![]() ![]() These vintage Fisher-Price toys featured adorable little figures packed inside fun and educational playsets. Founded in 1930, the popular child’s toy line came to fame in the 1960s with their incredibly popular Little People line. "It doesn’t often work out that way.") 1.When it comes to classic toys, Fisher-Price is at the top of the list. "If you could go out right now and buy an action figure off the rack for $15, and turn around in a year and sell if for $30, everyone would be doing that," Bellomo says. (And something to keep in mind: While the potential profits of selling these figures do sound impressive, they shouldn't be taken as a sign that we should all invest heavily in toys and wait for our dollars to multiply. "How many people do you think would have bought a Star Wars figure in the spring of 1977 and saved it in its original packaging?" The answer is: Not very many, which is why mint condition versions of the 10 toys listed below are worth a fortune to collectors. Millions of figures have been produced over the years (the Kenner company shipped an estimated 250 million Star Wars figures by 1985), so what happened to most of them? "Think of it this way," Bellomo says. "As for crown jewels, I have about 150 to 250 mint on sealed card (MOSC) vintage Star Wars figures and a bunch of factory sealed playsets and vehicles, most of which never made it into The Ultimate Guide due to space restrictions."Īccording to Bellomo, there's usually a spike in vintage Star Wars figure prices when there's a major media tie-in (new films, cartoons, or shows made available on streaming platforms), but it's also a case of limited supply and high demand a lot of collectors want the toys, but the number of vintage figures is finite, which increases their value like a piece of fine art. "It took me two years to obtain a sealed bag of foam 'trash' for the Death Star Space Station playset," Bellomo says. Suffice it to say there are a lot, and some were harder to track down than others. With doubles and multiples of many figures and sets, Bellomo could not give a ballpark estimate of how many pieces are in his collection. ![]() He now owns every vintage figure ever made, including the "impossible to find" Early Bird Certificate Package. To do so, we enlisted the help of the man who literally wrote the book on the subject: Mark Bellomo, toy expert, mental_floss contributor and author of The Ultimate Guide to Vintage Star Wars Action Figures 1977-1985 (among many, many other books on toys).īellomo tells mental_floss that his love of the Star Wars universe began with the release of the first film in 1977 his connection to the toy line began the next year, when he got his first C-3PO figure. In honor of Star Wars Day, we decided to take a look at some of the figures that you may have owned that are now worth a fortune. In the nearly four decades since the first film hit theaters, almost every character, vehicle, and location from the franchise has been made into a figure or playset, and kid and adult fans alike purchased-and continue to buy-as many as they could afford. When it comes to movie-themed toy tie-ins, no film will ever compare to Star Wars.
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