How much packaging do you keep?

[DPrime]

Just wondering. I'm currently going through a "packaging purge" that needs to happen every now and then to avoid clutter and better use storage space.

I was keeping those MOTUC boxes for a while, those are the latest thing to go. So far, I've kept all my Sideshow and Hot Toys boxes (mostly exclusives), but I don't collect as much of that stuff as you guys do, I can only imagine it's a far bigger problem for some of you guys...

 

[Matt13]

I'm in the process of moving and I didn't realize how much room these boxes take lol. I don't have any smaller figures but all the hottoys stuff is in a spare room. The boxes are nice artwork to keep around.

 

[MadCow]

Boxes take up a TON of room. I pretty much keep everything as my collection rotates a lot and I've moved 5 times in the last 6 years. Once in a while, if there's a piece I really like (HT Robocop/ED-209), I'll throw out the box so I'm not tempted to sell it.

 

[-jay-]

I keep everything

 

[Darth Madden]

Most of my boxes get tossed. The only one I plan on keeping is the Joker DX box. Last night I tossed the shipping boxes (and styrofoam) for my PF's. I did keep the outside color boxes since they look cool but folded them down so they don't take up any room. If I ever move I am sure I can transport them without any trouble and there is no way I'll sell them so I don't need to worry about that part.

 

[Master Wayne]

I keep all my boxes.

 

[King Darkness]

I keep everything but the outer shipper.

 

[uscmhicks]

Yep , luckily I have a little room I can throw all my boxes in. Its pretty much full now though.

 

[Silent December]

I keep everything but the outer shipper.

I keep all my boxes.

I keep everything

I do it not so much to sell down the line but rather if for whatever reason I need to store/rotate/move my stuff, I don't have to worry about breakage or loosing pieces. Like Mary Poppins said "a place for everything and everything in it's place"

I bet that's the first time and only time in the history of SSF that anyone has ever quoted Mary Poppins. Thank you

 

[tnaig001]

everything! never know when you might need to move

 

[Voorhees27]

everything! never know when you might need to move

Exactly. The same reason I still have everything.

 

[Kabukiman]

Everything. Though certain parts of my place are starting to look like a Sideshow warehouse now.

 

[Dash]

Everything. Though certain parts of my place are starting to look like a Sideshow warehouse now.

Same here!

 

[EVILFACE]

I keep everything.

 

[FLOSI]

I keep them.

 

[Commtech]

I keep everything. Thank God for my garage and attic!

 

[DPrime]

I gotta start using my attic more...

Any tips for storage? Anyone actually have to go out and rent a storage unit?

 

[Gozarian]

I keep the boxes to my real good stuff. Hot toys and other big fancy boxes, I obviously keep them in prime shape. But for other normal type boxes, you could always neatly collapse them, they will take much less space. I used to keep the card for smaller figures, but that just didn't appeal to me any more.

 

[The Ween]

Just wondering. I'm currently going through a "packaging purge" that needs to happen every now and then to avoid clutter and better use storage space.

I was keeping those MOTUC boxes for a while, those are the latest thing to go. So far, I've kept all my Sideshow and Hot Toys boxes (mostly exclusives), but I don't collect as much of that stuff as you guys do, I can only imagine it's a far bigger problem for some of you guys...

On my PFs, I keep it all. My 1/6's I pitch the shipper. That's it.

 

[Chapter 2099]

Just out of curiosity, why do collectors keep the color box and yet not the Sideshow shipper, when the shipper barely takes up anymore room than the color box?