Star Wars trading cards were fun in 1977. One of them just sold at auction for $687,500. The seller did not have the Canadian bilingual version with nicks.

Kris Abel has the Luke Skywalker card, the first in the 1977 Topps series. His is the Canadian edition, printed with both English and French text, and has seen better days. The pristine American version that just cleared nearly seven hundred thousand dollars looks almost identical to his. The difference, he estimates, comes out to about $686,500.

The other tech stories: Energizer Canada’s new Child Shield coin batteries stain blue on contact with saliva, taste bitter, and have a casing designed to prevent the ingestion burns that doctors report seeing regularly. Carnegie Mellon has also trained humanoid robots to scoop kitty litter, squatting, sifting, and carrying the garbage away.

Topics: Star Wars trading card, Luke Skywalker card 1977, Energizer Child Shield, humanoid robots household, Carnegie Mellon robot

GUEST: Kris Abel | krisabel.com | @realkrisabel

Originally aired on2026-05-12