# TCG packaging collectors? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [July 24, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/tcg-packaging-collectors/35933 "2022-07-24T14:22:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lightsen](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/lightsen/32/2565_2.png) [@lightsen](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/lightsen)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/tcg-packaging-collectors/35933/1 "2022-07-24T14:22:11Z")
Great to be back, and loving the new site btw! As I’m sure I’m not the only one, I have things I want to collect that I can not afford, but as I tend to collect for display, I would love to get ahold of some wrappers/boxes of the specific things I want to collect. However, I’m finding that even more impossible to find, any tips on how to search for things like this? searching for boxes just brings up booster boxes with the packs in of course. also I’d be curious to see if there is others that collect the empty boxes, wrappers, and other things, and how you can know if they are real or not? ---
**Author:** ![stryker2407](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/stryker2407/32/27064_2.png) [@stryker2407](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/stryker2407)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/tcg-packaging-collectors/35933/2 "2022-07-24T14:37:35Z")
I’ve seen empty boxes and pack wrappers from time to time on ebay. Some of them had ridiculous Buy it Nows though. If you dm me an address I can send you an artset of Secret Wonders of you like. ---
**Author:** ![fourthstartcg](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/fourthstartcg/32/163893_2.png) [@fourthstartcg](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/fourthstartcg)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/tcg-packaging-collectors/35933/3 "2022-07-24T14:40:19Z")
I wouldn’t say I “collect” empty packaging, but I do save the empty tins, booster boxes and booster pack wrappers from sets I open. It basically just sits in the closet because I don’t have the heart to throw it out! It probably isn’t too hard to figure out if it’s real, I feel like anyone with fake packaging probably would go the full 9 yards and make fake packs/boxes and sell those for many times more money. But dome basic due diligence will likely help. In terms of searching for empty packaging to buy, this is one of the purchases where a buy thread here is likely going to be your best bet. Lots of people wouldn’t list their packaging on eBay or are reluctant to sell because it could be used in scams. But if they’re able to help out a fellow collector and know it’s not going to be used for nefarious purposes, I bet people would be more than willing to sell. ---
**Author:** ![gengarbrigade](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/gengarbrigade/32/271700_2.png) [@gengarbrigade](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/gengarbrigade)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/tcg-packaging-collectors/35933/4 "2022-07-24T14:43:25Z")
![image](https://www.elitefourum.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/f/2f07def0f42d7a7533acf36692da548484b27e70.jpeg) ![image](https://www.elitefourum.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/0/7027c5488f52e447cc8540b50d4cfca3b53c1e7a.jpeg) ![image](https://www.elitefourum.com/uploads/default/original/3X/3/4/34b5fbd192b47acafa4ec3271693616b81e8c4b7.jpeg) Don’t give up. All of these were opened and some were sent by friends. They look nice for display purposes. ---
**Author:** ![lightsen](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/lightsen/32/2565_2.png) [@lightsen](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/lightsen)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/tcg-packaging-collectors/35933/5 "2022-07-24T14:49:15Z")
That’s very kind of you! but I’m okay 🙂 I am really only focused on collecting team aqua/magma related sets. And yeah, I have also seen some wild buy it now’s. I feel like maybe they would sell them to people who would reseal so they feel they can charge more? ---
**Author:** ![lightsen](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/lightsen/32/2565_2.png) [@lightsen](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/lightsen)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/tcg-packaging-collectors/35933/6 "2022-07-24T14:50:16Z")
oh! I will keep that in mind, thank you! yeah I was thinking its the worry of scams, its good reasoning. ---
**Author:** ![lightsen](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/lightsen/32/2565_2.png) [@lightsen](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/lightsen)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/tcg-packaging-collectors/35933/7 "2022-07-24T14:51:16Z")
beautiful! I feel like the art on the packs is sometimes better than the cards themselves! definitely nice for display, I need to work out how to display mine in a neat way too ---
**Author:** ![smpratte](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/smpratte/32/79511_2.png) [@smpratte](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/smpratte)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/tcg-packaging-collectors/35933/8 "2022-07-24T17:22:20Z")
This is going to become more popular with time. The price point between boxes especially will make this more appealing to collectors. As for collecting packaging myself, I struggle to throw away anything. Outside of brand new modern openings, I keep all the other wrappers. So because I’m a low key hoarder, I’m a packaging collector by default. 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![c0ll3ct0r](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/c0ll3ct0r/32/26306_2.png) [@c0ll3ct0r](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/c0ll3ct0r)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/tcg-packaging-collectors/35933/9 "2022-07-24T17:25:38Z")
> [@smpratte](#): > > So because I’m a low key hoarder, I’m a packaging collector by default. This. ---
**Author:** ![pfm](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/pfm/32/254328_2.png) [@pfm](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/pfm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/tcg-packaging-collectors/35933/10 "2022-07-24T18:59:27Z")
I’ve kept all these open packs because of my hoarding illness 😉 ![20220724_145516](https://www.elitefourum.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/f/ef8d6fb2bfdd8cb380f0b2557be7acc9f417b9b0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Tapp](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/tapp/32/77737_2.png) [@Tapp](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Tapp)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/tcg-packaging-collectors/35933/11 "2022-07-24T19:02:11Z")
![image](https://www.elitefourum.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/2/6277355c5beb81322ee9c36e99cf2981d9cfb917.jpeg) The best artwork is homemade 🙂 Saving empty packs and using them for display is one of the cheapest and most rewarding things you can do IMO ---
**Author:** ![deblasnoya](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/deblasnoya/32/41070_2.png) [@deblasnoya](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/deblasnoya)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/tcg-packaging-collectors/35933/12 "2022-07-24T19:16:13Z")
Hey everyone, this is ess-emm-pratte, and today we’re gonna take a look at my coconut water packaging collection 😄 No, but seriously, I still have the wrappers from packs and theme deck boxes I opened years ago. I don’t value them as much as other items in my collection, but enough to not want to let them go.