Brown haired '77 Luke for $200??

[orionlukteel]

I was watching this one out of curiosity, never expected it to go this high, but what's the deal?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=310001795720&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=021

It doesn't appear to be a telescoping saber, I've had more than my share of complete brown-haired original Lukes, and they never went for that much.

Any input?

[LusiferSam]

This is the "red" or "orange" hair version, which is the rarest of the three hair colors (if I remember right). The other thing that I noticed right away is how white the figure is. Now that may be just the photo, but figure looks to be in very good shape. I think $200 is very high for this type of figure. It's rare, but maybe not as desirable as a DT saber. So I go back to be old stand by answer this this type of question, the true value of an item is what your willing to pay for it.

[2-1B]

It looks to be very pristine (look at the left hand, looks fresh out of the mold) but I wouldn't expect that to sell for $200+ either.

[Bel-Cam Jos]

I think that 200 buckaroos for ANY loose SW fig is too much, even some of the POTF ones, so there's my input on that. :pleased: My Brown Luke went for $35 about 10 years ago; even tripling that value it's just over $100.

[Rebo's_Guitarist]

The last one I saw sell was on RS and went for $500.

[Neuroleptic]

Geez! And here I was thinking I had paied a bit too much for a loose R2-D2 with pop up saber from 1984 at 55 dollars.

200 for a loose figure is just a BIT out of my price range.

[Blue2th]

I saw this Luke earlier, when I was browsing "loose" figures on eBay a couple of days ago. I didn't think it would go that high.
I know that carded and graded examples go much higher though.

3 3/4 GI Joes from the 80's seem to do just as well, even loose ones.
I have also seen the recent yellow variation error 25th ann. Sargent Stalker go above $100. Now he's back down to $75.

I think the Christmas frenzy has something to do with it too.

[JON9000]

If you sell on ebay, Christmas is without a doubt the time to put stuff up.

[pkalan70]

Maybe it had the face of Elvis in his hair?
People buy haunted toast on ebay.
Sorry folks, but not all Star Wars fans are geniuses.