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by **Satomiblood** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:14 pm

As a collector, do you keep ALL the original boxes your figures came in?

Personally, I only keep the MP, Bin/Alt, and reissues. How about everyone else?

by **Silverado Bot** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:17 pm

I've kept all the boxes to the movie figures I've gotten lately. I opened them with a pocket knife, verrrry carefuly, as not to damage them anymore than I had to. To bad I threw away my Beast Wars boxes :sad:

by **Glitcher** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:19 pm

These days I keep the boxes for anything above Deluxe class - just on the off-chance that I'll sell them again.

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:20 pm

I have been keeping the boxes since the days of G1 and have put them into scrapbooks

News Credits: 4 · by **Firebird** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:13 pm

I just keep the boxes for my masterpiece class figures, convention exclusives, and also for the busts I own.

Oh and T.H.S.-02 I could not bring myself to throw that one away it's just so nice

by **chrisjbrandon** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:17 pm

I've kept all of mine. I box them in U-haul boxes...

by **zemper** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:38 pm

i keep my leader-class and above boxes on storage on the off-chance...

but voyagers, i'm putting on hold, as i might just cut away their back parts and throw away the remaining box. deluxes - i'm definitely keeping their cards but not the plastic bubble. collecting card backs have been a hobby unto itself for me.

:MAX:

News Credits: 4 · by **Bumblethumper** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:06 pm

I open them very carefully and keep em all...unfortunately. It's a sickness I'm afraid.

Even as a kid I tried to do this. Maybe it'd be better if I just kept the back cards. With the plastic bubbles they're very bulky.

But when I'm buying second hand, I don't care if there's a box or not. I probably prefer not, cause you save on shipping and storage.

News Credits: 3 · by **DISCHARGE** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:10 pm

I keep them. The box art is there for a reason.
It looks good, most of the time.

News Credits: 1 · by **Danish-Liokaiser** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:16 pm

I keep all my boxes, simply because i know how valueable they can be in future.

Well, they sure take alot of space in my room, but whatever ... i keep the most of the Basic / Deluxe cards in my closet.

:grin:

News Credits: 1 · by **No Death for Prowl** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:21 pm

I've tried keeping the whole box since I started recollecting back in July, but space definitely became an issue.

So I really just started keeping the cards while tossing the plastic fronts into the recycle bin; I don't plan on reselling my figures, so who needs all the packaging?

I've also cut out and kept only the back of the packages for my bigger Cybertron figures and will probably do the same for Movie Voyager boxes(though I intend to keep the leader class boxes intact). I had some mixed feelings about this, but as long as I have the character's bio and other pertinent info(plus the box art on the front), I'm good without additional plastic lying around for no good reason.

by **olokin** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:50 am

I keep the boxes in case I have to put my figures in storage. Some boxes, like the MP boxes are too nice to even put away that I put them on display.
I even keep the cards of the deluxes and punched holes in them so I can put them in a binder.

by **Jazzz** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:56 am

I might throw my movie toy boxes away
or keep one of each type
theyre taking up too much room.
or I'll take the cards and keep one box with bubbles as examples
or just throw all the boxes away

by **Jazzz** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:58 am

My leader boxes are kinda ripped up so I might just keep the backs
though I really like voyager packaging and dont want just keep the backs

News Credits: 3 · by **DISCHARGE** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:06 am

olokin wrote:I keep the boxes in case I have to put my figures in storage. Some boxes, like the MP boxes are too nice to even put away that I put them on display.
I even keep the cards of the deluxes and punched holes in them so I can put them in a binder.

Ahh! Why punch holes in them? If your gonna go through the trouble of saving them, why not keep them as nice as you can?
I pick up these nice binder pages for comics sometimes
and they would be great for card backs, and you wouldn't have
to make any unnecessary extra holes in them.

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:15 am

I buy all the figures from a line, but the boxes in large black sacks, and put them in a cool dry place- the attic. They should be preserved nicely up there.

But I do keep alt, MP and reissue boxes in my room, cos they're so darn pretty.