most expensive item back in the era? and inflation 1977 vs 1984/85

im assuming ewok village. then the shuttle. i bet the ewok battle wagon was expensive too.

i wonder if with inflation from 1977 to 1984/85

the falcon and death star set was on a par with the ewok village and shuttle money wise???

I distinctly remember the AT-AT being very expensive.

That would be an interesting idea for a thread. What was the original retail price of the toys when they first came out.

Good call Clint. As many of these items have original price stickers, that should be possible. We could also try & compare original retail prices (when 1st released) with the sale prices towards the end of the line. E.g. in the UK the last 17 were sold on Trilogo cards for an RRP of £1.59. They were commonly later sold for £0.99 and finally £0.49 at retail in stores such as Tesco.

I've got a retail price of $46.68 for an AT-AT, at the time. Which was a lot of money for a toy in 1980-81.

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Thank you for posting that Jonathan, all information is very useful for the benefit of the community.

i seem to recall the at at being the most pricey item around . i can still hear my mother saying no

Great question!

I pretty much couldn't afford anything beyond carded figures so I have no idea how much things cost. I did once get the Darth Vader carry case and I don't think that was cheap.