Value of Tomica World boxes

For me I collect many (many, many, many) seemingly duplicate boxes because I'm ever so slightly pedantic about revisions, especially packaging. Without buying several boxed examples how would I have sussed out that Gordon's being produced as late as 1997 were being put in ST-5 boxes, with only a small sticker adding to the incompatible accessory list to tell the difference without checking the manufacture date sticker inside? Or that the early examples have a sticker over the barcode area?


For some other things I keep the boxes as a curiosity or because it is convenient to do so. This Plarail box is scribbled all over, but it still does a fine job of holding its contents on a shelf, and can fill a small area with something that looks cool, so why not use it


Personally, I wouldn't trash anything that is from another country, or that I couldn't reacquire the box for either at a store or readily on eBay.