TO OPEN, OR NOT TO OPEN, THAT IS THE QUESTION.

[Darth Madden]

Little of both. I'll keep some of the harder to find ones MIP (like convention excluisves) but pretty much open everything else.

[MONSTER]

I have hundreds of unopened Star Wars, Toybiz Marvel Universe and X-Men figures, Batman Animated Series and numerous other lines still in the package but have been stored away for years. I used to have them all over my walls in my old house but it just got way out of hand. Once I got into statue collecting in the late 90s, I slowly boxed most of the figures and put them away.

I was basically done with figures until the Marvel Universe line started up. Now I buy the ones I really like but I open them and have them on shelves above my desk.

[marvelboi77]

I think opened action figures look cheap and tacky displayed.

[Matches Malone]

Originally Posted by marvelboi77

I think opened action figures look cheap and tacky displayed.

However row upon row of packaged figures adds to the clutter and space taken up and makes your house look like a flea market or store. I got out of action figures altogether and only buy the odd ones that go into the kids toy box for them to enjoy as well.

[Luminous]

Originally Posted by marvelboi77

I think opened action figures look cheap and tacky displayed.

If I simply wanted to stare at unopened toys all day I'd go Toys R' Us. I would still get to see all the new stuff and never have to spend a dime.

[pavehawk78]

Originally Posted by marvelboi77

I think opened action figures look cheap and tacky displayed.

Only Spider Woman figures look cheap and tacky.

[joefixit2]

I open all my action figures. Not planning on selling them, why not display them.

[marvelboi77]

Originally Posted by Matches Malone

However row upon row of packaged figures adds to the clutter and space taken up and makes your house look like a flea market or store. I got out of action figures altogether and only buy the odd ones that go into the kids toy box for them to enjoy as well.

I'm a collector so by nature I collect. If there is a figure I like I buy it. When I have enough figures I put them in a box and write the inventory on the box and pack them really nice and put them away.

I have expendable income and I like knowing that I have the things I like. I don't have to alway see them. I know some would make the argument that I can't enjoy them. But I enjoy collecting and keeping my collection mint. So to me, it's money well spent.

[demonhunter]

I keep some MIB, and some opened for display.

But I keep a lot of action figures MIB. Statues, I display them, but I have limited space in my room, so some of thme are still in boxes but get rotated sometimes for display.

[testsubject25]

Originally Posted by Luminous

If I simply wanted to stare at unopened toys all day I'd go Toys R' Us. I would still get to see all the new stuff and never have to spend a dime.

The next time somebody wants to see pics, I'll go to TRU and photograph the whole action figure aisle.