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Originally Posted by Nutimus Prime

Anyone have tips for packing a collection for a move? Last time I just moved across the road so I hauled it across easily. This time I have to pack everything into a POD then have it delivered from Washington to Florida.

I have tons of boxes, a good amount of bubble wrap and some thicker storage Ziploc bags. My Transformers I'm going to wrap individually with bubble wrap and put in the boxes. The Masterpiece and 3rd party will go in their boxes. I do worry about the effects on them but I'm hoping for the best. Unless anyone has any experience.

I'm more worried about the Toybiz and Hasbro Marvel Legends. There's more paint on those and being inside the POD for long term means heat, humidity, etc. Any experience here?

I've never moved my collection across country but I have kept figures and comics in a storage unit for a few months in the summer without any problems. I live in Tennessee which isn't as hot and humid as Florida but we aren't known to have cool and dry summers here either. If you pack the box well, you'll probably be ok putting your ML in a bag. The soft plastic used for capes, cloaks, jackets and skirts can pick up paint marks from other figures so you want to have a layer between the figures. Your ziplock bags will work but if you need extra bags you could use plastic Walmart bags. ML are pretty sturdy so unless your movers are playing football with your boxes you shouldn't need to baby the figures too much.

There are a couple of members here in this thread that live in Florida that could give you some good info on dealing with the humidity. Hope some of this helps.