It’s not stunning that a pristine example of Kenner’s notoriously rare Boba Fett motion determine with “rocket-firing” motion—by no means launched to the general public after being deemed a choking hazard—commanded a jaw-dropping sum at a recent auction. However $525,000 is fairly the good-looking bounty.
In line with a Heritage Auctions press launch, “its value greater than doubled the file for the most costly Star Wars motion determine bought at public sale, held by a rocket-firing Boba Fett that realized $236,000 in June 2022.” This newest sale featured certainly one of solely two surviving examples of a hand-painted model of the never-released, circa-1979 determine, therefore the rise in worth; extremely, it solely exists at the moment as a result of somebody at Kenner rescued it “from a field of discarded toys deposited there for workers to take house.”
Heritage additionally notes that “this miniature Mandalorian additionally bested a Barbie to change into probably the most priceless classic toy bought at public sale. In 2010, a one-of-a-kind, 1-carat-diamond-wearing Barbie bought for $302,000. Her reign ended Friday due to a protracted bidding battle that landed this holy grail in a single collector’s cargo maintain.”
Right here’s a full glimpse of Boba Fett in all his glory. Who wants diamonds once you’ve received rocket-firing motion?
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