i've just recently started collecting figures, and i've got a few pieces so far, mostly neon genesis evangelion and escaflowne (already have a mile long list of figures i want ), i'm having difficulty deciding on whether i want to leave my figures MOC or loose.

i love the way loose figures look in a display case, plus you can pose them, however, i love the artwork on some of the packages, however, displaying them MOC is just lackluster IMO.

i don't really have any plans to resell.

i'm curious what you fellow collectors prefer.

thanks.

I like loose. I buy carded figures if I want to make sure I have all the accessories and a nice minty fresh figure to display.

I open everything for display. I have found, some toy lines sell just as good if not better open.

awesome! thank you for the reply.

I have a few of the Evangelion figures from revoltech and leaving those packaged up would truly be a shame considering all of the amazing poses you can do with them and the amount of accessories you get with those figures. But to answer your original question I do loose as I never plan on reselling

I'm about 99.9% loose.

The other 0.1% is just stuff I haven't got around to opening yet!

that's great!

100% MOC here. I have no interest in displaying, I'd have to build another wing on the house and I'm certainly not going to play with them, so they all stay mint. Never going to sell any of them either so that's not why I do it.

they really are gorgeous figures.

thanks to all for the replies, i've come to the conclusion that everything will be loose except for my G.I. Joes.

now, if only i could get my hands on some money! i've been eyeing the archangel death variant and all the ronin warriors.

Depends on the card. If it looks really cool in the package, I'll keep it in it. Most of my figs are loose.

That's me too, but I have a higher % of things I need to open. The only thing that I think I've kept carded for a reason is the DCIH Superman holding Supergirl a la Crisis OIE #7.


I just thought it was funny they packed it like that.

This is true sometimes for modern figures being auctioned on eBay. People will automatically assume the final price of a carded figure will be more than a loose one, so they avoid carded figure auctions. This is why I opened my MU Vision figure before I auctioned it, as I believe I was able to attract more bidders and actually get a higher price than had I auctioned him carded.

But after about 10 years or so, the carded figures always fetch higher prices partly because, even if the card itself is damaged, it guarantees the figure itself is mint. Most loose vintage figures have things wrong with them and this is not such an issue for modern loose figures.

After two or three decades most toys will increase in value a lot. So in the long term opening your figures will greatly devalue your collection.

Whatever you say, James.

Here here !!

I'm probably about 50/50 MOC/Loose. I open pretty much anything that can be resealed. The only carded things I open in large quantities are my Marvel Select figures.

I agree that carded is more valuable, but disagree with your reasons. Its very easy these days to make opened product look factory sealed when its not.

The card increases value because of the art on the card, the information about the product inside, and the "time capsule" quality of it.