Vintage Kenner Star Wars Price Guide - Recent Mint-on-Card Auction Data
The Action Figure Grader reviews recent eBay auction results for vintage Kenner Star Wars mint-on-card figures, covering both graded and ungraded examples. The video covers a wide range of cards from 12-back Darth Vader to rare Droids and Power of the Force figures, with the host offering his own grade estimates and commentary on whether prices were deals or fair market value.
Summary
The host of the Action Figure Grader YouTube channel presents a price guide video covering recent eBay auction results for vintage Kenner Star Wars mint-on-card (MOC) figures, both graded and ungraded. He opens with a brief personal anecdote about traveling to Orlando while his wife speaks at a science convention.
The video begins with core Kenner US card backs. A 12-back Darth Vader with a price sticker and blister dings sold for $1,376, which the host estimates would grade at a 70 or 70-plus. A 20-back Hammerhead with two notable creases sold for $617, estimated at a 70 to 75 grade. A factory-sealed diecast Millennium Falcon sold for $271, which the host calls a very good deal despite imperfect box condition.
The host then covers a series of Luke Skywalker MOCs. A 41-back Stormtrooper in ESB packaging with a clear blister sold for $639, estimated at an AFA 80. A 41-back Luke X-Wing Pilot sold for $455, with a pronounced crease putting it at an estimated 75 grade. Two Luke Hoth cards are highlighted: a 48-back A sold for $886 (estimated 75-plus to low 80), and a 65-back A Return of the Jedi clear blister unpunched sold for $780, which surprised the host given how close it came to the price of the rarer 48-back. A molded-face Luke Jedi on a 65-back with the snap cape bagged inside the blister sold for $620, noted as especially rare due to both the molded face variant and the bagged cape.
A significant portion of the video covers auctions from a seller called Bella's Toy Chest, described as a former YouTuber liquidating her collection. Highlights include a 32-back Han Solo Smuggler AFA 80 for $560, a 77-back Han Solo Hoth CAS 80-plus for $247, and a 77-back Darth Vader CAS 85 for $456. The host notes these as strong deals.
The host then discusses international trilogo variants, explaining how to distinguish French Meccano blisters (smaller, angled, tend to yellow), Palitoy blisters (etched-edge or rounded corners, darker yellow card backs, wider hang tabs), and German Parker card backs (brighter yellow backs, longer thinner hang tabs). A CAS 80-plus Princess Leia Endor Meccano sold for $290, an AFA 70 Princess Leia Bespin German Parker sold for $355, and a CAS 75 Palitoy Yoda with brown snake sold for $373.
The video closes with high-value Power of the Force and Droids figures. A CAS 85 Amanaman sold for $617, a CAS 80-plus Han Solo in Carbonite for $670, and an AFA 70 Droids Tie Fighter for $660. An archival AFA 60 Sy Snootles sold for $1,376. Two Kenner Canada Droids figures — an AFA 85-plus C-3PO for $1,175 and an AFA 85 R2-D2 for $1,694 — were purchased by a friend named Byron. A US-card Kea Moll AFA 75 sold for $15,750, and an Ewoks cartoon figure CAS 80 made in Mexico sold for $23,750, which the host called a steal. Finally, an AFA 85 General Lando sold for $545 and an AFA 80-plus Luke Skywalker in Ewok poncho sold for $500.
Key Insights
- The host argues that a 65-back Return of the Jedi clear blister Luke Hoth selling for $780 is surprising because it sold for nearly as much as a rarer 48-back offerless example at $886, illustrating the strong price premium collectors pay for ROTJ clear blisters.
- The host identifies a molded-face Luke Jedi MOC with the snap cape bagged inside the blister as especially rare, noting that collectors will pay significant money — in this case $620 — even for rough-condition examples of this variant.
- The host explains that French Meccano trilogo blisters can be identified by their smaller, angled shape and tendency to yellow, while German Parker card backs are distinguished by longer, thinner hang tabs and brighter yellow card backs compared to Palitoy's wider tabs and darker yellow backs.
- The host states that an Ewoks cartoon figure graded CAS 80, made in Mexico for the US market, selling for $23,750 was a bargain, implying the market value for high-grade examples of this figure is substantially higher.
- The host references a previously documented AFA 85 48-back Luke Hoth that sold on eBay for $3,800 to $3,900, using it as a benchmark to argue that the current $886 sale for a likely 75-plus or low-80 example represents a relatively good deal in the present market environment.
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