Collectors - storage and display

@SheriffWoody You would never break the rules, because if you did, there'd be no hope to corral anyone else!

@telonious Okay, for the USA, the globe is $14.99 at Amazon and will be released on November 26, 2015. Any Disney Infinity figure will fit inside, and it can sit on a flat surface or be used as an ornament, which is pretty cool. I think the red hexagon on top of the globe doesn't hold a power disc, but acts at the ornament hanger.

link to details on amazon.com

Thanks for the info. $15.00 per case seems a bit much when the current ones are $15 or less for 3 of them. I hope the current ones aren't going to be discontinued.

[Sheriff Woody]

the original pdp cases were ok but several figures didn't fit. these $15 "snow globe" style just look wrong to me ... are they intended to be used as tree decorations?

^^ Yes, it says they can be used as ornaments, which is neat. But I want to play with my figures, not stare at them on my tree!

I just have the hardest time even opening my characters and playsets. I don't know why, but because they can still work while in the packaging, I feel compelled to leave them as-is. The problem is that I'm quickly running out of room for them all.

Am I the only one who has a hard time removing them from their packages?

i know what you mean @vongruetz, but I open mine anyways. to me it's kind of insane keeping something you bought unopened (even though in this case you can actually use the product) what use is there to keep them in the box, I'm not gonna sell them anyway and they look so nice when they're out

I hate ripping open the packaging because the designs are always so pretty, and especially with 3.0. And the plastic never rips cleanly from the cardboard. I feel guilty destroying the packaging like that. But... I WANT TO PLAY WITH THEM!!!

[Sheriff Woody]

there is always the option of carefully cutting off the plastic bubble and then trimming it back close to the card. this releases the figure and keeps the display art undamaged. we always open our packages this way as we like to keep the box art. just after the 1 minute mark in the video below shows what it looks like when first cut open in this way ...

It is really thoughtful of Disney to even space the characters and playset piece at the exact same distance as they are on the base. That way you can try before you rip it open.

But last night I bit the bullet and finally started to open them. My neurosis was rubbing off on my daughter as she wasn't opening her characters either, so I thought it would be good for both of us to just start ripping them open. I still haven't done them all yet, and I'm finding it harder to open the 1.0 characters because... I guess because they're older.

My wife approves though. She was getting annoyed with all these clunky boxes lying all over the place.