What do you do with your Accessories?

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Gothneo

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I have boxes full of of accessories... hands, heads etc... I started bagging and labeling them...
But it seems to be its own kind of collection... whats everyone else do with there accessories? anyone got a better way to keep em straight?
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Small plastic bags, just like you. I don't even have mine labeled. I also have a small box filled with loose accessories as well, from my younger days when I thrived on chaos.

And I'll be honest...Once I set an action figure up the way I like, I don't swap the accessories out. All these bits might as well not exist after a certain point.
 
Popoman said:
And I'll be honest...Once I set an action figure up the way I like, I don't swap the accessories out. All these bits might as well not exist after a certain point.
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Agreed... but everyone and then I end up looking to change or "fix" something... but like you once I have my setup its pretty static
 
Baggies that are segregated in a way that probably only makes sense to me.

I have a drawer with baggies that have all my Legends, Black Series, and Classified in it.

Legends gets organized by character family. Spider-man characters, X-men heroes, X-men villains, F4, etc. Similar for Black Series (prequel, original, other), and Classified (Joes, Cobras, Dreadnoks, fodder)

Then for my video game imports, I have them in baggies in different boxes under my bed. Each box is a different franchise family. Nintendo, Capcom, Final Fantasy/Dragon Quest, Kingdom Hearts, SMT, other.
 
As an example, I have an under the bed storage bin dedicated to Marvel Legends X-Men and related characters. In that bin, I have several zip lock bags of the accessories belonging to those figures grouped by team/era.

To be honest, it’s a difficult system to maintain. I’m sure all of my Marvel Legends X-Men and related accessories are in that bin, but I doubt I’ve done a very good job of keeping the accessories sorted by team/era.

I’m in the “Accessories are Not Your Friend” camp. Other than obvious necessities like Cap’s shield or Mjolnir, or truly welcome additions like multiple heads or faceplates, more accessories just means more crap to keep track of for me. I could go the rest of my life without ever getting another extra pair of hands.
 
Categorized ziplocks. I don't label, I just keep X-Men with X-Men, Spidey and Generic Marvel, etc. It's not on purpose but every bag also seems to just be categorized by your release year because I don't want to pack them full, and I just know what came out around when.

I keep those in a shoebox. Since I've cut down my collection, I also cut from three boxes to one.

Most import figures or high-end figures tend to stay in the tray and box, although I've been whittling that down.

I would like to go to a tackle box or craft box.
 
Count me in as a fellow bag-and-tag'er. Mine are nowhere near as clean as your guys' though- it's just a big Ziploc freezer bag for each kind- DC, Marvel Legends, Black Series, NECA, etc. I'm someone else who also doesn't really switch out accessories once they're on the shelf, but that's not to say I don't eventually find a way to use the unused accessories. I've been able to spruce up many a figure over the years by pulling from one of the big bags, especially for a lot of those early McFarlane DC figs that didn't come with any guns or anything.
 
Used to have boxes for hands, weapons, heads etc. Lately going to the small bag solution as its getting to be all too much.

I gotta say. Some of these figures maybe don't need 8 sets of hands. Expressive hands, slightly more expressive hands, etc
 
I use baggies and small plastic containers. Some things I label and keep together but I mostly don't. I have one container of heads, one container of hands, one container of small guns, one container of large guns, one container of swords, one container of spears/staffs, etc..... I've started using those plastic containers that small shelves that can be pulled out so it's easier to go through stuff when I'm looking for something specific. I've got 25 years of accessories for hundreds of figures per year, so it's a lot.
 
Mine are in THE BIN™. I have a large Rubbermaid tub in my closet packed full of accessories and figure stands. The high-end figure accessories are stored in baggies, inside boxes, divided by shelf. The Marvel Legends (about half of my collection) accessories all intermingle in boxes divided by type (hand, head, weapon, etc.).

Embarrassingly, THE BIN™ takes up about half as much real estate as my display cases.
Popoman said:
Small plastic bags, just like you. I don't even have mine labeled.
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People have been committed for less.
Xavion2025 said:
I’m in the “Accessories are Not Your Friend” camp. Other than obvious necessities like Cap’s shield or Mjolnir, or truly welcome additions like multiple heads or faceplates, more accessories just means more crap to keep track of for me.
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Yeah... I've resigned myself to the same. Give me an extra head, an extra set of hands or two, and one or two accessories. I especially don't need bulbous accessories from one comic panel that don't fit in any bag or box.
 
I've used Ziploc freezer bags with the slider for years to label and bag all my loose figures and accompanying accessories.
However, I started using these for some TMNT accessories and extra parts that would fit, and labeling each of those small containers.

I've put almost all of my Joe Classified Cobra figures and accessories in about 10 of them, then I moved onto the SWB figures I was going to keep (that will fit; IE not Wookies or larger droids like K2). I have 4 of them JUST for civilian and goon/hoodlum figures, and have 2 bins filled with JUST guns and weapons.
They stack well and take up less space than multiple bulky storage bins. When I finally have my 'nerd cave' complete if our house purchase goes through, those bins will make storing the extras a lot easier than keeping stacks of bins all over the place.
 
I have these toolbox things where the top is a big open space, and it you can snap on these smaller organizers underneath it. Since they all snap into each other, you can stack them as much as you want. I have two of the main toolbox piece and I think 5 of the organizers (3 under the first one, two under the other). I love them. I haven't outgrown them yet, but I also do try to keep my AF collection fairly small and focused. The organizers did fill up a lot more very quickly when I decided to display fewer toys at a time, though.

Tried to get more not long ago, just in case, but it seems like they were discontinued several years ago.
 
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