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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Jul 8, 2017 8:11:41 GMT -5
I throw them all in the garbage. I can't be bothered keeping it. I do have some old TTL cards somewhere though.
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Post by JC Motors on Jul 8, 2017 11:05:39 GMT -5
I'm not a hoarder so they go right in the trash
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Post by Boon on Jul 8, 2017 11:43:08 GMT -5
Shocked people would buy a new Mattel figure and toss out the box.
they could immediately sell the empty box on the Bay and make some of the money
if you were selling an empty Elite 51 box etc, it would easily sell
or if you have a load of old boxes elite, legends etc etc, they would sell well on the Bay.
as a kid I threw out all my Motu, Hasbro and MASK boxes and cards etc, as too young to care
how I wish I had kept them.
If you want to keep, yet lack space, don't all the modern elites flat pack very easily?
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Post by Boon on Jul 8, 2017 11:44:57 GMT -5
For a while I kept the backing cards of Legends and Elites but I ran out of space, especially since I collect Marvel Legends and Star Wars Black Series too. Sadly I had no choice but to recycle it all. Why no choice??
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Post by davey on Jul 8, 2017 14:45:50 GMT -5
trash can.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2017 15:25:20 GMT -5
For a while I kept the backing cards of Legends and Elites but I ran out of space, especially since I collect Marvel Legends and Star Wars Black Series too. Sadly I had no choice but to recycle it all. Why no choice?? Oh, I had to move interstate late last year (Sydney to Melbourne) and had to economise space.
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Jul 8, 2017 15:55:17 GMT -5
Recycle it
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Post by Boon on Jul 8, 2017 16:03:13 GMT -5
Oh, I had to move interstate late last year (Sydney to Melbourne) and had to economise space. why is postage so high in Aus?? I never buy from Aus, postage is so so expensive.
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Post by Mark Martin on Jul 8, 2017 16:04:46 GMT -5
In the trash.
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Post by kgchampion on Jul 8, 2017 17:12:04 GMT -5
As a kid, I used to keep the card backs of my Marvel, GI Joe, and wrestling figs. Until my Mom theew them all away.
As an adult, I wait a week or two to make sure the figure won't break on me in case I gotta return it, then into the garbage!
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Post by fzmadness on Jul 8, 2017 17:17:51 GMT -5
I use an exacto knife and cut the basic bubbles off the card and keep the cardback. For elites Ive actually kept them in the packages so far.
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Post by wayneyb on Jul 8, 2017 17:26:43 GMT -5
I'm a loose collector so all of the packaging gets binned/recycled
The only single piece of packaging I have kept out of the hundreds of figures I have is the New Day Booty-o's box. Such an awesome bit of packaging that I couldn't bring myself to throw it away
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Post by ellisd on Jul 8, 2017 18:07:38 GMT -5
I tear mine down and recycle them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2017 18:09:00 GMT -5
Oh, I had to move interstate late last year (Sydney to Melbourne) and had to economise space. why is postage so high in Aus?? I never buy from Aus, postage is so so expensive. I work in mailing and still don't know.
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Post by TheLastDude on Jul 8, 2017 18:14:48 GMT -5
I used to keep the card backs until it got to a point that it was wasted space, so they were all recycled. You'd be shocked how much space that kind of stuff takes up.
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Post by Row on Jul 8, 2017 18:31:29 GMT -5
I toss it in the trash
When I first started I kept all the boxes stacked in the closet but it started to get to be to much so I threw them all away and don't keep any of the packaging anymore
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Post by The Madness on Jul 9, 2017 2:02:50 GMT -5
Straight in the trash now, but I'm so glad I always kept boxes thirty years ago.
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Post by ryan93 on Jul 9, 2017 2:07:34 GMT -5
Toss the plastic. Save the backs for Basics/Battle Packs. Elites too bulky and don't want to waste time cutting the plastic front off and sides so I just ditch them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2017 15:24:09 GMT -5
I toss basic packaging but hoard elite packaging...it's just so nice.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2017 20:09:21 GMT -5
I display all my figures loose, it's what there meant for. Once I finish my collection I might by a few to have in box like my first figures and my dm 1 macho man. I only need one of each of my favorite characters, I don't need twenty frickin cena's. I'm fourteen after all. Although I work at a chick-fil-a I do still collect other figures like Neca, eagle moss Star Trek, sports, revoltech, and I'm starting on superheroes and comics. I actually display my empty boxes on a little shelving unit in a corner of my room to the right of my bureau. Again, I'm fourteen I don't have the biggest collection ever so it's manageable for now.
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