And how fitting that today’s RPotD is followed by a professional target?

Time for lo---- hey wait, this isn't BIONICLE!

In all seriousness one detail I absolutely loved about this line of figures was the functionality between C-3PO and the Stormtrooper.

Threepio had a button on his bellybutton that when pressed made his arms fly off (and his head?)

The Stormtrooper had a missile launcher instead of a regular blaster.

If you had both figures you could use the Stormtrooper to shoot Threepio and blow him up like that scene in Cloud City from Episode V.

I've never actually seen it in action, but it sounds cool!

"Echuta!"
:presses stomach and watches him explode while sinisterly laughing:

I forgot it had the silver leg. Nice attention to detail.

One of those sets that I’m surprised they haven’t done a UCS version of to go with the R2-D2.

This is an okay model of Episode I C-3PO, which is great until you realize that it’s supposed to be Episode V C-3PO.

With all the merchandise TPM got at the time it's shocking to me that this was an OT version. The building system then and now lends itself so much better to his TPM design.

I have most of this line: they aren’t the most detailed models out there but they did have unique and fantastic play functions. I am a big fan of the rolling droideka.

How crude!

I remember buying this used a while back. It came fully built, and I was completely unaware that it blew apart when the chest was pressed, which I did by complete accident. So that was fun.

@MeisterDad said:
"I have most of this line: they aren’t the most detailed models out there but they did have unique and fantastic play functions. I am a big fan of the rolling droideka."

The droideka 8002 is fantastic when you manage to throw it just strongly enough for a proper deployment (To me this set is prettty much like a UCS set of the Droideka). I also very much liked the battle droid 8001 (It would fold up to be put in storage - a press of a button would unfold it. The gear at the back would swivel its arm and it would pick up its gun stored on its back (using a magnet) - this function looks incredibly natural (for a droid!). Also came with red and yellow parts to mimic a higher ranking battle droid. Alternate build (remember those?!?!) was an AT-ST. Very nicely done for 323 parts!

The early 2000's Technic era is quite remarkable... especially how it managed to expand beyond, you know, the actual Technic theme itself to other themes. Unlike today, when all we get is just cars, Technic back then was actually commonly used in other themes as well, like Star Wars, Racers, etc.
It was this mentality that lead to themes like Bionicle being created.
Honestly, the fact that all we get from Technic nowdays is cars soooo boring. Why can't we also get stuff like Technic robots or something?

Personally, no matter what anyone else says, I always thought these technic Star Wars characters were fantastic. I know that they're gappy and awkward, and even I admit it was something of a disappointment to learn via photos that most of Threepio's gold was created via stickers instead of actual gold parts. But they were something so new and different, something that hasn't really been done since - and that they managed to be effective even with only the parts and techniques that were available in the early 2000s...

I dunno, maybe I'm just nostalgic. But there's something special about these sets, to me; and someday I'd quite like to hunt down most of the rest of them - this guy included.