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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 [View all]

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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