Hi folks, I recently purchased an X-Wing collection. Long story short: the guy I bought it from had no idea what it was, as the X-Wing collection was a very small part of a huge game collection. I walked him through what he had over video chat, made him an offer for the works, and he shipped it to me. When I got it, there was an over-sized version of the Father's Day promo card, with Darth Vader on one side and Luke on the other. Or at least I thought it was an over-sized version. I posted on FB and someone said it was a promo that was used to promote the game during the launch of 1.0.

I wasn't into the game then, so I didn't know.

My curiosity is this: I know that most 1.0 promo cards have dropped in value (or vanished entirely) but this seems like something else. It's large enough to be framed. (The smaller card in the picture is a standard 1.0 pilot card for scale.) My normal sources for value (eBay completed sales, others) are failing me because (a) I can't be sure I'm using the correct search terms, and (b) maybe I am using the right search terms and there just aren't that many of these floating around for sale.

If there aren't that many, then I would think it would have value. I'm thinking about $1,000 or so?

And of course I am kidding, but I would really like it if someone could point me to some history of sales or other indicator of value that I can base my assessment on. I have several, and I've already been offered "a few dollars" for one but I have no idea of that's realistic.

Thanks!

There was also a Han/Boba card. It was always worthless, having come out in much greater numbers in the second Store Night Kit.


The large Vader/Luke card was much more rare, as it came out in the first Store Night Kit which very few venues ordered and even fewer players attended. Allegedly I heard some anecdote that it sold for around $100 at the pinnacle of FFG Promos' value in First Edition, but frankly I never saw anything of the like and I really struggled to unload my oversized Luke/Vader cards. Nobody really seemed to want them, even when the secondary market ate up anything that was an official FFG Prize (heck, you used to be able to sell acrylic focus or shields or evades for like $50+ a pack, now you literally cannot give away tokens in FFG kits).

Certainly do your own research, but at this stage of the game's Second Edition life, I'd have to wager that the card isn't worth much of anything.

So I'm not putting my kiddos through college, got it.

Thanks for the input, definitely appreciated!

I would agree with the above, they are really not on anybody's hot item list being that anyone interested who was playing back then has one(or more) at this point, and everyone else playing now has no knowledge of/interest in 1.0 promo cards as they are not playable in 2.0.

As an aside for your "collector" knowledge, there were actually 2 print runs of the more rare Luke/Vader large cards: the very 1st and orginal promo print run with the square corners(which you appear to have a copy of. Yay for you!:-) ), and the 2nd run with the rounded corners which matched all other x-wing cards (including the large Han/Boba card) and other card product going forward to this day.

If you ever make it to FFG headquarters, or X-wing worlds, I would recommend you bring the card and have the Devs sign it. It would be even cooler framed then and may up its value a little for the x-wing conesure 😉

In any case, congratulations on the great find and happy flying!

18 hours ago, Echoseven said:

As an aside for your "collector" knowledge, there were actually 2 print runs of the more rare Luke/Vader large cards: the very 1st and orginal promo print run with the square corners(which you appear to have a copy of. Yay for you!:-) ), and the 2nd run with the rounded corners which matched all other x-wing cards (including the large Han/Boba card) and other card product going forward to this day.

Awesome, thanks for the additional information! Cool stuff. As much as I have enjoyed the game I wasn't in from the beginning, so learning some of this history is fun.