MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
THE FORCE IS REAL.
FANS FLOCKING TO AN ONLINE
AUCTION FOR AN ITEM BEING BILLED
AS THE RAREST STAR WARS ACTION
FIGURE OF ALL TIME.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE BOBO FETT
PROTOTYPE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO
GET BIDS UP TO HALF A MILLION
DOLLARS.
WHY IS THIS ACTION FIGURE IN
SUCH DEMAND?
>> IT IS A ROCKET FIRING
PROTOTYPE.
IT WAS NOT RELEASED.
KIDS SENT IN THE MAIL TO GET THE
ACTION FIGURE.
THE PROTOTYPE WAS ROCK T ROCKET
ET-FIRING.
THROUGH TESTS AND RESULTS THEY
REALIZED THEY COULDN'T HAVE IT
ROCKET-FIRING.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU --
DAGEN: THE PIECE WAS TOO SMALL
IN PART, RIGHT?
WERE THEY WORRIED CHILDREN WOULD
EAT IT.
>> IT WAS A CHOKING HAZARD.
SAFETY AND STANDARDS WOULDN'T
LET YOU RELEASE IT.
IN THE MAIL, INSTEAD OF GETTING
THE ROCKET FIRING SET, YOU GOT
THIS SET AND AN APOLOGY LETTER
RIGHT HERE.
DAGEN: CAN I SEE THE LETTER,
THAT'S AWESOME.
HOW L VALUABLE IS THIS ONE IN
YOUR HAND.
>> IN THE BAG, COMPLETE, 2 TO
400, $500, SOMEWHERE AROUND
THERE.
>> I'M INTERESTED, WHO IS THE
BUYER?
THIS MOVIE CAME OUT IN 1978,
1978.
I'M ASSUMING IF YOU WERE --
DAGEN: RIGHT HERE.
>> YOU'RE NOW 55 YEARS OLD.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT,
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE SAYING THIS
IS THE GREATEST MOVIE IN MY
LIFETIME, I NEED TO HAVE THIS
PRODUCT.
>> THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF
BUYERS.
THERE ARE COLLECTORS THAT HAVE
BEEN COLLECTING FOR 30 YEARS.
AND THIS IS A PIECE THEY'VE
ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE.
AS THIS IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST
GRADED EXAMPLES OF THIS, IT'S
GRADED 85 PLUS AND THERE ARE
DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF THIS.
THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN OF THIS
VARIETY GRADED BY AFA.
85 PLUS OUT OF 100, IT'S VERY
HIGH GRADE.
SO THE COLLECTOR WOULD BE
INVESTORS THAT BACK IN THE DAY
GOT THIS FIGURE AND YOU NOW THEY
WANT TO HAVE WHAT THEY WERE TOLD
THEY COULD HAVE ON THE CARD
BACKS.
THEY WERE SHOWING ROCKET-FIRING.
IT WAS UP TO THE WEEKS BEFORE IT
WAS RELEASED THEY CHANGED TO
THIS ONE.
>> I'M A A HUGE, HUGE STAR WARS
FAN BUT I HATED THE LAST MOVIE.
IT WAS -- THE FIRST ONE I JUST
DIDN'T LIKE.
I ACTUALLY FELL ASLEEP IN IT, IT
WAS SO BORING.
THIS NEW MOVIE THAT'S GOING TO
COME OUT --
MARIA: TELL US HOW YOU REALLY
FEEL.
>> IS THAT GOING TO BE BACK TO
THE OLD STAR WARS.
>> DECEMBER 120th
>> DECEMBER 220th
>> DECEMBER 20tth
>> DECEMBER 20thh
>> DECEMBER 20th IT COMES
OUT, I THINK IT IS GOING TO --
THE MOVIES HAVE RAISED THE
VALUE.
DAGEN: THE GARBAGE OF THE -- IT
WOULD BE THE ONE, TWO AND THREE,
THE FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH
LUCAS FILMS, BEFORE DISNEY
ACQUIRED LUCAS FILM, THOSE WERE
GARBAGE MOVIES, IT DIDN'T HAVE
ANY EFFECT ON THE VALUE OF
THESE, OTHER THAN TO SEND PRICES
HIGHER.
WHAT MAKES THESE SPECIAL?
THIS IS AN OBI WAN.
MARIA: HOW MUCH IS THAT ONE.
>> DARTH VADER AND THE OBI
WAN ARE DOUBLE TELESCOPING LIGHT
SABERS WHICH IS AN EARLY
PRODUCTION VARIETY THAT BARELY
MADE IT TO THE SHELVES.
THE LIGHT SABER COMES ON TWICE,
IT MAKES IT VERY RARE.
THIS IS RARER, ANOTHER VARIETY
-- THIS WAS A RECENT FIND AT A
GARAGE SALE.
THIS PIECE.
$3.
DAGEN: FOR THE FULL VALUE OF
THESE, THEY HAVE TO BE IF THE
ORIGINAL PACKAGES.
>> YES, THEY DO.
DAGEN: MY BROTHER HAS THE
ENTIRE COLLECTION.
>> THE WHOLE SET?
DAGEN: BECAUSE, AGAIN, I WAS IN
THIRD GRADE WHEN THE FIRST FILM
CAME OUT.
MY BROTHER'S FOUR YEARS YOUNGER
THAN I AM.
HE BOUGHT EVERY SINGLE ACTION
FIGURE AND THEY CAME AND YOU
KEPT THEM IN A DARTH VADER,
BASICALLY A CASE, DO YOU
REMEMBER THOSE.
>> OH, YEAH, WE'VE SOLD THOSE.
>> HE'S A RICH MAN RIGHT NOW.
DAGEN: THAT'S MY POINT.
THEY'RE NOT IN THE ORIGINAL
PACKAGING.
IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE PACKAGING,
YOU WILL NOT FETCH THOSE PRICING
YOU WILL NOT FETCH THOSE PRICINS
YOU WILL NOT FETCH THOSE PRICIN,
RIGHT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
MARIA: THAT'S FANTASTIC.
SO YOU'RE EXPECTING A BIG
AUCTION.
>> IT'S THE LARGEST AUCTION
WE'VE EVER HAD, NEARLY 400 LOTS
OF STAR WARS ITEMS.
DAGEN: WHAT'S THE HOLY GRAIL?
>> RIGHT HERE.
DAGEN: THAT'S THE HOLY GRAIL.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S
COMPARABLE TO THAT, THAT YOU
HAVE NEVER --
>> WE SOLD OTHER PROTOTYPES IN
THE PAST LIKE THIS, 86,000,
112,000, FOR A VARIETY OF THIS.
THERE'S MORE OUT THERE.
SEVEN OF THESE, 20 OF THOSE THAT
ARE GRADED THAT WE SOLD FOR THIS
MUCH.
THIS BEING AS RARE AS IT IS,
IT'S FULLY PAINTED, THE OTHERS
WE SOLD WEREN'T PAINTED.
IT'S THE COOLEST CHARACTER OF
STAR WARS.
DAGEN: COOL NAME, COOL
CHARACTER.