STAR Wars toys which were hunted out of a bargain bin for 99p each are set to sell for thousands of pounds.
A canny collector snapped up 93 of the plastic figures at a Tesco in the 1980s.
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Originally priced at £1.59, they were marked down for a quick sale.
The buyer, now in his 70s, kept them sealed in the original packaging and they are now tipped to sell at auction for anywhere between £150 and £900 each.
The rarest, a Yak-Face figure from 1983 film Return of the Jedi, has already attracted a pre-sale bid of £600 and could make £900.
A figure of Luke Skywalker dressed as an Imperial Stormtrooper from Star Wars that still has its “Tesco 99p” offer price label is estimated to go for £400.
And a Han Solo frozen in carbonite figure has a pre-sale estimate of £300.
Many of the items are unpunched which means they were not placed on shelf hangers in the supermarket and went straight into the bargain bin.
They lead a collection of vintage film and TV show toys from the 1980s — including James Bond, Ghostbusters and Doctor Who items — going under the hammer at C&T Auctioneers in Ashford, Kent, on January 6.
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Auctioneer Glen Chapman said: “There is a new generation of buyers who now have more disposable income and are bidding on items that remind them of their childhood.
“The owner of the Star Wars figures is in his 70s and he has just decided now is the time to sell them.
“He bought them from a Tesco’s bargain bucket when they were half-price and has kept them ever since.”
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