MP sealed or unsealed? What's your opinion?

[theheretic]

What's everyone's opinion on keeping your Hasbro or Takara MasterPieces MISB or opened and (carefully) played with/transformed?

I've only got a few MP's but I'm unsure what to do. I've opened my Hasbro Skywarp and was very impressed with him. Fantastic engineering in my opinion and is just amazing even though it takes me 15minutes to transform him. And I picked him to open because I can easily get another MISB from my local store and he was my first MP. However I have Hasbro Grimlock and Starscream still sealed and also 20th anniversary Prime MP sealed (The 2004 one) MISB. I really want to get them all out and pose the s%#^ out of them BUT I'm a bit of a MISB/MOSC kinda guy....

What's everyone else's thoughts/opinions?

[Hursticon]

Of the 5 that I own, 5 are open and 4 are posed and on display.
If you're a MISB kinda guy though, I'd say keep them that way or if you can afford to do so - Buy a second of each.

[theheretic]

Of the 5 that I own, 5 are open and 4 are posed and on display.
If you're a MISB kinda guy though, I'd say keep them that way or if you can afford to do so - Buy a second of each.

Unfortunately I can't afford to :-( But I am thinking I'll keep my 20th anni prime and get a cheaper DVD anni prime and open him along with the rest of my MP's

[Hursticon]

Unfortunately I can't afford to :-( But I am thinking I'll keep my 20th anni prime and get a cheaper DVD anni prime and open him along with the rest of my MP's

Then that sounds like a plan dude , just count yourself lucky that you're not having to ask yourself this question with an MP-04 in mind.

[Sharky]

i have a few in various conditions

MP prime is open
MP Megatron is sealed and locked away in a secret location
MP Prime with trailer is MISB
Hasbro Skywarp is MISB
MP Starscream MISB
Hasbro Starscream is open
MP Grimlock open
MP Rodimus MISB

i guess it all depends on what you like in the end. you shouldnt really let anyone dictate or suggest how you should collect items for your enjoyment

in most cases i beleive that my MP's should be opened and displayed nicely behind glass...and when i have the room and the resources to do it i will be opening the sealed ones...

[LordCyrusOmega]

Of the 7 MP's I own 6 are on display and all are played with on occasion.
Let them free unless the law stipulates otherwise

[AussieJason]

My MP's are opened except MP Megatron, I decided to keep this one MISB.

I don't have MP Rodimus yet, but would most likely open it as well.

[SkyWarp91]

I'm a MIB collector, so all my toys are played with as well but I do still keep the boxes!

[5FDP]

Most people here would guess that my automatic response would be to keep them sealed (being a primarily MISB collector), but in the case of MP toys I have made somewhat of an exception.

The only ones I have MISB are 20th anniversary Prime and Skywarp. Grimlock I opened mainly because he looks better in bot mode and it was a space decision as well; MP Megs and Ultra Magnus I opened because Takara neglected to add a window to their boxes

In summary and to hopefully give you some guidance, my decision to open some of my MP toys was based on display value and / or whether or not I had the space. Just make sure you're comfortable with the decision you make because once you break that seal, there's no going back

[theheretic]

Thanks guys. Very helpful. Decision is to wait until I have a nice glass display case and then crack those boys open, with the exception of 20th prime which I will try to get a cheap mp prime from somewhere to have on display. I just feel like all that great toy is wasted being stuck in a box. I'm looking forward to Hasbro Rodimus too. I'm only getting te Hasbro stuff... as I don't read or speak Japanese. LOL. That and they tend to be a bit more pricey