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Moving

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2019 19:47:38 No.7491237 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>7491617 >>7498237 >>7498262 >>7498266 >>7501819 >>7502836 >>7511569

I am going to be moving at the end of this month. Have any of you dealt with having to move your collection?

For context I have about 60ish toys, mostly with larger Nendoroid sized boxes. Takes up a crapload of space. Do any of you flatten out boxes for this process or what? Moving from one walk up to another in NYC if that helps, will be hiring movers

Thank you

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2019 19:56:30 No.7491253 Report

Quoted By: >>7491951

I keep some of my collection in storage, and cycle what I have out on a limited display. This was initially done out of necessity due to lack of space, but it grew to become my style of displaying even after moving to a bigger place. This makes it much easier to move stuff around when I need to, side benefit is that it's also helpful for cleaning days.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Apr 2019 00:19:29 No.7491617 Report

Quoted By: >>7491951

>>7491237
Every figure goes back into it's box, unless you very carefully bag and pack them all unboxed in a larger padded box that you intend to safely and quickly move and unpack yourself. You run a moderate risk of damages and losing small parts if you don't put figures back in their original boxes.
Flattening out figure boxes is pointless. If you don't keep the clamshell, the box isn't worth a shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Apr 2019 04:47:30 No.7491951 Report

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>>7491253
>>7491617
thanks guys

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Apr 2019 14:05:30 No.7492406 Report

Quoted By: >>7498262 >>7501819

Update:
I only actually have about 40 figures so it isn't as bad as I thought. I started packing them up last night... got through about 1/3 of my collection and took me an hour and a half or so... :)

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 16 Apr 2019 03:30:51 No.7498233 Report

Quoted By: >>7498249 >>7501771 >>7501819

I too will be moving later next month and have already prepared putting my smaller figures into their boxes, however I have a 1/4 figure (Hatsune Miku V3) and I don't think I'll be able to safely pop out the twin-tails. Any suggestions on how I should go about packing her?
I can imagine I'd have to get some sort of padded box and customly cut the padding to fit her. Is this the best way?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 16 Apr 2019 03:35:25 No.7498237 Report

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>>7491237
>box everything up
>wrap loose things in bubble wrap
>box loose things together
>box boxes together

Easy

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 16 Apr 2019 03:50:18 No.7498249 Report

Quoted By: >>7498259

>>7498233
Yes, if you don't have the original packaging for something that large (I'm assuming you tossed it?) then cutting some custom padding should be your best bet I think. Maybe carve out a miku-shaped hole in some styrofoam or something.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 16 Apr 2019 04:06:52 No.7498259 Report

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>>7498249
I do have the original box. Though the twintails are not attached when they were in the box and upon attaching them to the main figure, there is a sliding locking pin that shoots into place once the hair is put into socket far enough. I don't think it was designed to be pulled out once put in place.
That's why I am afraid of damaging the figure if I were to go about it that way.
Perhaps carving the figure into something is the best option.
Do you know of anything softer than Styrofoam? The hair is quite delicate.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 16 Apr 2019 04:10:58 No.7498262 Report

Quoted By: >>7505217

>>7491237
>>7492406
>OP has less than 60 figures.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 16 Apr 2019 04:17:11 No.7498266 Report

Quoted By: >>7501766

>>7491237
>faggots on /toy/ are so autistic they literally cannot work out how to pack things in boxes
Can you even fucking tie your shoes by yourself, you worthless mouthbreather?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Apr 2019 02:28:48 No.7501766 Report

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>>7498266
why are you here?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Apr 2019 02:30:56 No.7501771 Report

Quoted By: >>7502244

>>7498233
Cushion the sturdier parts as much as possible, then use low-density materials (cottonballs) to supprt the fragile parts.
Accept that the box will be dropped, by you or someone else.
Think where the forces will go when that happens.
Rotate the box and think again.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 19 Apr 2019 02:59:37 No.7501819 Report

Quoted By: >>7501884 >>7502255 >>7502290

>>7491237
>>7492406
>>7498233
Just moved this past weekend.
My advice:
>Never, ever throw away your boxes. EVER.
>Move your own shit.
>If you can, consolidate your collection into larger boxes
>pic related
>Didn't have to worry about ensuring everything was packed w these coffin-boxes
>Always believe in yourself
It's pretty much common sense

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Apr 2019 03:53:33 No.7501884 Report

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>>7501819
>>Move your own shit.
I will second, third, and fourth this. Not only does it give you peace of mind but it costs way less, especially if you either have friends and family helping or you're not moving too far away.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Apr 2019 08:32:45 No.7502156 Report

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Wow yeah I just moved out too

I put my more expensive figures back into their original box and put those into a large container. My nendos and figmas just went into organized smaller boxes that I labeled with some painters tape on the outside.

Helped me see how many I have and organized them. Moved all the boxes myself. I suggest getting a dolly cart or just a cart

Makes it easier to move all the boxes in 2 to 3 trips versus 8 or 9. And getting furniture or groceries later

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 19 Apr 2019 11:32:09 No.7502244 Report

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>>7501771
That is some damn good advice.
I definitely plan to move the box myself so I am confident that it won't be dropped.
I just have to figure out how I'll place the figure in the box, either facing up or down.
Faced down seems easier since her twin tail behind her left arm wouldn't be an obstacle, however if any contact damage does occur, it would be on the front. So I'm thinking about having her face up, but I can imagine that I'd have to somehow find a way to hold the body up past the left twin-tail so that it doesn't put too much pressure on it.
What do you think would be optimal?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Apr 2019 11:48:22 No.7502255 Report

Quoted By: >>7504376

>>7501819
>>Never, ever throw away your boxes. EVER.
Why?

It's easier just to put everything into a organizer and moving a dozen figures in a small box instead of a 3 foot square stack of boxes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Apr 2019 12:47:36 No.7502290 Report

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>>7501819
This guy knows where it's at. I keep all the boxes for my import figures so they just go back in there and into a larger box. As for my domestic figures like MLs I bagged them up individually and boxed them all together. I then moved everything myself with my roommate and one of our friends. The three or four toy boxes were loaded into a car and brought over separately from the moving truck with my two TVs and my PC.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Apr 2019 20:04:01 No.7502836 Report

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>>7491237
when it came to moving when ic did a few years ago I had to move from downtown to about a ten minute drive away and how I did that was I boxed up all my figures and collectables and all that and moved it myself in my car I would load up my car with the boxes and drive over to my new places and put it in the bedroom of my new place I did that also for anything I would consider "breakable" like my computers,TVs electronics ect.
I did this mainly being I didn't want some mover guys to drop things or be to rough with any boxes.
So in my mind I would be more careful with stuff being it was my stuff and knew the value of it and all that, also if I were to drop something it would be my own fault and I would only be angry at myself and not have to freak out at anyone.
in the end I just had to call some movers to move my furniture like my couch, chairs, bed, computer desk ect basically anything that wouldn't fit in my car. So I only had to play them a couple hundred bucks being I moved all
the boxes myself
So that is what I recommend doing if you can
pack up all your stuff and move the boxes yourself if you can and then get help with the bigger things

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2019 01:02:43 No.7503221 Report

Quoted By: >>7503637

i suppose i should ask now for when i move in the future, but i usually recycle the plastic clamshells for figmas/nendoroids, and keep the accessories in ziplocks. would that be a bad thing? i always keep the boxes themselves tho

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2019 10:29:16 No.7503637 Report

Quoted By: >>7503802

>>7503221
Just to be clear by 'clamshell' you mean the plastic tray inside the box?

If that's the case it just seems kind of pointless to keep the box but not keep the tray inside the box.

The point of keeping the box/tray is resale value and so you have somewhere to store the figure when it's not on display...and it's not like you loose anything from keeping the tray since they don't really add any weight. And by getting rid of them you loose out on having a secure place to put the fig when not on display.

The fact that basically no other collector but you throws out the tray should tell you that in the end it's a better idea and standard practice to keep them.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2019 11:17:24 No.7503658 Report

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I’m also moving at the end of this month and most of my shit is in Storage now. I have well beyond the average amount of toys and collectibles, and while it may take up more space to keep the respective boxes, it helps to keep a lot of things more organized. I have all of my boxes labeled with contents and have been organizing them according to series and import vs domestic. It’s a lot of work, but it’ll pay off in the long run, especially if I plan to sell some stuff off in the future or just need to know exactly where to find something if I need it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2019 15:01:17 No.7503802 Report

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>>7503637
well, i started keeping them, but i always just thought they were pointless to keep. and i don't have enough figures to not display all of them at once, y'know?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2019 01:26:44 No.7504376 Report

Quoted By: >>7504723

>>7502255
not that anon, but this video is why I keep all my boxes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xn8UFvFAY8

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2019 07:34:17 No.7504723 Report

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>>7504376
>i keep my boxes because i like filling an entire large closet full of cardboard boxes and have already started filling a bedroom with more boxes
gross.

I'm not a completist and i usually give away figures i no longer want instead of selling them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2019 18:37:06 No.7505217 Report

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>>7498262
have sex

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 13:47:20 No.7509621 Report

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Thanks so much for the replies everyone
As some of you mentioned, I'm boxing my boxes and will plan to move them myself to my new place, having the movers move heavier things like furniture. Just finished packing them up, I'll be able to get them all over there myself in just a couple of trips.
Much appreciated and I'm glad if anyone else was able to get advice as well.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 18:24:00 No.7511569 Report

Quoted By: >>7512079

>>7491237
I own my current home and plan on living here a long time, but last time I moved I went through the painstaking process of finding all the boxes I had held on to (I only keep them for fragile figures with easily losable parts like figmas and high-value ones like 3a toys) and put every figure back in their box. It was pretty tedious but its not so bad if you do it a little bit each day.

All my beefier figures (NECA, Mezco, etc) I wrapped in tshirts and towels and carefully packed into plastic tubs I moved by hand (the movers never touched them. Same with my boxes full of re-boxed figures)

If you didn't keep boxes (understandable, they take up lots of space) carefully bag them up and wrap them in soft goods, I guess, but be really careful and use ziploc bags to keep the accessories.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 18:30:06 No.7511574 Report

Quoted By: >>7511582

Accept that one or two toys are gonna be MIA.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 18:40:42 No.7511582 Report

Quoted By:

>>7511574
If you're meticulous about it you should be fine. I didn't lose anything in my last move, in fact I ended up finding some accessories that I thought I lost during the process.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 00:22:26 No.7512079 Report

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>>7511569
I did this when I moved last. Really made things easier. If you need things like boxes or bubble wrap/air packs, go to a smallish chain store and ask if their receiving crew can save you some. I used to work at Bed Bath and Beyond and we'd save things for customers, and I did for myself. Having bubble wrap and air packs to pad boxes helped keep things snug but not to the point they could break.

Also if you're getting a storage unit, you'll definitely want one with climate control. Things can get moldy easily if it get humid.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 24 May 2020 20:15:11 No.7512079,1 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>7512079,2

After 10 years of happy marriage, our relationship with my husband was kind of icy bowl. It all started with small nuances, like not to speak with each other after work at all or to wish a wonderful day in the morning. After that he started to disappear evenings in the office, saying that he has a lot of work. I understood that our marriage is suffering a crisis and if I don’t undertake anything, then sooner or later divorce will be inevitable. All the actions I took haven’t characterized me. For example, I am a more shameful sexually and playing the role of a Vamp woman only to get his attention made me feel uncomfortable. In one year I did everything that was in my power to save the marriage. From his side I felt only coldness and indifference. The last drop was the fact that he forgot about my birthday. I remember how I was crying on the bathroom floor, destroyed and powerless, but he hasn’t even called. The next day I called the movers from https://www.man-van.co.uk/ and took all my stuff and left him. It was tough and it still hurts, but I will never return or call him ever again.

Forg

Forg Sun 24 May 2020 20:15:50 No.7512079,2 Report Delete

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>>7512079,1
Thank for information man

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