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R2-D2 Bobble Head Prototypes
Posted by Dustin on May 8, 2011 |

Scaled down mock ups show off pre-production details... Full Report!

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Vintage Return Of the Jedi R2-D2 Proof Card
Posted by Dustin on April 22, 2011 |

Here's another part of the pre-production process, proof cards! Proof cards are the cardboard back prior to the action figure & bubble being attached.

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Vintage Droids R2-D2 Prototype Coin
Posted by Dustin on April 22, 2011 |

Check out a piece of the pre-production process! Full Report!

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Vintage 12" R2-D2 First Shot
Posted by Dustin on April 21, 2011 |

What may appear on the surface to be a slightly yellowed production R2-D2 from Kenner's vintage 12" line is actually a prototype first shot . . . Full Report!

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Salesman Sample R2-D2 Lunch Pail
Posted by Dustin on April 20, 2011 |

From the collection of Steve Sansweet Full Report!

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Vintage R2-D2 Prototypes
Posted by Dustin on April 16, 2011 |

What you'll see here is the greatest and most complete collection of vintage R2-D2 3? prototypes ever assembled... Full Report!

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New Hasbro R2-D2 At San Diego Comic Con
Posted by Dustin on July 21, 2010 |

UPDATED! Here's an image from the Hasbro booth at San Diego Comic Con 2010 of a new Jabba's Sail Barge R2-D2. Note Luke's lightsaber hilt in the photo and more attachments, very cool. Photo courtesy Rebelscum.com.

*News from Rebelscum.com is that the newly shown R2-D2 is going to be a part of the Vintage Collection coming from Hasbro. There is also now a prototype image of the R2-D2 from SDCC shown above.

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Clear Glactic Hero R2-D2?
Posted by Dustin on February 13, 2010 |

Fett Fan and Artoo Ally Matt B. sent in this link showcasing a recent discovery on eBay. Is it a bootleg, pre-production item or mistake? Still very cool in my opinion, I'd love to get one!

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R2-D2 Buddies Plush Kenner Sample
Posted by Dustin on September 17, 2008 |

Here's a modern R2-D2 collectible we're archiving today for Chrome Dome Protos. The image is courtesy of Don H, and shows an internal "green tag" kenner sign off sample. Items like this were basically in their final steps of the approval process at Kenner. There's another similar "green tag" item we already have archived right here.

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Vintage R2-D2 Prototypes
Posted by Dustin on September 11, 2008 |

Our R2 Vintage expert Bryan Simmons shares what is the greatest and most complete collection of vintage R2-D2 3? prototypes ever assembled! Check it out right here!

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POTJ Mock Up
Posted by Dustin on June 17, 2008 |

Here's a cool image from TheJawa.com showing a pre-production piece of the puzzle. Click the thumbnail for a full view and more details on this cool collectible!

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R2-KT Dedication Page
Posted by Dustin on April 5, 2008 |

I've added pre-production images of R2-KT courtesy of Albin Johnson and R2KT.com right here on our new R2-KT dedication page.

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R2-D2 Clone Wars Concept Art
Posted by Chris on March 29, 2008 |

Clone Wars concept art of everyone's favorite Astromech. Full Report!

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Vintage Revenge Of The Jedi "Original" R2-D2 48 Back Proof Card
Posted by Bryan on March 26, 2008 |

Take a look at one of the more popular of the Revenge proofs. Full Report!

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Vintage R2-D2 Sensorscope 48 Back Proof Card
Posted by Bryan on March 25, 2008 |

Added another proof card from the Empire Strikes Back line. Full Report!

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Star Wars Rejects
Posted by Dustin on March 18, 2008 |

Can you believe this R2-D2 Slide Projector was never produced? Full Report!

Unproduced Episode One CommTech R2-D2
Posted by Dustin on March 16, 2008 |

Now with TWICE the speech! Full Report!

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Prototype POTF2 R2-D2
Posted by Bryan on March 16, 2008 |

Featuring spring loaded Death Star plans! Full Report!

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Original R2-D2 Kenner Photo Art
Posted by Bryan on March 5, 2008 |

Owning a one of a kind photograph, the original photograph, that graced the card front or card back is a special thing indeed... Full Report!

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Prototype Roman Ceramics R2-D2 Bank
Posted by Bryan on March 2, 2008 |

It's easy to forget that not every vintage Star Wars prototype on the market isn't necessarily from the venerable Kenner 3 3/4" line... Full Report!

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