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News Credits: 6 · by **bran10** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:14 pm

I have a bunch of boxes from my figures, should I keep it or no? I'm like soo running out of room, so I don't know what to do now. I was thinking of keeping them to see if I can sell the figures someday maybe with the box opened, but then again, I have no space!!

So what do you guys think?

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:15 pm

Depends what line these boxes came from. If it's G1, or Reissues, i'd keep it. And if it's Beast Wars or atleast has the Tech Specs on it, i'd keep it too.

News Credits: 1 · by **megatron7** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:18 pm

only if its beast machines, those bad boys are too valuable. :grin:

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:18 pm

I tend to keep the cards, and back of boxes, but not the entire box itself, they take up too much room. (as you are now experiencing)

If you dont intend to sell the figures then there is little need for keeping the boxes, perhaps cut the important parts from the box (tech specs, bio, perhaps even toy shots/toy art) and recycle the leftover cardboard.

News Credits: 6 · by **bran10** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:19 pm

Blurrz wrote:Depends what line these boxes came from. If it's G1, or Reissues, i'd keep it. And if it's Beast Wars or atleast has the Tech Specs on it, i'd keep it too.

Movie figs and beast wars, beast wars 10th.

News Credits: 6 · by **bran10** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:21 pm

i_amtrunks wrote:I tend to keep the cards, and back of boxes, but not the entire box itself, they take up too much room. (as you are now experiencing)

If you dont intend to sell the figures then there is little need for keeping the boxes, perhaps cut the important parts from the box (tech specs, bio, perhaps even toy shots/toy art) and recycle the leftover cardboard.

So if its a movie fig, rip off the bubble and just keep the back?

by **Nujevad** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:23 pm

All of my Transformers that have boxes are kept there. I only display my boxless ones. With the rampart reports of MP Megarons rusting, I'm glad I kept him in his box because he's still as rust-free and shiny as the day I bought him.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:30 pm

Bran10, if it's Beast Wars, keep the darn tech specs. They rock!

by **j76t** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:36 pm

If you're running out of room and have no plans of selling your figures, trash the boxes. I only keep a handful of mine and that's just because I liked the box art

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:37 pm

bran10 wrote:
i_amtrunks wrote:I tend to keep the cards, and back of boxes, but not the entire box itself, they take up too much room. (as you are now experiencing)

If you dont intend to sell the figures then there is little need for keeping the boxes, perhaps cut the important parts from the box (tech specs, bio, perhaps even toy shots/toy art) and recycle the leftover cardboard.

So if its a movie fig, rip off the bubble and just keep the back?

Thats what I do. then I store them all in a 52 litre clear plastic tub (with lid) could probably fit thousands of the things that way.

Keep all your Beast Wars backers, since they, like the movie cards have the tech spec and Bio all on the one piece of cardboard. AS for the BWX stuff, either keep the boxes (since there were only 8 figures) or only keep the back of the box, I think all the good info for the BWX figures was on the back...

by **ultra tron** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:40 pm

Blurrz wrote:Bran10, if it's Beast Wars, keep the darn tech specs. They rock!

Tell me about it! When i watched the show I would look at a character's tech specs a go "they never did that in the show!"

News Credits: 6 · by **bran10** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:44 pm

ultra tron wrote:
Blurrz wrote:Bran10, if it's Beast Wars, keep the darn tech specs. They rock!

Tell me about it! When i watched the show I would look at a character's tech specs a go "they never did that in the show!"

LOL

News Credits: 4 · by **tom brokaw** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:16 am

boxes clutter up the storage space.... but if you do got space, i say keep em.... you never know. but if you're running out of space and you gotta throw stuff out, then thats when you get rid of them.

News Credits: 7 · by **Fury** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:27 am

I don't have hundreds of Tfs, so I can keep my boxes. I really like to put the figs back in theirs boxes sometimes. Some MISB is cool looking, for awhile... Then take them out again.

But that's me, if you never put your figs back in the boxes, or intend to sell them later. I say don't keep the boxes, just cut out what you want to keep and recycle the rest.

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumbled** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:14 am

Nope I don't keep the box but sometimes it is good too.

News Credits: 7 · by **Omega Charge** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:09 am

i_amtrunks wrote:I tend to keep the cards, and back of boxes, but not the entire box itself, they take up too much room. (as you are now experiencing)

Same here with deluxes and scouts,but I save my voyager and leader boxes,considering I don't have very many... :grin:

News Credits: 9 · by **Zeds** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:09 am

Keep the boxes and put them in storage. It's what I do.

by **mpchi** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:23 pm

If they are U.S. release, I usually rip them right apart. :grin:

If its Japanese release with a nice box, I keep the whole thing.

by **Decatron** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:31 pm

I did not have the opportunity to save my older packaging (g1 - armada), but I have recently with the movie, classics and titanium. Well I don't save the backs of Deluxes...Seib has pics of them anyway

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