How to collect debate

Loose & Carded Hot Wheels

  I am collecting Hot Wheels since 2011 and it has been a great journey all the way, from finding castings i never expected i will to loosing myself in the front of the pegs not knowing exactly what to choose, until not finding absolutely anything in any store. I have read many articles and saw many videos on the internet and it looks like there is a real debate on how to collect Hot Wheels. Well for starters, everybody should collect the way he feels good with, the way he likes, the way he believes is the right way.
The biggest debate is between peoples who like to collect these small 1:64 scale cars in the packaging, without getting them out, keeping them intact as they are also called carded collectors and between those who like to brake the packaging and getting the cars out collecting them loose also called loose collectors.


  *The loose collector will open all his cars, break the packaging and throw it away. In this case it doesn't care about the card artwork, the way it stays in the blister or the quality of the card, the only thing that matters is the casting itself. On this side it can arrange a wall display, or any other kind of display with the loose castings and it also take less space for storage. It can also make a few dioramas or play with them on the tracks, with the Hot Wheels tracks and sets.
 It will say that keeping them in the package doesn't actually mean collecting them, that the real reason is reselling them after a period, when the price and the value will actually grow and that it is not actually called collecting. It also say that keeping them in the package you don't actually enjoy them, feel them and play with them and you also cant try to customize and have fun with it.

 *The carded collector will keep all the cars in their original packaging, it never gets them out, it always care about the condition of the blister and card and it also, probably, enjoy the artwork on the card. Collecting them carded and having hard to find castings also require an extra protection, not to scratch them or break them thus getting a protecto pack is essential. It can also make a wall display but it will take a lot more space.
 It will say that getting them out of the package means loosing the value of that specific casting, forgetting the number and series of the car, without extra notes, damaging the casting and adding that this way you don't care to much about the casting itself. It will also say that this way it is easier to fake the casting, repaint it or change its original condition.

Special Series - Nostalgia

 It is a real challenge to try to collect like one of these type of collectors , when you enjoy the hobby different, like myself, where i also like to keep them carded and having some of them loose, because as we are used to, Hot Wheels series vary a lot, from the mainlines series (focused more for kids) to the high quality series like Nostalgia, Garage in the past, or the newer Boulevard (focused for adult collectors) where the card artwork and the quality of the car model makes it very hard to want to get it out of the package on one side, or hard to keep it in the package and not enjoy it better out of it.

Lets not forget that everyone collects in its own way and that's how it suppose to be, but it is a really interesting subject and i would like to know all of your opinions on it, leave a comment and say what do you think about this debate ... ***How do you like to collect ? *** Have fun collecting.