So the value of one of them is much less than if you have the entire set together. Any time you come across an item from Star Wars that is 1 of 1, you have something worth keeping, forever. Value Explanation: The Lili Ledy made Darth Vader is one of the most sought after pieces of any Star Wars action figure collector mainly because it is so hard to find still in the box and without the creases all over it.
Value Explanation: All the lightsabers in the Back collection originally came with a double-telescoping lightsaber which was so delicate Kenner actually decided to change it before the product shipped. They did, however, make a few of them and distributed them with the revised version.
Obi Wan Kenobi is beleived to have less than 5 in the World. Value Explanation: The Back collection has several figures that had variations and that has increased their value tremendously. There are around 3 or 4 known to exist in the World. Value Explanation: This massive life-size replica is anything but spurious. Having seen this thing in person, we can tell you that it is one of the coolest, if not best, Star Wars collectible today. Value Explanation: Anakin Skywalker, along with Yak Face, are the two most valuable action figures from the Star Wars Power of the Force Series mainly because they were the only two that were released in Canada and not the United States.
They set it up as a fun way to get kids interested in the original Star Wars movies. Also, because there are only 5 total devices, and they are 14K gold, the value is five figures.
The value of a collectible is related to the market value. If someone was willing to pay this much for it, it has to be worth it, right? The 14K gold minifigure is one of two in the World. They were in a set but if you have the gold, you are looking at a big payday. More product image leaks ahead of next month's Triple Force Friday Oct. View this post on Instagram. Image 1 of Last 10 comments - Read All Posts. Needless to say, their popularity was off the charts, and Kenner had a hit on their hands until well into the mids.
I consider myself lucky when it comes to Star Wars. I was barely five years old when the first movie came out, the perfect age to fall in love with not only the movie franchise but the toys that came with it. My friends and I were rabid collectors of Star Wars action figures, and Star Wars dominated our youth.
Through the years we chomped at the bit in anticipation of new figure releases. We eagerly mailed our "proofs of purchase" away for special figures. Spotting a new card with a different picture on the back was cause for massive celebration, speculation, and excitement.
We were more than willing to accompany our mothers on long, boring shopping outings if it meant getting a peek at the Star Wars display, and possibly snagging a figure we'd been searching for.
Of course to be the first one to grab an elusive figure meant a major boost in neighborhood social status, as far as Star Wars was concerned anyway. Kenner continued to pump out new figures, new designs, and innovative vehicles and playsets. We couldn't get enough of it, and we may as well have shipped every penny of our allowance and chore money to Kenner headquarters. By the time had rolled around the magic was gone. There were no more movies to come out as far as we knew and no new characters.
And, we were getting older. We were starting to spend our time on more mature pursuits. The same girls we would have trampled over to get to a new figure only a year or two earlier suddenly seemed way more interesting for some reason. The party was over. Kenner kept fighting the good fight for a little while longer, but by the mids most kids, like me, had moved on. I wasn't one of those kids who strapped firecrackers onto my toys or buried them or painted them.
I took care of them, at least as well as a kid could, and when I got a little older my parents convinced me to pack them away because they might be worth something someday. Today, I still have all of my Star Wars action figures, which turns out to be almost the whole collection of the original figures released from Some of them don't look too bad. I recently cleaned them up with the idea of seeing what they are worth and maybe selling them, a ritual I go through every ten years or so before packing them up again.
However, this time I decided I don't care what they are worth. Maybe I'd get a few dollars for them if I sold them, but I doubt it would be enough to part with the memories.
Instead, I'm writing this article, so folks who were around for the original Star Wars boom can walk down memory lane with me. If you're too young to know these figures, maybe you'll learn something. The Luke Skywalker action figure was part of an "Early Bird" marketing campaign unleashed by Kenner for Christmas There were four figures: Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, and R2-D2, and by mailing in the Early Bird Certificate parents could at least have the promise of figures under the tree by Christmas.
Even though the figures are stamped in , they were not available until later in The Luke that came with the Early Bird Kit had a double-telescoping lightsaber, and he's worth big dollars today. My figure is a later version, but not too much later. I don't think this was my original Luke, but it would have been an early one. Aside from some slightly discolored arms, he's not in bad shape.
The Han Solo character from Star Wars was a pretty cocky guy and thought quite a lot of himself. You may even say he had a big head. Maybe that's why they changed the head on his action figure. The first Han Solo action figure had a smaller head, but the one pictured here is the latter version. I recall having the small-head version at one point and being stumped as to why they changed his appearance.
Whatever the reason, Kenner would never tell. Also, note the bluish color of his blaster pistol in the picture. I believe that came from a special accessories replacement pack available by "proof of purchase" mail-away and was not original to the figure.
Leia was the female hero of the movie who never missed a Stormtrooper when she shot. Another all-white figure, except for a little darkness to the legs she cleaned up pretty well.
You can see that her blaster has a blue tinge and is probably from the accessory pack. With figures wearing the vinyl capes like Leia, Ben and Vader the cape often became damaged and destroyed through play, which makes me think this probably isn't my original figure. But several versions of Leia were released with each movie, so this one would have gotten some well-deserved rest after Empire came out.
Notice anything sad about my Darth Vader figure? Yeah, he's missing the tip of his lightsaber. It really bummed me out when I pulled him out of storage and saw this. I sometimes think Kenner made the lightsabers with that wimpy tip on the end so kids would have to go out and get a new figure when it inevitably fell off. More likely it was a remnant of the "telescoping" design originally intended for Darth Vader, Luke, and Obi-Wan. Later figures, notably Luke Skywalker figures, would have hand-held lightsabers, which would become lost instead of broken.
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