Do you save your box?

[Hobbun]

This isn't something I've seen discussed yet (in my short stay here), but how many of you save your original box?

I have just gotten back into LEGO again after a long period time (since I was a child) and have only bought a few sets. The only one I've busted open so far is my Ecto-1, and haven't finished it yet. However, I think I will still save my boxes even after I build my sets, if only to stick them in storage.

What does everyone else do?

[VintageLegoEra]

Yes i do. I save both damaged and non-damaged ones

Edited December 16, 2015 by VintageLegoEra

[dr_spock]

Topic has discussed before but not recently.

Yes and no. I save some boxes if they have some value to me, otherwise they are queued to recycle. My recycle pile is getting big, I should get around to actually taking it out to the curb.

It was a blast to find boxes I saved from 1980. Not sure I'll still be around when the 2015 set boxes are 30 years-old.

[Junior Shark]

Keep some, discard others. I mainly keep big ones, I don't need 50 million battlepack boxes taking up space. The discarded ones get recycled (as all good, environmentally-conscious Lego fans should do!)

[Space Police XVIII]

The only one I've kept as is, recently, is the exosuit set box. Everything else gets either recycled or cut in half to serve as a parts/sorting tray.

[HawkLord]

I don't keep any boxes. I used to keep all of them, but I found I had too many and wasn't what I was saving them for. Same with sealed sets, I used to keep some but then starting asking myself what the point was. Now I just have three sealed sets and a few sealed polybags.

The instructions are good enough for me for pics of the set.

[THERIZE]

Nah, don't keep them. I only have 2 boxes (both opened) and the only reason I still have them is because I'm just to lazy to take them downstairs and throw them away.

Edit: I also keep my CUUSOO / Ideas boxes.

Edited December 17, 2015 by THERIZE

[Skull-Mark_Ladybug]

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Edited May 18, 2025 by Skull-Mark_Ladybug

[Umbra-Manis]

I only keep Ideas boxes, and the other ones I have right now are for sets I'm shooting reviews of.

[mediumsnowman]

I keep Ideas set boxes and boxes of larger, D2C sets like the Helicarrier or the modulars. If I ever sell them sometime down the road it might be worth it to some collector if I have the box.

[Aanchir]

I save boxes, but usually flatten them unless I am reusing them or have plans to reuse them. As a child, I'd cut out the pictures, since those were the main point of saving the boxes for me back then — images of alternate models and the like weren't available online. Nowadays I realize cutting out the pictures just makes it harder to keep the boxes organized, so I just unfold and flatten them.

I don't have a permanent place for these flattened boxes currently, they're mostly just in a trunk in my room.

[KringlesBricks]

I started to save mine...then after acquiring so many sets...the boxes added up and created clutter. So, I now just throw them out. I do keep the IDEAS boxes...and only those boxes

[Mercury]

I barely have room for a couple displays, let alone boxes. I don't save any of them. I do, however, save all my instructions in a binder.

[rodiziorobs]

I occasionally save them, and then reuse them to pack presents in for others. It confuses them for a second when they pull back the wrapping to see a LEGO box

[BountyBeast]

I usually save my boxes, though mostly just the bigger ones. Either for storage or just because.

[Hobbun]

I haven't bought all that many sets yet since returning to LEGO, so have saved all my boxes so far. But as buy more, I will probably go along with some others and save only the bigger boxes, more collectible (like UCS) sets.

Right now I just have the Final Duel, Death Star, Ecto-1 and just received the 2-in-1 Ghost and Phantom set.

[Blue_Bird]

I just started saving boxes, not sure why. I will probably end up storing them somewhere when my collection grows

[Johnnyeebaby]

At the moment ive kept all my boxes

I only got out of the dark ages last year, but alredy i have quite a large collection, Ill probably flatten them as the collection grows, I dont ever plan on selling my lego but just incase.

[fred67]

I only keep Ideas boxes, and the other ones I have right now are for sets I'm shooting reviews of.

Yeah... I don't normally save boxes, but Ideas boxes and Architecture boxes (at least the smaller ones) are maybe a little bit more "special" than standard boxes, and I save those.

[Vorkosigan]

I save them, but flattened of course. I have them stacked (in a garbage bag) on top of a big set of built in shelves, its not really taking up useful space for other stuff. I probably will go through and throw out some less interesting boxes as the pile grows.

[alenvprekrsku]

I save all my boxes.

[_Samibotss_]

Only if It's special

[Gremer]

Only if they're Ideas or if the set was >$150.

[naf]

I flatten them and store them in big garbage bags in the loft of my garage. Not sure why I'm keeping them all, I just can't bring myself to toss them yet. I still have all of my boxes from every Lego set I had as a kid, so I guess I'm just a hoarder lol.

[Robianco]

I save them as a lot of my sets aren't on display so I put eh set in the box for storage although I'm sure I could flattens the boxes down and just places the sets in bags that are labelled.

I don't have space for a building room so I don't tend to disassemble sets for MOCing. I've just moved house though and binned quite a few boxes from various sets that i had that probably will never go back into storage and will simply go into a parts bin.