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| | | Author: | Dinosaur  | | Posted: | Apr 20, 2022 02:19 | | Subject: | Do you wrap the sides of Lego box with tape? | | Viewed: | 116 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| If you intend to keep the set unopened for very long time, will you wrap the
sides of the box with tape to enhance its isolation with the outer environment?
I think it is a great idea but the downside is it is very likely to damage the
box if you peel off the tape one day, what is your view?
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| | | | | Author: | tonnic | | Posted: | Apr 20, 2022 03:11 | | Subject: | Re: Do you wrap the sides of Lego box with tape? | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Dinosaur writes:
| | If you intend to keep the set unopened for very long time, will you wrap the
sides of the box with tape to enhance its isolation with the outer environment?
I think it is a great idea but the downside is it is very likely to damage the
box if you peel off the tape one day, what is your view?
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Yes and no.
Yes, when you have a Lego box with the plastic adhesive seals I put a small piece
of painters tape folded on 1 site on these plastic seals. Smaller than the plastic
seals and folded to get your fingers on it easily when you need to remove it.
No when it is a box that you need to open with pressure, the semi circles. Those
I open with a knife between the glued sides. They cannot be taped without damaging
when you remove the tape unless you use it on the brown inside of the box when
the painters tape is double folded with sticky part, of course, on the outside.
This doesn’t fixes the box too well. Otherwise a piece of soft bandage like materials
around the box, a plastic bag or bubblewrap.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Dinosaur | | Posted: | Apr 20, 2022 14:55 | | Subject: | Re: Do you wrap the sides of Lego box with tape? | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, tonnic writes:
| | In General, Dinosaur writes:
| | If you intend to keep the set unopened for very long time, will you wrap the
sides of the box with tape to enhance its isolation with the outer environment?
I think it is a great idea but the downside is it is very likely to damage the
box if you peel off the tape one day, what is your view?
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Yes and no.
Yes, when you have a Lego box with the plastic adhesive seals I put a small piece
of painters tape folded on 1 site on these plastic seals. Smaller than the plastic
seals and folded to get your fingers on it easily when you need to remove it.
No when it is a box that you need to open with pressure, the semi circles. Those
I open with a knife between the glued sides. They cannot be taped without damaging
when you remove the tape unless you use it on the brown inside of the box when
the painters tape is double folded with sticky part, of course, on the outside.
This doesn’t fixes the box too well. Otherwise a piece of soft bandage like materials
around the box, a plastic bag or bubblewrap.
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How much difference in terms of the market value between these cases?
New and unopened set without vs New and unopened set with plastic tapes on all
sides
Opened and used set without vs New and used set with box print damaged partly
because of taking off the tapes?
Any comment?
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 20, 2022 03:58 | | Subject: | Re: Do you wrap the sides of Lego box with tape? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Dinosaur writes:
| | If you intend to keep the set unopened for very long time, will you wrap the
sides of the box with tape to enhance its isolation with the outer environment?
I think it is a great idea but the downside is it is very likely to damage the
box if you peel off the tape one day, what is your view?
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If you keep the set somewhere dry and out of temperature extremes, I don't
think there is any reason to product it further from environmentalconditions.
I keep mine in original lego shipping boxes to protect from knocks.
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