What is a grail? Is there a definition? What about so-called “Grail Inflation”? Is it about the objective rarity, or, about the subjective desire? Either way, Joe Yglesias’s most recent purchase of a Bootleg Uzay Mock-Up Prototype Hoth Troopie qualifies. He tells the 20 YEAR story of its discovery and purchase.

00:56 Intro to Switzerland

02:55 Brick through Joe’s Window

06:03 The Archive Grail Classification System Explained

09:21 The Archive Grail Classification System Illustrated with Chewbacca

12:50 What is the prototype Mock-Up bootleg Uzay Hoth Trooper?

17:14 Lev brings the trail out of Turkey

19:43 Lee buys it from Lev…who is Lee?

20:58 The time Joe traded a Rocket Fett for a Head Man

26:57 The grail makes its first magazine appearance in 1999

27:46 Who is Tom Derby and how did he help get the grail to Joe

33:42 Outro to Switzlerand