I keep all my G1 and G2 packaging, yes.
In the spirit of Rampage's emancipation of Classic Brawl, here's my liberation from this evening:
Now the only Classic Protectobot limb I've never freed from a card is Streetwise. Time for me to hunt one down...
P.S. Hmm... the board's acting funny tonight... unless it's just my computer: it took about four minutes for that message to post and nothing else seems to be working either. Regarding First Aid: yes, again, some might think it's overkill, but at least I know it's not a bootleg.
These days i cant be bothered opening stuff, specially stuff thats older then i am, i dont think id open a MISB fort max.
They're safer in their packaging
g1s that is
fortunately for some of us then, these G1 TFs are not older us.
but like liegeprime said, gotta open it to ensure that you didn't just pay for a box of bricks
I opened G2 green Slag;
Was a great experience, really nice to have a vintage (?) toy this perfect. It triggered a bit of a dinobot phase in my collecting. Got a very similar feeling when I opened my Prime reissues (25th and encore).
I also liberated a few Centurions (Max Ray & 2 Jake Rockwells) which were 80's vintage misb... awesome feeling.
Before:
After!
You can't play with a toy that's not opened! Toys are meant to be played with!