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Post by LA Times on Apr 22, 2022 18:08:17 GMT -5
I mean Tomy in Japan does this with their Tomica cars. They come in a little red and white box with an illustration of the car on the one side of the box. The only plastic is the shrink wrap sealing the box and a plastic sleeve protecting the car inside At least if there's plastic wrapping outside the box, you can immediately tell if the package has been tampered with or not. |
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Post by anddrew on Apr 23, 2022 1:25:52 GMT -5
but what if someone put twinkies inside? I dont know good luck |
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Post by izzyjames92 on Apr 23, 2022 1:46:20 GMT -5
I mean Tomy in Japan does this with their Tomica cars. They come in a little red and white box with an illustration of the car on the one side of the box. The only plastic is the shrink wrap sealing the box and a plastic sleeve protecting the car inside At least if there's plastic wrapping outside the box, you can immediately tell if the package has been tampered with or not. Yeah that’s a good idea as long as the plastic shrink wrap could be bio degradable. |
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Apr 23, 2022 2:58:42 GMT -5
Lot of people saying they will stop collecting but really won’t. I’m already barely buying WWE figures, I will fully quit buying the regular lines at retail if they do this. I guess I’ll have to take a chance and hope any exclusives I want aren’t tampered with or have messed up deco tho |
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Post by skogen on Apr 23, 2022 6:50:56 GMT -5
I’m a loose collector, at least of Mattels, and I exclusively buy online so I actually endorse plastic free boxes. Sucks for MOC collectors though. I just hope there’s a happy medium.
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Post by kinnikuman on Apr 23, 2022 9:52:52 GMT -5
Oh well, MOC collectors. What ever will you do now.
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Post by underoos on Apr 23, 2022 9:59:22 GMT -5
95 percent of my wwe stuff is on card, oh the dilemma
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Post by LA Times on May 13, 2022 14:23:10 GMT -5
Oh well, MOC collectors. What ever will you do now. The best option IMO is modifying the packaging, cut out a little rectangle and put a transparent sheet over it. I have a lot of envelopes with those windows I dont use, so I might cut them out and sell them if toymakers are really going fullspeed with this all cardboard packaging. |
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Post by The Madness on May 13, 2022 14:40:44 GMT -5
As a loose collector who mostly buys for toy photography, this will still suck because quality control is garbage.
I don't like to buy figures if I don't know whether their eyes are pointing the same direction or if they have their beards smeared all over their faces.
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Post by Glorydaysofwrestling on May 13, 2022 14:57:03 GMT -5
I’d def be buying about 2/3rds less than I do now. With the last few sets I wouldn’t of picked up all DX, edge, hurricane, Keebler, etc etc. I’m
Not into just collecting a box without the full fig displayed
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Post by personagamer on May 16, 2022 17:32:53 GMT -5
Terrible idea how could you tell if the figure has paint defects or has been swapped
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Post by personagamer on May 16, 2022 17:35:23 GMT -5
I’m a loose collector, at least of Mattels, and I exclusively buy online so I actually endorse plastic free boxes. Sucks for MOC collectors though. I just hope there’s a happy medium. still how could you tell if the figure has paint defects or when you open it's a different figure entirely, we've seen things like Jack Swagger in Cm Punk packaging before |
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Post by dizneyfist on May 16, 2022 17:50:06 GMT -5
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… Well the problem is not so much the plastic itself but the fact that the plastic packaging in question is constantly being thrown away. Majority of people are opening packages and discarding it and just keep the figures. |
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Post by SteveHulk on May 16, 2022 23:36:04 GMT -5
Oh well, MOC collectors. What ever will you do now. Nice attitude - especially as it's not MOC collectors causing the problem...  |
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Post by captncharisma19 on May 17, 2022 3:44:21 GMT -5
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… Well the problem is not so much the plastic itself but the fact that the plastic packaging in question is constantly being thrown away. Majority of people are opening packages and discarding it and just keep the figures. I'm not sure if we can post sources here but I'm going to anyway. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-us-recycled-just-5-percent-of-its-plastic-in-2021-180980052/ |
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Post by Vamp55 on May 17, 2022 5:21:18 GMT -5
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… Well the problem is not so much the plastic itself but the fact that the plastic packaging in question is constantly being thrown away. Majority of people are opening packages and discarding it and just keep the figures. My bet is the vast majority of opened figures eventually find there way to the trash bin, so my point remains. But your point is taken as well. |
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Post by secondwhiteline on May 18, 2022 10:22:15 GMT -5
Well the problem is not so much the plastic itself but the fact that the plastic packaging in question is constantly being thrown away. Majority of people are opening packages and discarding it and just keep the figures. My bet is the vast majority of opened figures eventually find there way to the trash bin, so my point remains. But your point is taken as well. I think most figures end up collecting dust in attics and basements rather than thrown away (especially now in a collector era; in the Moms Throw Everything Out era of the 70s-80s, the reverse was probably true), but either way, packaging is a great place to look for sustainability initiatives like removing plastic because it's not meant to be kept and it comprises the bulk of our landfill and non-recyclable plastic. I also don't think toys are in a vacuum here, and probably the biggest offenders like the food industry are the ones taking the lead on these changes for both PR and cost reasons. |
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Post by captncharisma19 on May 18, 2022 12:25:34 GMT -5
My bet is the vast majority of opened figures eventually find there way to the trash bin, so my point remains. But your point is taken as well. I think most figures end up collecting dust in attics and basements rather than thrown away (especially now in a collector era; in the Moms Throw Everything Out era of the 70s-80s, the reverse was probably true), but either way, packaging is a great place to look for sustainability initiatives like removing plastic because it's not meant to be kept and it comprises the bulk of our landfill and non-recyclable plastic. I also don't think toys are in a vacuum here, and probably the biggest offenders like the food industry are the ones taking the lead on these changes for both PR and cost reasons. Well said, single use plastics are being rightfully scrutinized in essentially every industry. |
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Post by Vamp55 on May 19, 2022 3:45:47 GMT -5
My bet is the vast majority of opened figures eventually find there way to the trash bin, so my point remains. But your point is taken as well. I think most figures end up collecting dust in attics and basements rather than thrown away (especially now in a collector era; in the Moms Throw Everything Out era of the 70s-80s, the reverse was probably true), but either way, packaging is a great place to look for sustainability initiatives like removing plastic because it's not meant to be kept and it comprises the bulk of our landfill and non-recyclable plastic. I also don't think toys are in a vacuum here, and probably the biggest offenders like the food industry are the ones taking the lead on these changes for both PR and cost reasons. We’ll agree to disagree on where the vast “majority” of the 100s of thousands of plastic toy figures that are sold every year end up, but you other points are very fair. |
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Post by AxelSmackdown on Jun 20, 2022 13:12:31 GMT -5
I’m afraid the new RSC Grimes is plastic free
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