PACKAGING

Here are some ideas for the packaging of my figures. Below is heavily influenced by Kenner's Star Wars packaging of their figures, with the figure on the left, and a picture of the character on the right.

I want the feel of the box to have the essence of a conspiracy, secret documents plastered all over it, hidden messages, typewriter codings, I feel collectors have alot in common with conspiracists, as they are both obsessive subjects.

  Alot of action figures come with gimmicks to encourage collectors to purchase them, such as trading cards, statistics cards, and the most common - coins. In 1964, just three months after his assassination, the Kennedy Half Dollar was minted as a tribute to the president. I bought this one, which is from 1964, and would like to make casts from it, including one in every box for the collectors within us.

 

 For this prototype, I used a Nintendo D.S. case box from the local poundshop to make the plastic encasing. The figure is held in place with dental floss.

Another example of packaging, a box standing up with figure visible through a narrow sheet of plastic, this is a very interesting idea, but I think it suits larger figures such as action man.