When you have a large collection of action figures, you need to have the knowledge on how to protect your collections. Be it you keep them as a hobby or an investor, protecting them can make your collections last longer without any discoloration and degradation as well as fetch much higher price in the market.

There are several basics method to take note and you are able to protect your beloved collectibles. The most basic thing is to move them as little as possible. It is because all the joints and moving parts in them will be easily loosen if expose to frequent movement often. Besides that,minimize direct contact with our fingers is almost another way of protecting your action figures. It is because on our fingers, there is a layer of grease or finger oil that will cause yellowing to your beloved collectibles. Be sure that you dust them frequently as dust and some particles will cause damages to your collections. For those that have batteries in them, be sure that the batteries are taken out as having batteries connected for long period will have battery acid leakage and cause serious damage to your collectibles. This is the most common mistaken make by hobbyists as well as collectors.

After making sure that our collectibles are exposed to a minimum human touch, it is time to store them. There are three main things you have to keep in mind when you are going to store your action figures collection. First concern is to avoid direct sunlight when you store your collection. It is because UV light can cause discoloration and degradation on your action figures. And if your action figures are exposed to long period of UV light, it will crack and brittle as well. Second is to avoid a place that is high humidity. It is because mold will grows on them if the place is in high humidity and this will cause damage too. Lastly, you have to avoid place that is in high temperature. It will be advisable to keep your action figures in room temperature as too high or cold of temperature will cause damage to your action figures.

After you have a perfect place to store your collections, you need to think of a proper container to keep them. It is best to keep them in sealed storage container. It is considered the best container but normally collectors or hobbyist will use them to keep those expensive action figures because sealed storage container itself will cost quite a high price in order to get them. Because of the costly price of sealed container, people use plastic container as replacement instead because of its affordable price and reliability.

During the older days, collecting action figures was considered as wasting money but nowadays, they became a valuable investment for some of the people where some will able to sell their action figures in high price. Some of them might cost up to thousand of dollars depending on their conditions.