Hey, thanks for checking in here; I know it’s been a while,
and I do appreciate those of you who stop by from time to time.
Just had a quick tidbit to post today that I thought might
be of some interest. Those of you who have followed this blog in the past know
I’ve been trying to sell off some of my comics collection to free up space
after the birth of our first child. I started that effort back before my wife
was even pregnant, and our daughter is now 4 years old, so it has been a slow,
ongoing process.
In the meantime, I’ve not only sold off some of my
collection, but I’ve switched to a drawer boxes system of storing the comics I
plan to hold onto, so I have a number of emptied short comic boxes. Now some of
those boxes continue to hold the books I have yet to sort through and decide
whether to sell or keep. Others hold the ones I’m trying to sell until they are
gone. But I’ve also got a small collection of now empty comic boxes in our
garage.
At the same time, our daughter has a number of toys, including
several playsets — the kind with many big and small parts that take up too much
room to leave assembled when not being played with but for which one can lose
many of those small parts if they are just tossed in a big toy box with
everything else. And before you suggest storing such toys in the original boxes
they came in, really, who keeps the original packaging if you are going to open
the toys, and what 4-year-old has yet grasped the collector mentality of NOT
opening original toy packaging?
Even if you couldn’t see exactly where this topic is going,
the above picture should have given you a big hint: I had the idea recently to
convert some of those old comic boxes into playset storage boxes and decorated
them accordingly for my daughter. I thought it was a good idea and thought I’d
share.
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I apologize again that the posts have been non-existent of
late, but if you enjoy reading this blog, you can get more by liking my page on
Facebook (where I recently posted some
of my thought on “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” for instance) and/or
following me on Twitter. And of course, if you are
looking for a good deal on some of the comics I am selling off to make room in
our house, please check out my main Steve's Comics For Sale site or the StorEnvy
version of the site. As always, thanks for stopping by and happy collecting!
