GUEST: Well, I brought my wife's
and our collection of Star Wars
figures from the late '70s and

early '80s. Her and her mother
started going, when the movie
came out, they went seven times

straight in a row, and
so my wife said, "Mom,
I want to collect them."
And so her mom started

buying as they
released them. So...

APPRAISER: So you're a family
of dedicated Star Wars fans.

GUEST: (laughing): Oh,
yes, oh, yes. (laughing)

APPRAISER: Well, Star Wars came
out May 25, 1977. But what's
funny is, the toys weren't

released until 1978. And that's
because Kenner actually produced
the toys for the Star Wars

franchise. But there was such
a mass hype for the production
of the toys, they weren't

able to meet the need for the
1977 Christmas season. So what
they had released was something

called an Early Bird kit, where
you would go to the store,
and you would buy an envelope,

you would mail it in, and then
they would send you a four-pack
of figures. But in 1978,

you have the official release
of the Star Wars toy line. Now,
the one figure in particular

that's important is the Jawa,
because when the Jawa was first
released, there was a release

with a vinyl cape, which is
what you have here. And then
Kenner switched him to a cloth

cape, which is the much more
common of the two figures in
the variation. Have you ever

thought what these
toys would be worth?

GUEST: No, not really,
but we figured this would
always be our retirement.

APPRAISER: So when it comes to
toys in general-- condition,
condition, condition. And now,

typically, when it comes to Star
Wars collecting-- just to give
you an example-- if you were

to have this Jawa right here,
this cloth one individually
is only worth about $25. It's

in really good condition.
If it was on the
card, factory-sealed,
it would be $500 to

$800, minimum.

GUEST: Correct.

APPRAISER: But the vinyl-caped
Jawa is an exception to the
rule, because it's just so

exceedingly rare that you just
don't find them in circulation.
And, actually, in, within

the past ten years, they've
actually been knocking them
off. You can buy a fake vinyl

cape to put on your Jawa. But
yours is 100% real. It is so
clean. His cape has no scuffs.

There's no stickiness to his
plastic. There's the tiniest,
tiniest little white mark on

the back of the cape. That
little mark is going to make a
difference. But conservatively,

at auction, for the vinyl-caped
Jawa alone, you're easily
looking at between $2,000 and

$3,000 for the single Jawa.

GUEST: Oh, wow. (laughs)
(laughing): Oh, wow.

APPRAISER: Yeah, for that
little Jawa. Now, look at the
difference in the cape! Because

if you just have a cloth
cape, you're only $25.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: Jawa, $2,000
to $3,000 in the vinyl.
Now, the remainder of
the collection, excluding

the vinyl-caped Jawa,
you're in the $400 to $600
range, conservatively.

GUEST: Oh, wow-- wow.

APPRAISER: Pretty
cool day, right?

GUEST: Yeah, yup, yup. Well,
I'm glad my wife took care of
them, and kept them put away.

That's all I can say.