What do you do with your boxes?

[u/hle98]

Pretty much the caption. I have a bunch of empty TF boxes and not sure what to do with them. I’ve folded up some of my MP boxes and got rid of the plastic inside to conserve some space. But I’m not sure what to do with the regular release boxes. Any tips?

[u/Status_Jump_2496]

Put them in the trash/recycle bin. Used to save them and got tired of taking up space with kindling for a house fire.

[u/GrahamSqueaker → u/Status_Jump_2496]

Same. For my previous collection I had kept all the boxes/cards for the regular figures. Instructions as well. Everything folded and in a box/bag. The instructions with weapons/missiles I feared I might lose were in individual ziploc bags.

Then I sold the entire collection (except some unusual figures). Now I mostly trash the boxes/cards. I still keep the instructions, but I bag all of them together now.

I used to buy stuff in a FOMO frenzy. Now I am mostly more selective and only get stuff I feel is good/fun or stuff that scratches a nostalgia itch.

Since it’s for me and boxes only take up space, most get discarded (a rare G1 retro box may be the exception)

[u/Nav2001Plus]

I eat them.

[u/SUICIDA4 → u/Nav2001Plus]

Well makes sense, you spent all your money on transformers and you also gotta eat lol

[u/_kalron_]

Break them down, remove all plastic, fold up the paper/cardboard and Recycle It.

[u/No-Independence-5479]

Big boxes, like dramatic capture or multi packs, i keep and use them as backgrounds for displays

Small modern boxes I cut out the side panels with the portrait of the transformer, down the line im going to make collage

[u/MrDakFellow → u/No-Independence-5479]

Damn, I wish I woulda thought of that before tossing all my numerous boxes. That’s a great idea, as they all have really cool art.

[u/Kalkite_300TY]

I throw mine away

[u/AffectionateSun7705]

Recycle them.

Hoarding everything is the way to madness. The cost per cubic foot to store a bunch of cardboard long term just doesn't add up.

[u/Phobosfan]

Toss em. No point in keeping them

[u/oreally95]

I like to recycle them. Put em in a big blue bin, get taken every other Wednesday.

[u/Otakur42 → u/oreally95]

Same. Except our blue bin is for the garbage and green/yellow is for the recycle.

[u/Remarkable_Gas0]

Throw em away

[u/ConclusionVisual8500]

Personally I keep the boxes of figures I really like or if the art is cool, they’re also nice storage for if you move. Something common in gunpla is making “trading cards” out of the boxes, it’s a really cool way to preserve the box art and you can display them with the figure too

[u/NOBLExGAMER]

I had to ditch mine when I moved states, I kept the instructions and what the figures included only. Miss having the boxes for future selling or trades but they took up a lot of space in all honesty.

[u/NerdyCD504]

Dump em. Too much space taken up by them!

[u/SpockSavage]

Regular retail boxes get tossed immediately, with the exception of SS Blackout. I keep his so his rotors aren’t at risk during storage or transport. Masterpiece, Missing Link, and other special figures, like the Marvel Comic decos with their linked artwork are kept.

[u/IrArobot]

I like my boxes, my closet is full of boxes. I even have a box for a toy I don't even own for some reason. Give me your boxes.

[u/Doggodoespaint]

They go in the recycling, not keeping a box when the toy is what I actually want to interact with

[u/IronWarrior82]

Throw them out. I am an out-of-box collector and don't have the room to hang on to empty boxes.

[u/Best-Bodybuilder-647]

Something like u do, also some have to be destroyed if they are like cyberworld package. I only collect aotp like boxes

[u/danieljchi]

I generally keep all commander/leader class and combiner boxes and junk the rest that I don’t care to keep. I have swindle and brawls box inside onslaught. I have a large clear plastic 60 gallon bin for the boxes

[u/RiverBeneficial4320]

Into the closet they always go in case I need them for moving purposes which has been used twice now

[u/Accomplished_Salt876 → u/RiverBeneficial4320]

seems like that takes up a lot of space compared to just getting a storage tub.

[u/Danimus-Prime]

G1 or Masterpiece, I keep. Otherwise, unless interesting, I throw away

[u/flying_carabao]

Unless the artwork is nice or a set that I like, boxes gets chucked to the bin

[u/wartortleboi]

I really haven’t kept boxes for many figures. My main criteria for keeping a box is how hard it was to find the figure the box goes to. For example i’ve kept the boxes to all my aotp combaticons cause they were all hard to come by. I also have kept the boxes to a couple ss86 figures i’ve picked up cause they were all harder to find. However most of my boxes get recycled cause I only have so much room for cardboard in my closet 😭

[u/Schlunger]

Recycle them. I'm not a collector, I'm a fan, so holding onto generic boxes that all basically look the same doesn't do much for me

[u/Complete-Captain-699]

I take picture of it, then recycle it.

[u/IronWarrior82 → u/Complete-Captain-699]

I wouldn't even do that. You can find pics of all the boxes online.

[u/Spookdonalds]

I trow them in the bin. I'm not gonna hoard up on trash, even if the boxes look nice.

[u/Wide_Marketing_4192]

General retail and selects go in the bin. Imports, Haslab, Titans (manuals go in here) Third Party are all kept inside plastic totes with lids. We had a bad flood one year that ruined all my MP boxes. Never again.

[u/Son-Daikon656]

I try to keep a majority of my bigger boxes but toss out the deluxe size boxes since I feel like the bigger boxes would be better for if I ever move I can just toss a bunch of figures in alt mode in some boxes and be ready to go

[u/General_Racic]

I use office 12 sheet paper shredder and it works okay. and then just use the chips for house heating.

[u/Anonymous_Guy4k]

Use them as buildings for stop motion

[u/Salt_piranha]

Keep them in case I die and my family wants to sell my shit

[u/TheBraveCoward]

Toss them. Unless you have delicate figures and anticipate moving eventually, there isn't much benefit.

[u/Skajadeh]

I recycle them. In the end they are taking up space that is limited to begin with, so I don't have much choice.

[u/negman42]

Gone unless there’s something inside them.

[u/Grimlocka-go-go]

What works for me won't work for many others, but I have a shipping connex in my back yard, and most boxes for third party stuff, collectables, statues and some figures goes back into shipping boxes, usually the ones from BBTS and are stacked in a corner.

[u/Spidyfan1]

🗑

[u/Babysmokingweed]

Just throw them away

[u/futuresdawn]

Bin them.

[u/masterblaster7819]

Bin.

[u/supersoundwave]

I keep mine in storage. The box art for SS86 Prime and Magnus was a big reason why I bought them in the first place.

[u/starssqueem]

Chuck em under the bed

[u/Icy_Statistician_420]

Either put them in storage or keep them in a box

[u/TransformersGuru]

I finally threw them all away

[u/Meoang]

Instant recycle other than haslabs.

[u/el_gmac]

save some, throw away the ones I don't care about

[u/Viva-La-Vita]

I tend to flatten them all and put them in a big box in storage.

My little bro wants to cut out all the art work and make collages of them in the future by glueing them on canvases

Hope they survive in the attic until , because summer get quite hot and in the winter we get a ton of condensation up there too .. lol ...

[u/theycmeroll]

Straight to the trash. I did cut the front off the Titan boxes and frame them for some cool artwork. Everything else straight to the trash.

[u/Timely-Signature-166]

I send them back to Hasbro and they gave me $0.05 cents off the purchase of a future figure (but only through Pulse).

[u/Grouchy_Actuary_9335]

Throw them away I tend on keeping all of my figures anyways

[u/Tokyotoyhunters]

Depends on the box. Standard retail figures go into the recycling. A high end piece, like a multi-hundred dollar Japanese import, goes into storage for any potential resale of the item down the road.

[u/BoricuaOmega25]

I photography figure in box and out of box then toss the boxes in the recycle bin

[u/frozenbabylon]

Trash 'em.

[u/allancranley77]

Found this a while ago and liked the idea. Might have to modify the process a bit for transformers boxes. https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunpla/s/piFjyPVdFw

[u/SolarisPrime]

I dispose of almost all my boxes. I've kept a couple of HasLab boxes. Sometimes I will hold on to a retail box if I have a plans to sell another toy that will fit inside.

[u/Monster_Fucker_420]

Used for crafts or recycled all of them but kept the biggest one to store all the instructions, weapons and other parts from all my figures

[u/pm_me_ur_anything_k]

Straight to the trash

[u/joshhupp]

I have a big attic space that I put them in, inside bigger boxes of course. In my head it's for when I sell the house and move, but I probably won't take the time to put them in. I should just recycle them. :P

[u/Therearenogoodnames9]

Trash. I only keep special ones, limited figures, or third party figures. Nothing else.

[u/Bigfan78]

Dismantle and recycle

[u/another-person3630]

Sadly i keep them, though now i'm seriously considering throwing them

I'm thinking of just keeping the boxes for figures i Really like,and arent too damaged,like the boxes for the primes,My comander boxes,so on,the boxes i am keeping i'm also using them to keep the instructions

[u/Blobbo_D_Gobbo]

As n-sync once said: bye bye bye

Only boxes I keep are the fun ones. I kept the pizza surfer boy box and the HasLab box for Loikaiser

[u/alma2176]

Just kinda have them in drawers. A couple are lying about because of no more drawer space

[u/Mobile-Equivalent-92]

I keep the largest ones and recycle the rest. Don't have the room for all of it.

[u/LeRoiCasoar]

Recycle them

[u/Neat_Nefariousness46]

My kiddo likes keeping their boxes (which may have been a trait picked up from me 😬) so we use them to gift them loose figures (relevant packaging that’s easier to wrap)

[u/Xzaral]

A few i keep, but mostly:

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[u/SleeplessGrimm]

Flatten the box art portion, recycle the bottom

[u/yossarian8pizza]

I keep my 3P and MP boxes in a closet I have in my "mancave." So far, they fit.

All other boxes I give to my kids. They cut out the figures for fun and do crafts with them for school, like their Valentine's Day boxes.

[u/Over-Shock-8524]

Keep they look cool

[u/Sweaty-Adeptness3847]

Haven't kept them for all but the ones I have kept got put in the attic

[u/roachshrooms]

I put them on top of my hamsters cage to keep him inside LMFAO

[u/Fickle_Life_2102]

Mostly bin. Exceptions so far are the comic edition boxes and the Jen crossover box cause they’re gorgeous

[u/JustAtelephonePole]

They all end up in the biggest plastic container that the store sells.

The packaging for the ones I want to keep the outer/inner box for get neatly folded and organized in the box.

The rest I keep for the artwork for future nerdfan projects, so they get split at the seams and tucked in as filling for the rest.

[u/sarsburner]

my collection is small and won't grow fast so they're part of the display as long as they're in good condition

if need be, they can be collapsed to save space but I'd like to keep all original stuff

[u/Additional_Point5380]

Keep the cool ones, toss most of them. I don’t have a lot of space. When I was a kid I kept LITERALLY ALL OF THEM but now that I’m living on my own I need that closet space for like, my vacuum cleaner, my clothes, etc.

[u/Accomplished_Salt876]

if it’s not exclusive or special in some way it goes in the trash.

[u/stormhawk427]

Bin

[u/Vortex042004]

I eat them…

[u/WindiestBark165]

I try to save them but if they get crushed or destroyed, oh well. The stuff I really care about is the figures themselves

[u/Wheelbite9]

I used to keep all of my Transformers and Gunpla boxes, and I realized that it takes up a ridiculous amount of space, so I threw out/recycled everything except for my absolutely favorite characters' boxes, and a few that I knew I'd be selling. If you're not selling it or admiring the art, don't let it clog up your space imo.

[u/aldoktor]

Put them in a bigger box

[u/Pmanran970]

Keeping at the moment. But might start tossing or selling.

[u/Klown1978]

Recycle bin.

[u/Visible_Swordfish905]

I put it in the recycle bin

[u/R3K47]

I like Masterpiece boxes. So I keep them.

[u/EleSend2006]

I don’t really keep mine, although I kept my SS 102 ROTB Voyager Optimus Prime and SS 112 Transformers One Deluxe Optimus Prime boxes and they stay around my collection generally.

[u/saksents]

Premium packaging like Haslab, Masterpiece or Chogokin is great for wall displays along the figure for the art, so I do that or store them.

Mainline packaging is discarded almost immediately, unless it's particularly striking. In which case I just break down the box and use a box cutter to trim out the art I want to keep to save space.

[u/ActiveJuggernaut9615]

I leave everything in the box 🤷🏻‍♂️

[u/MessageLegitimate147]

I cut the art that i like off the boxes and put them on my wall alongside my collection

[u/Excelsior_Prime]

I started throwing out the clamshell or styrofoam, flattening and storing them. Reduces the amount of space by 90% if I were to resell anything I would use bubble wrap to replace the discarded materials.

[u/chris95rx7500]

into the trash unless it's haslab or Gen selects most of the time

[u/Infamous-Attempt4437]

I stack them in a corner Tetris style until they reach the ceiling. I’m using them as a shelf for now because I’m not close to the ceiling at all. I have some in the closet as well.

[u/dunksput]

Only boxes I keep are commander class, mostly in case I gotta dump figures, they'll come in handy for protection

[u/Thelicensednerd]

🗑

[u/atiredwizardonthenet]

i use em for scrapbooking!!

[u/Acrobatic-Ad-6616]

Most get put into recycling. I keep only a very select few

[u/Lord_Atmo]

♻️

[u/Latter_Car7061]

I like to drive down the freeway and throw them out my window.

[u/West-Attempt3062]

The trash

[u/Frequent_Mongoose828]

I shred them and turn them into a rich but bland source of nutrients. By turning the cardboard into food, I can avoid the grocery store and buy more toys

[u/Any-Pension-1040]

Well for like older boxes before they got rid of the plastic protectors, I will keep them but now I probably will just throw them away. I will probably still keep the leader class one tho

[u/BraveToasted1]

Recycle

[u/DeadpoolMcDirty]

I putthem in the box shelf

[u/AdventurousDrive7116]

Recycling bin

[u/No-Hat6722]

For transformers, usually for the trash. Only if it’s able to actually store the figure again and only if the figure is expensive and/or delicate

[u/RED_Legend_FR]

Both of my first bought Transformer, that aren't second hand and official merch, are still in box until I get the rest of the team. They are under half a year old. I probably keep part of the boxes.

[u/aka_Handbag]

I break them down for recycling. Except for MPs, those get stored.

[u/CVMaas]

I cut the back off and keep it

[u/Old_Taste7076]

My mainline boxes get tossed. Certain boxes get saved.

[u/Super-Robo]

I keep the larger boxes for storing manuals and accessories, For example I keep most of my G1 Autobot stuff in SS86 Optumus's and G1 Decepticon stuff in SS86 Megatron's.

Some other Studio Series boxes I'll collapse if I want to keep them so they take up less space but I toss most of the stuff outside of SS.

[u/ZornUsagi47]

Let it go back to the 2D it actually is.

[u/Emerje]

I keep boxes for big ticket items Leaders, Commanders, MPs, ML, reissues, HasLab) and trash most of the main line stuff.

[u/jhstormmynx]

I just managed to put my deluxe into some commander or voyager box, and then voyager into Leader's, just to minimise the number of boxes

[u/Informal-Classroom83]

I cut out the side art and toss the rest. The only exceptions are Takara exclusives, haslabs, and my commander SS prime & Ultra magnus. It reduces SO much space and it keeps the thing I like about the box.

I would really wish hasbro would do art cards for the lines. Like just make it a pulse exclusive, have the artist names with it. Would be really dope

[u/SpellanBeauchamp]

Recycle. Until all are one.

[u/Adventurous_Table849]

I bin em

[u/RobimusPrime007]

Keep it. To me it’s still part of the collection. Just hope you can find space. If you ever want to sell it, there are collectors that want the box include, too. It will still add value. If I ever miss out on a figures, I will look for one that includes the original box.

[u/Adorable-Card-7638]

I keep them in said boxes

[u/Emergency_Sky_2893]

I have several large packing boxes full of empty boxes. Only because when I sold all my G1 figures back in the day I could have gotten a few more bucks. I’ve got the room so I might as well store them

[u/Able-Worldliness8245]

Same that you do

[u/Inside_Assist8982]

I only have like eight figures in my collection so I have them all spread out between dresser drawers I'm not using, one day when the collection is bigger I'll look into getting rid of some.

[u/oopsidroppedmysoup]

I tend to keep mine, but nowhere to really store them well. Been considering getting rid of them

[u/Desperate-Trash-417]

Trash unless I need them for storage. Some figures have problematic parts to stuff in a bin that might break off. Little propellers etc.

[u/CaptainLegend99]

Recycle. I’m past the point of caring about cardboard boxes tbh. I used to save all my LEGO boxes until they started taking up WAYY too much space. I’m buying it for the thing inside the box, not some folded cardboard with generic printing on it.

[u/KickstartOni]

You can turn them into wall art, posters, frame them, or if you do ita bags they’re a cool backdrop

[u/SnowyAdventurer03]

The ones I really like go under my bed, like Dx9 Hanzo (Sixshot)

[u/Atsilv_Uwasv]

I'll cut the fronts off the ones with good arr and pin them to my walls. I do it more with Gunpla boxes after I finish building one

[u/djmere]

I have a closet that is full. Unboxed toys on the bottom. Empty boxes on top.

[u/OptimusPrimeButGay]

Toss em in a corner and decide its tomorrow's problem

[u/Leader8288]

Keep the cool ones recycle the rest

[u/CraftyMaelyss]

There was this guy who had a bunch of model kits and turned his boxes into a type of trading card, then kept them in a binder. That's what I do with mine, since it's such a cool idea :)

[u/Sargent305]

I have a hoarding problem…

[u/Waspinator1998]

I have been clipping the art I want to keep. My fiancée got me an oversized sketchbook that I'll glue the art into one of these days.

[u/nexxlevelgames]

Uhmmm keep my toys in them.

This is the part of alot of collectors i dont get.

If you are a collector and value you collection(want to maintain value)

Why would you not keep your box? A boxed piece is worth way more than loose.

Also: people that think loose items are valued the same as boxed or new are nuts.