This is the second repaint, and third release in total of this mold of Chopper.  In fact, from the (somewhat arbitrary) range of 50 figures from 301-350, we have these 3 Chopper figures, tying him with Din Djarin as the most common character released during that time - although you could argue Din cheats because VC312 and VC312A are two of those three.

VC304 was the first release, and is based on his live-action appearance in Ahsoka.  In my review of VC333 in the Sabine Wren 2-pack, I listed the various Rebels figures we have (including the Ghost figures, which arrived later), and that we only have Kanan and Zeb from the early seasons of the show.  I’m not sure of the paint differences that non-disguised Chopper undergoes over the course of the 4 seasons, but I guess you could include VC333 as an acceptable part of the early season crew.  Technically, this version is from episode 14 of season 1, but he’s not really Chopper, he’s an Imperial courier droid, idiot.

The plot of the episode is that Kanan has been captured by the Grand Inquisitor and Moff Tarkin.  The crew devise a plan to intercept a courier astromech droid destined for an Imperial vessel leaving Lothal that might have Kanan aboard.  Repainted by Sabine, Chopper impersonates the captured courier droid, manages to board the ship, and plugs in to the security system to locate Kanan.  Yadda Yadda Yadda, they find him and rescue him in the next episode thanks to ol’ Chop. 

During his time in disguise, Chopper interacts with 2 stormtroopers, 2 officers, a group of stormtroopers that he blows out an airlock, and then most of his crew when back on the Ghost, including the the original courier droid he was impersonating.  Of those figures, we have stormtroopers, technically we have officers, and we have only Zeb from season 1.  Sadly, we can’t recreate the moment that Chopper murders the courier droid out of jealousy.

Regarding the packaging, I think it may be time to throw in the towel on trying to figure how these figures are named.  We recently complained about how there is seemingly no rhyme or reason for decisions whether or not to re-card/re-number figures that are re-issues, repaints, differently accessorized, or from the same or alternate sources.  It seems naming conventions are similarly mystifying.  VC304 was “Chopper (C1-10P).”  For VC333, it was “C1-10P (Chopper)”, with the alphanumeric designation becoming the primary name, and the nickname was the parenthetical.  With VC350, we return to the nickname being primary, and the parenthetical becomes the description of his appearance in the scene, dropping C1-10P altogether.  I don’t know what the discussion is, or if there even is one, but it just seems random.  I’d obviously care more about this if I was a carded collector, but I can’t help but notice the oddity.

As for the figure, there is nothing new to the sculpt.  He’s adorable, and has decent articulation for a little guy.  The third leg/wheel is removable, while there are no wheels on the main feet.  The body has the extendable arm.  The head rotates and clicks, and also tilts.  The arms can swivel at the base, but are otherwise not articulated.  Chopper comes with an alternate radar dish for additional display options.  Additional accessories that we saw previously, such as the tracking device and the 2 loth-cats, are absent.  The paint job is obviously different, and aside from the colors, there is the addition of a courier droid logo on the dome.  However, this figure lacks any weathering or dirt marks.  This is actually accurate, since he was newly painted by Sabine and squeaky clean, but the lack of accessories and weathering make it feel less of a value for a figure that is already diminutive and probably not worth the $16.99 price point from various perspectives.

And then there are the arms.  I understand that it’s impossible for them to have articulation in 2025, even though this guy had it 18 years ago.  Sometimes technology goes backward, like how we have no idea how to put people on the moon even though we did it 6 times before I was born.  Articulation aside, the arms should at least be removable.  I believe the vast majority of the time Chopper is on screen, his arms are not deployed. 

All said, it gets the same 7/10 as both previous iterations.  Hasbro seems to want to get its money’s worth out of this tooling, but sadly we have another almost completely context-less figure to add to our collections.  Maybe that’s Hasbro’s plan: by nature of offering so many such figures, it is creating a kind of crew on its own.  Problem solved.  Sigh.