to open or not to open

xZAOx · 01-14-2003, 08:34 PM

so, whats your thoughts on this? i hate it that as soon as i open my figure, i cut its value in half. tommorrow my new figures will arrive, and i really wanna open 'em, so i guess i will. i think i've found a good mix...open them up, but keep the package and all the accessories in good condition. sound like a good tradeoff of fun and value? hehe

with older figures, its really a tough decision. since you cant buy them new at the store, the value on them fluxuates. if i buy an old figure still in card, even if i got it for a cheap price, id still almost feel bad about opening it up, just b/c i know that i paid extra for the fact that it was unopened. why cant they just make the figures in like ziplock bags, that'd be alot easier to deal with! hehe

oh well, just some thoughts. im gonna open every figure i ever get hehe, damn the value! bring the fun! =)

(and no, i dont play with them. i just like to set 'em up for display and what not hehe)

avervisal · 01-14-2003, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by xZAOx

oh well, just some thoughts. im gonna open every figure i ever get hehe, damn the value! bring the fun! =)

(and no, i dont play with them. i just like to set 'em up for display and what not hehe)

word.

i totally feel the same way as you. actually i currently DO have all my old figures in plastic bags! i haven't opened my new ones yet, although I am itching to! maybe i'll just get more of them...

**Kali** · 01-14-2003, 08:49 PM

I'm gonna open all my toys. But I'm also gonna keep all the accessories and packaging in decent condition. (I love the packaging art.)

I don't really care about the monetary value of my things, I'm into personal value. But that doesn't stop me from keeping my old comics in plastic bags to sell fifty years from now. (Not the TMNT ones, although those are all in bags too, but the odd ones like Xena and Fathom and my Tomb Raider/Witchblade crossover. That one's gonna bring big bucks from the right collector.)

*Stone Ill* · 01-15-2003, 09:09 AM

Or you could just buy two of each?

xZAOx · 01-15-2003, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Stone Ill

Or you could just buy two of each?

nah, i dont really have the money to buy them the first time.

~~PWDESAI~~ · 01-15-2003, 02:30 PM

i'm buying 2 of each if i can afford it otherwise it's only 1 and i'm just gonna open it.

avervisal · 01-15-2003, 05:28 PM

I have to admit...$6.99 is a tad high for a freakin action figure...

$4.99 would be much more reasonable

Will

Psycrow · 01-15-2003, 05:57 PM

Open 'em up, who cares about them being sealed in the boxes. You can have fun with them, or you can stare at them just sitting there in the box. It's all about reinacting the battle scenes man!

**azure turtle** · 01-15-2003, 10:29 PM

I'm with Kali and Psycrow.

I love opening up my action figs and making up different battle scenes for them (gotta make use of those nifty accessories

). I like the packaging too, so I save the cards once I take my figs out of the box.

avervisal · 01-15-2003, 10:58 PM

My mom threw out all my cards from teh old figures

Will

*Nickokapo* · 01-16-2003, 07:33 AM

I don't understand collectors...i mean geez at least you have the chance to get one, open it and play with it, that'd be the point of buying it.
Or maybe you don't care about the figures themselves and wanna let it sitting there so that you can sell it in ebay in MIC OR MOC or BAP or WEAPROEORE condition...whatever, if i get one i'll open it

i might save the package but not to sell it, which noone would buy anyways

but to keep it since it's cool looking...to me it has sentimental value aswell, not $$$ value, though i'm quite a materialistic person but that doesn't mean i'm gonna leave my toys sitting there in the package, if i wanna see toys in a package i go to a store.
IT SOUND BETTER IN ORIGINAL CROATIAN, BUT I DONE.
Now if you dont care about the thing and wanna sell it, fine whatever floats yer GOAT, personally i have some comics and trading cards that i dont care about but collectors will probably pay for

so i'm selling all that in like 60 years when it got old and 'hard' to find or whatever

**HorseTechie** · 01-16-2003, 10:35 AM

Well, since I don't have very much storage space, or much room to display figures, I take the miminalist approach. (which.. is not the best for hardcare collectors)

I plan to buy one of each, then I keep the ones I don't like on the card while taking out the one(s) I do like.

Of course, in fnadoms where there are lots of characters (like LotR), I just buy the ones I like the most... and then the ones that I like the most out of what I bought, I open up.

Confused yet?

Donatello02 · 01-16-2003, 01:43 PM

The only reason why I'm tryin to get all the figures both sealed and open is to bring back some memories. The packaging was vintage 80s man. So I'm gonna have the carded ones kept packaged, and mess with the loose ones. Oh and pass them down to my kids/there kids/and so on. It would be cool for my future collection to be passed down through generations of my family. Having both carded and loose. Wow. Good times indeed.

tmntpower2003 · 01-16-2003, 06:17 PM

tis the same thing i am doind i have the entir set of wave 1 loose and carded and have three opened foot soldiers

01-14-2003, 08:34 PM	#1
xZAOx Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: TN Posts: 842	to open or not to open so, whats your thoughts on this? i hate it that as soon as i open my figure, i cut its value in half. tommorrow my new figures will arrive, and i really wanna open 'em, so i guess i will. i think i've found a good mix...open them up, but keep the package and all the accessories in good condition. sound like a good tradeoff of fun and value? hehe with older figures, its really a tough decision. since you cant buy them new at the store, the value on them fluxuates. if i buy an old figure still in card, even if i got it for a cheap price, id still almost feel bad about opening it up, just b/c i know that i paid extra for the fact that it was unopened. why cant they just make the figures in like ziplock bags, that'd be alot easier to deal with! hehe oh well, just some thoughts. im gonna open every figure i ever get hehe, damn the value! bring the fun! =) (and no, i dont play with them. i just like to set 'em up for display and what not hehe)

01-15-2003, 05:28 PM	#7
avervisal Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: IL Posts: 452	I have to admit...$6.99 is a tad high for a freakin action figure... $4.99 would be much more reasonable Will __________________ Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

01-15-2003, 05:57 PM	#8
Psycrow Hench Mutant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 435	Open 'em up, who cares about them being sealed in the boxes. You can have fun with them, or you can stare at them just sitting there in the box. It's all about reinacting the battle scenes man! __________________ "Before you criticize others you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you're a mile away... and you have their shoes."

01-15-2003, 10:29 PM	#9
azure turtle Mango Lovin' Mutant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 9,453	I'm with Kali and Psycrow. I love opening up my action figs and making up different battle scenes for them (gotta make use of those nifty accessories ). I like the packaging too, so I save the cards once I take my figs out of the box. __________________ "God, I love being a turtle!" Want to meet the only blue ninja turtle in existence? Come visit me at my Lair!

01-15-2003, 10:58 PM	#10
avervisal Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: IL Posts: 452	My mom threw out all my cards from teh old figures Will __________________ Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

01-14-2003, 08:49 PM	#3
Kali Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California! Posts: 11,101	I'm gonna open all my toys. But I'm also gonna keep all the accessories and packaging in decent condition. (I love the packaging art.) I don't really care about the monetary value of my things, I'm into personal value. But that doesn't stop me from keeping my old comics in plastic bags to sell fifty years from now. (Not the TMNT ones, although those are all in bags too, but the odd ones like Xena and Fathom and my Tomb Raider/Witchblade crossover. That one's gonna bring big bucks from the right collector.)

01-15-2003, 09:09 AM	#4
Stone Ill Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Burlington, Ontario Posts: 2,397	Or you could just buy two of each?

01-15-2003, 02:30 PM	#6
~~PWDESAI~~ Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,873	i'm buying 2 of each if i can afford it otherwise it's only 1 and i'm just gonna open it.

01-16-2003, 07:33 AM	#11
Nickokapo Emperor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Argentina Posts: 5,800	I don't understand collectors...i mean geez at least you have the chance to get one, open it and play with it, that'd be the point of buying it. Or maybe you don't care about the figures themselves and wanna let it sitting there so that you can sell it in ebay in MIC OR MOC or BAP or WEAPROEORE condition...whatever, if i get one i'll open it i might save the package but not to sell it, which noone would buy anyways but to keep it since it's cool looking...to me it has sentimental value aswell, not $$$ value, though i'm quite a materialistic person but that doesn't mean i'm gonna leave my toys sitting there in the package, if i wanna see toys in a package i go to a store. IT SOUND BETTER IN ORIGINAL CROATIAN, BUT I DONE. Now if you dont care about the thing and wanna sell it, fine whatever floats yer GOAT, personally i have some comics and trading cards that i dont care about but collectors will probably pay for so i'm selling all that in like 60 years when it got old and 'hard' to find or whatever __________________

01-16-2003, 10:35 AM	#12
HorseTechie Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Midwest Posts: 5,677	Well, since I don't have very much storage space, or much room to display figures, I take the miminalist approach. (which.. is not the best for hardcare collectors) I plan to buy one of each, then I keep the ones I don't like on the card while taking out the one(s) I do like. Of course, in fnadoms where there are lots of characters (like LotR), I just buy the ones I like the most... and then the ones that I like the most out of what I bought, I open up. Confused yet?

01-16-2003, 01:43 PM	#13
Donatello02 Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 503	The only reason why I'm tryin to get all the figures both sealed and open is to bring back some memories. The packaging was vintage 80s man. So I'm gonna have the carded ones kept packaged, and mess with the loose ones. Oh and pass them down to my kids/there kids/and so on. It would be cool for my future collection to be passed down through generations of my family. Having both carded and loose. Wow. Good times indeed. __________________ 'What ninja weapon did Don get? A stickball bat. Hey, you can call it a 'bo'. But you can call it a Ford Tempo too...it's still just a stick.'

01-16-2003, 06:17 PM	#14
tmntpower2003 Hench Mutant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gotham City Posts: 418	tis the same thing i am doind i have the entir set of wave 1 loose and carded and have three opened foot soldiers