Are boxes worth keeping?

If I like the box enough to keep it anyway the figure stays MOC. Sometimes (in the case of most basics) the packaging is so fragile and the figure needs an accessory added so I'll just go ahead and rip that bad boy open and let him breathe. I'm not strictly MOC or strictly loose, it just depends on the situation. In the case of guys of my favorites I like to keep a MOC version in case they become SUPER hard to find. I'll also open if it's one I can't pass up but it has damaged packaging anyway. That's how I handle it.

When I first started I kept everything, but then eventually realized it was too much. Now, I'll only keep the boxes from special figures, Like when they have a store exclusive figure, or the Hall of Fame elites. What I usually do, is I'll scan the back of the box, or card, before I toss it out, because I usually like the little bio they'll put on the back of elites and the picture on the back of basics.

I never used to save boxes. Now, once in a while I keep the box. But sometimes I still end up throwing it out eventually.
I hate throwing the box away, but I love keeping my collection minimal

Mint in sealed box

Loose collector mostly with some figures still MOC. if I do keep boxes, it's mostly exclusives or older figures. Either because I like the way the box looks or If I do intend to sell the figure later, I can give my customer the option to take the box as well for display purposes

Space is becoming limited so since the basics are usually found on bent cards I am using an exacto knife and slicing over the glued borders, tossing the bubble and keeping the card. The elites I am keeping moc for now. I have been able to make a bunch more room for new stuff coming in.

This seems adjacent to hoarding to me, if you opened the figures I mean, and not to mention a major fire hazard. They shouldn't be worth anything once they're opened, unless you put the figure back in and lie about it being MOC. Of course there's always someone willing to pay for stuff, so to each their own, maybe you could get something for them that I'm not realizing.

I love the new designs on the Basic figures but like 90% of the cards of the figures on the shelves are all sorts of bent.

I used to keep the cards and ditch the plastic bubbles just to remember who was in what series but the internet is a pretty
useful too for that now so I stopped!

I have heard of people buying boxes so you might be able to sell them off if you don't want to just throw them out.

I've only ever kept 3 boxes. They were for Elite 7 DX.