![]() Here are the rarest Star Wars collectibles out there, and what they're worth. Yes, we have scoured the land for the goodies that ye fanboys and girls seek, and found news of the choicest prizes of them all, which we report back to you: here are the golden icons you want to seek the most. And not only that, but us helpful gnomes in the blogging world are doing our part too: compiling lists. So, of course, the game is on: thousands are carrying out their search for this or that holy grail from the comfort of their own home, and every corner of the internet is a-buzzing. A lot of rare goodies accumulate over four decades, and, when you don’t have to wait for a convention to get chance to wrap your grubby paws around them anymore, the market for those old toys, posters, props, and more is bigger than ever before! No longer do you have to hit the road and go from fair to fair and con to con in order to find that 1977 action figure or that limited edition poster. ![]() Especially now, what with eBay and Craigslist right there at your fingertips, collectibles of all shapes and sizes are a core part of the fan experience. In 1999, with the final waves of Power of the Force 2, Hasbro discontinued use of the Kenner name, but aside from a change of corporate logos the line continued largely unchanged.Let’s talk about that one most important thing about obsessive fan culture: the collectibles. For example, the Darth Vader photo pulled down to show nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker. In 1999, in preparation for Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, the Freeze Frame cards were replaced by 11 special figures known as Flashback Photo cards, which came with an oblong plastic framed photo that allowed the viewer, by pulling a tab below the photo, to shift an image of a character from the original trilogy to its Episode I counterpart. A slide viewer shaped like Luke Skywalker's macrobinoculars, as seen in the opening moments on Hoth in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, was available as a mail-away offer. ![]() This slide was then altered to read "Death Star Trash Compacter", making the original "Imperial" card a rare variant for collectors. ![]() Another noteworthy figure is R2-D2 with data attachments: the early figure featured a variant Freeze Frame Slide with the words "Imperial Trash Compacter" in the caption. The skiff guard Weequay is the rarest of the Freeze Frame cards due to being the last of this line to be produced. Two Freeze Frame cards are noteworthy for their rarity. Some of the hologram cards can be found with the Power of the Force logo missing.īeginning in 1998, the packaging was revised once again, this time to feature a promotional pack-in in the form of a photo slide known as a Freeze Frame Slide, depicting a scene from the film in which character can be seen, 56 of these figures were released. These used a standard green card but with a hologram sticker of the character simply stuck onto the card where the original picture would be. The next change, although short lived, featured cards with a hologram sticker. Also in 1997, the packaging design evolved as the decoration changed from featuring a red lightsaber glow to a green. Vehicles from the Power of the Force line for the most part reused the 1970s and 1980s Kenner molds, updating their paint schemes and electronics, a practice Hasbro continued for future lines.įollowing the 1997 Special Edition release of the Original Trilogy, new figures, vehicles, and beasts were created based on the newly created or revised footage. Also introduced in 1998 was a wave of Expanded Universe figures from Star Wars comics, novels, and video games. "Walrus Man" became Ponda Baba and "Hammerhead" became Momaw Nadon, for example. Many characters released in the original line under film production nicknames were now released under their names from later Expanded Universe sources. Team leader Tim Hall commented on the change saying, "The biggest discussions we had was about the importance of balancing the needs of collectors with those of kids." The line comprised characters from the original trilogy, most of them new versions of characters produced by Kenner from 1978 to 1985. ![]() This bulked-up aesthetic was toned down as the line continued and was phased out by 1998 in favor of a more movie-accurate look. The initial line was characterized by a muscular look typical of boys' toy lines of the time. ![]()
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