Collection Tetris (storing boxes)

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by SydneyY, Aug 28, 2011.

  1. JukeOutlander

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  2. AutoBobby

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    Luckily I have a big basement,but my boxes full of boxes are really starting to stack up.
     
  3. UnicronFTW

    UnicronFTW Don't blink.

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    Part of them are slid underneath my bed, the other parts are stacked in my work desk.
     
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    i have in one bedroom a trundle bed/daybed. the the bottom mattress is on a rolling frame. though i can't store boxes there, i do keep my Nerf/Airsoft/assorted toy guns on it.
    looks cool to slide out the bottom bunk and have an instant arsenal, and keeps the closet space open for my TF stuff.
     
  5. TrueNomadSkies

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    Storage rooms are godsend. There's really no other way for me to say it, haha.
     
  6. Star Saber

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    Hah, that's also the reason I had to open mine up :lol  was looking for a particular figure!
     
  7. TrueNomadSkies

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    Yeah.... I really wish I had enough figures to well, lose them in boxes. hah
     
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    Why do you keep empty sticker sheets?
     
  9. SydneyY

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    Only box I have and can be use of anyone else is probably eHobby United set (Decepticon). The problem is it costs a lot just to send an empty box from Australia :( 

    If I keep a box, I keep everything (except for twist ties). That's why I can't do what Zambot does. I could use that used sticker sheet for a size comparison picture so it was not a bad idea after all :D 
     
  10. XxGeck0xX

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    Ya misb collecting in Japan is very limited to things that are usually $400 or more, damn Hokkaido is cold I'll just stay in the kanto region lol.
     
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    I used to keep all my boxes intact, but after having to move several times I begun cutting the tape and folding them up, but some of these odd shaped boxes are just a pain to do that with (why did Hasbro have to redesign the box). I did recently decide to cut up the DotM boxes and save the back and bio side and toss the rest.
     
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    I graduated over to plastic bins :eek: . At least I feel it keeps them a little better protected, you know, if you keep the boxes in a basement or something and you get a little bit of water down there.
     
  13. SydneyY

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    I've only been there once and my lungs nearly froze! I know there are much colder regions in the world but that was bad enough.

    Odd shaped boxes work either for or against box tetris as well. What I have are mainly Japanese Beast Wars, and the packagings aren't uniform according to the size class. Most of them have unique boxes. No wonder Takara ran out of money!

    I did try to save some Cybertron boxes, too, but the funny shaped packaging made it impossible for me to stack them up :( 

    I do hear of storm damage to boxed collection. Better safe than sorry! :) 
     
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    My closet is a Tetris mess.
     
  15. Tyrannosaur

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    Damn. Sooner or later alot of you guys are going to need that warehouse from the end of the Raiders of the Lost Ark :lol 

    I only have two giant boxes filled. Mostly voyager and leader boxes (And exclusives). I'm starting to save certain deluxes and scouts also.