Example of Boxed Packaging

Ben Leach

Indiana Jones by Kenner from 1981, an example of a boxed action figure. The window box is used to partially display the figure inside.

Before action figures were small enough to be placed on blister cards, they were sold like most other toys in boxes. Though early boxes rarely displayed the toy inside, boxes of today fold open in all kinds of different ways, attractively displaying a figure and its accessories. Boxes are generally used for larger action figures. Boxes are also a desirable packaging option for the collector because they can put a figure back in its original box after it has been on display, an option that cannot be achieved with carded figures.