Boxes Discuss

[Guest]

Hello all. Just wondering what you all do with your boxes. I have a collection of 30 something cars. I have boxes for about 15 of them. The boxes just take up space and i have no interest in them. Selling is difficult due to the size and I can't bring myself to bin them. 

[Mad Ax]

I have / had the same.  Some boxes are great for storing built cars in - modern Tamiya boxes are often just the right size for the finished model.  But they're not too strong and enough cars stacked up will crush them.

I have a friend who collects boxes, so I give mine away to him.  If he doesn't want them, I bin them.  If it's a rare vintage box I might put it up for trade or free to collector but TBH the last batch of vintage boxes I gave to me friend for safe keeping because he likes to have them.

Another option is to cut off the box top and put it up as a poster in your hobby room.  I used to do this.  My current hobby room doesn't have enough wall space so I have a stack of old boxart sitting around doing nothing.

[max69vk]

I must be one of those people that like having the boxes (I’ve even gone out of my way to buy others as well) as I use them to store various parts in rather than have lots of plastic storage containers. Just a personal preference for me but I prefer looking at the artwork on them 😊

[Superluminal]

If they have the nice artwork like the originals and rereleases cut it out and frame it. If its just the photo stuck on a generic chassis box - bin (or recycle)

[svenb]

Stick up a list of them on the sales section, you never know someone might want them

[speedy_w_beans]

I store project-related materials in each box; specific spare parts, hopup placards, manuals, electronics boxes, extra wheels, etc.  Many of the boxes fit under a bed, so they're mostly out of sight.

[Mahjik]

Depending on the box art, I cut away the front of the box to keep and then recycle the rest.  I haven't done it yet, but was looking to put them up in my garage for some art.

 

[evssv69]

5 hours ago, Hairyjon313 said:

Hello all. Just wondering what you all do with your boxes. I have a collection of 30 something cars. I have boxes for about 15 of them. The boxes just take up space and i have no interest in them. Selling is difficult due to the size and I can't bring myself to bin them. 

what ya got ? and were  u based?

[Guest]

I keep parts etc in clear white plastic storage boxes so I can see what's in them, otherwise I forget

4 minutes ago, evssv69 said:

what ya got ? and were  u based?

Will list them on the sales section encase there is any interest.

[Guest]

I'm based in Weybridge, Surrey encase that helps. 

[evssv69]

that b cool for the members on here......hhhhm....few miles from Bristol....

[Hobgoblin]

All depends how sad you are! In the case of myself, very! I have plans to get them up my workshop. I have Blitzer Beetle and Bear Hawk boxes ready for the same treatment. Hope they re release the falcon so I don't have to mess about too much for a box!

[evssv69]

• I must b sad as that looks sweet dude...and I`d hang box art frames in my house no probs......b handy if I had a house though.........

[KEV THE REV]

I have a large collection of boxes - vintage and newer types . I keep them in plastic bags / or other boxes in my loft . I have a Rough Rider box that I keep all of my decals in and Clod bodyset boxes that I keep ORV frames in and other boxes that I keep spare parts in - life wouldn't be same without them

[KEV THE REV]

14 minutes ago, evssv69 said:

I must b sad as that looks sweet dude

Not sad at all mate :)

[Theibault]

I keep all my Tamiya boxes. All the others go in the bin.

[S-PCS]

Oh, boxes. Sometimes I think I'd sell the cars before I part with my boxes... Must be a childhood thing from staring at those then-unaffordable brand-new kits in hobby stores. Makes me happy just to look at them. 

[Nobbi1977]

The box is something to get the kit delivered in and then it’s use is over. 

I lob mine in the attic in case I sell the car and then forget they are there and then bin them in a yearly cull. 

I am not greatly sentimental about plastic or cardboard. I like to build, break then repair. 

[Bromley]

14 minutes ago, S-PCS said:

Oh, boxes. Sometimes I think I'd sell the cars before I part with my boxes... Must be a childhood thing from staring at those then-unaffordable brand-new kits in hobby stores. Makes me happy just to look at them. 

Absolutely agree. The image of a Lunch Box...er box...is etched into my minds eye. Still makes me feel warm and fuzzy every time I see that stunning art work.

[S-PCS]

Since it seems to be mention-the-Hornet-Supreme-week, let me add this: I really didn't like the Hornet Supreme when it came out, but today I saw the box instead of the built car over on that Supreme thread, and suddenly, it made sense to me.. . The power of box art, not to be underestimated. 

[KEV THE REV]

The first memory of a Tamiya kit box was one I saw in a neighbours garage,  who at the time built models for display in a LHS . It was a vintage Mudblaster - now I have one :)

[S-PCS]

This. (Pic lifted off Webbster1216's thread) 

Somehow, I find this much more attractive than the finished model. 

[Juls1]

Most of my boxes I ditch, only ones I keep are the ones I’m nostalgic about. Having over 50 vehicles (about 40 built, 30 running) I just don’t have the space sadly. Seeing other people’s nib piles makes me happy though! 

[Bromley]

Having the boxes makes finding parts easy, I just keep them in the relevant box.

[ALEXKYRIAK]

Hilarious timing on this thread  I was literally about to post the same question this morning... having a row with the missus last few days as I’m running out of spaces and excuses for where all these cars (and their boxes) have been coming from....! 

I feel like I could possibly let go the ‘modern’ Tamiya boxes (standard generic blue and black smallish box with a sticker applied) whereas the ‘classic’ boxes (white, big box with awesome artwork) I’d rather gnaw my own arm off than let go...

i need to find space.... if only to hide the obsession / addiction.... ...but I don’t want to release a box or boxes....

Does TamiyaClub have a counsellor? I think it needs a counsellor....