You can peg the rarest thing, or the most expensive thing, by numbers. But how do you measure a thing's value? I was always told that something is worth exactly what someone is willing to pay for it. By that measure, this rocket-firing Boba Fett action figure from 1979 is the most valuable vintage toy ever. It recently went up for sale by Heritage Auctions and sold for $525,000. That's more than a half-million dollars!
See, the rocket firing Boba Fett was never sold in stores. Kenner scrubbed the model because it was a choking hazard. But there were about 30 prototypes made, in various stages of the design process. One was listed for sale for $365,000 in 2019, but it apparently did not sell for that price, because the record amount paid for a Star Wars toy was $236,000 for a rocket-firing Boba Fett in 2022. That is, until now. This particular Boba Fett was hand-painted, making it one of only three that exist in the world. Read more about this ultra-rare action figure that set a new record at Gizmodo.
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