Breaking the seal

[kristofferrer]

i open things on public transport if i know things won't fall out. Books and the sort - i can't help but read them straight away.

[1orion2many]

I'm a home body myself, normally socialising when I pick up something new so I just wait until I'm back home

[5FDP]

But aren't you worried you'll get food on it

[jena]

It depends on how excited I am. If it's something I've been super excited for, I'll totally open it up in the car, sitting in the carpark. Otherwise, I wait until I'm home. If it's something that has come in the mail, I'll attempt to open it up in the car at the post office but ususally the sticky tape beats me and I have to wait until I'm at home.

[UltraMarginal]

It really depends what it is, I tend to open toys at home simply to ensure I don't lose anything, but also because I don't want to wave my tape slashing bubble slicing pocket knife around in public more than necessary

If it's a book or comic, it might get cracked open if I'm not driving.

and if it's a package, I tend to pick it up on the way to work, so the box at least gets opened at some point during the day while I'm at work.

[Sharky]

as of late if i buy something it will get home and packed away.. most of my DOTM stuff is still sealed... and my Prime Figs are still sealed...

to be honest i cant be bothered openeing them... and then the move is just around the corner...

[i_amtrunks]

My missus is the opener, since I'm usually driving.
She'll often open a figure/book/whatever adn start fiddling before we've even left the carpark.

I tend to wait till I get home, which is a byproduct of the twist tie hell that opening TF used to be, and before that it was due to DBZ figurines being over-packaged and me wanting to keep my DBZ cards nice, clean and straight.

[GoktimusPrime]

Depends on whether or not I have a knife on me or not. If I go with the anticipation of getting a toy and I can't wait to go home, then I'll bring my Transformers Liberation Kit with me (as some of you seen and borrowed at meets ). If I don't, but I'm about to go home, then I'll wait till I get home. If I can't wait to get home and I don't have my TFLK on me, then I'll kindly ask a store attendant to borrow a box cutter.

So yeah, basically if I'm gonna go straight home then I'll wait, but if not I'll crack it open.

[5FDP]

Depends on whether or not I have a knife on me or not.

You're joking right? Just nod and say you are

[Hursticon]

You're joking right? Just nod and say you are

I hope so, for Goki's sake, because that is incredibly illegal...


For me, I open things I purchase at home because I find it easier to deal with but also because I figure: "Well, I've waited this long to get it - What's an extra half-hour or so?".

Although, if I'm at the Parra Fair post Mall Meet then I've got no problems getting everything out but I do have my reservations at times because it usually results in at least 1 of my newly purchased figures being violated by that of another... Dragonzord still hasn't fully recovered and refuses the advances of Megazord and Solitaire has become a recluse due to the fact that she's the only Fem-Rock out of a group of 9 and word has spread about her time with Airrazor.

*I'd just like to go on record to say the title of this thread is awesome and made me laugh like a kid.