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View Poll Results: 2 Questions: Do you like Box Art or Window Box? Will repacking increase with Box Art? | |||
I like the full Box Art better. | 117 | 67.63% | |
I like Window packages better. | 50 | 28.90% | |
Repacking WILL increase with Box Art. | 67 | 38.73% | |
Repacking WILL NOT increase because of Box Art. | 31 | 17.92% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 173. You may not vote on this poll |
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12-16-2008, 09:48 PM | #1 |
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2 Questions: Box art VS. Window package? / Will repacking increase?
With the new Jets coming in full Box Art packages, many on the board are excited. I am not. I have a really bad feeling that we're going to see the rate of repacked figs and vehicles increase. If later vehicles get full box art too, there will be no way to know what you're getting until you get home and open it. Or, take the time in the store at the register to open it before you leave. I like window packages because I can see how the figs are painted, how the stickers are put on and make sure some swine hasn't mucked with the contents already. I open my Joes and don't display in package. I do keep the boxes though. So I don't mind opening them up and making sure it's in good shape. But what about you Mint In Box guys? Are you going to ever know if it's really all there? I hope they keep going with window boxes. That's my two cents. What do you think?
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12-16-2008, 09:52 PM | #2 |
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I can see the advantages of both. It will probably be easier to find MIB without the window package because the plastic is so easy to get a nick or a bad fingerprint mark on it.
I like the plastic because I can look at the vehicle (and/or driver) and see they are indeed in there. You won't know with the box art and this will make it a lot easier for repackers to steal items. I am willing to bet that somebody will replace an entire vehicle and figure with something else if there is no window package on the front of the vehicle. The one question I have is why do some of the vehicles have the file cards inside while others have it on the outside of the box. I haven't found any pattern with this yet.
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12-16-2008, 09:53 PM | #3 |
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i like tha box art, but i would prefer tha boxes have flip lids or somethin, so u can take a look without opening it, just in case there is somethin wrong.
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12-16-2008, 09:53 PM | #4 |
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i love the box art but hate that it lacks a window.
book style boxes... best of both worlds and makes every happy. transformers have been using them for years so it's not like hasbro doesn't have the experince with them. any idiot can see the HUGE increase in potential repacks as a result of these windowless boxes. it's already prevelant with window boxes, take a second and realize what these people are going to do with no window boxes and worse, all those people on the fence about doing because the window scares them off. it's not going to be good for anyone except the guy who leaves it on the shelf or closet thus never really knows it's probably got the worng contents or cares.
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12-16-2008, 09:57 PM | #5 |
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I can see a bump in online retailers for vehicles since it's less likely to have a repack come from BBTS or EE or wherever.
I like the Transformers flip cover packages, and have lots of them. The thing is though they cost more to make, so that's probably the reason they are not doing them.
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i like the box art, but like others have pointed out, the repacking will be overwhelming!
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12-16-2008, 10:05 PM | #8 |
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Well repacking will be an issue now since people are diabolical MORONS! We didn't have this problem when we were kids .. but now that we are collectors this is now a haynus crime!! I love the new box art, I always have even back in the day. I hope they go back to box art, but I hope repacking does not happen to us!!
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12-16-2008, 10:06 PM | #9 |
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Yeah it totally would. Like LEGO kits, just with clear plastic under the hood.
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I collect MOMC/MIMB; and the whole window with a box remnant surrounding it thing is brutal for shipping. It's been very difficult finding "minty" pieces because if the shipping does work out - then it usually gets banged up while being placed onto a shelf.
I think the flip box is an absolutely superb idea! I hope that happens because I do agree that repacking will increase without any windows. ....still frustrated that these sweet toys are currently being packaged in "windows" rather than "boxes"..... |
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