Sadly yes, this happens to me. I've got mine in shoeboxes, plastic shoebox cases, Ziploc bagged, in copier paper boxes, etc.

I don't buy too much new stuff these days, but it is amazing to find stuff I haven't had out in a while and say: "I didn't remember I had this figure!"

Occasionally I find myself searching frantically for a figure after taking pictures. I try never to interrogate my sons, as 9 times out of 10, the figure is camouflaged or posed into a corner...right where I left him.

Occasionally I ask in a loving, fatherly voice: "I can't find so and so. I was playing with him over in this area. Have either of you boys seen him?" Amazing how many times my sons can find them quickly.