this guy in a target a while back:

bushnrvn

I love oddities like this. Not sure why. Good catch.

derektrovi

I had this guy (see image) MOC until a moving accident damaged him. I have a few more mismatched oddities, too, but this was my favorite since it was Vader and Boba Fett. I'm pretty sure mine was the match to this guy's Vader on a Boba Fett card: http://forum.rebelscum.com/t1069480-11/