Collection of more than 400 Star Wars toys kept in a cupboard for 40 years sells for eye-watering sum
A COLLECTION of more than 400 Star Wars toys in their original packaging has sold for £622,000.
They were stored in a cupboard for 45 years and included five of the rare Luke Skywalker figures with a double telescopic lightsaber.
This early Jedi weapon was quickly replaced with a single telescopic piece of plastic by toy firm Kenner because it was too complicated.
One of them alone sold for £34,680 in the auction in Pennsylvania, USA.
There were eight Boba Fett figures, one of which sold for £10,898.
And a box of 24 unopened Yodas sold for £18,360.
The seller, now in his 70s, had bought multiple copies direct from Kenner so his kids could play with some while others were stored.
Chuck Lang, for Morphy Auctions, said: “There was a lot of buzz in the Star Wars collecting world over this, the quality of it is just incredible.
“Seeing it now is like being transported back to a toy shop in the late 1970s. Whatever Star Wars you would have wanted at the time is there.
“They haven’t been touched and are still in their sealed boxes. It is mind-blowing.