--- title: Chewbacca Mask in Viral Video Is Selling for $200 on eBay description: The Chewbacca mask that went viral after it brought so much joy to a Texas woman now costs more than twice its retail price on eBay. canonical: https://time.com/4345177/chewbacca-mask-video-ebay/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-23T18:30:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:38.284Z og:title: Chewbacca Mask in Mom's Viral Video Is Selling for $200 on eBay og:description: It's sold out in some major retail stores og:url: https://time.com/4345177/chewbacca-mask-video-ebay/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chewbacca Mask in Mom's Viral Video Is Selling for $200 on eBay twitter:description: It's sold out in some major retail stores twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Chewbacca Mask in Mom's Viral Video Is Selling for $200 on eBay > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan May 23, 2016 6:30 PM UTC  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan May 23, 2016 6:30 PM UTC The [Chewbacca mask that went viral ](http://time.com/4343234/chewbacca-mask-woman/?iid=sr-link1)after it brought so much joy to a Texas mom now costs [more than twice its retail price on eBay](http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?%5Ffrom=R40&%5Fsacat=0&%5Fnkw=chewbacca%20mask&rt=nc&LH%5FItemCondition=3&%5Ftrksid=p2045573.m1684) after selling out at major department stores. The electronic Wookie mask that growls when the mouthpiece opens will cost customers between $50 and about $200 on eBay. It has flown off shelves since Candace Payne bought hers from Kohl’s and posted a video of her gleefully wearing it on Facebook last week. The video had more than 137 million views as of Monday. The mask is currently out of stock in [Walmart](http://www.walmart.com/ip/DNP-SW-E7-SIDEKICK-ALIEN-ELECTRONIC-MASK/45057795) and [Toys ‘R’ Us](http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=59161006&cp=&parentPage=search), where it had been selling for about $30. “In all honestly, I think the world as a whole is in need of a good laugh,” Payne said Monday when she appeared on [_Good Morning America_](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/chewbacca-mom-walked-yoga-pants-walked-mask-viral/story?id=39302213)to discuss life as a viral sensation. “I think we’re in need of somebody to lift our spirits, to not take ourselves so seriously, and to maybe break some cynicism worldwide.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4345177/chewbacca-mask-video-ebay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4345177/chewbacca-mask-video-ebay/"},"headline":"Chewbacca Mask in Mom's Viral Video Is Selling for $200 on eBay","datePublished":"2016-05-23T18:30:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:38.284Z","description":"It's sold out in some major retail stores","url":"https://time.com/4345177/chewbacca-mask-video-ebay/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4345177/chewbacca-mask-video-ebay/","name":"Chewbacca Mask in Mom's Viral Video Is Selling for $200 on eBay"}}]}] ```