Current Events > Action figure boxes without windows on them...

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dude no, that's disgusting.

Supposedly, it's led to a decrease in sales because collectors want to see the toy they're buying and parents instantly assume that a closed box means it's a game rather than a toy.

I was disappointed that the Joy Toy Black Legion figures didn't have windows in their boxes. But then I remembered that I was just going to open them and set them up so it didn't matter.

FortuneCookie posted...

collectors want to see the toy they're buying

Correct. Like its just a box if i cant see the damn figure. I dont pay any attention to a closed box with no window.

Biggest issue is people swapping the figure out with anything else and returning it, leaving the next person to get screwed

I blame hippies

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Don't those fold open to show the figure inside? The only time I actually looked at one was when I came across one for the NES game Godzilla: Monster of Monsters. It had a flap that opened up and showed the world map on the side opposite the Godzilla figure.

It's the only time I've been tempted as an adult to buy a toy.

It's not entirely true that it's the only toy I've been tempted to buy. I've occasionally thought about spite-purchasing a toy I never had a chance to get when I was a kid.