YORK, Pa. â Record-setting prices just kept on coming at Hakeâs $3.2 million online auction of pop culture rarities and didnât stop until the last-minute clash of the titans that determined ownership of the saleâs top lot: a Star Wars Boba Fett âJ-slotâ rocket-firing prototype action figure. Conceived by Kenner in 1979, the J-slot Boba Fett Version 2 was designed with a J-shape triggering mechanism on its back for firing off rockets, but the toy never made it to the production stage due to safety concerns. On that basis alone, the pre-production archetypes became immediate rarities, but more than four decades of Star Wars mania have catapulted the J-slot prototype to an extraterrestrial level of desirability. The coveted example offered by Hakeâs ignited a bidding war that ended at a sky-high $204,435 â a new auction record for any Star Wars action figure.
