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

Yeah,if I can I rather buy in store 10 times out of 10 especially for like you said a MOC collector.

Bad idea. Now you won’t be able to tell when you get a defective figure.

Is Hasbro patenting better QC procedures? I’d say collectors have to worry more about getting a figure with terrible paint apps and missing accessories now than potential swapping.

What about Elite figures though, where the heads are easily removable/swappable? It's asking for trouble...

I think it depends how the plastic is used. Rather then a full window box which we have now going around 5 sides of the figure (Top, bottom, front, left and right sides) if it was just a very small circle to show the face it could still be displayed well while still vastly cutting down on plastics.

If you think how little would be needed for the face you’d be able to make what 80-100 boxes from what they currently use for 1.

Action figure lavishing hasn’t really evolved since 70s. Kenner were doing full plastic bubbles on card back and we’re still doing the same 40-50 years later. Look at how various other items have had vastly improved packaging methods. The toy industry is way behind in a lot of areas

Ok, so about 2 minutes with a google search will tell you that, of the top 6 sources of global plastic polution, action figure packaging doesn't even get a mention. So the notion that they are going to save the world by eliminating plastic action figure windows on collectibles is LAUGHABLE.

Let's call it what it is here. Doing this allows them to reduce costs buy a large factor, while *not* reducing price. Heck, they'll probably increase the price over this. On top of that, as stated, it serves as a perfect way to "deal with" the rampant quality control problems these companies have. Do your figures tend to be mukked up from creation? Simple! Make it so the buyers can't see what they are buying beforehand! Problem solved! On top of that, you have to think that this will save a ton of money on creation expenses. Not only are you eliminating plastic on the window, but now you don't have to worry about making unique inner bubbles that show off the figures! You can throw together whatever simplistic, mass produced inner card you want because, so what if they look like crap and barely hold the figure in there! Nobody is going to see them, out of sight, out of mind, easy peasy lemon squeezy.

Overall, the real reason for doing this is to screw over the consumer in favor of increasing the company's bottom line. I can assure you that Hasbro doesn't care one bit about saving the environment. After all, the entire bread and butter of their existence is based on plastic figures, taking the windows out of figures would only reduce their plastic usage by a fraction. (Friendly reminder that the production of plastic is a huge factor in pollution as well.) Beyond this destroying any appeal of MOC collecting, this is just another example of corporate greed. The only people it helps in the end are the guys at the top.

The ability for people to swap figures and return them is going to be insane. I imagine at some point, figures are going to start being locked into those plastic cases they they used to put video games in.

We aren't going to be able to get a good look at the paint apps and quality of the figure anymore, either. How many times have you skipped on a figure in a retail store because the eye deco is printed way off-center, or there are black paint scuffs on the head, or whatever else can go wrong in production? Its happened a ton to me. 

Also, it just isn't appealing at all for MOC collectors. I think its going to somewhat kill that section of their consumer base. There's going to be a lot of people who continue collecting MOC figures but no doubt that having no plastic window on the box makes it less appealing.

I hate to say it but I'm on my way out of toys alltogether. I can't believe the preorder prices on the Marvel Legends reveals yesterday. That 20th Anniversary Toad is pushing $35 and is not at all a premium figure. The Knull/Venom 2-pack in all fairness is two premium figures, but is almost $80! And it seems like all toy lines are swinging in that direction. I'm paying more and more money for a worse and worse quality and selection; and now the figures that I collect for my MOC display aren't going to fit in. I really just might be moving on from this hobby soon.

I saw the new elite Charlotte for the first time yesterday and was ready to grab it until I looked over the paint deco - the trunks area where they painted skin-tone over purple was all scratched up and looked horrible (not to mention the eyes being off-centered). I put the figure right back on the peg.

Now imagine grabbing this in a box with no window and getting home only to find out the figure looks like crap. I’d be pretty PO’d that I’d now have to waste gas and find the time to return the figure and hopefully get another without the QC issues (there’s about 6 legend HHHs sitting at one of my local targets all with horribly printed eyes).

Now add to this the increased possibility of figure swapping.

I’ve already severely cut back on my figure collecting due to the ridiculous increase in prices over the past few months. This change will put me off even more.