IMHO you can't put a price on the amount of pleasure you get from playing with a toy.
I opened all my G1 toys, which has decreased their value. But I also got decades of pleasure of playing with them.

♪"You got a friend in me"♭ #toystory

Quote Originally Posted by Danzvader78 View Post
Do you keep the backing card and toss out the plastic packaging pieces?
Yup! Now HasTak are putting those recycling triangle symbols with the numbers on them. I noticed that my TF Go! Optimus Prime's window has that symbol on it, so my local waste management centre ought to be able to recycle that easily enough should I choose to discard that box.