1 00:00:02,066 --> 00:00:05,266 GUEST: Well, I brought my wife's and our collection of Star Wars figures from the late '70s and 2 00:00:07,266 --> 00:00:09,600 early '80s. Her and her mother started going, when the movie came out, they went seven times 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:14,600 straight in a row, and so my wife said, "Mom, I want to collect them." And so her mom started 4 00:00:15,700 --> 00:00:17,800 buying as they released them. So... 5 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,866 APPRAISER: So you're a family of dedicated Star Wars fans. 6 00:00:20,866 --> 00:00:22,933 GUEST: (laughing): Oh, yes, oh, yes. (laughing) 7 00:00:22,933 --> 00:00:27,933 APPRAISER: Well, Star Wars came out May 25, 1977. But what's funny is, the toys weren't 8 00:00:29,900 --> 00:00:33,366 released until 1978. And that's because Kenner actually produced the toys for the Star Wars 9 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,066 franchise. But there was such a mass hype for the production of the toys, they weren't 10 00:00:39,066 --> 00:00:44,033 able to meet the need for the 1977 Christmas season. So what they had released was something 11 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,166 called an Early Bird kit, where you would go to the store, and you would buy an envelope, 12 00:00:48,166 --> 00:00:52,900 you would mail it in, and then they would send you a four-pack of figures. But in 1978, 13 00:00:52,900 --> 00:00:57,833 you have the official release of the Star Wars toy line. Now, the one figure in particular 14 00:00:57,833 --> 00:01:02,700 that's important is the Jawa, because when the Jawa was first released, there was a release 15 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:07,633 with a vinyl cape, which is what you have here. And then Kenner switched him to a cloth 16 00:01:07,633 --> 00:01:11,633 cape, which is the much more common of the two figures in the variation. Have you ever 17 00:01:11,633 --> 00:01:13,700 thought what these toys would be worth? 18 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:16,500 GUEST: No, not really, but we figured this would always be our retirement. 19 00:01:16,500 --> 00:01:21,366 APPRAISER: So when it comes to toys in general-- condition, condition, condition. And now, 20 00:01:21,366 --> 00:01:25,300 typically, when it comes to Star Wars collecting-- just to give you an example-- if you were 21 00:01:25,300 --> 00:01:30,300 to have this Jawa right here, this cloth one individually is only worth about $25. It's 22 00:01:32,633 --> 00:01:35,433 in really good condition. If it was on the card, factory-sealed, it would be $500 to 23 00:01:35,433 --> 00:01:36,433 $800, minimum. 24 00:01:36,433 --> 00:01:38,466 GUEST: Correct. 25 00:01:38,466 --> 00:01:41,033 APPRAISER: But the vinyl-caped Jawa is an exception to the rule, because it's just so 26 00:01:41,033 --> 00:01:46,000 exceedingly rare that you just don't find them in circulation. And, actually, in, within 27 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,866 the past ten years, they've actually been knocking them off. You can buy a fake vinyl 28 00:01:49,866 --> 00:01:54,833 cape to put on your Jawa. But yours is 100% real. It is so clean. His cape has no scuffs. 29 00:01:56,866 --> 00:02:00,900 There's no stickiness to his plastic. There's the tiniest, tiniest little white mark on 30 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:05,500 the back of the cape. That little mark is going to make a difference. But conservatively, 31 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:10,200 at auction, for the vinyl-caped Jawa alone, you're easily looking at between $2,000 and 32 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:11,966 $3,000 for the single Jawa. 33 00:02:11,966 --> 00:02:14,500 GUEST: Oh, wow. (laughs) (laughing): Oh, wow. 34 00:02:14,500 --> 00:02:18,166 APPRAISER: Yeah, for that little Jawa. Now, look at the difference in the cape! Because 35 00:02:18,166 --> 00:02:20,733 if you just have a cloth cape, you're only $25. 36 00:02:20,733 --> 00:02:23,333 GUEST: Right. 37 00:02:23,333 --> 00:02:26,733 APPRAISER: Jawa, $2,000 to $3,000 in the vinyl. Now, the remainder of the collection, excluding 38 00:02:28,666 --> 00:02:30,633 the vinyl-caped Jawa, you're in the $400 to $600 range, conservatively. 39 00:02:30,633 --> 00:02:31,900 GUEST: Oh, wow-- wow. 40 00:02:31,900 --> 00:02:34,000 APPRAISER: Pretty cool day, right? 41 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,266 GUEST: Yeah, yup, yup. Well, I'm glad my wife took care of them, and kept them put away. 42 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:39,133 That's all I can say.