WEBVTT 00:02.066 --> 00:05.266 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: Well, I brought my wife's and our collection of Star Wars figures from the late '70s and 00:07.266 --> 00:09.600 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% early '80s. Her and her mother started going, when the movie came out, they went seven times 00:09.600 --> 00:14.600 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% straight in a row, and so my wife said, "Mom, I want to collect them." And so her mom started 00:15.700 --> 00:17.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% buying as they released them. So... 00:17.800 --> 00:20.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: So you're a family of dedicated Star Wars fans. 00:20.866 --> 00:22.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: (laughing): Oh, yes, oh, yes. (laughing) 00:22.933 --> 00:27.933 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Well, Star Wars came out May 25, 1977. But what's funny is, the toys weren't 00:29.900 --> 00:33.366 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% released until 1978. And that's because Kenner actually produced the toys for the Star Wars 00:35.400 --> 00:39.066 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% franchise. But there was such a mass hype for the production of the toys, they weren't 00:39.066 --> 00:44.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% able to meet the need for the 1977 Christmas season. So what they had released was something 00:46.000 --> 00:48.166 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% called an Early Bird kit, where you would go to the store, and you would buy an envelope, 00:48.166 --> 00:52.900 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% you would mail it in, and then they would send you a four-pack of figures. But in 1978, 00:52.900 --> 00:57.833 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% you have the official release of the Star Wars toy line. Now, the one figure in particular 00:57.833 --> 01:02.700 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% that's important is the Jawa, because when the Jawa was first released, there was a release 01:02.700 --> 01:07.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% with a vinyl cape, which is what you have here. And then Kenner switched him to a cloth 01:07.633 --> 01:11.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% cape, which is the much more common of the two figures in the variation. Have you ever 01:11.633 --> 01:13.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% thought what these toys would be worth? 01:13.700 --> 01:16.500 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: No, not really, but we figured this would always be our retirement. 01:16.500 --> 01:21.366 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: So when it comes to toys in general-- condition, condition, condition. And now, 01:21.366 --> 01:25.300 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% typically, when it comes to Star Wars collecting-- just to give you an example-- if you were 01:25.300 --> 01:30.300 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% to have this Jawa right here, this cloth one individually is only worth about $25. It's 01:32.633 --> 01:35.433 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% in really good condition. If it was on the card, factory-sealed, it would be $500 to 01:35.433 --> 01:36.433 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% $800, minimum. 01:36.433 --> 01:38.466 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Correct. 01:38.466 --> 01:41.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: But the vinyl-caped Jawa is an exception to the rule, because it's just so 01:41.033 --> 01:46.000 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% exceedingly rare that you just don't find them in circulation. And, actually, in, within 01:46.000 --> 01:49.866 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the past ten years, they've actually been knocking them off. You can buy a fake vinyl 01:49.866 --> 01:54.833 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% cape to put on your Jawa. But yours is 100% real. It is so clean. His cape has no scuffs. 01:56.866 --> 02:00.900 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% There's no stickiness to his plastic. There's the tiniest, tiniest little white mark on 02:00.900 --> 02:05.500 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the back of the cape. That little mark is going to make a difference. But conservatively, 02:05.500 --> 02:10.200 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% at auction, for the vinyl-caped Jawa alone, you're easily looking at between $2,000 and 02:10.200 --> 02:11.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% $3,000 for the single Jawa. 02:11.966 --> 02:14.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: Oh, wow. (laughs) (laughing): Oh, wow. 02:14.500 --> 02:18.166 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Yeah, for that little Jawa. Now, look at the difference in the cape! Because 02:18.166 --> 02:20.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% if you just have a cloth cape, you're only $25. 02:20.733 --> 02:23.333 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Right. 02:23.333 --> 02:26.733 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: Jawa, $2,000 to $3,000 in the vinyl. Now, the remainder of the collection, excluding 02:28.666 --> 02:30.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the vinyl-caped Jawa, you're in the $400 to $600 range, conservatively. 02:30.633 --> 02:31.900 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: Oh, wow-- wow. 02:31.900 --> 02:34.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: Pretty cool day, right? 02:34.000 --> 02:38.266 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: Yeah, yup, yup. Well, I'm glad my wife took care of them, and kept them put away. 02:39.000 --> 02:39.133 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% That's all I can say.