I honestly hate moving just because of this. (1 Viewer)

[Sahara]

Anyone have any better ideas or time saving ideas instead of re-boxing everything. I am about 1/3 of a way through my collection. Took me a whole day just to do this.

 

[mikemiller1955]

Joe...I feel sorry for you...I'm living in a house that is way too large for me...but can't stand the idea of packing up my collection to move...good luck!

 

[Northgate Woods]

Joe mate,
I can feel for you cobber as in September, 2019 I had to pack my entire Shop's stock after we sold our business and retired. It took over two weeks to complete to ensure all were packed properly for its 8 hour road trip interstate to their new home. I am happy to say that all arrived safely.
Happiness will be when your sets arrive at their new destination and all stock are unpacked safe and undamaged.

Cheers Howard

 

[Louis Badolato]

Joe,

You can get foam filled "pizza boxes" (I think you can get them from some toy soldier dealers, I can't recall how I got mine). You just place the figures on the bottom foam of the box (spread out enough that they don't touch), then close the box, and the top layer of foam locks them safely in place. Its much faster then trying to fit them back in their original boxes, and I moved my collection twice safely using them. Hope this helps.

Louis

 

[bradleyl30]

George sent me a link for some pink foam and told me to pack them in layers. I followed his instructions and had no problems. Most I did was 3 layers.

I will see if I can find the link.

 

[bradleyl30]

George sent me a link for some pink foam and told me to pack them in layers. I followed his instructions and had no problems. Most I did was 3 layers.

I will see if I can find the link.

Let’s see if this works

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[Obee]

Joe,

You can get foam filled "pizza boxes" (I think you can get them from some toy soldier dealers, I can't recall how I got mine). You just place the figures on the bottom foam of the box (spread out enough that they don't touch), then close the box, and the top layer of foam locks them safely in place. Its much faster then trying to fit them back in their original boxes, and I moved my collection twice safely using them. Hope this helps.

Louis

I did something similar this year when i shifted my 4700 figures into storage when i got my toy soldier room renovated.

I use fruit trays that held avocados, as they could stack easily, coded each tray with the cabinet/shelf number and so when I replaced them I could get the right tray out. I had 72 trays !!!!

I have all my boxes stored in plastic crates, but luckily they didn't have to be shifted, but about 4000 of my figures i have painted myself, so no boxes, hence the tray system worked for me.

John

 

[bradleyl30]

Let’s see if this works

BOX BFCSA10102 Anti-Static... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BGFWALY?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

This is one case I use for organizing but not as good for speed packing and unpacking

STERILITE 14028606 Art Furniture... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N6KSTV7?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

This is what helped with speed packing

Sterilite 19314304 37 Quart Thin Latched Gasket Plastic Storage Bin (4 Pack) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06VSNZ5RC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_7c0PFbRQW37MM

 

[joesgis]

Joe,
Moving a collection is such a nightmare. I moved early this year just before covid hit, and it took me a long time to pack my collection. But I'm glad I took the time to do it right by individually boxing everything. It was a ton of work, but I successfully moved it all with almost no damages. I never want to have to pack all my stuff again, so I have since departed with a bunch of my toy soldiers. If I'm not going to display it all again then I don't want things packed away in boxes.

My collection is mostly Russian figures now. I find since they cost more I can't bury myself in them like I did with toy soldiers. So they kind of have a built in limit to them. I have a bunch of Russian figures that do not have boxes for. The most fragile ones were put in small, generic cardboard boxes. The others I packed between layers of egg crate / sound proofing foam. This worked perfectly! I packed about 100 Russian figures this way with not a single bend or break to anything. I moved some other figures that I had no boxes in styrofoam cups. I just placed the figure in the cup after having wrapped it loosely with tissue paper, and then filled the cup with packing peanuts. That method worked very well too. But mostly I just put everything back into the boxes they came in. It took forever but was worth the time required. I have many Russian made dioramas as well as dioramas I made myself, and I boxed those individually. Moving those larger, complex pieces was even more work than I imagined indicating I probably should reduce my Russian collection like I did my toy soldier collection. Either that or I might part with my soldiers altogether and just keep the Russian stuff.

I hope this helps and good luck!
Joe

PS: One thing that took me so long was that I wrapped each Russian figure in acid free tissue paper prior to boxing. That was another good call, because there was zero paint damage from the move.

 

[Warrior]

Joe,
I feel your pain; now try doing this 20 times a year like myself or Matt from HB used to do pre COVID..................

My advice is buy some rubbermaid bins, some mattress padding, lay the figures in three layers deep and off you go.............saves you a **** ton of time......................

Best of luck.............

 

[Sahara]

Joe,
Moving a collection is such a nightmare. I moved early this year just before covid hit, and it took me a long time to pack my collection. But I'm glad I took the time to do it right by individually boxing everything. It was a ton of work, but I successfully moved it all with almost no damages. I never want to have to pack all my stuff again, so I have since departed with a bunch of my toy soldiers. If I'm not going to display it all again then I don't want things packed away in boxes.

My collection is mostly Russian figures now. I find since they cost more I can't bury myself in them like I did with toy soldiers. So they kind of have a built in limit to them. I have a bunch of Russian figures that do not have boxes for. The most fragile ones were put in small, generic cardboard boxes. The others I packed between layers of egg crate / sound proofing foam. This worked perfectly! I packed about 100 Russian figures this way with not a single bend or break to anything. I moved some other figures that I had no boxes in styrofoam cups. I just placed the figure in the cup after having wrapped it loosely with tissue paper, and then filled the cup with packing peanuts. That method worked very well too. But mostly I just put everything back into the boxes they came in. It took forever but was worth the time required. I have many Russian made dioramas as well as dioramas I made myself, and I boxed those individually. Moving those larger, complex pieces was even more work than I imagined indicating I probably should reduce my Russian collection like I did my toy soldier collection. Either that or I might part with my soldiers altogether and just keep the Russian stuff.

I hope this helps and good luck!
Joe

PS: One thing that took me so long was that I wrapped each Russian figure in acid free tissue paper prior to boxing. That was another good call, because there was zero paint damage from the move.

I definitely have some figures that need to be wrapped. I don't have a ton of Russian figures but the ones I do have such as aeroart were originally wrapped in tissue in a box with some foam inserts. They dont seem to be really secure so the cup idea is great. I do have alot of commissioned kits that are very fragile in nature. I think I'm gonna use this idea for them as well.

 

[Sahara]

Joe,
I feel your pain; now try doing this 20 times a year like myself or Matt from HB used to do pre COVID..................

My advice is buy some rubbermaid bins, some mattress padding, lay the figures in three layers deep and off you go.............saves you a **** ton of time......................

Best of luck.............

I like this idea alot. I have about 20 rubbermaid bins just sitting in the garage. I have about 150 TGM Romans to pack up. The one thing I noticed about TGM is that there are no figure numbers on the bottoms of the figures like FL. Makes for a pain in the butt finding the box that matches the figure. Same with John Jenkins, no number on the bottom of the figures.

 

[Sahara]

This is one case I use for organizing but not as good for speed packing and unpacking

STERILITE 14028606 Art Furniture... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N6KSTV7?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

This is what helped with speed packing

Sterilite 19314304 37 Quart Thin Latched Gasket Plastic Storage Bin (4 Pack) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06VSNZ5RC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_7c0PFbRQW37MM

This is actually a good idea as well. I still need to pack.up my dioramas, diorama supplies, dio scene accessories, paints etc.... Think I'm gonna see if Michaels has something similiar that can be compartmentalize like this.

 

[Sahara]

Joe,
I feel your pain; now try doing this 20 times a year like myself or Matt from HB used to do pre COVID..................

No thank you. I'll leave that up to the pros :smile2:

 

[Sahara]

I did something similar this year when i shifted my 4700 figures into storage when i got my toy soldier room renovated.

I use fruit trays that held avocados, as they could stack easily, coded each tray with the cabinet/shelf number and so when I replaced them I could get the right tray out. I had 72 trays !!!!

I have all my boxes stored in plastic crates, but luckily they didn't have to be shifted, but about 4000 of my figures i have painted myself, so no boxes, hence the tray system worked for me.

John

4,000 figures {eek3} There is no way I could box all that up. I would definitely have to do something similar for that amount of figures. I also ponder if the boxes are even worth hanging onto. I know resale purposes it helps but other then that they are a huge waste of space. A move puts everything in perspective of how much storage space I actually used up with soldier boxes:rolleyes2:

 

[Sahara]

Joe,

You can get foam filled "pizza boxes" (I think you can get them from some toy soldier dealers, I can't recall how I got mine). You just place the figures on the bottom foam of the box (spread out enough that they don't touch), then close the box, and the top layer of foam locks them safely in place. Its much faster then trying to fit them back in their original boxes, and I moved my collection twice safely using them. Hope this helps.

Louis

I actually saw this post yesterday and got some pizza boxes from a buddy of mine who owns a pizza joint. Bought the foam separately and cut it to fit in the box and glued them into place. I put some of my JJD mounted Roman sets in them and marching late republican Romans in them. I need more pizza boxes though. I only got 3 for trial and error purposes ^&grin

 

[sfarrelly]

Use Games Workshop Warhammer large carry cases with foam. you can fix 6 trays of 16 in each box so 96 total. they only cost $25 or so on ebay - make sure you get strong foam. you can also get the smaller cases but they only hold 3 trays so 48 total.

 

[Obee]

A move puts everything in perspective of how much storage space I actually used up with soldier boxes:rolleyes2:

A move also 'puts into perspective', just how many figures you also have on your shelves and what they are worth !!!!!


John

 

[Louis Badolato]

I actually saw this post yesterday and got some pizza boxes from a buddy of mine who owns a pizza joint. Bought the foam separately and cut it to fit in the box and glued them into place. I put some of my JJD mounted Roman sets in them and marching late republican Romans in them. I need more pizza boxes though. I only got 3 for trial and error purposes ^&grin

The foam in the “pizza boxes” I used was a soft cushy version of “egg crate” foam that fits together, similar to the foam inserts in K&C boxes from the late 1990’s through early 2000’s. The way it fits together locks the figures in place preventing damage.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Use Games Workshop Warhammer large carry cases with foam. you can fix 6 trays of 16 in each box so 96 total. they only cost $25 or so on ebay - make sure you get strong foam. you can also get the smaller cases but they only hold 3 trays so 48 total.

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This method looks safer than my suggested method. If I ever had to move again I think I would buy about 100 of these!