It is a waste, on the other hand, you don't end up having a shelf-load of dusty plastic things slowly getting bits knocked off them. When I was making models first time round, the shelves of models were a constant reminder that I should have been using my time to do more interesting things, so I kind of resented them.
This time round, I've got plenty of other interesting things to be doing, so I don't feel resentful.
Maybe there's some sort of compromise to be had where the shelf is actually a very slow-moving conveyor belt which takes a year to roll something from one end to the other, and there's a bin at the end of it.
are you KIDDING ME? That's the best web cartoon ever right there! "Then I will glue on another box" it's like some kind of Eastern Europe film with all pathos and whatnot.