How important is box art to you??

fightin · Post by **fightin** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 12:50 pm

Honestly, I found the boxes of my Putt Putt Maru and the Tomcat pretty cool... I like them way more than 21C's old fragile boxes. But on the whole I don't really care about the box design as long as it protects the model from external damage.

gouchy · Post by **gouchy** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 2:30 pm

ok I'm lettin my butt hang out here as I seem to be in the minority...

If the cost of the final product is not significantly (subjective) cheaper in a plain box, I'd prefer to go with the fancy art but practical and durable box

I believe a well designed and illustrated box has a big influence on resale value.

Sometimes, its not just simply buying a product/toy/collectible, you are buying into a culture.

aeo178 · Post by **aeo178** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 2:38 pm

Aslong as I can see what im buying and what it can do, i dont care about fancy box art.

trigger1 · Post by **trigger1** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 4:25 pm

I prefer to keep the art on the inside.

rmoore456 · Post by **rmoore456** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 4:29 pm

I am also a could care less.

Ray

ram04 · Post by **ram04** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:38 pm

Maybe I should have saved my boxes, but I did'nt and really I could care less about the box, but I understand from a marketing standpoint looks sell.

Alot of people will buy crap, if its packaged real slick, almost all on here already know what their buying, but for the first time collector I could see where a nice package would influence them.

stv9000 · Post by **stv9000** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:40 am

With QC as it is, I would like to see clear boxes. LOL

GI546 · Post by **GI546** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:33 pm

box art. definitley

would you rather buy small scale models in a cardboard box or have an illustration of it on the cover?

stv9000 · Post by **stv9000** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:54 pm

Actually I enjoyed looking at the rest of the line on the back of the box as well as the carded figures. Many times I would look and see something I didn't know was out.

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:37 pm

I like nice boxes. Don't have the room to display everything assembled, some will just have to stay in the box, looks better on the shelf then if it were in a solid plain cb box. Just me.