Twisted Cyclone 🚓 6,259 April 16, 2015 Share April 16, 2015 I apologize if this has already been a topic (I didn't see a topic like this but there's a chance I might have missed it). I just started to buy Funko figures. I currently have 1 which is a Rainbow Dash figure. I was wondering. Do you keep your Funko figures (or any MLP toy for that matter) in the box or do you open them for display? I was honestly thinking about keeping it in the box but now I'm not sure. 2 Country and Rock fan | Car fan (especially police cars) | Weather Pony | YouTube | Twitter | DeviantART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucia 100 April 16, 2015 Share April 16, 2015 Well, it depends on what you plan to do with it. As an investment to sell later, or to keep mint for yourself, or to display. I have a couple of funkos, and am heavily into memorabilia, screen used props, autographs, etc, but it varies with me. I keep old school toys/action figures MOC and archived away in a box in a cupboard. Statues & props are behind archival glass out of direct sunlight, or out of direct sunlight on a shelf. All my MLP are unboxed and on display. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlight 7,286 April 16, 2015 Share April 16, 2015 I open them, seeing them sealed in a box is so boring and fairly ugly honestly. My Octavia funko probably should've stayed in the box though, since like some funko figures, it looks awful. 1 matching setups with my bff pathfinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naive Wolf Josh 93 April 16, 2015 Share April 16, 2015 Yep, open and on display on my dresser. Can't wait to pick up Cadence and Shining Armor tomorrow! "Oh dear, I'm way past strange. I think I'm probably incredible." - The Doctor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_Case001 4,881 April 16, 2015 Share April 16, 2015 Honestly, it kind of bugs me when people keep their collectible toys in the box, unless they actually plan on re-selling them one day. I have a friend who's wife gave him a FFVII Advent Children Could & Fenrir action figure set, and he keeps it in the box on a shelf. Never opened it. He's never going to sell it--it was a gift from his wife. Why not open it so you can see it and really enjoy it? I don't mean you should take it out back and play with it in the dirt or something, but just open it and put him on the damn motorcycle! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlutterDash4072 189 April 19, 2015 Share April 19, 2015 I always open mine, they're easier to display and store that way. Besides, most of the MLP toys are way too common to be worth much money down the road anyway. 1 Signature made by Wheatley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyromaniacFirebolt 14 April 19, 2015 Share April 19, 2015 I open mine and display them. I hate seeing figures kept away in boxes like no one cares about them. My glitter Celestia is the only unopened figure I have, and that is because I originally bought it to resell. I've been seriously considering keeping it and displaying it recently, though... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Horse 12,961 April 19, 2015 Share April 19, 2015 (edited) I usually just open all my collectables and have them out on display. For some reason though I haven't done that with any of the Funko MLP figures. I've about 6 of them now and none of them I've bothered opening. I think it's just because I haven't found anywhere to put them right now.. I'd rather give them their own area then have them clutter up places where I already have stuff displayed. Not something I'd really consider reselling anyway, it's not as if they're overly rare. Think I might keep Shining Armor in his though regardless. His face looks incredibly derpy when viewed from the front. Edited April 19, 2015 by Dark Horse Brony 2 "Always watching - Always lurking." Signature by @Kyoshi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunia 332 April 22, 2015 Share April 22, 2015 I usually open my figures and such, unless I feel a need to keep them in the box, but even then I at least opened them at least once. Signature made by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inax 92 April 22, 2015 Share April 22, 2015 I suggest keeping them in the box. I mean, you can open them carefully to look at the pony :3 but make sure to put them back. Its the dust that is concerning and nopony would like their ponies to sneeze from all the dust bunnies o3o and extra work to dust off a lot more stuff :3 ~Be yourself<3 Le awesome tunes 8| <3~ Me o3o: http://mlpforums.com/page/roleplay-characters/_/inax-neo-real-r8172 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkieAlliPie 421 April 25, 2015 Share April 25, 2015 I display them in the box, i dont really have a shelf to put them and display them properly so right now i have my figures from Funko and Hasbro stacked in my desk. Once i get a shelve (?) i will take them out of the box and display them, except for rare ones. 1 Thanks to the amazing Kyoshi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canary Yellow 85 May 5, 2015 Share May 5, 2015 I always take them out the box for display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antidaeophobia 299 May 5, 2015 Share May 5, 2015 I open display all my action figures and other geek stuff. I'm not into collecting for money purposes, just fun, so all my stuff is out of the box. My blind bag ponies are on my floating book shelves next to my Star Trek action figures and Doctor Who posters. I'm not afraid of what people think. Although, I do frame my posters and art just because I think it looks more adult and gives a cleaner look. I open mine and display them. I hate seeing figures kept away in boxes like no one cares about them. My glitter Celestia is the only unopened figure I have, and that is because I originally bought it to resell. I've been seriously considering keeping it and displaying it recently, though... I feel the same. I buy figures because they make me happy, I can't imagine keeping them boxed and shoved in a closet somewhere. Art & Commission info: http://www.alektorotelumphobia.deviantart.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamo Pad 11,270 May 5, 2015 Share May 5, 2015 As soon as I get my figure I open the box and put them on my shelf for display. My OC: Dynamo Pad: https://mlpforums.com/roleplay-world/roleplay-characters-sheets/original-characters/dynamo-pad-r44/ Signature made by The Wife of Rengoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChikaChan 7,323 November 9, 2015 Share November 9, 2015 I open them,and put them for display x3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troblems 5,617 November 9, 2015 Share November 9, 2015 How can you play with them if they're in the box?! Seriously though, I have about half of mine open. The rest I've resisted the urge, but mostly because I'm moving. Once I do, those suckers are going to be open so fast it'll make their plastic heads spin. I got an extra hour in the ballpit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrinie 392 November 11, 2015 Share November 11, 2015 OPEN OPEN OPEN. I was always told not to take collections out of the boxes when I was little and have a pretty large amount of unopened Barbie's because of that time, so now I'm all about opening. 1, because they are easier to display on my shelves that way, and 2, because I like to hold them and touch them and boxes are constricting. 1 What fun is there in making sense? Please take the time to check out my Etsy Shop or help support my art on Patreon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninay 24 November 11, 2015 Share November 11, 2015 I feel like this depends on the figure you get and how the company packages them. I know that Funko's pop figures and vinyl figures aren't factory sealed so sometimes I'll display them out of the box and sometimes I'll display them in the box. If the figure were factory sealed for instance, Hasbro's brushable ponies I'd display them out of the box or buy a display box to keep them in mint condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightfall Gloam 18,258 November 11, 2015 Share November 11, 2015 I like to keep all my figures inside their original boxes. I am a bit of a collector, and I can't imagine the toys would even be that fun to play with anyway. 2 Aspiring animator/illustrator, founder of MLPF's Lighthoof and Shimmy Shake fan club! "The magic of friendship grows" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Letter 1,832 November 11, 2015 Share November 11, 2015 I like to do both. I keep some things in the box and take some things out. It's a bit arbitrary but some are kept in for their value like the rarer Funko vinyls. They will never be opened. 1 Silver Letter!!! Silver Letter's MLP collection Have: 946 https://data.mlpmerch.com/checklist/180/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flutter's lover <3 8,205 November 11, 2015 Share November 11, 2015 Depends on the toy, really, the collectability and value of each piece. I've got a Glow In The Dark Zecora that I've kept in the box, purely because you can't buy her anymore in stores and a friend of mine gave her to me.Also have a Fashion Style Pinkie and Rainbow Dash in their packages still, from way back in 2010/2011 when I bought them. I also have some early 2000's Hot wheels still in their packages as they were a limited Run or because they had a defect in them. But usually, I take them out of the box....I've got 20 various Fluttershy vinyl figures on my desk at the moment...all of them have been taken out of their packages....(and I still don't have every Fluttershy vinyl out there..lol) Fluttershy's lover, she's my waifu. I'm in love and obsessed with her, she's given me shyabetes. *Hnnnng* Yellow Pink Squee Blogs | Ask one of Fluttershy's biggest fans | Official Fluttershy fanclub page! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake 516 November 11, 2015 Share November 11, 2015 It depends, if it's just another figure, I open it for display! But if its a limited-edition-super-expensive thing, in the box it stays! signature by; https://mlpforums.com/user/26424-minikirby123/art by; http://pucksterv.deviantart.com/ profile picture by; https://mlpforums.com/user/36534-prophet/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion 783 November 11, 2015 Share November 11, 2015 I take my figures out of the box. They're easier to arrange and they take up a lot less space this way. There's only one figure I keep in a box, tho! The talking pink Celestia a close friend gave to me for Christmas... She decorated the box with some awesome drawings and getting rid of it just doesn't feel right! But usually, I take them out of the box....I've got 20 various Fluttershy vinyl figures on my desk at the moment...all of them have been taken out of their packages....(and I still don't have every Fluttershy vinyl out there..lol) Whoa! I'd love to see them all! Do you have a photo? click here! ♥ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taryncoda03 52 November 11, 2015 Share November 11, 2015 I like to take mine out of the box to display; but then again I like collecting the mystery minis so if I kept them in the box nopony would ever find out what they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,368 November 11, 2015 Share November 11, 2015 Oh wow, I actually seem to be in a minority here. D: I mostly keep all of my figures in their cozy boxes, that way they are safe and sound. :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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