"It took me two years to obtain a sealed bag of foam 'trash' for the Death Star Space Station playset," Bellomo says.
Suffice it to say there are a lot, and some were harder to track down than others. With doubles and multiples of many figures and sets, Bellomo could not give a ballpark estimate of how many pieces are in his collection. He now owns every vintage figure ever made, including the "impossible to find" Early Bird Certificate Package. To do so, we enlisted the help of the man who literally wrote the book on the subject: Mark Bellomo, toy expert, mental_floss contributor and author of The Ultimate Guide to Vintage Star Wars Action Figures 1977-1985 (among many, many other books on toys).īellomo tells mental_floss that his love of the Star Wars universe began with the release of the first film in 1977 his connection to the toy line began the next year, when he got his first C-3PO figure. In honor of Star Wars Day, we decided to take a look at some of the figures that you may have owned that are now worth a fortune. In the nearly four decades since the first film hit theaters, almost every character, vehicle, and location from the franchise has been made into a figure or playset, and kid and adult fans alike purchased-and continue to buy-as many as they could afford. When it comes to movie-themed toy tie-ins, no film will ever compare to Star Wars.
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