The
pile of unopened toys has many names: the "
backlog", the "
depression pile", the "
rainy day figures", the "
pile of shame", the "
loot pile" (
Bigbadtoystore coined 'Pile of Loot' already), "
mount toys", "
delayed gratification", "
Steve" (
I don't get that one either...) and many more. It is not uncommon to spot one of those piles in an action figure collector home. Sometimes, life gets in the way and you can't open your newly acquired toys right away. But when does it become a
hazard to your health?
ToyFarce investigated...
We interviewed
Dr. Pilefree about the dangers of having an unopened toys pile that is out of control: "
It can become an issue if the pile of toys is so high that it can fall down on you or your loved ones, and hurt them. The secret is to have a strong base, and not pile them too high. Also, if you have more toys unopened than opened, you might actually be diagnosed as a mint-in-box collector, which is a completely different thing. If your pile is starting to become too much to handle, just open some toys. Make an evening of it, put some nice music, light a few candles, and rip into it. Doctor's order!"
Current state of the pile at the ToyFarce headquarters
ToyFarce hired a team of R&D engineers to come up with a nice idea, in the same vein of the theme parks height requirement signs: introducing the
ToyFarce Pile Height Requirement sign! This *
adjustable* sign can be put next to your pile, in order to make sure that it's standard height. As long as the pile is under the limit, everything is fine and you're doing great. If it your pile goes over the limit, you'll just have to open a few toys! (
or you can adjust the size so that it becomes the new limit...) Keep those piles in check!
Coming soon!
How do you call your pile of unopened toys? Let us know in the comments!
More news at 11:00...
Time to open a few toys!
*ToyFarce News is parody news for laughs and not meant to be taken seriously!
See I just don't have this problem. Maybe that's a sign I'm not buying enough toys? Although the number of figures I have hidden for the kids is getting pretty large
ucsf -
2023-01-03 @ 9:29 pm
I really hope that the sign will have an adjustable arm in the near future - for extending the height lol.
Fozzi -
2023-01-03 @ 2:20 am
I need 4 of those pile signs. My piles are a real issue almost like the leaning ttower of Pisa.
nice to know this isn't just a "me" problem lol
Ha the old unopened stack, I like to call it my toy store, man there was a point in time I had figures for almost 2 years unopened, I recently got my stack down to only 3 unopened figures, I gotta rebuild the stack I love having rainy day things to open.
but yeah it gets a bit overwhelming when the pile grows to massive proportions and you get stressed out about it ahha, but it shouldn't be something to complain about having a massive stack of figs to have fun with.
Ahh the good old stack of unopened figures, what a wonderful problem to have ?. I still got unopened stuff from November lolol
Thanks to all the holiday sales and an ill timed BBTS shipment, I had quite the stack pile up with no time to open them (I was grabbing all the OT I could get to pay for everything) It took me a couple of days to open them at a leisurely pace so I could enjoy it, but now I have a pile of loose figures and toys than need to be integrated into the shelves.
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