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Times Online has a list of the top ten Star Wars collectibles from the vintage and rare to new items. I can’t believe that it was 30 years ago that the first Star Wars figures were unleashed to entertain geeks everywhere.

“Darth Vader with double-telescoping light sabre (Kenner, 1978) ” came first on the list and is valued at £5,000.

The pinnacle of Star Wars collecting, this action figure was one of the groundbreaking range from Kenner that shrunk the format from the GI Joe-standard of 12″ to a cheaper and more playable 3 3/4″. Each came with accessories – in Darth Vader’s case a light-sabre and cape. In the short-lived and most sought-after first issue the latter was “double-telescoping”, with a two part beam. Only three carded examples – on their original card mount – are known to exist

[via Times Online]