dizcoduck
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Post by dizcoduck on Jul 14, 2020 21:49:30 GMT -5
Mix for me. Most stuff I open, but exclusives/limited editions/special attires, etc. that mean something to me I leave in box.
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Post by Da Handsome 1 on Jul 14, 2020 22:26:51 GMT -5
How the heck do you manage to get the room to store so many figures boxed? Storage & closet space....a lot of it!
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Post by rkmo: The FOCUS Method on Jul 14, 2020 22:32:54 GMT -5
Most I buy with the intention of opening. Certain ones I keep MOC.
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Post by LK3 on Jul 14, 2020 23:12:04 GMT -5
MOC
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Post by Old School Collector on Jul 14, 2020 23:19:50 GMT -5
MOC, baby 🤘🏻😎
Almost 700 and counting in my man cave
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zen411
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Post by zen411 on Jul 14, 2020 23:38:41 GMT -5
I'm curious by the moc collectors. Is it that you intend to sell one day? You feel it adds to their value? I just feel that takes up so much room and I don't want my house to look like a toy store. I love the ability to pose figures, to rearrange them next to each other, to swap belts, etc. The fact that elite and legends packaging varies as opposed to jakks classic superstars line seems like it wouldn't lend to an attractive set up. Not attacking just questioning.
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4life
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Post by 4life on Jul 14, 2020 23:54:26 GMT -5
I open like 95% of my stuff. I have a few older horror figures MIB. I think the only Mattel thing I have MIB is the Undertaker 5-pack, and maybe a few Basic's sitting somewhere in the house. I have like, at least a hundred Elite boxes that are empty that I need to recycle or something.. lol. Collecting lose is just cheaper, being able to buy lose figures that are mint.
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The Shiniest Wizard
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Bored at work, entertain me.
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Post by The Shiniest Wizard on Jul 15, 2020 0:12:04 GMT -5
I am 99% a loose collector. The 1% is for when I buy a double of a figure I REALLY like to hang on my wall above my gaming PC that I built. I have no intentions on reselling, and if I do as a loose figure, I'll take the hit since it'll be YEARS down the line. I also am lacking a lot of space so I wouldn't even have room for MOC stuff. To each their own though! I have a MOC friend who hates the thought of loose figures so I see both sides!
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Post by HooliganPunx24 on Jul 15, 2020 1:37:44 GMT -5
Let them breathe
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mcgourlay
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Post by mcgourlay on Jul 15, 2020 3:37:16 GMT -5
Have more loose than MOC but hopefully will end up almost 50/50.
Goal is one of every Jericho loose and MOC/Signed.
Would say about 40-50% there
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Post by shanieomaniac on Jul 15, 2020 6:01:31 GMT -5
I'm loose unless it's something really special, then I get doubles.
I only have about 10 or so figures MOC and of those, half are just figures I kept on card for no good reason. All of them are Jakks figures.
I have two or three TTL7 Stephs, a TTL Kurt Angle, an Unchained Fury Yellow Card RVD, a RA William Regal, and an NWO Jakks Scott Hall which I have no idea why I'm keeping MOC. I could open all of them and it wouldn't kill me. (I might keep one Steph though)
The only true MOC figures that I value are a CS Luna Vachon, Superstars 8 Shane McMahon, RAW X Shane, and an odd Jakks Wrestlemania figure which I believe is the Undertaker on a Tazz card. Those ones I treasure. The rest? I have no idea why I haven't opened them yet.
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natureboyfauser
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Post by natureboyfauser on Jul 15, 2020 6:43:34 GMT -5
Loose! Display!
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Post by HHH316 on Jul 15, 2020 6:51:02 GMT -5
Loose. Used to be a MOC but it took up too much space.
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tmorris686
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Post by tmorris686 on Jul 15, 2020 7:33:17 GMT -5
I'm curious by the moc collectors. Is it that you intend to sell one day? You feel it adds to their value? I just feel that takes up so much room and I don't want my house to look like a toy store. I love the ability to pose figures, to rearrange them next to each other, to swap belts, etc. The fact that elite and legends packaging varies as opposed to jakks classic superstars line seems like it wouldn't lend to an attractive set up. Not attacking just questioning. I am a MOC collector and I don’t sell anything from my collection. I love the way they looked boxed and I did the same as a child with my bone crunchers collection. I’m lucky that I have an entire room for my collection and I display them library style on bookcases and I have some set up in my closet. I’ve seen some amazing loose collections, but it’s just not for me.
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Warriah'
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Post by Warriah' on Jul 15, 2020 7:35:47 GMT -5
Everything. I have is loose apart from 2 Hasbro figures I kept MOC for sentimental reasons, a pack of old Toy Biz X-Men Steel Mutans and a NECA Bret Hart.
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ryanpelley
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Post by ryanpelley on Jul 15, 2020 8:45:24 GMT -5
Loose, but the main line Elite store exclusives I keep MOC (try finding 2 of each, one to open and display, the other to keep MOC).
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WrestlingFigWig
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Post by WrestlingFigWig on Jul 15, 2020 8:59:43 GMT -5
How the heck do you manage to get the room to store so many figures boxed? Storage & closet space....a lot of it! So you do it more as an investment later in life, correct? I’m trying to understand the logic behind buying stuff just to put it in storage or a closet if you aren’t cashing in on it later.
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Post by Da Handsome 1 on Jul 15, 2020 9:19:46 GMT -5
Storage & closet space....a lot of it! So you do it more as an investment later in life, correct? I’m trying to understand the logic behind buying stuff just to put it in storage or a closet if you aren’t cashing in on it later. No, I collect MOC cuz I’m a huge fan. Always loved the museum look having them MOC. Just don’t have the room to display then the way I want them atm. Looking to move to a bigger place real soon.
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sandeep
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Post by sandeep on Jul 15, 2020 10:26:15 GMT -5
MOC, baby 🤘🏻😎 Almost 700 and counting in my man cave A true legend there, How u control your jellies?
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DestroyerOfNations
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Post by DestroyerOfNations on Jul 15, 2020 10:41:23 GMT -5
If I had the space I could see myself keeping a lot more figures MOC. Right now the only set I have MOC is the legends Rockers pack. Hoping to get that signed one day but everything else is loose. I’ll probably keep the AEW figures MOC though, until I figure out where to display them loose.
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