Tri-logos

[Joe]

Recently?? :shock: Let me know next time. I've been after one of these for ages and the last 1 i saw sold for almost 300. One on RS i think was posted for about 250 too. Worth it but out of my price range.

Yep they were a little under the radar but they are out there, in fact there was a bunch of mint Trilogos at a Vectis auction recently that I wish I had bid on as they went for peanuts, Lee77 got his Luke Gunner from that auction.

Shoot, i forgot about Luke Hoth. That's arguably 3rd to Madine and Jawa (which i also forgot to mention ) in value tho nowhere near. (agree?). Always been a holy grail piece of mine tho i don't even bother searching for them anymore cos they're never available and when they are they're priced between £500-£700.

The last Luke Hoth that sold on Ebay went for over £1k, although it was a much rarer variant than a bog standard Palitoy and it was graded AFA 80 too, I guess if you shave off the grading part and the interest in the variation you are left around the £400-500 mark for a minty one yep. Times like these I feel lucky to own one!

I think the Tri Logo Jawa is probably the 2nd toughest to find. In fact I think more Tri Logo Madines have turned up on the boards for sale than Tri Logo Jawas in the last year or two. Im sure Joe will correct me if Im wrong.

I would say Fett is there along with Luke Hoth in terms of how often they seem to turn up. Fett seems to sell for more though I guess because well ....its Fett.

Yes Jawa is definitely second to Madine in terms of finding one for sale, Fett follows closely and then either Luke Hoth or Luke Bespin, the last Luke Bespin went for £240 quid and he wasn't the mintiest example going - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item1c28e4cf0c&item=120945168140&nma=true&pt=UK_Collectables_SciFi_fantasyCollectables_EH&rt=nc&si=xe2f8YbZX6L0ZaF4OBlfyED3xdc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_1497wt_1271 but people usually forget he is really hard to find. I think I can count 4-5 examples in two years? I saw similar amounts of Jawas/Fetts!

As for prices I would say Jawa and Fett are pretty close actually, too close to really say which one is pricier, it just depends on who wants it or what the condition is but they are both £800-1200 on a good day with Madine always topping 2k.

 

[flycasual]

in fact there was a bunch of mint Trilogos at a Vectis auction recently that I wish I had bid on as they went for peanuts

The Yoda (OT: and a 21 back Walrus Man) flipped on eBay the very same day!

 

[Joe]

Told myself I wouldn't go back and look at those Vectis ending prices again but...

Just did!

DSD (small bubble) - £190
Tusken Raider - £70
Luke Bespin - £110
Luke Hoth - £360
Leia Poncho - £45 (ugh!)
Han Original (small bubble) - £110

The condition was simply stunning though, AFA 80/85's on almost all of them.

 

[.Q.]

May I call upon the expertise here present? Had a look through my stack of backers as a few names rang a bell... don't mean to turn this into a valuation thread but may I ask if the following tri cards are worth anything much? Of those mentioned so far I have Luke Hoth, Leia Bespin, IG-88, R5-D4, Yoda. Just curious, cheers in advance!

 

[flycasual]

Told myself I wouldn't go back and look at those Vectis ending prices again but...

Just did!

DSD (small bubble) - £190
Tusken Raider - £70
Luke Bespin - £110
Luke Hoth - £360
Leia Poncho - £45 (ugh!)
Han Original (small bubble) - £110

The condition was simply stunning though, AFA 80/85's on almost all of them.

Don't you have to add 20% for buyers premium?

 

[PGowdy]

No one seems to have mentioned the hybrid cards, I've only seen 2 Cloud Car Pilots come up and two Hammerheads for that matter. So they are rare and sometimes I wonder how many have slipped through the net as no one has differentiated them from the Kenner cards.

Yeah, i've never really been into them and don't really consider them real trilogos. But a big sale last year of about 100 mocs had 2 Hammerhead Hybrids in. one went for 900 the other about 1300. I remember discussing it at the time with Joe. Amazing. They're ugly ****ers too.

 

[sith-smith]

It's funny how the status of trilogos have changed. When I first started collecting MOC trilogos were pretty much near the bottom of the pile. Mostly easy to pick up and not too expensive. Obviously there were tougher ones. Madine and Jawa were considered equal, Fett not too far behind. Then came the likes of Luke Hoth, Original Leia, Boushh, ERG and Luke Bespin.

Madine hadn't reached the slightly over exaggerated ultra rare status it currently has and at some point it was considered that the Jawa was the rarest. I've certainly seen more Madines for sale over the years than Jawas, but considering I know more people looking for Madine than Jawa I reckon Madine is the toughest. Then again, I know a lot of people who have 2 madines! I only collect UK released ones so as Madine is French Carded I've not bothered going after any. I have all the others, including the hybrids so that part of my collection is complete

However, the completist in me would like one one day, but as people are asking ridiculous prices at the moment, I can do without, especially as my money needs to be spent in areas that are part of my collecting goals.

 

[edd_jedi]

Yeah when I look back through the receipts of tri logos I bought pre 2007, the prices kill me. It would probably cost at least twice as much or maybe even triple to put the same set together now.

 

[DarthStanley]

I got my IG-88 for £70 so they are out there, so its all just a question of patience.

And I got mine for £40 so they definitely are out there.

Back of the net! :lol:

 

[Joe]

I got my IG-88 for £70 so they are out there, so its all just a question of patience.

And I got mine for £40 so they definitely are out there.

Back of the net! :lol:

Definitely was a good day Mark, the fact that it was £50 but you still asked him to knock a tenner off was cheeky but legend :lol:

 

[sith-smith]

Am I reading the price on this correctly?

http://forum.rebelscum.com/t1085412/

 

[edd_jedi]

Yeah that's insane! Not worth anywhere near that.

Probably my biggest collecting cock up is passing on a slightly resealed Tri Logo Jawa for £75 in about 2005. Doh!

 

[Joe]

As crazy as it may seem, I do believe it will sell for around that price. I had actually agreed to buy a Trilogo Jawa cardback off of the same seller at the start of this year for around the same price (different card though so he must have found a couple) - For some reason that fell through and in hindsight I am quite glad it did just because I picked up some nicer things with the money I had set aside for that instead

In all honesty I think $200 for a backer of a figure that would cost over $2K if sealed isn't terrible, I would of course love to pick them up for $10 but hey ho if they aren't out there to find or the sellers won't sell them that cheap what can you do? I myself have had to get used to the idea that Fett, Jawa and Madine if I am going to acquire them are going to be cardbacks only because I simply can't afford to spend that much on a carded one.

I paid £80 for my Fett backer and to be honest I thought that was an ok deal at the time because one sold on ebay for over $200 and Hayd on here sold his for 100 Euros or so, rare figure cardback collecting isn't for everyone I suppose especially if you were lucky (or smart) enough to have bought into these things before the boom!

 

[edd_jedi]

Yes you're right Joe, in terms of scarcity the price is justified, there's probably a lot less tri-logo Jawa cardbacks out there than a lot of MOC or loose figures that sell for big money. I just couldn't bring myself to pay that kind of money for a tatty old cardback.

 

[Stormtrooper37]

I have this price guide book (printed in 2002) called - A Universe of Star Wars Collectibles. Looked up some of the Trilogo prices for back then

Prices are based on a C9. The guy who sourced these prices clearly did not have a clue about Trilogo's as you will see.

Jawa $75
Luke Bespin $125
Boba Fett $700
Madine $25
ig88 $175
Zuckuss $28

What makes it worse is the following

Power Droid $75
Walrusman $100
4-Lom $28
Death Squad Commander $75

:roll:

Can't believe the book got to be published with such inaccurate info especially considering the 4 characters above never being produced on a hybrid card let alone a trilogo one.

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

:lol: :lol:
Power Droid and DSC werrent released and $25 for a Madine :shock:

 

[edd_jedi]

I used to drool over the first Tomart guide in the early 90s. According to that America was full of tri logo main characters for $10, and 12 backs were the holy grails.

 

[Grant_C]

That's the bible I use today. So many awesome pictures and crazy extensive.

 

[silver grin]

I have this price guide book (printed in 2002) called - A Universe of Star Wars Collectibles. Looked up some of the Trilogo prices for back then

Prices are based on a C9. The guy who sourced these prices clearly did not have a clue about Trilogo's as you will see.

Jawa $75
Luke Bespin $125
Boba Fett $700
Madine $25
ig88 $175
Zuckuss $28

What makes it worse is the following

Power Droid $75
Walrusman $100
4-Lom $28
Death Squad Commander $75

:roll:

Can't believe the book got to be published with such inaccurate info especially considering the 4 characters above never being produced on a hybrid card let alone a trilogo one.

Is that the Stuart Wells III book?

 

[Stormtrooper37]

I have this price guide book (printed in 2002) called - A Universe of Star Wars Collectibles. Looked up some of the Trilogo prices for back then

Prices are based on a C9. The guy who sourced these prices clearly did not have a clue about Trilogo's as you will see.

Jawa $75
Luke Bespin $125
Boba Fett $700
Madine $25
ig88 $175
Zuckuss $28

What makes it worse is the following

Power Droid $75
Walrusman $100
4-Lom $28
Death Squad Commander $75

:roll:

Can't believe the book got to be published with such inaccurate info especially considering the 4 characters above never being produced on a hybrid card let alone a trilogo one.

Is that the Stuart Wells III book?

Yes it is