Kenner’s rare 1979 Boba Fett action figure with “rocket launcher” action is the most valuable vintage toy in the world as Heritage Auctions announced that it sold in a recent auction for $525,000!
The reason this figure is so valuable is because it was never actually released to the public because the rocket was considered a choking hazard to children.
The only reason this figure is in the public domain is because someone at Kenner rescued it “from a box of discarded toys stored there for employees to take home.”
According to the press release: “Its price more than doubled the record for the most expensive Star Wars action figure sold at auction, held by a rocket-throwing Boba Fett which realized $236,000 in June 2022.”
Heritage also states that “this miniature Mandalorian also beat out a Barbie to become the most valuable vintage toy sold at auction.
“In 2010, a one-of-a-kind Barbie doll with a 1-carat diamond sold for $302,000. Her reign ended Friday thanks to a long bidding war that landed this Holy Grail in a collector’s hold.
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by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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