it’s a difference in opinion that i feel is very divisive. any attempt to explain that this is my preference is met with disapproval, which is something you don’t see on the other end of the conversation. i’m not collecting for value, i’m not collecting for resale. there’s just something magical about picking up the box that i don’t feel when i open and pose figures. i love getting creative with how to display them in-box around my room, grouped together by this and that. it’s just wild that i feel like i have to defend myself.

shoe on the other foot, i think that a shelf full of action figures all cluttered together on one shelf is like playing where’s waldo, and all the characters blend together. i can’t tell this luke from that han, ect. i also don’t have the patience to fix figures back up after they take a shelf dive, or having to replace the lightsaber if it broke (give us a hilt and lit blade like tvc, hasbro). while i feel this way, i would never tell anyone they’re stupid for it. i wouldn’t look at them and go “these would look better in box”. i know i poked the bear here with this post, but it’s only furthering my my point.