>>9654830>>9654835The older and bigger a set is, the more I value having the box, and I am absolutely willing to pay a significant premium for a set with the box at this point. Original boxes and instructions are easily damaged and only getting rarer.
With the flaps, luckily my parents had the foresight to at least cut and keep some of the front flaps off, even if it wasn't the whole thing. Can you tell what I liked as a kid?... I am very happy to have at least something from them.
Now the prized pieces of my collection are having original boxes for the Blacktron I base, the M-Tron Mega Core Magnetizer, adventurer's anubis temple, and the unitron monorail. I'm still looking for an OG box for the Aquanaut base, just to have for my fav set of all time. I once sold a sealed copy for $150 and it hurts to think about.
For some reason I've found it easier to find boxes for space stuff rather than castle or pirate, I think those are just more widely popular and cherished, so more expensive.
Those series two pirate sets with the armada are for some reason so, so much rarer and expensive, the most I have of them are the interesting color pirate ship hulls, and the $50 fig with the chrome breastplate. I'll make some custom ships with the hulls one day rather than buying the sets.
