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Basketball Jones wrote:What sort of person would do this? Why open it at all and ruin the boost to value that MISB provides if one will not transform or display it.

Overcracker wrote:Perhaps, like me, the person chose to open it, play around with it. transform it. And put it back in the box. Decided they needed money and has to sell it.

Thats called MIB.

When boxes allow you to do this. Like Takara's, and the Original G1 boxes with the plastic trays. Re-issues etc..., its a nice way of storing them. That's what I do with the ones that allow for it. Hasbro's weird shaped boxes and bubbles don't allow for this, and as such you'll probably see very few of these MIB.

If I ever decided to sell mine them they'd be pretty much MIB (Mint in Box).

But not MISB (Mint in Sealed Box)

Its pretty common AFAIK.

Dagon wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Perhaps, like me, the person chose to open it, play around with it. transform it. And put it back in the box. Decided they needed money and has to sell it.

Thats called MIB.

When boxes allow you to do this. Like Takara's, and the Original G1 boxes with the plastic trays. Re-issues etc..., its a nice way of storing them. That's what I do with the ones that allow for it. Hasbro's weird shaped boxes and bubbles don't allow for this, and as such you'll probably see very few of these MIB.

If I ever decided to sell mine them they'd be pretty much MIB (Mint in Box).

But not MISB (Mint in Sealed Box)

Its pretty common AFAIK.

I do that too. For the reissues especially, because after a few weeks or months the allure of having a G1 Sideswipe on my desk wears off so I'll pack him back into the box and it's all good. But I apply the stickers and load up missiles and stuff, so it's MIB of a slightly lowered nature.

Dagon wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Perhaps, like me, the person chose to open it, play around with it. transform it. And put it back in the box. Decided they needed money and has to sell it.

Thats called MIB.

When boxes allow you to do this. Like Takara's, and the Original G1 boxes with the plastic trays. Re-issues etc..., its a nice way of storing them. That's what I do with the ones that allow for it. Hasbro's weird shaped boxes and bubbles don't allow for this, and as such you'll probably see very few of these MIB.

If I ever decided to sell mine them they'd be pretty much MIB (Mint in Box).

But not MISB (Mint in Sealed Box)

Its pretty common AFAIK.

I do that too. For the reissues especially, because after a few weeks or months the allure of having a G1 Sideswipe on my desk wears off so I'll pack him back into the box and it's all good. But I apply the stickers and load up missiles and stuff, so it's MIB of a slightly lowered nature.

Megatron the Great wrote:

Dagon wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Perhaps, like me, the person chose to open it, play around with it. transform it. And put it back in the box. Decided they needed money and has to sell it.

Thats called MIB.

When boxes allow you to do this. Like Takara's, and the Original G1 boxes with the plastic trays. Re-issues etc..., its a nice way of storing them. That's what I do with the ones that allow for it. Hasbro's weird shaped boxes and bubbles don't allow for this, and as such you'll probably see very few of these MIB.

If I ever decided to sell mine them they'd be pretty much MIB (Mint in Box).

But not MISB (Mint in Sealed Box)

Its pretty common AFAIK.

I do that too. For the reissues especially, because after a few weeks or months the allure of having a G1 Sideswipe on my desk wears off so I'll pack him back into the box and it's all good. But I apply the stickers and load up missiles and stuff, so it's MIB of a slightly lowered nature.

I do the same. I opened all my commemorative Transformers, messed around with them, and put them away. Same with Pepsi Prime, except I didn't apply the stickers to him.