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09-09-2008, 03:17 AM | #1 |
Iron Grenadier
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Shalom
I never quite understood this ,people who buy one of each figure but never open the packages ,how much fun is that you can't appreciate the detail ,the texture ,the ability to pose them and just to touch them (ok i'm setting myself up for a bad joke here),only to look at them in a "plastic sarcophagus' like you would look at a ancient Egyptian mummy at the museum . If people do this as an investment i can maybe understand ,because alot of people my age are seeing this as a second chance to reverse a wrong by not opening them and hoping in twenty years down the road they can say "i never opened them" and feel vindicated for the reckless packaging opening they did when they were kids at Christmas ? But if i was going to invest i would invest in stocks or bonds or real estate ,not plastic toys . And one other thing sealed toys are harder to display and take up so much room ,there's only one solution to this liberate your Joe's from the plastic prison ! Shalom |
09-09-2008, 03:26 AM | #2 |
Spartan F5 Viper
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Same reason you like to take your out of the box. It is just the inverse. The sense of still having it new in the box and never been touched. You can also if they stay in very very good mint condition later on in 50 years sell them off to uber ebay people who like yourself will have all the fun in the world opening them up after 50 years!
Beware the CH3SiClC03 gas though when you open them later on... |
09-09-2008, 03:37 AM | #3 |
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the more i buy the more i dont want to open for some reason it was like that when i was kid too
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09-09-2008, 03:52 AM | #4 |
Crimson Guard
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yea its a win lose situation with collecting loose and moc, you will contradict yourself both ways the more you think about it. its cool to have the figs loose but they loose interest if they will ever be worth anything plus they fall apart quicker. collecting moc not only keeps the fig fresh but it saves the artwork and the package from which it lives!
just like crimson guard 101 said, 50 yrs from now some guy will buy it and open it, for whatever reason he chooses. its crazy to buy moc figs because some of them have been untouched for 25 years! thats crazy. and who knows how many hands that moc figure has been threw to get to you, its hard to keep something you want to open moc and its cool because at anytime you know that you could have a brand new flawless figure even after they stop making them. |
09-09-2008, 03:54 AM | #5 |
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I buy 2 of each figure. 1 to open, and 1 to keep Mint on Mint Card, because I love the package art. And sometimes I buy multiples of a figure just for kit-bashing purposes. The 25th single carded G.I.Joes are the only toy line in my entire life that I've ever kept in package. I always open all my Joe vehicles and figures from other lines and throw away the packaging. (After cutting the filecards off the StarWars, TransFormers, Exo-Squad, etc. packages of course.) Oh, I do keep the boxes from all of my TransFormers statues, in case I ever have to take them off display.
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09-09-2008, 03:55 AM | #6 |
G.I. Joe Infantry
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I open a lot of my figures, but I do keep some in package. Mostly out of lack of space. I also keep them in package to hand down to any kids I may have to either sell or open. If I open them now they have a better chance of being destroyed by the dog so I keep those ones in package high on the wall.
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09-09-2008, 04:07 AM | #7 |
So much drama 'n the LBCs
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What I don't get are the collectors who look for mint cards JUST to open. That makes absolutely no sense to me.
I look for the BEST card in-store, with a really good figure in it, then I look for a really good figure in a REALLY crappy box. Right now, finding a B.A.T. in a crushed box? Fantastic to me. That's actually the reason I started opening the 25th figures... Originally, I started collecting them to keep in the box, because I enjoy the entire package as you would a piece of art. Besides, tearing off the bubble, no matter how you cut it or tear it, ruins the package. The "presentation" is ruined forever. Now, of the ones that I want to open, I look for a really bent second and tear that bad boy apart. The hardest figures to open? I have 2 MOSC Beachheads, neither is in any worse condition than the other... And I really like Beachhead. I have yet to open him though. Same with Zartan. I was so happy to find one of the reissued Bludds and Flash on a card that was bent to hell. So happy... I had foil cards of each, but only 1. I was so glad to get an opener. In the long run though, what do you do with them? Pose them, at most? As much as my girlfriend makes fun of me about it, I don't ACTUALLY play with toys anymore... I haven't in nearly 15 years. I mess around with them and pose them at my desk... For me the enjoyment is the awesome construction and design put into them... Which is why I open them. I also love the card art and the presentation. Which is also why I leave them on card. |
09-09-2008, 05:11 AM | #8 |
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Cuz it looks kewl to be in a museum a hundred years or two from now.
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09-09-2008, 05:33 AM | #9 |
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I consider myself a bit of a toy preservationist. I gain a measure of satisfaction in knowing that the items in my collection will be in the best possible condition for whoever views these things 25-30 years from now. I also think the packaging is just as important to the toy as the toy itself, and I prefer the look of a nice carded or boxed collection over loose ones. And yes of course it's nice to know that years from now (even though I don't plan on selling) my collection will have a greater monetary value than those who chose to open theirs.
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09-09-2008, 06:17 AM | #10 |
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I dont buy for investment. Im better off selling bodyparts in the black market.
I keep 1 set mint on card or mint in sealed box just because the presentation looks bad ass on the walls. The card art of the 25th is what makes them so great. The toys are a bonus! Its the retro nostalgia factor. Same reason I bought and continue to buy the new he man, ninja turtles stuff |
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