[Condiment King]

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Originally Posted by Sataninjaku

I open EVERYTHING, because they're toys. I enjoy having them all geared up, posed, and displayed. Also, coming to all other toylines as an ARAH GI Joe guy, I'd expand on EternianJerkian's "non-faulty" take- Joes have a rubber o-ring holding the figure together (for those that don't know), and believe me when I say that they will rot regardless of whether or not they're stored properly. I can assure you that I've seen plenty of MOC Joes with legs and torsos floating around independently of one another in the bubble. They're basically a ticking time bomb. Discoloration is another issue, and some of the newer plastic discolors at an accelerated rate, effectively ruining both your investment and your beautiful MOC/MISB display piece. Not to mention, with old-school vehicles, and especially with the advent of plastic free packaging, you really have no idea what's going to be in there until you open it- it could be full of My Little Ponies or rocks. Schrödinger's MOBAT.

Nope, I open them and enjoy them. I personally find a lot of rigid figures peering out from boxes kinda boring and sad. Also, for me, there's no investment here- I'll die with a massive collection of toys and leave whomever cleans my house out to figure out what to do with it all.

I'm not saying that boxed collectors are wrong, but I do think that they might not get the same pleasure out of the hobby that I do.


I'll also add that I can at least understand why people would collect MOC figures, even if it's not for me. What really blows my fucking mind are sealed and graded Super Nintendo games.

I agree that some figs looks sad still boxed up (I’m looking at you ReAction figs), I would say however some are posed quite nicely in box. Like I said, it was more the fact I have nowhere to display them, so I would literally be opening them and then storing them away loose, so I keep them boxed.

As for when I die, I’ve already told my wife to get on EBay and see what they are going for, I’ve made a particular point to tell her about my BTAS boxed collection, people seem to be willing to pay crazy prices for them.

Plastic free packaging is a concern for myself, I just hope they have a way of opening the box without damaging it (NO TAPE), so you can check you got the goods and then reseal it

I agree with the boxed video game sentiment, as least with boxed figs you can see the item and it has display merit in its own way, boxed video games are surely only kept boxed for a resale down the line