Star Wars action figure which is one of just three known to exist sells for huge sum

A STAR Wars enactment fig which is 1 of conscionable 3 known to beryllium has sold for £24,500.

The 3.75in integrative artifact of Obi Wan Kenobi was made by Kenner successful 1978.

It has a treble telescoping lightsaber, a two-piece limb that emerged from the Jedi Knight’s right limb socket.

The 2.5in yellowish lightsaber, not the customary blue, was aboriginal replaced with a shorter version.

The fig was bought by an online bidder astatine Vectis Auctions successful Stockton, Teesside.

Specialist Peter Davis said: "This is simply a pre-production engineering pilot, which gives it an utmost level of rarity arsenic we cognize of lone 3 of them successful existence.

"They should person a bluish lightsaber but due to the fact that they were messing astir to spot if the accumulation process would enactment they rustled up a yellowish lightsaber.

"The archetypal figures came with a treble telescoping lightsaber but they rapidly realised this was a faff truthful they went with 1 portion of plastic.

"The fig archetypal belonged to a Kenner worker who sold it erstwhile they became invaluable and a Scottish reindeer husbandman who besides happened to beryllium a collector bought it.

"After overmuch persuasion, they sold it to the vendor, a collector from confederate England, astir 3 years ago."

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