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Post by ARUN on Jul 7, 2017 10:47:17 GMT -5
Exactly what the title says. I. Collect both loose and moc but I've gotten to the point where space is becoming an issue and as a result of collecting for practically my entire life, I've had to open up some of my collection. A few weeks ago I opened about 200 figures and threw the packaging out. Then I was on twitter and saw some people who make displays and collages of their packaging and I kind of wish I didn't dispose of mine. I then started thinking, what if I had kept my old jakks and Hasbro cards? I was just curious what you guys do with packaging? Keep them? Throw them out? Display them?
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eaterofworlds
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Post by eaterofworlds on Jul 7, 2017 10:51:10 GMT -5
I saved them for the longest time and went back and forth between keeping my collection loose and putting them back in their packaging
Now i carefully tear off one of the sides on the packaging box and use that as a background for the display stands instead of the diorama piece they give us. I think i got that idea from a member on here but i don't remember honestly.
Then i chuck the box and never look back
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Post by Sting a Ling on Jul 7, 2017 10:52:52 GMT -5
I usually keep them for a day or two unless its someone i really like. But I usually throw them out
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Post by FWE on Jul 7, 2017 10:55:50 GMT -5
my recent ones are probably under there somewhere
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Post by hCo.Bro™ [brandon_lee] on Jul 7, 2017 11:33:17 GMT -5
Replace with a Jakks figure and return it..... KIDDING! Never, eeeeever do that. But seriously, recycle the package =]
-Another silly but serious note- my wife for the most part doesnt care that I collect. I still feel guilty some times when I buy something and will open them in my truck so I can "sneak" them in. I'll usually have a walmart sack with several cards wadded up until I remember to toss them when I take trash off.
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shabs89
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Post by shabs89 on Jul 7, 2017 11:38:37 GMT -5
I tear off the back parts and collect them as cards. And I dispose of the rest of the packaging as I display my collection loose
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Post by punksnotdead on Jul 7, 2017 11:54:27 GMT -5
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Post by ToxicTwistOfFate on Jul 7, 2017 11:57:06 GMT -5
I recycle them
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Post by ARUN on Jul 7, 2017 11:59:12 GMT -5
Some good answers. Would love to see pics of anyone displays them.
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Post by popyduggan on Jul 7, 2017 12:04:31 GMT -5
I usually throw it out, if I especially like a fig I buy another to keep in the box, in special instances figs like SDCC Taker, New Day, or Shockmaster, I'll keep the empty box, but the 10 Battle Packs I got from RSC the other day went into the trash immediately. I tried to retain Elite boxes for the first year, then I saw Hoarders and had the epiphany that I was just holding on to trash, so I let 'em go. My boxed stash, maybe I didn't learn anything from Hoarders after all? [/spoilet]
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Post by braaaaaaaapp on Jul 7, 2017 12:15:50 GMT -5
I honestly have fonder memories of the packaging of a lot of stuff I had when I was kid than the contents inside it haha. I collect loose as well but keep the boxes/cards of all my figures in a drawer. I carefully slit the tape at the fold and then fold the box until it's flat and then basics and BP's I I try as hard as I can to leave as much of the print in tact.
They put a lot of effort into the box art and Elites especially how they have the specifics on the back is cool.
Side note- I wish they still did the figure line ups like the good old days on the back of the cards. I mean I understand nowadays the internet takes a lot of the fun out of the hunt, but nothing was as cool to me as getting a new ToyBiz Marvel figure and circling which figures I had to find next and also in the series.
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Post by kiloinnorcal on Jul 7, 2017 12:19:56 GMT -5
I keep my WWE's moc but with my Marvel Legends, I toss the packaging.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Jul 7, 2017 12:38:42 GMT -5
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Post by ajrobles51 on Jul 7, 2017 12:43:20 GMT -5
My son has decided to keep "special" packaging. HOF, Exclusives, Defining Moments, etc. Normal elites, basics, BP get tossed.
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Post by Mongo Bears on Jul 7, 2017 12:57:07 GMT -5
I have cutout some of the backs of the boxes incase my son ever wanted to make something out of it. I'm realizing more and more im just wasting my time so I've been throwing the whole boxes out now.
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Post by Glorydaysofwrestling on Jul 7, 2017 13:08:59 GMT -5
IN the early Mattel days I cut them up to make displays. These days I just keep them all in a big bag for some reason. Been thinking about getting rid of them.
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Post by PJ on Jul 7, 2017 13:34:04 GMT -5
Toss it. I did keep all the Legends cards, but ended up tossing them as well a year or so ago.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2017 13:41:50 GMT -5
I just have all of them in a corner of the room in the boxes that they're delivered in. I keep meaning to buy totes and put them in the shed, but i haven't gotten around to it yet.
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Post by bigjohnnybadd on Jul 7, 2017 14:32:05 GMT -5
Since I started collecting again, I have been struggling big time with this, and it's nice to see this thread to remind me that I'm not the only one! My family thinks I'm a hoarder, because I have nothing but boxes of figures everywhere. Like, it's getting out of control. For some reason, I just can't bring myself to throw them out. I do keep many of them MOC, and I have started to hang a lot of them up on my wall to save space, but I keep telling myself I need to start opening them and throw out the packaging. But even when I actually bring myself to open them, I just can't throw out the box. Please help! What can I do? I don't have the space right now and it's literally starting to severely affect my living situation. I'm not a hoarder, I just don't want to throw out these nice boxes that I may want to reuse again one day!
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Jul 7, 2017 16:12:57 GMT -5
Garbage. I know some people sell them on the bay. But I dont have the room to keep them all and cant believe they will move fast enough.
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