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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2016 14:45:25 GMT -5
Hey, I'm not a MOC collector but I do keep the boxes when I take the figure out and keep the box. I don't know why but when I'm buying figures I need the box the be in MINT condition and the figure to have minimal flaws to it, as you can imagine this is pretty hard to find most of the time. Over the last couple of days I've been wondering why do I keep the boxes because it adds nothing to the figure or its value (not that I'm going to sell them anyway). How do you guys handle buying your figures?
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StylesClash
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Post by StylesClash on Feb 29, 2016 14:48:39 GMT -5
Well I'm a MISB collector. So everything I buy I try and hand pick at retail if possible. So I like my cards mint, but I also display in packaging. So for loose collectors it would be different, I can't see the point of keeping the box around if I collected loose but you never know.
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Post by J Man Graves on Feb 29, 2016 14:49:20 GMT -5
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.
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Post by J Man Graves on Feb 29, 2016 14:50:05 GMT -5
P.S. I find Mattel basic cards to be the worst about bending and creasing. They are SOOOO easy to damage.
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Post by drifter on Feb 29, 2016 14:50:49 GMT -5
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.
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Post by StylesClash on Feb 29, 2016 14:52:15 GMT -5
P.S. I find Mattel basic cards to be the worst about bending and creasing. They are SOOOO easy to damage. yeah they are usually hard to find in a nice condition at retail. I do find some but they do crease real easy and lately some of these displays have been a little small and they cram them in there so they bend over.
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Post by Mongo Bears on Feb 29, 2016 14:56:32 GMT -5
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
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Post by honeybear 619 on Feb 29, 2016 14:59:51 GMT -5
Well I'm a MISB collector. So everything I buy I try and hand pick at retail if possible. So I like my cards mint, but I also display in packaging. So for loose collectors it would be different, I can't see the point of keeping the box around if I collected loose but you never know. What does misb mean?
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Post by Slickster on Feb 29, 2016 15:02:01 GMT -5
Mint in sealed box
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Post by StylesClash on Feb 29, 2016 15:02:55 GMT -5
although I guess my basics are MOSC
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Post by Cons on Feb 29, 2016 15:09:02 GMT -5
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
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Post by JHTB® on Feb 29, 2016 15:14:26 GMT -5
I keep all the boxes I open. For basics and battlepacks I cut out the plastic and keep the card.
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Post by fzmadness on Feb 29, 2016 15:17:06 GMT -5
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.
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Post by cmiller79 on Feb 29, 2016 15:17:18 GMT -5
If its a cool exclusive box I'll save it
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Feb 29, 2016 15:17:21 GMT -5
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.
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Post by doubled on Feb 29, 2016 15:21:37 GMT -5
MOC collector here. I think the box is part of the art.
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Post by MR._SOCKO on Feb 29, 2016 15:23:16 GMT -5
P.S. I find Mattel basic cards to be the worst about bending and creasing. They are SOOOO easy to damage. 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.
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Post by JNH2248 on Feb 29, 2016 15:32:45 GMT -5
I keep the Defining Moments boxes only, but the rest, once I open, I cut the backs off and keep them...
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Post by Matt Tell on Feb 29, 2016 15:33:59 GMT -5
I've only ever kept 3 boxes. They were for Elite 7 DX.
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Post by East Coast on Feb 29, 2016 15:34:40 GMT -5
i kept them for awhile when i started collecting....but eventually they were taking up as much space as the figures. Maybe even more.
so i just chucked them in the dumpster
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