What would you do if you recieved a valuable MISB G1 Transformer

[Skullcruncher]

Back in the day I would have ripped it open and played with it. Now with the phenomenon that is transformers I would sell it right now and put the money towards some other transformers I were after. Unless say its one I wanted then I would case it up ASAP.

[High_Q]

So I reckon that's what makes sealed Transformers a far greater rarity in the aftermarket compared to some other toy lines. Among the sealed collectors here, how many of you started sealed collecting right from the beginning as children, or is it something you decided to do later as adults?

Some of my childhood early 80s Japanese toys are still in their original boxes even though I played with them. It is convenient to keep Japanese toys in their boxes since many came with foam trays. My Hasbro G1s are all loose since I discarded the non-reusable clamshell trays that even the boxed toys were packaged in. Ceased buying toys with the end of Masterforce.

When I started collecting again with Classics and Animated, it wasn't so much the toys' transformation that appealed, but the aesthetics of the toy (especially the alt mode), the artwork on the packaging, and the nostalgia of simpler times which a sealed toy evokes. (How can a kid forget walking into a new TRU store, and seeing rows upon rows of new TFs.) In rare instances where I'm curious about a toy's engineering, I'd buy doubles, one to keep sealed, another loose.

[crankcase76]

This is how fast i'd open it....

[janda the red]

as a misb collector... i voted to keep it sealed.

if i want to marvel at a toys engineering, yada yada.... i buy a loose example too! :P

my wife threatens that if i ever piss her off, she'll let our son loose in my toy room with a box cutter.... g1 stuff first! just the thought makes me cringe. lol

[Sinnertwin]

my wife threatens that if i ever piss her off, she'll let our son loose in my toy room with a box cutter.... g1 stuff first! just the thought makes me cringe. lol

I know what you mean. I get the "behave, or i'll let the boys loose" ( her 3 cousins, aged 6 & under) comment along with a raised eyebrow

[janda the red]

Haha.... Glad it's not just me!

[Zommael]

For me, it really depends on which G1 toy exactly it is. Most of the early series figures have now been replaced with updated toys that look better and have more play value, so if it was something that appeared in the early US cartoon, I'd probably move it on and spend the money on more recent toys. On the other hand, if we're talking something very rare and unusual, such as Fortress Maximus, Scorpinok, Star Saber, Overlord, Deathsaurus, or even Omega Supreme, I'd keep it, and in all likelihood open it up. It's really the wow factor that makes the difference for me. That said, if it was that rare and that valuable, and in that good a state, I would definitely keep the box for if or another decided to sell it down the line. And by another, I mean kids or grandkids when I have no use for the toys anymore...

[Skullcruncher]

I have a MISB G1 Ultra Magnus that I got for not much more than a newspaper.

Normally I would have graded him a long time ago but I just hate the Ultra Magnus character so much that whenever I think I should get him graded I also have the urge to put him in the driveway and run him over several times.

So he just sits in the collection waiting for the day I need him for a trade - anyone have a MOSC wheelie?

[fatbot]

I can't remember how I voted, most likely open. However, a very good friend of mine obtained a MISB Grandus & a MIB Dug Base for me on one of his toy hunting trips to Japan. Seeing as how they are both the same base mold & I already had a loose incomplete Grandus, I managed to stop myself from opening him up & currently have him as the centre of my collection

[GoktimusPrime]

Don't forget the Vintage Liberation thread