TRASH Them or SAVE Them? - What to Do with Action Figure Boxes 

I would say another pro to keeping the box is to protect more fragile figures during transport if you had to move or something. It’s a must for statues as well.

As a collector of Video Games and Transformers. I was looking for a solution to Bulk Boxes from action figures. By watching this video I came up with a very good idea. At the time of writing this, I have been breaking down my figure boxes and being delicate with the tape cutting them with a box cutter. Then flattering the box and keeping inserts, manuals, and other important papers to be able to reassemble a box as needed. I hope this helps. Happy hunting for new and exciting adventures collecting everyone!

This is my issue constantly, I can’t believe there’s a video. I did get rid of a lot of Nendoroid boxes in the beginning and some of them are worth a lot now. I’ve actually bought the empty boxes of some of my fav figures that I threw away. Not I’m just struggling with space so the question presents itself again. I live in a small studio apartment. I’m just going to have to be more discriminating in what I buy, and maybe part with a lot of my figures.

initially i kept all the boxes, but like you said, overtime it just piles up turning into a mess, one good trick to not feel attached to the boxes is to tear or damage them, it feels easier to throw them out, but i do keep some boxes especially the plastic clam shells because its useful when you want to sell/ship the figures securely. also i try to keep the newer boxes, if im not happy with the figure and want to preserve the value when reselling them

I’m a big McFarlane Toys collector. The boxes I save vs the ones I throw away breaks down like this. If I’m collecting the entire line like Spawn I will save the boxes. If I only cherry pick from a line, like DC Multiverse, I throw them away.

I am a box and loose collector (TF,Joes,DC multiverse, Halo) My first 500 figures are loose then I noticed that I was out of shelves space, So I started to keep the rest in their boxes. Actually keeping the boxes is working for me because I can stack them which I can not do with loose figures. When I want to display I just pull them out of their box.

I chuck my boxes away without a second thought, I buy the figs to enjoy in my displays, not as some potential investment for the future, go re-watch Toy Story 2 and relearn the lessons therein

The boxes of overwhelming. I don't think I will open all my figures. But some I have too cause I like certain figures.

I think my takeaway is, figures like Legends and Black Series and McFarlanes, most of those figures are readily available and not too much on eBay or Mercari. Figures like you said, sh figuarts, Goodsmile, Mafex, you might want to keep boxes for.

I cut up the boxes for the art, hanging titles around my figures on the shelves

Awesome video! I started collecting 7 months ago and i found this video really helpful.

I collect a lot of anime figs, and I started keeping the boxes a few years ago. It was fine til they started taking up so much space. It's gotten out of control. Now, I'm only gonna keep the boxes for certain figs. Thanks for the great advice

I used to keep my boxes, but I eventually filled a large space of my loft with them. When it came to moving house, it was to much stuff on top of everything else, and I decided to get rid of them. I don't regret it now, and over the years I really haven't resold much of my collection to worry about the resell value.

With some of these newer non plastic boxes What I started to do was cut all the tape off all the sides and pull the boxes out as nicely as possible and flatten em as flat as can. But I have noticed numerous of my older boxes I put into storage into my garage like u said they fade or worse in my area they start to break down. My garage is off the house and I live rt next to the ocean so humidity is a major issue. May just start throwing em all out

I just keep then in a heavy duty garbage bag (the ones worth keeping) and put them in the garage, closet or basement or attic. They're not that hard to keep out of the way.

Reason #3 for getting rid of your boxes: You eliminate an unnecessary fire hazard in your home.

Well I only keep the import boxes like Figma and S.H.Figuarts because I love Japan figure boxes because I appreciate the product shoots on how they display there figures. When it comes for Marvel legends or Star Wars The Black Series I normally cut them for artwork or logo designs I thinks it’s cool and I enjoy it.

A lot of artwork and creativity go into the boxes. I dont think they should be thrown out

I've noticed that people are selling their boxes online, but wasn't sure if it was worth doing. I kept all my boxes or most (MAFEX, Mezco, McFarlane, SH Figuarts, etc) but now I have run out of room. If I could get a few bucks from them and help another collector out, that would be cool.

These past few years I've been able to renew my love for Transformers. I started off collecting the Power of the Prime's Trilogy, then moved onto the War for Cybertron Trilogy. Lets just say probably 95% of my so called Covid $$ from our tax returns went to launching my collection. I had this very situation come up when I began to unbox a few of my figures. I love the Box art as much as the figure, so I didn't want to throw them away. Some boxes came in very poor condition and I'm trying to figure out how to flatten/fix them. Since the boxes are folded by tabs and taped together, I'm able to have a flat piece of artwork now. My goal is to one day meet up with the artists and have them autograph them. Do you know of a way to flatten a box to get rid of crinkled areas? For the instructions I plan to laminate them to preserve them. And then digitally scan them so I have a record of it in PDF form.

Nice helpful video! Thank you. I was a Mattel DC collector and now transitioned to McFarlane. I have accumulated a lot of boxed yhat luckily is in a storage space at home attached to my garage. But its getting out of hand slowly. Also bothers my spouse and kind of also "shows" how much I have bought ($). So figures by themselves will not look like much compared to figures plus boxes (or in boxes). So I am gonna dospose. On the fence if inhave to save the art in the back (too much effort tho due to sheer number of boxes i have)

Just fold them flat!!!!! Easy, you can thank me below

with some of the older neca figures, i just kept the posters from the back and threw the bubble away

I want to keep the box but thermite will eat them if i hide them i don't have space for the box

It’s a tough decision. I threw away a bunch and now I’ve switched lines. So I’d like to sell a lot of em, but they’re always worth more with boxes.

But the Neca Ultimate boxes look so good…

You throw the boxes in the trash. That was easy.

scale anime figure boxes are even bigger action figure boxes are not so bad.

i keep mine to protect the figures.. regardless if i open them or not

Lmfao Thank You

short answer: Always keep the boxes.

solution: buy 2. one to keep in the box, and one to open. keep the empty box too.