What Are Old Star Wars Toys Worth In 2024?

How much are vintage Star Wars action figures made from 1978 to 1979 worth in 2024? Today we price them all both loose and carded action figures, plus important variants and fact that you need to know in order to collect all of these vintage Star Wars action figures. Let’s Go!

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[ben-jammin]

I still have all of those figures today. They aren't in very good shape because I played with them so much.

[MoparMcNeer]

I recall saying that this video had to be reposted, due to some edits. So I watched it again for fun.

I can tell that a lot of research and time went into putting this video together, so thank you from the community. It's nice to get a feel of the current market for both the carded and loose versions of these figures.

Looking forward to the ESB video from the series. Thanks for putting in the work for us buddy.

[elvisisalive]

just went through my old box I've had since a kid in the 70's. I have a Darth Vader double telescope and a Jawa. Also an unopened board game from 77, in the original plastic wrapper from Woodwards lol. We got two of them one year and I put one away, crazy.

[enfieldjohn]

My first two Star Wars action figures were C3PO and R2D2 that I got for my birthday in 1978. I still have them and they sit proudly on my computer desk today. My C3PO has become quite floppy but he will still stand up on a display stand. His paint is worn off in places from decades of play but he still looks pretty good. Ironically, my grandma and I returned three different C3POs to Kmart because they were so heavily painted that you couldn't move their arms and legs. Even my grandpa couldn't budge them. The fourth time was the charm though the limbs were quite stiff. Didn't take me long to take care of that though.

My first R2D2 still has all of his paint though the front of his sticker is missing a little chunk along the top edge. His head still clicks too despite me taking him apart a few times as a kid to see what was inside. Interesting bit of trivia - The R2D2's and R5D4's are the only Kenner Star Wars action figures held together with a visible Phillips head screw. Some others are held together with a rivet - like C3PO and Death Star Droid.

It's amazing that he and 3PO are in as good of shape as they are given that I took them everywhere with me as a little kid. Especially R2 as he was perfectly pocket-sized. I consider these two droid action figures to be priceless and will never sell them.

Obi Wan Kenobi was the first action figure that I noticed to have variants as a kid. I got two of them in 78: one from my grandma and one from one of my great uncles for Christmas. One had the white hair while the other had the dark gray hair. I thought that was pretty interesting even as a five year old. The dark gray haired Ben spent most of his time in my Sandspeeder while the white haired one went farther afield and was handled much more, so some of his hair's paint is worn off.

I lost all of the original lightsabers from my figures rather quickly as a kid due to playing with them outside and all over the house, so I have no idea if any of them were double telescoping. It's possible because one of my uncles worked for Sears back then, so he would have had access to the first figures and ships they got in. My lightsaber wielding figures had to make do with translucent plastic cocktail sticks shaped like swords. I'd break the blades off and stick them in the arms of my figures. My grandpa was (among many other jobs) a bartender at the local VFW when I was little, so we always had lots of those cocktail sticks around.

I didn't know, or had forgotten, that the Takara Stormtroopers didn't have foot peg holes. Good bit of detail there!

I like the big head variant better. Looks a bit more like Harrison Ford than the small head one. I love both though because they were among the few that came with a bent elbow, so you could pose him holding his blaster more like he usually did in the movie rather than having his arm straight out. The one I got as a kid was the big head variant. I remember seeing the small head ones later on at friends' houses and thought it was odd that they changed them.

What's weird about the Jawa figure is that I could have easily been in possession of several of the vinyl cape version since my uncle had them at his Sears store. I didn't like them as a little kid though and preferred the cloth cloak ones when they came out. I remember wondering as a little kid why every figure didn't have a cloth cape or cloak instead of a vinyl one since the Jawa cloth cloak looked so awesome. My mom made cloth capes for my Darth Vader and cloaks for my Obi Wan, Sand Person and Princess Leia figures after the vinyl ones tore. I don't know where they are now, but I remember them. Now, I kinda kick myself because the 'ugly' vinyl cape Jawas are worth a bundle - if you can prove the cape is original that is. Lots of fake ones out now.

My first Commander was labelled the Death Squad Commander and I always called them that even after the later ones came out. Mine isn't pristine officially though because at some point in my childhood, I got tired of his helmet missing paint and used some Testor's modeling paint to touch it up. I did a great job on it, but I would still never sell it as 'mint' - if I ever sold it at all. He's under rated I think. A really cool looking figure that added some early variety to the bad guys' line up.

Greedo was one of my favorite figures of sideline characters as a kid because he could hold blasters so well. It baffled me that Kenner didn't make at least one hand of every figure with hands to have such a good grip. He also stood out for being so very green. :)

I didn't get any of the playsets as a kid because I got the carrying case that had two gray tray inside. I could take the trays out and use them as bases to make my own playsets from by drawing my own backgrounds on pieces of poster board. I also made playsets out of milk crates, packing material and bits from other toys. I am finally on the verge of getting my first official playset: Hoth Turret and Probot when it comes in the mail later this month. It's exciting! Making my own playsets was fun, but it'll be cool to have an official one.

Greedo and Hammerhead were the only 'alien' figures that I got as a kid. I have several more of them once I started collecting later on. I got the Red Snaggletooth and I frankly like it much better than the blue one as it looks much more like the character in the movie.

On the other hand, I had all of the droid figures from these first two waves. I loved robots as a kid. One of the main reasons why I was instantly such a Star Wars fan as a kid. My Death Star Droid also got some paint touch ups back in the day. The Power Droid or Gonk Droid is one of my favorites. I loved it as a kid because of the way the legs tilted the body and clicked.

This video is very helpful and well done.

[davidwarren]

Great memories of playing in my mates back garden as a kid in the 80s, he has sadly passed away, but every time I see these figures it's his face I see😢🙏

[steve]

I remember getting the first four action figures. For Xmas I got the cardboard stand with pictures of all the figures that were going to be released. Then in February 78 the first 4 came in the mail. A white box no individual packages or labels. A slide out plastic tray had like, leia, Chewbacca and r2d2

[paulgiannamore-guitar]

So how many of us watched this video cause we had the original 1978 figures? I WISH I Had know in 1978 these would have been worth this much. I had many of them except for the cantina figures.

[scotthildebrand]

☝️ just a note for the early bird figures, Chewbacca always had the green bowcaster, R2-D2 always had the dark blue dome 👌😉 Luke had a regular light saber after awhile, not sure about Leia having brown or black hair first. Nice video bro 😎🤙 keep collecting

[christianalatorre_]

The amount of research into these toys is amazing. Great video man!

[billpaulk]

Thank you for an updated video Joey! Such a beneficial tool to price my collection.

[BigJimDenver]

Man. This brought back a lot of memories. A lot of people my age had the majority of these. I remember how excited I was when I got Boba in the mail finally. The challenge always was not losing the blasters. Had them all stored in the Darth Vader case. Some great memories with these around Christmas for sure.

[LizzMartyJo]

I have been waiting for this kind of video, excellent work Joey👌 thanks!🤩

[markpekrul]

LOVE the Two Guys price sticker on the Han Solo card - at $1.97 each, get 2!

[CameronCorneilus]

Loving the research information on this video joey. It completely slips your mind, How some of them individually will just go up in price.

[NDIRISH]

Thanks for posting this! Wanted to get a good list of the prices of the figures in my collection-this helps a lot.

[cajunkonection]

I am 47 now and I had most of these listed. My mom put them in a storage unit with a bunch of other stuff and then stopped paying on it. Someone found a motherload when they bought that unit at auction

[ryanreeves]

Who else gets the warm and fuzzies just looking at these pictures. How many hours did I stare at the Sears catalog before Christmas fantasizing about these toys!!! And Small head Han all the way!

[timothyvandenberg]

Dear Padawan Collector, LOVE YOUR CONTENT!! KEEP IT COMING!

[ActionFigureMagic]

Wow dude. I watched part of the video(paused it!) and am finishing it up now. And? Ya know what? I Learned about, and seen!-quite a few things I did NOT know!!! So! For that?! I ty..and Have subbed!😁👏👏👏👏 That Vader card? Is that a purple saber on the card??(Or .CLD it be the lighting?) I found that fascinating!😊 8:43

[tperson]

Thanks for doing this.
I haven't been looking at SW figures for a while and I just so happen to find a very good Stormtrooper for 45 and a decent small head Han for 30.

This list was a sign that I should get another Stormtrooper. :)

Thanks for the video