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(3,614 posts) Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:14 PM Mar 2022

Rare prototype Star Wars action figure sells for record six figure price at Pa. auction house

Boba Fett may be the most feared bounty hunter in a galaxy far, far away, but he’s worth a fair amount of credits himself.

Hake’s Auctions in York put out a press release stating that their recent sale of an action figure of the Star Wars character set a new world record. The figure, a Kenner Star Wars Boba Fett prototype (complete with rocket launcher), made in 1979, drew in 27 bids before closing at $204,435 on March 16.

The previous record for an auction sale of the Star Wars prototype action figure was set in 2019, also by Hake’s, with a “Near-Mint” condition Boba Fett figure. That rating was even higher than the figure in last night’s sale, which was rated as being in “Very Good” condition.

It’s unsurprising that Boba Fett was the one that set the new record for Star Wars figures. The laconic character struck a chord with fans ever since his first appearance in 1978, and his action figure was a hot commodity even before his big-screen debut in “The Empire Strikes Back” in 1980. The character has also gotten the spotlight recently in the Disney Plus series “The Book of Boba Fett.”

https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2022/03/rare-prototype-star-wars-action-figure-sells-for-record-six-figure-price-at-pa-auction-house.html

I wonder if I had this thing. Oh well, probably laying in some landfill by now.

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Rare prototype Star Wars action figure sells for record six figure price at Pa. auction house (Original Post) modrepub Mar 2022 OP

They were a giveaway before Empire came out AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2022 #1

Rarity is the #1 thing, especially in an age of NFT bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #2

This goes to show that some people have way too much money and it for sure isn't me. nt abqtommy Mar 2022 #3

I still have some of my Kenner figures Bristlecone Mar 2022 #4

;-{)🖖‍ Goonch Mar 2022 #5

AZSkiffyGeek

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1. They were a giveaway before Empire came out

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Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:22 PM

Mar 2022

I got one - you had to send in box tops or something for it. They were supposed to have a rocket that shot out his backpack, but they realized that kids would poke their eyes out with it, so the final version didn’t have the rocket. I was so disappointed as a kid. A few prototypes with the rocket leaked out and those are the ones that fetch such money.