Listed on eBay today is a nice little package.  A box, actually.  An empty one.  It’s an original 1979 blue box the old 18 inch Kenner ALIEN toy was originally sold in.  The sale includes the poster as well.  But no figure.  Just the box and poster.  How much does the vendor want for this item?

Bidding on eBay starts at US$399.99 – for an empty box.

Yep.  That’s right.  A 40 year old empty box.  There’s no figure inside – and the red insert card is missing, too – but you do get the poster!  That’s always welcome.  These vintage boxes for the old Kenner ALIEN toy are hard to come by, there’s no doubt about that; and this one does look like it’s in decent condition.  It’s not perfect, but it’s in a decent state for packaging that’s 4 decades old.  Yes, that’s true.  Is it worth more than US$400 (About AU$570 in my local currency), though?  Someone will no doubt think so and I bet it gets sold.  Crazy stuff.  Then again, just about everything associated with this figure is crazy.

I think I’ll check back on this item in 9 days time.  See how much it gets sold for.  Sales for empty Kenner ALIEN action figure boxes are always fun to watch.

-Windebieste.