Are Shoeboxes A Key Part of a Collection?

[alchemist iq]

The shoe boxes from container store are legit and also the over the door shoe rack from bath and beyond.

If I had a nice variety of shoe boxes I'd do something like this.

Thanks for sharing, I might do this. But only to shoes I deem aren’t worth of value to keep the box.

Wouldn’t dare cut my Kobe boxes.

 

[marikomorose]

the packaging made these excellent imo:

 

[doublemesh96]

That generic orange Nike box is getting tossed every time. I keep jordan boxes and anything I have doubled in the box in a separate storage area.

 

[servechilled81]

they used to be for me then they just became a nuisance

 

[Diagnostic]

Random Resell shops will put a slight tear in the box so you can't sell it on StockX LOL!!!

frickin' haters breh!

 

[bale]

if I don't need it for storage purposes it gets broken down & disposed of, I think the old Nike boxes from the 90's have chemicals in them that have the possibility of eventually causing damage the sneakers. I may have even read that from a decent enough source or maybe they said it was just the tissue paper that may do this.

 

[green rhino123]

if I don't need it for storage purposes it gets broken down & disposed of, I think the old Nike boxes from the 90's have chemicals in them that have the possibility of eventually causing damage the sneakers. I may have even read that from a decent enough source or maybe they said it was just the tissue paper that may do this.

And plastics can outgas which could potentially damage the sneakers as well.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

Random Resell shops will put a slight tear in the box so you can't sell it on StockX LOL!!!

frickin' haters breh!

Little they know Stockx don't really care

 

[shotsrangout]

the packaging made these excellent imo:

you Dominican ??

 

[calibeebee]

 

[alchemist iq]

Jordan brand will never retro these in the same way as the og’s.
The box is important.
/thread

 

[alchemist iq]

you Dominican ??

You black?
DCAllAfrican
nawghtyhare
Master Zik

 

[tay1]

Now this is a case in which the box matters to me. These retro and prolly be $300

 

[alchemist iq]

Now this is a case in which the box matters to me. These retro and prolly be $300

A case that came in a box.

 

[shotsrangout]

You black?
DCAllAfrican
nawghtyhare
Master Zik

 

[alchemist iq]

 

[green rhino123]

The answer is yes to the question in the title but it is a matter of perspective.

Is the original packaging/box a key part of toy collecting?
How serious of a collector are you? Or how much money do you have?

 

[bale]

The answer is yes to the question in the title but it is a matter of perspective.

Is the original packaging/box a key part of toy collecting?
How serious of a collector are you? Or how much money do you have?

good point(s), I'm strictly a wearer which is a contributing factor to the box getting destroyed if I don't need it for storage. Highly significant footwears w/ the original box should command a higher premium. The old crumbling sneakers still hold value in the design/mold, I have mixed feelings about retros that aren't done very well but I have bought them before so I guess that says enough.

 

[shadynine]

don't like keeping them in boxes, even if DS

i store in drop fronts. generic GR boxes get tossed. unique boxes can stay

 

[kickz4242]

I’ve been on the container wave since 2017, my wife actually showed me them. Like others have said depending on the shoe packaging I’ll keep the OG box but most get tossed. Drop fronts just offer a cleaner more accessible look than sorting through boxes.

 

[aNYone]

Why do you need the lil pictures, if the boxes are see-through?

 

[utvol23]

I keep my boxes but have largely switched to drop fronts. If you keep the boxes and have drop fronts thats when it really takes up space because now you are storing empty boxes. Maybe i need to break down all the boxes.

 

[kurr]

Hmm, a bit off topic but, do you guys wear your outside shoes in the house?

 

[alchemist iq]

Hmm, a bit off topic but, do you guys wear your outside shoes in the house?

No.
House slippers>*


DCAllAfrican
Cultural or individual?

 

[DCAllAfrican]

No.
House slippers>*


DCAllAfrican
Cultural or individual?

But for Asians, Cultural.

EVeryone else,
Individual.