Answers.Body: <p>Yes, that sounds like the genuine article - LEGO was unable to chrome each part separately, so there are bare spots where you describe. Only the customs will have been made up of individually chromed parts.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Yes, I have an original chrome gold CP30 and mine also has those bare spots. Like mentioned earlier, LEGO painted these units as a whole and not separately... so that's what's essentially makes them legit, and the bare spots are all the same on the originals. I have done research on it after I realized that's what I had was the worth a pretty penny haha </p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Don't worry my friend, those "unchromed" spots are because of the regular use of that minifigure.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I just bought a used gold C-3PO (not the 14k version, but the 10,000-made version). There are some places under the arms and on the right foot where there is no gold paint. I <em>think</em> that they are all like this, but I'm not sure. I'm looking for someone to verify that I didn't just get taken to the cleaners. I can still open an eBay case if I need to.</p>
  
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Title: How can I tell if my gold C-3PO minifigure is legit?
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ThreadText: # How can I tell if my gold C-3PO minifigure is legit?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-17)
  
  I just bought a used gold C-3PO (not the 14k version, but the 10,000-made version). There are some places under the arms and on the right foot where there is no gold paint. I *think* that they are all like this, but I'm not sure. I'm looking for someone to verify that I didn't just get taken to the cleaners. I can still open an eBay case if I need to.
  
  **Tags:** minifigures, star-wars
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2013-12-17. Score: 5
  
  Yes, that sounds like the genuine article - LEGO was unable to chrome each part separately, so there are bare spots where you describe. Only the customs will have been made up of individually chromed parts.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-04-23. Score: 3
  
  Yes, I have an original chrome gold CP30 and mine also has those bare spots. Like mentioned earlier, LEGO painted these units as a whole and not separately... so that's what's essentially makes them legit, and the bare spots are all the same on the originals. I have done research on it after I realized that's what I had was the worth a pretty penny haha
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2014-02-16. Score: 2
  
  Don't worry my friend, those "unchromed" spots are because of the regular use of that minifigure.
  
  
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