Carry Cases - X-Men, Batman Returns, Marvel Superheroes

Since I got back into collecting a few years ago, I have been keeping my figures in boxes or tubs but within the last few months I decided to go with something different. I always loved having Carry/Collector Cases growing up. It was the ultimate way to say that not only do I have these toys but I'm a HUGE fan as well. It definitely gave you some street cred on the playground and during sleepovers.

Using these now, there are some pros and cons. The pros being how great they look. The art on these things were always wonderful. Having these on your shelf rather than tubs just adds a little bit of flair to your collection. The cons, however, is the fact that they don't hold very many figures. Most Cases have two trays that are made to hold 6 figures each. That gives you 12 per case if you follow the suggestion. Luckily, there is always more wiggle room than they mention and a lot of us were able to get up to 24 figures in some of our Carry Cases. I decided to go ahead with getting the Carry Cases again. And if I need to have more than one, then I'll just have more than one. In some cases, companies produced some different designs which will just give me more toy coolness to own.

Right now, all of my Toy Biz Batman, DC Superheroes, Kenner Super Powers, and assorted DC figures are in the Batman Returns Carry Case. Batman Returns had, HANDS down, the best movie related designs. What you see here was similar to what was on shirts, backpacks, shoes, and school supplies. The neon gothic artwork always stood out to me.

All of my Toy Biz Marvel Super Heroes are in this bad boy. I was excited to find this as I did not even know that it existed!

Growing up, I had the second version of this case, with Wolverine front and center fighting a bunch of baddies. I decided to go with this one as it featured a lot more of my favorite X-Men, including Banshee and Havok. A neat little feature was how they mixed Cyclops' uniform to try to match up a little bit with the X-Factor toy they had released first.

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