Registered: Jun 2006
Location: The United American Empire
Re: Re: Re: why is star wars expensive?
You can get relitively cheap Star Wars merchandise at toy/collectibles shows. Even some Antique malls have Star Wars merchandise 5 years or older, which are usually much cheaper than newer items or retail. I buy near mint sealed Star Wars action figures from the 1990s (my personal favorite for the action figures because I grew up at this time) for under five dollars a piece.
Ebay may also be a good alternative, but I am not that familiar with it so who knows.
Spell the man's name right or I'm gonna shove that extra U in your left nostril. It's not that hard of a name.
Anyways, if you know nerds and parents are gonna buy your stuff, may as well jack up the prices.
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Registered: Jun 2006
Location: The United American Empire
Loose and complete vintage figures that I purchase in the States are usually around 5-10 dollars depending on the figure. (Very good to mint condition.)
The carded figures in good to near mint condition usually cost 30 plus depending on the figure. I own 5 carder sealed vintage figures, they were less popular figures, so they were not very expensive compared to the more rare or most desired ones.
Registered: Sep 2006
Location: MANCHESTER - ENGLAND
The majority of carded figures go for well over £100 and the majority of the last 17 are way higher than that.
The cheapest carded figures ive seen out and about was the Bespin Security Guard for £30 and Endor Han for £40.
I think the most expensive was Yak Face on mint card with the coin going for over £1000
As for the last 17 loose mint and complete your talking £30 up to £90 uncarded.
Registered: Jun 2006
Location: The United American Empire
Yes, I could only afford Yak Face if the seller had no idea what they had! I have two of each of the AT-AT Commander and the Imperial Commander on card, in near mint condition. The only fault is the bubble is slightly yellowed. The man who sold them must have found an old kenner box of them or something because he only had those two figure, and you could tell they were stacked or stored for a while.
I think the most valuable carded vintage figure is the Vinyl cape jawa. Expect to fork over around six grand for one of those! (Depending on condition)
I got an actual metal C-3PO that is coloured gold an' kinda shiny unlike tha' crap produced now! And I got the Radio Drama scripts for A New Hope (back then, just called - Star Wars) and The Empire Strikes Back but I couldnt get Return of the Jedi. I got the Darth Vader '500th' Figure too.
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Nope, the C-3PO was sold by Oxfam for 10 euro. The Radio dramas were 5 euro each from the local second hand bookshop. The Darth Vader cost £20 in England and I picked up a boxed Star Wars: Rogue Squadron game for the N64 for £30 and... this broke me... I spent £150-200 on The Star Wars Vault. Oh and I found a book called Empire Building: The real life story of Star Wars by Garry Jenkins, it cost 1 euro but it worth more, loads more .
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Jun 3rd, 2008 06:01 PM
Re: Re: why is star wars expensive?
FER TEA!!
And I got the Radio Drama scripts for A New Hope (back then, just called - Star Wars) and The Empire Strikes Back but I couldnt get Return of the Jedi. 
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