Kona Satch,

First glad to have you with us from the lovely isle of Hawaii. I made a short visit there this past Summer.

Second, while I agree with you basically about the box- it doesn't matter what we think. There is a general rule in almost all collecting- the more original the item is- including all packaging- the more it is generally worth.

You can get a bargain if you don't care about this concept, but if you want to sell later it can be difficult to get your purchase price if you don't take the box concept into account.

It doesn't have to make sense. A box is just a place to store something, but it does have intrinsic value in Collectibles, sometimes way beyond it's actual value.

Dennis