Keeping TFs MISB no longer the best investment?

[liegeprime]

The people commenting on that blog say that when they die, they will bury themselves with their collection, Egyptian Pharaoh style.

That would be kind of cool, being buried in a tomb filled with your toys only to be found 2000 years from now and be placed on exhibit in a British museum with all your collection.

That is if a legitimate explorer for some future museum would be digging you tombsite. What if.... grave robbers come a knockin? heheheh or worse they might think ... "man those people got buried in a dumpsite, look at all these rotting plastic rubbish the bones are buried under "

[1AZRAEL1]

That was actually a good read, I only just discovered this thread lol.

Makes me glad that I don't collect MISB lol

[pheonix83]

after reading this i think the term MISB needs to be changed to something more appropriate.

maybe
YISB = Yellowing in sealed box

[kup]

Thinking about this topic: I have to disagree that keeping toys MIB are worse off than loose toys.

To this date, I have not come accross an MIB 20+ year old toy that is worse off than its good condition loose counterpart.

However I am in agreement that there is no point to keeping toys MISB unless you are a 'transitionary' collector or only see 'what they are worth' in your collection.

That is why I don't agree with that guy in the 40 year old Virgin movie - He was clearly only collecting for the money value and on top of that he sells them because some dumb chick tells him too.

[Linthart]

so it could mean I should get UV resistant perspex doors attached to my display cases to protect them from my fluro lighting.

Griff you could start with what i did being getting UV treated perpex covers for your lights and windows. would be a much cheaper excerise that full size cabinet doors. Perspex is more expensive than glass by the square meter in many cases.

i just had it all cut to size from a perspex distributor

[5FDP]

However I am in agreement that there is no point to keeping toys MISB unless you are a 'transitionary' collector or only see 'what they are worth' in your collection.

Sure there are people into collecting MISB with an intent to sell them off later and hopefully make a profit. Sure there are 'transitionary' collectors who are not in it for the long haul. I myself am a MISB collector and neither of the above are my motives for collecting.

I do not care about the monetary value of my collection aside from having it insured in case of theft. I have also been a long term fan and can't foresee when I'll stop either because Transformers has been such a big part of my life.

The reason for me collecting MISB is I appreciate the amount of effort and design that goes into making the packaging as much as I appreciate the engineering of the toys. It's all about nostalgic value to me and one is as important as the other. You can't deny gazing at a MISB collection and not help but reminisce about when you were a kid walking into a toyshop for the first time and seeing wall-to-wall Transformers. For me, it's about recreating that experience of wonder and awe.

[reillyd]

after reading this i think the term MISB needs to be changed to something more appropriate.

maybe
YISB = Yellowing in sealed box

Yes, that's absolutely right. You need to list all your G1 MISB items (like NOW!) in this thread http://www.otca.com.au/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=13 and give very reasonable prices because they're all so yellowed already that you want to sell them to us real cheap ;P

[Skullcruncher]

Has anyone got anything AFA'd and noticed its started yellowing after being graded? Would this occur?

[kup]

Has anyone got anything AFA'd and noticed its started yellowing after being graded? Would this occur?

I was under the impression that the clear cases where they place AFA toys was designed to avoid yellowing.

[Sky Shadow]

Has anyone got anything AFA'd and noticed its started yellowing after being graded? Would this occur?

Unfortunately it can - even though the items are supposedly UV shielded, the reaction that is photodegradation can still occur.