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Action Figure
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Thundercats Tongue-A-Saurus grabbed by eager bidder
04 March 2024As with many 1980s toys, the Thundercats range was produced to accompany a TV or film series.
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Much sought-after Star Wars Jawa figure from 1978 takes £15,000 at auction
28 January 2024One of the most coveted Star Wars figures is the Jawa figure by Palitoy with the original vinyl cape.
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Cheap cape but £21,000 for in demand Star Wars Jawa figure
14 August 2023The Vinyl Cape Jawa was the first Star Wars action figure to assume mythic status among collectors.
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Why details matter in Star Wars market
26 June 2023Showing little sign of their huge popularity slowing down, Star War figures made a significant contribution to a two-day TV and film-related auction.
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Star Wars rarities… but in bulk
13 February 2023Large collection of action figures offers multiple examples of hitherto scarce models to test the market
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Action stations for a three-day auction
05 December 2022Over the course of 35 years Andy Houldsworth amassed one of the largest collections of Action Man and similar action figures in the UK.
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Prices by the power of Grayskull
05 December 2022In 1981 the most powerful man in the universe, He-Man, began his fight against the evil Skeletor to save the planet of Eternia and protect Castle Grayskull.
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Pick of the week: Belting result for Action Man
05 September 2022A lot offering Action Man outfits and accessories from the flock hair period c.1970 sold for 100 times the low estimate at a Devon saleroom thanks to a considerable rarity it contained.
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Collectors answer action figure call to arms
25 January 2021How did toy manufacturers get boys in the rather less PC 1960s to play with dolls?
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All Action Man bidding at Norfolk sale
20 July 2020Underlining the nostalgic appeal of the 1970s-80s toys that today’s collectors once played with as children, this group of Action Man uniforms estimated at £40-60 sold for £1300 at the Keys (20% buyer’s premium) Toys auction on July 7.
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Pow! Batman poster and toy are hits
04 May 2020Well before the darker Batman film versions of directors Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan there was a more innocent era of Batman on the big and small screens.
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Star Wars rarity – Boba Fett with firing rocket offered at Vectis’ auction
14 July 2016The Rocket Firing Boba Fett has assumed legendary status among Star Wars collectors. Modelled in grey-blue plastic in advance of mass production by the Kenner factory in Ohio, it would forever remain a prototype figure.
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Boba Fett Star Wars figure sets auction record
04 February 2015The toy ripped open from plastic and cardboard may bring joy to a child – but it is the simple packaging that makes the big money when that child becomes a collector with an eye on pounds, not play value.
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