Kenner Star Wars Price Guide | AFA/CAS/UKG Loose-Graded Sales on eBay!
The Action Figure Grader reviews recent eBay sales of loose-graded Kenner Star Wars figures, covering items graded by AFA, CAS, and UKG. He highlights standout deals, overgraded figures, and notable prices across rare variants including orange-haired Luke, Japanese poppies, and an AFA95 Ewoks Wicket.
Summary
The host, known as the Action Figure Grader, walks through a collection of recent eBay auction results for loose-graded Kenner Star Wars figures, focusing on sales from sellers LM Lane 3, Wampa Hug, and Jeff's Collectible Empire. He covers items graded by AFA, CAS, and UKG, offering personal commentary on whether figures were correctly graded, fairly priced, or represented good deals.
Among the highlights from LM Lane 3, the host discusses an old K-style AFA85 vinyl cape Jawa that sold for $3,786, an AFA85 SWB baggie Luke Farmboy that sold for $890, and a CAS80 Plus orange-haired Luke Farmboy that sold for $1,913 — which he considers a significant bargain given the figure's rarity. He suggests the buyer could re-encase it with AFA and likely sell it for considerably more. He also critiques CAS's practice of grading figures with the lightsaber in hand rather than placing it in a recessed case.
The Japanese poppy section covers multiple AFA and UKG graded figures including Han Solo Hoth, Luke Bespin, Chewbacca, Stormtrooper, R2-D2, and Boba Fett, with prices ranging from $835 to $3,250. The host notes that Stormtrooper, Hoth Stormtrooper, Vader, and Han Solo Smuggler are among the tougher poppies to find. He also reviews blue Snaggletooth figures in both AFA80 and CAS75 Plus grades, commenting that both CAS and UKG grade that figure very strictly.
For Lily Ledy figures, the host compares an AFA75 that sold for $560 versus a CAS80 that sold for $666, arguing that AFA grades harsher and that the CAS80 would likely only receive an AFA75. He also raises concerns about a UKG90 R2-D2 pop-up lightsaber, suggesting it may not truly merit a 90 grade due to sticker yellowing and scuffing.
From the Wampa Hug seller, the host reviews a Droid Factory R2-D2 AFA80 Plus ($500), several Luke variants, a CAS85 Plus Max Rebo Band ($1,050), and critiques an AFA85 brown hair dark pants Luke ($809) and an AFA85 Leia ($698) as overgraded figures. He praises CAS's presentation for the Rebo Band as superior to AFA's case design for such figures.
The video concludes with Jeff's Collectible Empire listings, including an AFA85 Plus Uncle Gundy for $355 and the standout sale of the video: an AFA95 Ewoks cartoon Wicket that sold for $1,537. The host calls this a 'wild price' and uses it to illustrate the exponential premium the market places on grades above 85, noting that each step up in grade (85 to 90 to 95) can roughly double or more the selling price.
Key Insights
- The host argues that a CAS80 Plus orange-haired Luke Farmboy selling for $1,913 was a significant undervalue, claiming that re-encasing it with AFA would almost certainly yield an AFA80 grade and a much higher resale price — potentially $1,000 more.
- The host contends that AFA-graded figures tend to sell for higher prices than equivalent CAS or UKG grades, particularly for rare figures, and specifically criticizes CAS's practice of displaying the lightsaber in the figure's hand rather than in a recessed case as inferior presentation.
- The host identifies an AFA85 brown hair dark pants Luke Farmboy and an AFA85 Leia as overgraded by AFA, citing visible color inconsistencies between limbs and torsos and surface scuffs that he believes would warrant only an 80 or 80 Plus grade.
- The host uses the AFA95 Ewoks cartoon Wicket selling for $1,537 to illustrate that the market applies exponential rather than linear premiums for high grades — estimating that if an AFA85 sells for $500, an AFA90 might fetch $1,000 and a 95 around $1,500.
- The host argues that CAS and UKG both grade blue Snaggletooth very strictly, and that comparing a CAS75 Plus ($635) to an AFA80 ($710) of the same figure shows the AFA80 had only marginally better silver boot wear, suggesting the grade difference accurately reflected a very small condition gap.
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