I transformer my new ones once or twice, then leave them in bot mode. My g1, i dont really transform them, and they all get left in alt mode as most bot modes suck, except combiners, they do their thing.
Alternators are mostly in bot mode, unlesst hey are horrible bot modes or i have duplicates, then into alt mode they go

I dont do thek eep in box thing anymore, that's part of the reason I got out of collecting Transformers, and other things, was that it was always just ONE view.. the front of the package.. I liket o see it all, like to move them around in displays.
I just cant have alot of transformers or im gona lose that ability to look at my displays and not have to guess whos who cuz i have so many.. lol