# Luke Skywalker's Toy Collection **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 10, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399 "2016-08-10T23:28:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/1 "2016-08-10T23:28:16Z")
From a bit I read on io9: > [@](#): > > Kevin Smith once said that when he talked to Mark Hamill it was revealed that part of Hamill’s Star Wars deal was receiving one of every single Star Wars toy ever made, which he keeps in a warehouse unopened. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/2 "2016-08-11T00:21:07Z")
Yeah, he recently said that the toys kept coming and coming, like something out of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/3 "2016-08-11T00:42:18Z")
Weird. I guess it’s a testament to the faithfulness of lawyers in combing through the word of every contract they receive and copying it into other contracts that rely on the first for their power. You’d have thought that after a few decades and thousands of branding deals that this would have been silently dropped at some point. Annoying to be the guy who just got a deal to make a toy in Azerbaijan for Azerbaijany children who has to figure out Hamill’s address and send it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/4 "2016-08-11T00:44:08Z")
I wonder what the collection is worth, both the face value and the collectible value. And who would buy such a thing? Maybe Disney could use it for an exhibit in one of the theme parks. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/5 "2016-08-11T00:44:53Z")
So someone out there is being paid to find and send toys to Mark Hamill? I wonder how much it pays? What would the job title be? ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/6 "2016-08-11T02:14:21Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Annoying to be the guy who just got a deal to make a toy in Azerbaijan for Azerbaijany children who has to figure out Hamill’s address and send it. You’d figure that they’d include that in the deal. “Okay, yeah, sign here, indicating that you’ve read and understand you need to send one copy to this address in California.” “Right, is that the Star Wars Hall of Fame museum or Lucas’ ranch?” “No, it’s the Hamill private reserve.” ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/7 "2016-08-11T04:05:28Z")
Does he have a [Cocknocker](http://media.comicbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Jay-and-Silent-Bob-Strike-Back-Cocknocker-9.jpg) figure as well? Some of them are worth big bucks, especially unopened. I doubt Jar Jar is worth much. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/8 "2016-08-11T13:21:18Z")
I’ve also heard that Matt Groening refuses to let any Simpsons toy on the market until he sees and approves it. He has a warehouse full of rejects that I would pay (or kill) to get into. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/9 "2016-08-11T15:47:49Z")
A few years back Nickolas Cage sold his comic book collection most of the comics went for something like 3 or 4 times there value just because he owned them. I could see Mark Hamill’s collection selling for at least that much. What would really be neat was if he opened the Mark Hamill Museum of Star Wars Toys. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/10 "2016-08-12T12:51:13Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > A few years back Nickolas Cage sold his comic book collection most of the comics went for something like 3 or 4 times there value just because he owned them. I could see Mark Hamill’s collection selling for at least that much. I think as a complete collection it’s got to be orders of magnitude more, never mind the association with Hamill. If it’s truly every toy ever made, it must be worth…at least tens of millions. I’m hoping that includes all the Lego sets. That alone would be worth a mint… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ecks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/11 "2016-08-12T13:08:47Z")
Think about this- A collection that large, with new pieces arriving all the time- He’s got to have someone on staff to work in the warehouse. (Or else hired a warehouse service) Somewhere in California, there’s a guy who’s job is to shelve Mark Hamill’s toys. Reminds me of that story about Barbara Streisand- supposedly she loves shopping so much that she had a replica of a mall -Complete with clerks- built in the basement of one of her mansions, and stocks it with the things she buys. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/12 "2016-08-12T16:09:06Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > What would really be neat was if he opened the Mark Hamill Museum of Star Wars Toys. I just paid money to go to the National Farm Toy Museum. It is, as the name would suggest, a museum of farm toys. I thought it was really cool. A National Star Wars Toy Museum would be like 10 time cooler, and would attract a larger audience than just aging guys who grew up on farms. Sounds like an idea! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/13 "2016-08-12T16:18:28Z")
I wouldn’t go out of my way to see Hamill’s toy museum, but Lucas is building a museum of narrative art. He was going to build it in Chicago but they dicked around too much so it’s going to be built in CA, maybe LA or SF area. I could see Hamill’s collection getting an exhibit in that. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/14 "2016-08-12T16:55:55Z")
Not everything is still in [collectible condition](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/mark-hamill-kids-opening-valuable-star-wars-toys-article-1.2712817). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/15 "2016-08-13T00:41:11Z")
**JAQ** , is a farm toy a toy about farming (like a barn playset with plastic cows), or is it a toy that actual farm kids would play with (like a doll made from an old feedsack)? And I thought it was cool enough that he was getting one of every toy, but learning that he gave them to his kids to actually play with? That pushes it over into completely awesome. This guy gets it: Toys are meant to be played with. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/16 "2016-08-14T18:39:51Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **JAQ** , is a farm toy a toy about farming (like a barn playset with plastic cows), or is it a toy that actual farm kids would play with (like a doll made from an old feedsack)? Toys that are replicas of farm machinery. So you can farm just like your dad. Such as [this](http://www.nationalfarmtoymuseum.com/images/Collectors/ih-560-demo-tractor4.jpg). The common scale is 1/16. The museum also has dioramas of farm scenes. Dyersville is the original location of Ertl, the company that produces the majority of farm toys. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/17 "2016-08-16T15:19:21Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I’ve also heard that Matt Groening refuses to let any Simpsons toy on the market until he sees and approves it… I saw Tom Selleck on the Letterman show years ago; he brought along with him a prototype _Magnum: P.I_. action figure of his character. He said he’d insisted, as was his right under his studio contract, on seeing a mockup before he’d approve it for mass production, but then refused to give his approval, just so that he’d have the only one. Seemed like a dick move to me. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/18 "2016-08-16T15:56:14Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ecks](#): > > Think about this- A collection that large, with new pieces arriving all the time- He’s got to have someone on staff to work in the warehouse. (Or else hired a warehouse service) Somewhere in California, there’s a guy who’s job is to shelve Mark Hamill’s toys. Barbra Streisand has an entire boutique shopping mall in the basement of one of her houses. There’s a one-man play about the (imagined) “mall manager” and his relationship to the B. (ETA: “Buyer & Cellar.”) (And… years ago, Bill Gates built a new house and the DJ reading the item got to the “…$2.5 million caretaker’s house.” She repeated the phrase several times. Then added, “CAREER CHANGE!”) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ecks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/19 "2016-11-21T20:27:38Z")
So, apparently Mark has taken it to the next level, and is making a reality show about collectors and their collections- “Mark Hamill’s Pop Culture Quest”. Airing on Comic-Con HQ, whatever that is. Also, his co-host is some kind of muppet. Why not? ---
**Author:** ![chancetx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@chancetx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chancetx)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalkers-toy-collection/762399/20 "2016-11-21T23:32:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I saw Tom Selleck on the Letterman show years ago; he brought along with him a prototype _Magnum: P.I_. action figure of his character. He said he’d insisted, as was his right under his studio contract, on seeing a mockup before he’d approve it for mass production, but then refused to give his approval, just so that he’d have the only one. > > Seemed like a dick move to me. I have to wonder, though, how popular Magnum P.I. action figures and playsets would have been. Was it ever a big show with kids? I was a kid/preteen then and never watched it - it was something my grandmother liked!