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| | | Author: | sailormufasa  | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2024 20:34 | | Subject: | Lego Boxes: Keep or Recycle? | | Viewed: | 134 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | Which boxes do you typically keep and which go in the bin? |
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| | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2024 21:15 | | Subject: | Re: Lego Boxes: Keep or Recycle? | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, sailormufasa writes:
| | Which boxes do you typically keep
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None.
All of them.
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| | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2024 21:28 | | Subject: | Re: Lego Boxes: Keep or Recycle? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, sailormufasa writes:
| | Which boxes do you typically keep and which go in the bin?
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I keep those with the bags full of parts inside!
Seriously, as a merchandise, few are worth to be kept, as just shipping can be
a nightmare, and to a ridiculous price vs the item one.
I'd keep few old ones in very good condition, and a few of the nicest / rarest
boxes from licences (SW, HP...) which collectors or set re-builders may pay some
decent price later on.
Otherwise I wouldn't and don't.
But bin isn't the first solution. Reuse them, donate for decoration (kids
room?), or to people who're used to sell them on eBay or craigs list, whatever...
Of course, if you still have them, be sure they're properly recycled (and
not buried or burnt) - as it can make a brand new heavy lot of carton/paper!
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| | | | | Author: | Emperor_Penguin | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2024 21:35 | | Subject: | Re: Lego Boxes: Keep or Recycle? | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, sailormufasa writes:
| | Which boxes do you typically keep and which go in the bin?
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I rarely keep boxes, only some that I really like (Pirates of Barracuda Bay for
example)
For the large boxes I don't keep I cut them down into strips so when I sell
instruction booklets I put 2 pieces around the book so it doesn't get warped/damaged
during shipping
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| | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2024 22:38 | | Subject: | Re: Lego Boxes: Keep or Recycle? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| for all but old/rare/cool ones they get recycled. along with instructions. (at
least when talking about sets parted out tho i do keep box and instructions for
the few sets I personally own)
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| | | | | Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Feb 21, 2024 05:16 | | Subject: | Re: Lego Boxes: Keep or Recycle? | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, sailormufasa writes:
| | Which boxes do you typically keep and which go in the bin?
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I don't keep any of my boxes. I put them all into recycling. I have regretted
getting rid of some UCS Star Wars boxes, as I've built the model and then
dismantled it later, but not had a box to put the parts back into. I bag up all
dismantled sets and place them in large storage tubs with their instructions.
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| | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 21, 2024 05:55 | | Subject: | Re: Lego Boxes: Keep or Recycle? | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, iprice writes:
| | In General, sailormufasa writes:
| | Which boxes do you typically keep and which go in the bin?
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I don't keep any of my boxes. I put them all into recycling. I have regretted
getting rid of some UCS Star Wars boxes, as I've built the model and then
dismantled it later, but not had a box to put the parts back into. I bag up all
dismantled sets and place them in large storage tubs with their instructions.
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I’ve been ‘first-world traumatized’ in my childhood: my mother only let me keep
the big boxes, and then only the lids.
So now I keep all my boxes (though flattened).
But I’m reaching capacity… 😱
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| | | | | Author: | sailormufasa | | Posted: | Feb 21, 2024 09:38 | | Subject: | Re: Lego Boxes: Keep or Recycle? | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, sailormufasa writes:
Thanks for the replies. As a child it was drilled into my head to always save
the box. A habit I'm trying to break, because as a lifelong toy collector
the boxes are taking over. LOL
I know I want to keep the boxes to my Disney sets. And bigger sets like my castle.
And it wouldn't be a bad idea to hang on to the boxes from the GWP sets,
like the Year of the Dragon. But do I really need the box to the basic bricks
set that was a black Friday impulse buy? Or all the 3 in 1 creator animals? Probably
not.
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Feb 21, 2024 10:54 | | Subject: | Re: Lego Boxes: Keep or Recycle? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, sailormufasa writes:
| | Which boxes do you typically keep and which go in the bin?
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If you think the set might be valuable in the future, then you should probably
also keep the box.
Even for some little sets, the box can command a higher price than the cost of
the set a decade or so ago.
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| | | | | | | Author: | sailormufasa | | Posted: | Feb 22, 2024 19:07 | | Subject: | Re: Lego Boxes: Keep or Recycle? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, yorbrick writes:
| | In General, sailormufasa writes:
| | Which boxes do you typically keep and which go in the bin?
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If you think the set might be valuable in the future, then you should probably
also keep the box.
Even for some little sets, the box can command a higher price than the cost of
the set a decade or so ago.
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That's the hard part. It's really tricky to predict what might be valuable
in the future.
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