How do y'all store the boxes from games? Do you keep them as they are or do you discard the cardboard inserts & flatten the boxes? I want to keep mine but they take up soooo much space. I just wanted to see how everyone else solved this problem.

Some I toss, some I flatten and stack up along with books on the book shelf, next to the games.

I keep them as they are and store them on bookshelves. I am however, out of room

I'm going to move you to Discussions since I know how passionate many get over their boxes. Almost as much as their games.

Ana

I keep all mine in the box. I have shelves and games stacked to the ceiling in my bedroom. It's like sleeping in a game vault. I wonder what will happen to all my games when I'm gone? No one else in my family plays them. Diane

Unfortunately, I have to fold them up or I'd need to buy another house!

I break them down and store them in storage boxes. I keep the manuals in small plastic crates. I do not throw away the cardboard support. I also fold them and store them with the box. I do throw away all advertisements and registration cards that come with the game. I will however keep gaming catalogs if the game comes with one.

JB, I never expected you to be one to breakdown the boxes. I pictured you keeping them all intact, alphabetized in larger storage boxes. I need to reprogram my brain now.

Ana

I always keep all original packaging..In case I want to trade
them off...

I keep the game intact: instructions, discs, box, etc. But I don't keep replaying the games. Once I'm done, I move them on to someone else. The only game 'piles' I have stored now are the ones I'm done with and the ones I have yet to play!

I don't mean to sound stupid . But, why would one keep the boxes.??? And trade the games. Just a question.

So the boxes become valueable down the road, if you are a collector?

What a great question, BettyBoop. I used to throw out the boxes, now I keep them and everything it came with. When I know I won't play them again for a while I put them in colored storage boxes on top of my bookshelf in computer room.

I love the art work on the boxes kool just to look at them. Also if I were to sell or trade any I would want everything to be intact. I guess everybody has different intrests for things I just happen to be a game saver nut. LOL Diane

I keep the boxes in bookshelves-soon I will have to do something about that but a lot of traders want the boxes. I told one chap that the corner of the box had a little blemish ( where the sticker was) and he cancelled the trade.
Marion

I keep them in a big box in the garage if the game is rare, or if I have a reason to believe the game will somebody be rare.

The way I tell if a game may someday be rare is if it is a very good game, but for some reason it doesn't seem to be selling very well.

Not a stupid question----I just like the art work on them plus there is allot of info about the game on the back on the box. I just moved & don't have the room that I did before. I had never thought about breaking down the inserts [TY- John Boy]
Now I just have to get it all done. Not a collector for the $$'s I just can't bring myself to get rid of any of my games.

My situation exactly, Diane--with the exception that now that the grandkids are grown I have a spare bedroom that we call the "computer room". As one of my kids said "we might as well call it the game room!"

As for what they'll do with them when I'm gone, I guess that will be their problem! I've told them about the Trading Post, so if they are smart they'll put them up for sale there. Also one of my sons does a lot on eBay, so that option is open to them too, and I'm just not going to worry about it...

I never throw anything out (unless it's really gross and smelly).
Most of my game boxes are in bookshelves, but a lot of them are stacked up or strewn about the floor.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who can't part with the games. I can't wait until I get the last of the greatgrand kids out of the spare room. Then it will be Heaven. My very own room for games and computers stacked to the ceiling and wall to wall. LOL Diane

To me the boxes are a part of the game. I never throw away a box unless the person I sell or trade to does not want the box. I have shelves fron floor to ceiling in a spare bedroom and and they are displayed like books. I made a mistake once and threw my boxes away and it took forever to buy them back and I am still missing a few.

WooHooo!!!!!!! Us GameBoomers rock LOL The more games the merrier. The one with the most Games Win LOL Diane

I only have about 30 games that I consider "Keepers" (Games that I've played more than once and will play again). I know that it's silly, but I have the boxes to all but three of them and am constantly looking to buy these three again just so I'll then have the boxes for all of them.

For years, I kept everything, including the box. Then, a couple of years ago, I realized that if I didn't do something, I would be piling up games in the bathtub. So I bought a CD rack that holds 500 jewel-case games, put many in that, and flattened and saved the boxes. I'll be all right now providing I don't buy any more games. Somehow, I see trouble ahead.

Ditto!!!

I got a bigger office with much more space