Like you bought a toy just for the toys. The Box served it's purpose in attracting buyers and ensuring the content is not damaged. Once you purchase it and bring it home, you tear open them boxes and take out the contents, the box goes into the bin without 2nd though. Even those paper manuals are expendable.
Not sure since when, folks beginning to treat the box as part of the toy. Not sure what was the reason that started all those "Completionist" fade but a ding on the corner of the box is like a ding on the toy itself. Maybe toys were getting more expensive that you start to pay attention to the packaging boxes? Coz if you say boxes been getting nicer i don't agree since back in those days you need attractive packaging to attract buyers compared to now toys sell themselves rather than relying on boxes. Folks preorder toys before they even know how the box looks like. In Short, toy box today serves sole purpose of holding the contents.
I find taking care of the box takes away the fun on the toys themselves. i mean if you just throw the boxes away you can focus on playing with the toys, rather than putting the box aside carefully, some even go to the extent of wrapping the boxes up so they don't absorb moisture and away from sunlight. The fact that boxes takes alot more space than the toys (which is a luxury nowadays) and is bothering many collectors means shows that Boxes are nothing more than liabilities. yea you can say it helps moving for larger statues but for smaller stuffs they just eat up spaces.
But who knows, as trees become less, we might start to keep all the router, keyboard boxes too 1 day.
Not sure since when, folks beginning to treat the box as part of the toy. Not sure what was the reason that started all those "Completionist" fade but a ding on the corner of the box is like a ding on the toy itself. Maybe toys were getting more expensive that you start to pay attention to the packaging boxes? Coz if you say boxes been getting nicer i don't agree since back in those days you need attractive packaging to attract buyers compared to now toys sell themselves rather than relying on boxes. Folks preorder toys before they even know how the box looks like. In Short, toy box today serves sole purpose of holding the contents.
I find taking care of the box takes away the fun on the toys themselves. i mean if you just throw the boxes away you can focus on playing with the toys, rather than putting the box aside carefully, some even go to the extent of wrapping the boxes up so they don't absorb moisture and away from sunlight. The fact that boxes takes alot more space than the toys (which is a luxury nowadays) and is bothering many collectors means shows that Boxes are nothing more than liabilities. yea you can say it helps moving for larger statues but for smaller stuffs they just eat up spaces.
But who knows, as trees become less, we might start to keep all the router, keyboard boxes too 1 day.
