UPDATE: Yup. Sold. I knew this old, empty box would sell fast.

Here it is! That future jewel in the crown of your ALIEN collection! An empty Kenner box is up for sale on eBay for the low, low price of only US$135. CHEAP! Of course, there’s a catch. There’s always a catch, huh. The box is a little beat up, missing the window on the front and the entire top is missing too. Also, it’s empty. Just the box. There is no gruesome toy accompanying this sale. All this and more – missing – for just US$135. BARGAIN!The unusual thing about this listing is simple. This isn’t anything unusual. At all. I know this declaration may appear to have all the qualities of an oxymoron; but it’s true. While this old battered box lacks various features of the front window, the top (and its accompanying window) along with the red insert card (Not to mention the complete absence of the ALIEN toy that should be inside.) it really is a ballpark figure for this piece of packaging.

Consider this. Had this box been more complete, with it’s top still attached and both windows present, it would easily break the US$200 mark. There’s no doubt in my mind this empty piece of four decades old printed and folded light card will sell at US$135. I have seen it happen before, more than once. That’s a reasonable price now for just five sides of a piece of degraded and forgotten packaging that’s been left sitting on a dark garage shelf for the past four decades. Now, if all six sides had been present, then yes. It would be genuinely cheap at this price. Regardless, this vacant and damaged item won’t stay listed for very long. It will definitely sell.

-Windebieste.