New member - Weapons check and valuation advice sought

Yanto · Aug 11, 2024

Hi All

Following my intro thread https://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/threads/new-member.45285/#post-570543

keen to get some advice on (1) correct weapon to figure mapping and (2) valuations on each figure.

I've got quite a few to photograph, so I'll update the thread as soon as I can with pics. Thanks in advance....

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Mini99 · Aug 11, 2024

Hi,
Some very nice figures there.
The first 12 in your pictures above is where the money is going to be.
BUT you will need to get better pictures of them especially the weapons.
For example the A wing pilot has the wrong colour weapon, it needs to be black.
If you can supply pictures like these below for these then I will be able give you a valuation.

Are these childhood figures and weapons and bought new (i.e. I'm asking if the weapons could be repro?)

These 4 also have a reasonable value.

Yanto · Aug 11, 2024

Yanto · Aug 11, 2024

Mini99 said:
Hi,
The first 12 in your pictures above is where the money is going to be.
BUT you will need to get better pictures of them especially the weapons.
For example the A wing pilot has the wrong colour weapon, it needs to be black.
If you can supply pictures like these below for these then I will be able give you a valuation.

Are these childhood figures and weapons and bought new (i.e. I'm asking if the weapons could be repro?)

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Thx.

All figures purchased new by me as a kid.
All weapons genuine...I just may have mismatched some....it wasn't until recently I released they made repro items!

Yanto · Aug 11, 2024

Mini99 · Aug 11, 2024

Yanto said:
Thx.

All figures purchased new by me as a kid.
All weapons genuine...I just may have mismatched some....it wasn't until recently I released they made repro items!

I know it's a bit daunting matching weapons with the correct figure, but if you can do a bit of the leg work first of all it will help.
Try looking here, I know that there is so much information here but just try to identify the right weapon and colour first and then we can see what is what. The correct mold of weapon will make a difference to some buyers so we can see if you can match up.

Variant Villain

Guide to Vintage Star Wars Figures

www.variantvillain.com

Look under accessories.
Good luck.

Yanto · Aug 11, 2024

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Yanto · Aug 11, 2024

I think that's ROTJ done.....time for a pause.....ESB and SW coming up later

Cazza · Aug 11, 2024

Great start! Han Endor needs a solid black smuggler blaster- same shape as the one you've given him, but completely black. Compare it to the Leia Boushh staff, because a lot of weapons are blue-black (you can see a hint of blue when in front of a phone torch).

Yanto · Aug 11, 2024

Mini99 said:
I know it's a bit daunting matching weapons with the correct figure, but if you can do a bit of the leg work first of all it will help.
Try looking here, I know that there is so much information here but just try to identify the right weapon and colour first and then we can see what is what. The correct mold of weapon will make a difference to some buyers so we can see if you can match up.

Variant Villain

Guide to Vintage Star Wars Figures

www.variantvillain.com

Look under accessories.
Good luck.

Thx for the links....WOW, I had no idea of the variants to figures and weapons. Things felt a lot simpler 40 years ago

Back in the day, my old man was pals with some of the staff at the toy shop I bought these from. After they had maxed out space on the in-shop display racks, they used to let me go into the stock room and open the boxes of figures they'd had in but weren't yet on display. Still remember thumbing through the boxes of mixed figures and retrieving those that I was missing in the collection.

Boxes and boxes and boxes of new, carded, unpunched figures....