Well, I'm now a liar and worse.
A little over ten years since I vowed that I would never, EVER do it, I am indeed selling my much-loved Yoda hand puppet signed by "Weird Al" Yankovic.
It's really out of my hands (no pun intended). For reasons which I don't care to disclose publicly, some financial resources have come to be required. That's just the way things are right now.
Mom bought me the puppet in 1980, a few months after The Empire Strikes Back came out in theaters. I was six years old and distinctly remember that night at the toy store. Long story short this puppet - which has maintained PERFCT condition despite the years and miles traveled - went with me to a book signing by "Weird Al" Yankovic in June of 2013. Al's eyes lit right up when he saw it! And he was very glad to sign it.
It's Star Wars. More to the point it's Yoda. And it's been on the hand of and signed by the greatest parodist in the history of the arts. For those reasons and more, it's a very precious possession of mine. And now I'm prepared to let it go.
I thought long and hard about how much I'm asking for it. This is such a unique item, and it really does matter to me that this will go to a good home. In the end I had come up with a substantially larger figure. However eBay's system doesn't think I'm a "power seller" just yet and it's restricted me to bidding starting much smaller.
So if any of this interests you, click on the link above and learn more. If you would like to bid on it, I wish you all the best.
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