SWCC 2019 Darth Maul With Mecha Legs Statue - Number 3 Of 500
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:16468752 | Brand: Diamond Select Toys |
| Modified Item: No | Product Line: Gentle Giant |
| Rarity: Exclusive | Year: 2019 |
Brand new, sealed Darth Maul with Mecha Legs statue by Gentle Giant, now Diamond Select Toys. This was a Star Wars Celebration Chicago 2019 exclusive sold at the Diamond Select Toys booth.
You’ll notice that this product is numbered 3 of 500!! That’s because this item has a bit of a story to it...
I went to Star Wars Celebration Chicago 2019 as an exhibitor, and as an exhibitor, I got early access to the Exhibit Hall, which was the only time I had available to go to a booth a...nd buy any merchandise. Diamond Select had a limited amount of these available each day on a first come, first serve basis. Unfortunately, due to other exhibitors buying them early on Thursday morning and then VIPs complaining to McCormick Place staff, Diamond Select was then prohibited from selling this item to exhibitors AT ALL. And unfortunately, I was not one of the exhibitors who snagged one on Thursday morning.
Each morning I would go back to the booth and ask the kind gentleman behind the counter, “Any change?” to which he would shrug his shoulders and give me a disappointed yet consoling “No. Sorry.” I would simply shrug my shoulders back and reply, “Oh well. Had to try, ” and then walk away.
On Monday morning, the last day of Star Wars Celebration, I decided to check one last time and received the same response from the guy at the booth and also learned that they had completely sold out. “Oh well, ” I said again, thinking that would be the end of it, and I continued on to other booths.
The guy from Diamond Select then chased me down and told me that, since I had been so nice and understanding each day when he had to tell me “No” that he would offer me the slimmest of chances, that Sam Witwer himself—the Darth Maul voice actor from Clone Wars, Rebels, and Solo: A Star Wars Story—MIGHT not end up buying the copy that was reserved for him and that he would let me know that afternoon.
That afternoon I was pleased to learn that—for whatever reason—Sam Witwer opted to not purchase his reserved copy, so I was given the opportunity to purchase the actual LAST copy available at Star Wars Celebration Chicago 2019.
You’ll notice that this product is numbered 3 of 500!! That’s because this item has a bit of a story to it...
I went to Star Wars Celebration Chicago 2019 as an exhibitor, and as an exhibitor, I got early access to the Exhibit Hall, which was the only time I had available to go to a booth a...nd buy any merchandise. Diamond Select had a limited amount of these available each day on a first come, first serve basis. Unfortunately, due to other exhibitors buying them early on Thursday morning and then VIPs complaining to McCormick Place staff, Diamond Select was then prohibited from selling this item to exhibitors AT ALL. And unfortunately, I was not one of the exhibitors who snagged one on Thursday morning.
Each morning I would go back to the booth and ask the kind gentleman behind the counter, “Any change?” to which he would shrug his shoulders and give me a disappointed yet consoling “No. Sorry.” I would simply shrug my shoulders back and reply, “Oh well. Had to try, ” and then walk away.
On Monday morning, the last day of Star Wars Celebration, I decided to check one last time and received the same response from the guy at the booth and also learned that they had completely sold out. “Oh well, ” I said again, thinking that would be the end of it, and I continued on to other booths.
The guy from Diamond Select then chased me down and told me that, since I had been so nice and understanding each day when he had to tell me “No” that he would offer me the slimmest of chances, that Sam Witwer himself—the Darth Maul voice actor from Clone Wars, Rebels, and Solo: A Star Wars Story—MIGHT not end up buying the copy that was reserved for him and that he would let me know that afternoon.
That afternoon I was pleased to learn that—for whatever reason—Sam Witwer opted to not purchase his reserved copy, so I was given the opportunity to purchase the actual LAST copy available at Star Wars Celebration Chicago 2019.
