Keeping G4's in a box?

[josiekat]

For the most part, all of my G4's are still in boxes. I have a few things that came to me loose, so I can't do anything about those. lol. But, I am someone who loses things easily, and it keeps everything together. That, and they stay safe from hurricane toddler. However, I did have the most fun not too long ago when I actually deboxed a G4 Rainbow Dash. I had ended up with two, so I took the opportunity to open her up. It was so strange. I hadn't opened up a pony in like 20 years. They may all get opened eventually though once all the shelves are up in the pony room. I may debox for spacial purposes.

[pyrodarknessanny]

if you want to keep mib/moc  then get 2 of them!
one to keep in packagin and one to open and play with/dispale etc.

[LunaDehligt]

I only have one g4 in it´s box the rest are free xD

[ashes]

Since it's my kids that own the majority of G4s in our house, they are deboxed.  But for myself I like to collect the FS ponies, so those remain MIB.  And I do have a few international G4s, and those too will remain MIB.

[Lorelei Redfern]

I hang my boxed ponies on the wall,

thats what i do!  lol  well the   smaller ones. the  others i sort of  blnce them on each other on my walls.

[blonde2themax]

Oh this is so hard.  For the most part I try to get two of the ponies I really like or just can.  I love opening ponies but, I always feel so guilty after.  And what's the point of owning a pony I can touch or really enjoy?

[jupiterlily]

I'm a deboxer.  . I just can't keep them in packaging.  For me, half the fun is in the styling as well!

[bbassel]

I want to buy some g1 mib but i know if i did it would torture me everyday not to open it. To me that defeats the purpose of buying one mib. The g4 will be like the g3 i think and unless it is some rare special piney it won't make much of a difference between loose and mib. Just my thoughts : )

[Suineder]

I say let those ponies roam! It's fun to display them in ways you can't do if they're still boxed. And, personally, I don't really like how the G4 ponies' hair looks in box, so I prefer to whip out a comb and at the very least straighten their hair. I also find it nice to carry a mini-figure with me from time to time.

The packaging is part of the fun, too. What I do is after I've extracted the ponies I cut out any interesting character art I haven't seen yet and keep it with the rest (this was actually necessary to hold on to the background art for the latest G4 themed sets, since Hasbro apparently doesn't want to make the stand-up backgrounds anymore). Ponies are toys, darn it! Not to say I would open any MIB G1 I get if I ever do.

[BerryMouse]

I do both.
Keeping special ponies MIB and deboxing the regular ponies.
Sometimes I also keep regulars MIB as well - it's up to my mood

[Summer-blade]

I debox almost all my G4s accept for 2 I have a Feathermay from Greece that is staying in her box and my special dual pack FS Celly and Luna and that's mostly because I don't want all their accessories to get lost

[HoustonCollector72]

I had fun deboxing my first ponies ,all of the G4 brushables including the international releases, then I ran out of room on the display area for them, I decorated the inside of high boy (used to house a TV inside ) with the back card and the boxes art and made a little ponyville inside 
I wanted to keep the FS G4 mib at first but then I  came up with the idea to get the G3 Rainbow Castle to display them and all came out even Drama Pony  , But now I have 3 FS MIB ( Drama Pony,Pinkie and Rarity)
and then I went after the Shine Bright ponies and I liked their boxes a lot,and I had ran out of space already ,so they went to the wall on their box, and then the new CE Princess sets and mane 6  singles came out and they were pretty much repeats, so I also kept them mib and on the wall and also because they have the new blister type of packaging , the motion ponies came out and did not feel like opening them, so they joined the mib ponies on the wall too, I came across some G4 on family dollar and they were all g4's with the old packaging(cherry pie,diamond rose,sunny rays) so I felt like I wanted a second one of them to keep MIB as well
at the end I was able to gather more of them and so far I have 12 of the old packaging that were still being sold on hasbro site and some still at the stores , even a couple of the international (Star Swirl and Lily Blossom)I had  already I came across them Mib  and it was a good deal and got them .
So I still open some like the walkin talking pinkie pie ,and the Spa and Salon sets and BB's  well not all  BB's  the mini sets I kept them MIB , they look cool in their box and on the wall.
Someone wrote on here that they felt the pony was not complete without their orginal box and I kinda feel the same way...........but not all the time, some you just have to play with them like the  Design a Pony which I keep paint them with water paint and the funkos too ,they look nice both free or MIB
sometimes is nice to get 2 of them and the conflict is no longer there !

[Radiance]

Some I keep in their box but most I debox. I'm not a huge fan of the packaging art; it's just not the same as G1 or G2 art.

[Evening_Moonstone]

I debox them all.  Even the SDCC pony.
I'm not collecting for future value, and there are so many people who ARE, that they aren't going to be worth much anyway.

[KailaOceano]

I keep almost all my G4s in box. The only thing I have de-boxed is my Princess Luna and Princess Celestia Fashion Style set and all the blind bag ponies I get. I have my SDCC ditzy doo in box too.