Wow!

[bobskins]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-S...er-Orange-Hair-Original-1977-C9-/161914117649

:shock: :shock: :shock:

 

[Palifan]

Really!?

I would have rather had the PBP Hoth Soldier the seller recently sold (amongst a few other nice items!).

Ian

 

[Grant]

I sold an AFA 90 one some years back for £900. This is just fooking stupid. :shock:

 

[theforceuk]

Exactly what I was thinking, stupid.

 

[_Lee_]

****ing rediculous. I wish some people had more brain cells than money as its destroying the hobby.

 

[sparkysx]

wtf?

 

[Michael Sith]

Just stupid :roll:

 

[jedisearcher]

3rd highest bidder has 24 bid retractions, 4th highest has 27 bid retractions (both over last 6 months). Is that a little suspicious?

I've bought a fair bit over the years and I've never retracted a bid. Just sayin'

 

[rhyfelyser]

I dunno but one has to presume that the likes of bankers, pro footballers, council big wigs, investors etc have entered our hobby for prices like this being realised.

 

[bobskins]

Yeah the bidding may be a bit suspicious although a lot of the bidders have very high feedback scores. Be interesting to see what happens next, whether it is listed again.

I did wonder if this is down to investors bidding rather than collectors but an orange haired Luke is not exactly an obvious choice (like say a VC jawa or rocket firing Fett) for someone not in the hobby.

I have an AFA 85 one of these, I'd say better than that one. It's at times like this when I do seriously consoder selling up, must be strong! :x

 

[poncho]

Wheres my humbrol orange paint :lol:

 

[steve obi wan]

Sell sell sell

Crazy :shock:

 

[ChallengerFox]

First time i've heard of this variation I think , what's the story behind the orange ones ? How many in existence ?

 

[lejackal]

First time i've heard of this variation I think , what's the story behind the orange ones ? How many in existence ?

Not sure how many there are but rumour has it that until Rupert Grint became a hit with the ladies they had a hard time at school :lol:

 

[bobskins]

I don't know what the whole story is with them to be honest.

I think there are two orange haired Luke FBs - one a US one, the other an Aussie one. The US one is considered to be the more 'correct' orange haired Luke and worth more.

They don't come up for sale very often. I got mine from Rebelscum a few years ago and since then I've had a search on eBay for 'orange haired Luke' (mainly because I was after an orange haired Luke Bespin). I've probably seen 2-3 come up. One of those was AFA 85 graded and listed buy it now for about £1500 but the auction was ended early so no idea how much it actually went for.

Orange you glad you bought one a few years ago? Yes, I am!

 

[Grant]

These can sometimes originate from Kenner 41-E MOC's. I owned one back in like 2009. Not sure what others if any. 8)

 

[StarWarsFan]

Wow thats a lot :O

 

[sith-smith]

Is this a 'well known for some time mega rare' kind of variation?