Do you save boxes for dolls and accesories?

I keep the inner doll boxes but I toss the foam mostly. Rapidfire foam expulsion might inconvenience me someday if I decide to sell one of them but I'm using the boxes in various ways, usually storage for their things, and it eats up a lot of space. I kept one outer box because I don't really own living room furniture so it's been acting as an all-purpose table. I don't really keep clothing packaging unless it's exceptionally nicely branded or constructed.

A piece of notably retained foam, we call him The Visitor and we love him very much:

 

As long as it's neatly packaged, I don't see the problem! I feel your pain though. I don't have much space for boxes too.

 

Yes I save the boxes of my dolls and clothing if their packaged beautifully.
I have a specific vanity for my BJDs and their things.

 

I have 50 dolls now in my collection, so no…absolutely no boxes here! After so many years in the hobby, I’ve refined my crew and honed my aesthetic enough to be done with the notion of selling any of them…they’re all keepers as far as I’m concerned and they’re all on display (no box babies here.) So keeping boxes just seems like a frivolous waste of space at this point. The space can better be used for lovely trunks and decorative boxes to store all their clothes and accessories! And certainly I would buy a doll without its original box (and have many times) if purchasing second hand.

 

I keep a lot of the inner boxes that my dolls came in. I've gotten rid of some of them though. My biggest box from Soom got thrown out after the basement I was storing it in partially flooded. Soggy cardboard isn't a good thing to try to save. My first tiny from Granado came in a shoe box shaped one big enough for an MSD that I eventually decided was too big and awkward to keep. Shipping boxes get re-used or recycled. I only save packaging for clothes or eyes if I can reuse it..

 

I've kept boxes for a few fragile props and accessories, and for more complex outfits that came in them... but in general I never keep doll boxes. With a crew the size of mine, I just can't. I'd have to give up half of my garage or the entire attic.

I have kept a few of my white Volks Sato FCS boxes for "heads and spare resin parts"-storage, since they're pretty and well-nigh-indestructible... but those are the only doll boxes that have stayed around. Everything else? Right to the recycle bin as soon as I know the doll is a keeper.

 

I have every box and almost every shipper. It comes in handy when moving them, which I've had to do several times now. Finding room to store them is a pain, but I manage it. The boxes also store all of the extra parts (heads, hands, fantasy/human parts, clothes, fullset items that I swapped, etc).

 

I keep my doll boxes under my bed and used them to keep their clothes and wigs. It definitely took alot of space. But I'll throw those boxes of doll which I am committed to not sell.

 

I keep all my doll boxes.
I've made several long-distance moves over the last ten years and it's absolutely been worth it. Yes, you can pack up the dolls using regular packing supplies, but the boxes are designed to protect the specific dolls in transit so it takes some of the guesswork out of the packing. In fact the only doll I've had be damaged during a move was one I had to pack myself since he didn't come with a box originally.

And it's the same thing with selling them. I always felt more confident shipped out a doll in it's original box, and was more worried about the three dolls I sold that didn't have original boxes.

I don't usually keep the packaging from clothes, although I do think that would be worth it from a resale perspective (although I've never actually sold any outfits) - and depending on the packaging, it might help organize the clothes in storage.

 

I do keep their boxes. I have no intention of selling, but one day they will probably move into new homes and the boxes are a good way to keep track of carts and other extras.

 

I decided to hold onto the box that my doll came in. It was a little busted up, since it wasn't directly from the company (because I bought her secondhand), but I appreciated that the former owner held onto her company box, and I want to hold onto it too. I think when I order other dolls in the future directly from dealers or companies, I'll hold onto the boxes -- just as little mementos. I can see how that would end up taking up some space, though, so maybe my mind will change the more dolls I end up collecting. I don't think I'd ever do the same for accessories!

 

I've kept the inner doll boxes for both of mine. It gives them a bit of protection as I don't really have a good way to store them. it came in handy too as the box for one of them was ripped but my doll and the pillows inside are fine. They also are great doll-sized bases for props and such. I don't keep any of the other boxes, unless I intend to do shipping sometime soon for a face-up/body blush or whatever. And I would totally buy a doll without the company box because it's really just a box.

 

I save every doll box.

I had to reinforce the storage space I was using because the overhead space threatened to collapse from the weight of the boxes, I also have more boxes in a closet. I have way too many doll boxes. I don't save accessory boxes.

I am pretty sure that all the used dolls I bought came with their boxes. I would probably buy a used doll without a box if all the paperwork was in order, but I would prefer the doll with the original box, even if the box is banged up a little bit. As long as the clothes label for the dolls accessories are on the clothing item, I don't need a box.

 

I'll gladly buy a doll without a box, but I keep all my doll boxes, especially the old Volks ones, and even if they're a little bit beat up. My YoTenshi Yuki came secondhand in her original box and it's beautiful; I don't think I could ever bring myself to get rid of it. I even find myself keeping small or simple boxes, like the one my Cocoriang head came in recently.

Maybe someday I'll let go of the simpler ones

 

I don't keep any of the boxes. I don't plan on selling any of my dolls and they are displayed so no need to keep boxes for storing them.

 

My Luts box has followed me from home to college to home again for the past five years. I'm pretty sure I've dropped it several times and almost crushed it but it's protected that doll all this time.

 

I save all my doll boxes, not the shippers because I don't plan on selling any of my dolls, but the boxes are actually really important to me. Currently they are my only means of storage because I still haven't settled on the right cabinet or cabinet space for the way I'd eventually like to display everything. I also agree with a few mentions that the boxes just make the doll feel "complete". I'm a collector at heart so it feels if I have the box I have the full package so to speak. I think even when I am able to take my dolls out of their boxes, I'll find a place for them.

I don't keep any accessory boxes oddly enough! Clothes, wigs, eyes, etc are just sored in a tote along with CoAs.

 

I must save the boxes of the dolls but I can't keep all the boxes for the accesories otherwise my house will explode lol

 

For the first ~5 years in the hobby I used to keep all the doll boxes simply because those were where I'd store the dolls. Eventually I figured out a permanent place in the closet for the dolls, but still kept the boxes for ~2 years just in case I'd need them, and also because I just felt kinda bad about the idea of throwing such fancy boxes in the trash. A couple months back however I was finally annoyed enough about the space they take that I got rid of about half of them, though first I cut off the logos of the lids to keep, I was thinking I could do a collage out of them some day.

Other packaging I rarely save. I've kept one tiny cute box because it happened to be the perfect size for storing some other accessories, and some of the shoes are still in their plastic packaging as well, to help keep the pairs together.

 

I even save the mail boxes because I don't know I will sell it or not.