12 backs palitoy
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tro81 said:Lee Gregory said:Well I'll eat a large slice if humble pie
Honestly thought thus was a load of bollocks,my apologies
I hope he didn't sell a Luke or Chewy privately for less than £1500 because that's prob the bare minimum for those two at today's prices.
As for the rest the Han could get you £1000 if you are lucky and less for the rest
Great find,well done
let just say he use to have a few boxes of these. there was 20 to a box. Some where stolen by the black sheep of the family and the rest he's been selling them to a dealer over the last couple of years on the quite. My aunt nearly killed him.
the dealer of course was making request of the ones he wanted. A collector myslef i was supprised he never asked me before now. Unfortunately i could never afford them myself.
Am I reading this right - he had MORE THAN 1 BOX OF THESE! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
YES, my aunt had a shop well over 20 years ago. She did a deal with a retired palitoy rep and use to sell the toys in the shop. I still have my remote control r2-d2 she gave me as a present one year. Anyway my cousin came into the shop one day and claimed the daily shipment of toys and place them up in the loft. I know at the time a box of 20 cost £19 and there was a few of them as well the die cast ships, 12" dolls and a ton of action men.
As far as i know the palitoy rep is still alive and has a fair good stock himself. But then again he could of sold it by now.
As far as i know the palitoy rep is still alive and has a fair good stock himself. But then again he could of sold it by now.
so that would of been 1500 each?Lee Gregory said:
wow
oh well what he dosn't know would hurt
so what would be the min for any one fig? Which are the less sort after and what kind of price could he expect?
see i only know rotj could this is only what i can afford so never keep abreast of the big stuff.
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There is a thread somewhere on palitoy rarity,not sure where though.
The more common ones will still fetch 300-400 each they are 3PO Sandpeople
Vader is pretty common in my opinion but would fetch around 500-600 in good condition
R2 also quite common 400 maybe
It all depends who is buying what at the time
I know of 3 people who are still looking for a luke and chewy to complete a set of 12
The more common ones will still fetch 300-400 each they are 3PO Sandpeople
Vader is pretty common in my opinion but would fetch around 500-600 in good condition
R2 also quite common 400 maybe
It all depends who is buying what at the time
I know of 3 people who are still looking for a luke and chewy to complete a set of 12
oh i may as well put this up there as well if anyone has a rough idea of price guide. i have a price guide from 2005 thats say around 200 but i know prices go up and down in the star wars world.
as you can see the box is a little worn. could of been an ex display model or something. but still sealed in box.
as you can see the box is a little worn. could of been an ex display model or something. but still sealed in box.
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tro81 said:Lee Gregory said:Well I'll eat a large slice if humble pie
Honestly thought thus was a load of bollocks,my apologies
I hope he didn't sell a Luke or Chewy privately for less than £1500 because that's prob the bare minimum for those two at today's prices.
As for the rest the Han could get you £1000 if you are lucky and less for the rest
Great find,well done
let just say he use to have a few boxes of these. there was 20 to a box. Some where stolen by the black sheep of the family and the rest he's been selling them to a dealer over the last couple of years on the quite. My aunt nearly killed him.
the dealer of course was making request of the ones he wanted. A collector myslef i was supprised he never asked me before now. Unfortunately i could never afford them myself.
Don't suppose you can give the name of the dealer?? :wink:
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Some great stuff there.
It's difficult to be exact on prices as, as Lee says, so much depends on who is buying at any given time so there's little consistency. Luke and Chewie are, and have been for some time the priciest of the lot and £1500 would be a possible price for each. Luke has, for as long as I have been collecting MOC, always been the highest. Don't know why, but prices of 2500 have been known.
The Han is easily the rarest one you have. I've known mint ones to hit around 1k.
The rest are probably between £4-600. Though there was a time when you could give Sandpeople away!!
It's difficult to be exact on prices as, as Lee says, so much depends on who is buying at any given time so there's little consistency. Luke and Chewie are, and have been for some time the priciest of the lot and £1500 would be a possible price for each. Luke has, for as long as I have been collecting MOC, always been the highest. Don't know why, but prices of 2500 have been known.
The Han is easily the rarest one you have. I've known mint ones to hit around 1k.
The rest are probably between £4-600. Though there was a time when you could give Sandpeople away!!
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Would love to see a picture of the original shipping carton 
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palitoyjunky said:Would love to see a picture of the original shipping carton
The OP no longer has it mate.
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Caswellbot said:palitoyjunky said:Would love to see a picture of the original shipping carton
The OP no longer has it mate.
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Hello all,
I have been the lucky recipient of landing most of these 12 backs over the last 6 or 7 years. It was a case of the right place at the right time. I have always paid good money for everyone I bought off him and can sleep in my bed knowing I paid far more than a dealer would pay but bought in bulk so you have to be realistic. I was offered a chance to buy the latest lot but fell short. I offered not far off £3000 for them and always offered fast easy transactions.
I bought them as a collector and swapped and sold the spares. Sadly I couldn't afford to keep the collection going so sold them on a few years ago, they were sold within the community so you all may have examples sitting in your collection. The star piece was a Palitoy boxed deathstar shop stock, which I regretted selling, Matt Lake has it in his collection now.
Over the years I have had multiples of all the 12 backs (and Luke X-Wings) apart from the Chewie for some reason!
He has informed me that he was offered £4000 so I was pretty shocked that someone would offer that kind of money and disappointed I didn't get them. All the items are genuine and I think he was correct to sell now as the cards were becoming more and more warped in the loft.
I have had quite a few major finds over the years and this was one of the best but not the best! Gary will testify to that!
Cheers
Andy
I have been the lucky recipient of landing most of these 12 backs over the last 6 or 7 years. It was a case of the right place at the right time. I have always paid good money for everyone I bought off him and can sleep in my bed knowing I paid far more than a dealer would pay but bought in bulk so you have to be realistic. I was offered a chance to buy the latest lot but fell short. I offered not far off £3000 for them and always offered fast easy transactions.
I bought them as a collector and swapped and sold the spares. Sadly I couldn't afford to keep the collection going so sold them on a few years ago, they were sold within the community so you all may have examples sitting in your collection. The star piece was a Palitoy boxed deathstar shop stock, which I regretted selling, Matt Lake has it in his collection now.
Over the years I have had multiples of all the 12 backs (and Luke X-Wings) apart from the Chewie for some reason!
He has informed me that he was offered £4000 so I was pretty shocked that someone would offer that kind of money and disappointed I didn't get them. All the items are genuine and I think he was correct to sell now as the cards were becoming more and more warped in the loft.
I have had quite a few major finds over the years and this was one of the best but not the best! Gary will testify to that!
Cheers
Andy
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