Plastic free boxes. New era for MOC collectors or the end???

It's funny that you mention that. My grandaughter got some of those Disney Mini Brands and knowing I like Star Wars and Marvel, she gave me a Star Wars Mini brands Millennium Falcon "Toybox" but there is nothing in it but some cardboard. It's just a tiny box with no figure in it. I still love it though because she gave it to me.

Don't really care honestly. The only boxes I keep are the Ultimates anyways.

I don’t like it to say the least. Esp as someone who always checks paint apps instores. I feel like it’s only a matter of time the industry follows suit.

I support removing plastic waste from the environment but I think there are better design solutions.

This is a dream for figswappers, who are outrageous enough with the things they cram in boxes and return to stores. I once saw a Jannah (Star Wars) rammed into a Naomi Elite box.

Few options out there.

1) Completely closed box - this seems very unlikely to me
2) 80% (or more) cardboard with open window no plastic - transformers have already moved to this on some of their figures - seems like this is where the industry is going
3) Move to plant based plastics - seems like this is something most companies have/will explore - this option probably comes down to cost!

If they go completely closed box, I’m out as a collector, and I’ll just go backwards and focus on Hasbro’s. If they go with option 2, they’ll need to be very creative and ensure the box art draws my attention in and the figure is almost secondary (sound stupid I know). If the plant based plastic is doable, and doesn’t ruin overtime, this seems like the simplest solution.


I think it’s pretty funny that you companies that make figures out of PLASTIC are trying to show they are environmentally friendly, by removing a very small amount of plastic from the box…

I'm not a MOC collector and I buy 99% of my figures online so I only get to see the paint apps on used/secondary market figures so this doesn't affect me at all but that being said, I can see how this could change MOC collecting for many.

No issues with it from me. I would say the best thing to keep thieving and scamming to a minimum is to construct the boxes in such a away that it's nearly impossible to re-seal them. Tear-away tabs and etc. perhaps? Essentially something that would require the box to be wrecked in order to get the figure out.

I get it, but this is a terrible idea and just makes things for repackers to get away with their scummy behavior.

I imagine that at some point down the road there is going to be pushback from retailers due to all of the products being returned with different items inside.

Just imagine being a customer buying a Marvel toy for a child, only to find something completely different inside the box. You'd likely go right back to the store to demand a refund or exchange. Retailers will be forced to accommodate but will eventually provide negative feedback to toy companies that that doesn't work for mass retail toys.

I'm not fully sure I'm getting the argument that people who swap out the figures and return them are going to benefit/increase.

If the packaging is really easy to open, then you'll be able to check in-store before buying it, what's in the box. If the packaging is really hard to open, then you'll know it was already opened by the time you see it on the shelf and will know it's been tampered with.

Personally, I'm not mad about fully-closed cardboard boxes. I do agree with others that the internal packaging that holds the figure in place could be changed to cardboard, and I'd agree with that. I still think the 'window' on the box should remain, though. But that's just my opinion.

I'm a loose collector so although I don't really care about packaging that much - I can see the issue of so much plastic being binned all the time.