man-this makes me feel old! NPR had an interesting bit about the merchandising of SW-george Lucas had EXCLUSIVE rights to the action figures, toys etc.! (worth over 12 billion$!). Now, i have a question: do toy mfgs. keep their molds? Like the little plastic dolls of Luke, Princess leia, R2D2, etc.-does Mattel still have the original molds? If so, they can crank out the dolls at any time. Does this mean collectors of this crap are screwed? What good is a plastic doll from 1977 (in the orinial box) if Mattel can just start making the identical item again?
It would be better because of age and rarity. Iām sure there would be a way to identify the age, for example by production code.
If you ask me they charge too much for those old action figures anyway. Over $100 for a Darth Vader figure? Ridiculous. :rolleyes:
As far as I know, Mattel never picked up the Star Wars license- the action figures were- and are- made by Kenner, now a division of Hasbro.