So I just bought my first bag-and-header-card figure. I'm very excited. He's a Midnight Mummy Boy. Hooray!

Now here's my question. (Pleasedon'tkillmepleasedon'tkillme) How do you guys open your figures that come in a bag and header card?

With my teeth

Hahah nah, just peel back the staples so you can pull them out. When your done slide the header into the bag for storage and play with your new toy

I gently open the staples,

Unless it's a toy from Elegab. Then you need the "Jaws of Life" to pry the staples open.

Also a good idea to throw a little note in the bag along with the header ID'ing the toy. (Unless you can read Japanese). And if you are not into the 'album' thang, it's amazing how many bags'n'headers can fit in a shoebox.

you don't even need to remove the staples.
just take a scissors and cut across the spine of the header to open it.

@ living dead...
Oh I want to do that. It's so much neater than having them in a box. Are those the plastic sleeves with three slots in each page? Do you label them some way?

Living Dead, do you keep the bags?

I use to, but for the most part I don't.

There are a few shops over here that sell the bags or bags very similar so if I sell a figure I'll just put them in a new bag that is better than the original in my opinion (not all the wear).

I just hold it from the bottom and cut open the bag with scissors. Then I fold the bag over the header card and toss it in a big ziplock (with others) into a giant plastic tub.

Did you sell me your RFSO Smogun a long time ago? I've been wondering who the heck cut the bag open.

Nope wasn't me. Never owned a Smogun.

so if a figure doesn't come with its original bag and staples is it still desirable to you collector kids?