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Specialist slot car shops  are few and far between now so, as most cars are bought by mail order, I think it is better to have packaging which gives best protection during shipping. The retailer can always take out the inner packaging to display the car in a shop and replace it when it is sold.

 When I worked in a shop that sold Hornby trains we used to take the trains out of their box and display them in a cabinet. It definitley helped sales particularly to younger customers because they could see exactly what they were buying. We did the same with some of the diecast ranges that had boxes which didn't display the models very well.