I got a hard choice to make. Ive been collecting for decades, I have things like original Cardbacks and condensed Figure Boxes, from lots of figures I've bought over the years. Approaching critical mass. Not sure I can keep them anymore...Option 1, Put them in storage.Option 2, Digitally archive them by taking pictures.Option 3, Sell them onlineOption 4, Bin the lot.
Option 4, Eat them.
>>11532972Put one card per toyline in storage and bin the rest
>>11532972Keep your favorites, archive them digitally, then sell the rest off enmasse
>>11532972>Option 2, Digitally archive them by taking pictures.that's a good one because sometimes it's difficult to get in-focus or high res shots and ones without yellowing or frayed edges.
honestly digitally archiving them sounds cool and its very hard to find sites for that sort of thing, you might be on to something
>>11532972Dig through them to cherry-pick your favorites on any sentimental level, and lot-sell the rest.
>>11532972>Digitally archive them by taking pictures.>>11532983>archive them digitallyThe only way to do this would be to do it onlineWhen you get older and pass away, whatever computer or external drive you have these archived to will likely with be something you family/children/neighbors, etc will either not be able to access or may end up corrupted. Digital media - especially recent digital media - will be far more susceptible to corruption and damage than even say things like reel to reel tape, nitrate film, vinyl records, etc. External storage devices fail constantly and certainly aren't 'archival' - no legit museum or similar institution (library, corporation) relies on something like external drives to back up their history - neither should you.IF this stuff has value, consider archiving it and selling off what you can part with and doing so slowly. Storage will just be a toilet you flush money into hoping some of it will not be lost forever.
>>11532972Are there any toy archive/database websites that tries to store hq photos of toys?
>>11540972BWTF and Seibertron do. I think.Also YoJoe.
>>11532972Archive is a good idea
It's more difficult now with collector figures that make really cool packaging, for the most part older figures you could just scan them and throw them away for the most part otuside of a few outliers.
