Figure Box Tower

I just realize my room is not otaku enough, need to buy some anime goods.

Oh Ya!!!!!!!!!! :)

If you ever move, good luck. I can't even begin to imagine on how to pack >_<

I hope you don't hurt yourself when those come down. ^^;

THE ROOF IS ON FIRE!!

god, excelent room!

You crazy-lucky person... all those figures...

It's a work of art to my eyes! *bow*

I too keep all my boxes - in fact, I keep most of my stuff inside its original box/packaging rather than displaying it, as I have too much stuff to easily setup for display ^^

well i keep the box but i put out figure of it..I think a figure without is box lost is value like the naruto we have that is like #/1000 if we don't have the box for sure it lost value. I still keep them :D would put in a corner ^^

*Bows* i envy (the good way) you for your figures O_O and anime goods O_O

Make a tower of boxes in your backyard! see how tall it can go... That would be interesting!

also keep mine in boxes, and stored in a cool, shaded room, so that no problems with bending nor dusts whatsoever. I just usually take some of them out (usually my favorite ones) for display but the rest I store them properly.

It's always good to keep the original packaging, incase you think of re-selling or re-locating. I cannot imagine placing my figures in random boxes if i move out.

awesome collection, i can see that you have very good taste ^o^

Impressive! Not only the boxes, but that ceiling too!
I'll never achieve something like that mainly because most of the figures I bought didn't even came with boxes...
The stores that import them don't keep the boxes because they occupy too much space. And since there's only a few stores in Brazil that import figures, we collectors have to deal with it.

But anyways, I'm running out of space to store the boxes anyways. :P

nice collection you got there, I like your celling ^^

OMG Why is my room on here?? Oh wait, for a second there, I thought it was mine... the stacks of figure boxes look kinda familiar >.> I should think about putting posters on the ceiling too XD

I used to but it made my room clutterful xD

we haven't used the movers just yet as last time me+hubs moved we moved by ourselves lol, however we know a couple people who got stuff damaged, and apparently there were movers scams in USA? ^^;;;

This is my dream room, Rin~ how did you stick those poster on the ceiling? More importantly... it is so NEAT. What's missing in the picture is just a box of tissue ^_^

I keep most of my boxes for my figures but sadly almost half of my closet is full of empty boxes or soon will be! XP

Moving companies are a bit too much for our budget, but my family is used to moving and we are experts at moving out. It's not that hard it just takes lots of time (especially when you need to wrap the plates, cups and glass stuff).

btw I would love to decorate my ceiling with posters, but unfortunately my ceiling's all rough and overall crappy.

I throw away because the boxes really take a lot of space and I developed a technique (which is mostly cut and throw ^^U) to keep the figurines protected without the added bulk.

Movers out here in California (in my experience) tend to make the situation even more stressful. lol That's why I've opted to just move everything myself, that way I won't feel bad kicking my friends in the butt when they drop a box of my anime DVDs. XD

Haven't hired a moving company before although I foresee that I will be moving out in a year or two when I finally get around to buying my own house ... and getting more space for my figure/gunpla collection ;)

From what I hear from friends, most moving companies here are rather rough with your stuff. If you don't pack well, too bad - there are exceptions for the reputable ones that charge higher rates.

Just a couple of months ago I threw away 30+ boxes of Zoids. They were kinda eating up my room. After reading articles involving moving away and stuff (like this article right here) I now regret of throwing them all away O_o

I love my boxes i make them in to stands for my figures & as for posters i have no more room on my walls for posters so i do have about 15 small posters on my ceiling.

I still keep my boxes too. I have them stacked in my closet, but I have no clue how much it can hold. (-_-;)

I was so pissed at movers early this year because they managed to get some of my precious artbooks from Japan wet.
Moving service is usually crap in Brazil. Unless you pay premium price for very fancy companies (and I'm not shure about those too, since I never used them).

If I ever get posting rights I'll takes some pics of our house. 3 otaku people there are figures everywhere except the kitchen and bathroom. But a nice collection you got started it only gets bigger I've learned.

If my ceiling is smooth instead of bumpy i could be putting up posters too...o well...well i haven't moved yet but i saved the boxes just in case...

If my mother saw something like this, she'd probably throw it away like she does to my beverage can towers. I have a box with several dozen old PC game boxes flattened in it, but I've lost many manuals and almost all the bloody cd's as well.

And regarding movers... it depends on how much money you want to "save"--get some shady company to do it for less but risk more damage, or get a respectable company to do it for n times more money but with insurance and good service.

Tower of fun.

WOW! Nice room but for me personally I draw the line at the ceiling. Its the one area in the room I don't put anime stuff. It kind of makes the room feel kind of stuffy or sufficating. May be just me though.

Hm... I actually throw most of my boxes away. I just have no room. I have two anime posters up, but I could never stick them all over my walls and ceiling!

I keep the boxes cos I dun have much figures yet anyway >.<
Posters on the ceiling eh, wonder if I should do that for my room... XD

Never Thought about posters on the ceiling, this post has inspired me however :o) I have a load of boxes hidden away in the corner LOL Really should think about somewhere better to store them tbh.

In America, when you move, you're on your own for wrapping things in a nice cushion.
The only thing the movers do for you is move things, that's it.
You tell them "This stuff in the truck, This stuff in this room, etc."
Although they do carry several blankets to cover big furnitures of wood, glass, or anything that can possibly get scratched on the truck. But that's about it. When I moved to my place they broke my aquarium; after they set it on the ground, they tried to shove it from the side with their foot and the glass cracked. They payed for it, or rather it was taken out from their pay, it still sucked.

I've heard some horror stories about using moving companies here in Boise...broken dishes anyone! Missing items and all that good jazz. I've never seen the use of hiring someone to help move when I can just pay my buds in beer and pizza to help move.

I've just rearranged my pile of boxes yesterday....it's about 1/3 of that pile over there.
I've been moved only once, but it's custom to pack everything up yourself, after which the movers move it, semi-delicately....

Nice room! I'd love to have my room like yours!
Eh he ^^; My figure cllection is on the increase, slowly.. I'm getting there!
If I were allowerd to, I'd have more posters/wallscrolls up...

Finally filled up a shelf in my closest for boxes, now working on the next one.
Maybe building a tower in a corner isn't such a bad idea when things get out of hand

I keep my boxes too, I don't know really why, perhaps for moving too, but more for the collection ^^
This was in may :
http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/3000/Boxes%27+corner+in+my+room.html
Now I think its 50cm more !

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Most removalists here don't give a rats behind about your stuff getting damaged/lost or stolen. They figure insurance will pay for it. I know this for a fact as I did a couple of weeks working holiday to North Queensland as a furniture removalist a few years back.

I need to plant the Singaporean flag on top of that cardboard mountain. XD

wow.

I don't think I can make that kind of tower.

Haha give me a while

Gosh reminded me of my boxes of figures in my garage in my other home back in Perth. Now the collections are being moved to my hometown so I think my mum is gonna scream at me again. :P

Wow, that's so awesome, so many figures!

wow. even i have all the boxes till now, but i may have to throw them away since i will have to clean up my house a lot due to lack of space.

I kept almost all my boxes, most of the figurines I buy have extra parts you can change so I keep the boxes for those mostly. My poster age I'm long past thought, rooms that are simply plastered with posters look bad in my opinion. I prefer to place them tastefully and frame them.

I have to keep each figure box, then packing them into a bigger box and move them myself along with all the delicate stuuf, those people treat like crap.

I wouldn't trust a mover to pack my stuff for all the figures in Danny's room. ;-)

my tower is made of busou shinki that is available outside of japan.

the haruhi and lucky star figmas are a new addition.

that is sweet. Awesome room ^_^

wow! we only have 10 figures and 4 anime posters... your room is so cool

super otaku room i see

Sorry Danny, but here in the U.S. theres no way I would trust movers with my stuff. They dont care out here. Especially seeing figures, they would look at them like mere toys and just probably throw them in a box. If you pay for it yeah they might wrap them, but still they would just probably throw them around like crap.

The room looks awesome.. Sadly, me and my brother doesn't have that many anime posters nor do we have towering Figure Box.. Maybe in the future.. ^^

boxes are important for collecting
porcelain, polystone, resin figures should always be opened to inspect if there is no window
card stock figures shouldnt be opened if u want to keep more value I heard
of course, I open the ones i want to play with :eyeroll:

No posters on the ceiling here - or much at all. I like my room clean. :P

Sad that most of them are still in box. Need to make my own figure tower to show you guys. :)

I can make a box tower like that, but most of the are gunpla *sigh*

I was gonna put my sonic poster up there because there was no more wall space (am artist). People said I couldn't because the fire marshall would not allow it.

I can only make a base ;_;

Lol...that ceiling might catch fire....

The figure box tower is pretty amazing. I don't know if I could handle having posters on my ceiling. I would feel like I'm being watched all the time. >.>

nice collection!

I really think if I had that much otaku stuff, my room mate would be scared away >_<

Posters! I love posters. Wish I have my own room so that I could put up my posters. >_< I hate shared rooms. heheh

I saw one of beyblade there...

If my parents would only let me stick my posters on the wall...Amazing room BTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >_<

in my opinion ,why we always keep the box ? i always threw it away after i buy iy ,because i don't have any space left to keep it Y.Y

my room is sooooo not anime/manga/game otaku like room. i soo need to make it more otakuy

My room is exactly like that. Manag and anime posters covering the whole room except the ceiling. Wish I had that kind of money to buy all thoses figures

AHHHHHH HAAAAAAA, someone else puts posters on the ceiling! Very happy at this revelation. That's why my location is displayed as Ota-cube, due to the posters on the ceiling, my living space IS an Otaku cube, or Ota-cube. ^^;

As a very subjective insight about the movers part. I was a mover for my hometown's social service and I got to admit that it wasn't such a nice job. Got to see people in bad shape. Mostly the work was done in a quick in quick out fashion. There were cases where we moved "normal" people and we tried to handle the stuff in a respecting manner. No wrapping though. The less the owners were around the better care we seemed to take of the earthly belongings.