OOP models in blister: Do you feel guilty opening them?

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**Korraz**

No. Why? They are there to be played with. Unless your blister is the mythical first dragon, it won't be much worth.
I do however have to work some guts up to take saw and greenstuff to an OOP model...

**Schmapdi**

I do sometimes - if it's particularly old, or semi-valuable and I know I'm destroying some of that by opening. It's just a momentary wince of guilt though - overall I feel like you shouldn't own it if you don't intend to paint it/use it/whatever.

**ph34r**

No.

**LunaHound**

Only if they are Special Edition / Event items.

Its the only way to differentiate from counterfeits... by having the original package.

**sleazy**

a couple of years ago I bought 60 blisters of 1st ed epic here on Dakka.

It took a while before I could bring myself to open them.

Now I have a kick ass 1st ed painted IG army on display in my cabinet, well worth it!

**filbert**

About a year ago, I manage to snap a copy of Titan Legions from Ebay - completely new in box, everything on sprue, card unpunched etc etc.

Of course, I built the imperator immediately

**sarpedons-right-hand**

Not really guilt, no. Just a nervous feeling that that particular mini MIGHT be worth something in 10 years time...

It's a nervous affliction developed when my dad sold my old, original, Transformers and first cast Star Wars figures for a quite laughable price.

Without telling me...

That was 5 years ago, it still hurts.

**Motortree**

I always feel a twinge. This package that was sealed up when I was a kid, and here I am opening it...

When I open something old, I try to paint it right away. Or at least prime it. I think if minis had souls they would prefer being painted to remaining in their packages forever. "Don't let me die a virgin!" cries the NIB beaky.

**warboss**

LunaHound wrote:Only if they are Special Edition / Event items.

Its the only way to differentiate from counterfeits... by having the original package.

That's pretty much the case for me too. The only blisters I bought that I never opened on purpose (as opposed to simply not getting around to building a unit) were the Games Day special ones.

**Rbb**

I've got an oop original ork battle wagon in the top of my closet I won at a raffle. Unopened and still wrapped in plastic. I don't plan on ever opening it, because it might be worth something, and I don't play orks.

**notprop**

sarpedons-right-hand wrote:Not really guilt, no. Just a nervous feeling that that particular mini MIGHT be worth something in 10 …

I used to think about it like that then I realised that very few miniatures are actually worth a great deal of money. Having a ten year old mini that's now worth £30 or £40 is pretty negligable versus years of using it. I would also suggest that his is even more true of boxed games.

Having said that I do have a rouge trader rpg collectors edition untouched kicking about here somewhere.

**TiB**

So recognizable.
I've had it just a few days ago with a shrinkwrapped 2nd ed Carnifex.

Eventually I worked up the courage though.

**Etna's Vassal**

I feel a certain high when opening up and putting together an OOP mini. The fact that I can't get it any more encourages me to paint it up better, too.

Can't wait for my old female Dark Eldar Dracon to arrive in the mail! (^_^)

**Insurgency Walker**

Redbeard wrote:I don't see what the big deal is. If it's OOP, and you don't want to open it, just explain it to your opponent and play with it in its packaging...

Like those Dark Reapers.

Wow, do they get a special cover save for the blister?

**porkuslime**

5+ KFF looks like.. even though they are "panzies"..

**Ratius**

I was scanning the battlefield like "what reapers, what is he going on about?" and then saw them

**Hellfury**

Lord Scythican wrote:Of course I am a big collector. My dad got me collecting things when I was little. Heck just today he just asked me to research some info on these:

They are bubble gum records that are in rolling stones album covers. He bought them for like $0.25 each back in 1984. They got to be worth something by now.

I chewed those all the time as a kid. Probably the coolest gum packaging ever made to be honest. You were COOL in 2nd grade when chewing "The Cars" or "Devo" gum. Those were pretty tasty gum too.

Thanks for the flashback. I havent thought about those in almost 3 decades. I think they were called Chewbops or Chubops or something like that.

**JohnnoM**

I still got 20 original plastic dark elf warriors NiB. I wont ever use them in the near future, so im content on letting them stay that way.

**danteng7**

Redbeard wrote:I don't see what the big deal is. If it's OOP, and you don't want to open it, just explain it to your opponent and play with it in its packaging...

Like those Dark Reapers.

WOW... thats creative.

Anyone tried gaming with only unopened blisters and boxsets?

A landraider box there and a box of tac marines here. LOL...

**Johnny-Crass**

I just opened 4 blisters of greatswords, a very OOP helblaster and two OOP wizards. It tore me up but I got em all painted so I am happy

**Doctadeth**

I have opened rares of lizardmen, orcs and goblins and so forth. I actually find it easy to open stuff like that.

**alarmingrick**

Unless you're not going to use them, go for it!
If you are iffy, wait until you need them then do it.

and you feel guilt Can-man? i figured she'd beaten that out of you by now....

**lord marcus**

I have an Ar-ulric, sealed, that I picked up for a princely sum. However, i am wondering what it could be worth, any ideas?

**alarmingrick**

lord marcus wrote:I have an Ar-ulric, sealed, that I picked up for a princely sum. However, i am wondering what it could be worth, any ideas?

That's the real trick. To the right person, it could worth as much as you paid. If you rush it, you can easily lose money.

**Jon Garrett**

I have an OOP Chaos Rhino and Chaos Predetor sitting, still in there wrapping, waiting for me to deal with them. I can never quite bring myself to opening the things...

**Scott-S6**

Brother SRM wrote:I opened up a few blisters of Kryomek minis from like 1997 the other day. I'd bought these figures when I was a kid

Now you're making me feel old....

**Eilif**

Scott-S6 wrote:
Brother SRM wrote:I opened up a few blisters of Kryomek minis from like 1997 the other day. I'd bought these figures when I was a kid

Now you're making me feel old....

Just incase you wanted to feel even older, Kryomek was first relased in '91!

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Eilif wrote:I had the same quandry recently about an MK2 marine RT blister.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/400460.page

I tried a couple of times to sell it for a good price, but got no bites, so It's 4 months later and I still haven't opened the blister.

I like RT marines enough that I will likely eventually paint up one or two of them and sell or trade the last one.

For your situation I would do the following depending on what your intentions are.
1) If you want to paint them, go ahead and open them. No point in not enjoying figures just because they're in the blister
2) If you don't want to paint them, sell them off. No point in keeping something around if you're not going to use it, and someone else might apprecaiate the NIB status.

Just an update, I ended up opening the blister, and I'm glad I did. For some reason the mini seemed even cooler once I had it out of the pack. This could be the mini that gets me to finally start painting up my collection of RT marines.

I'm keeping one and already have someone interested in one of the others!

**blood lance**

I find it funny that a lot of the Mini's mentioned in this post are as old as I am D: