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Post by doomzday on Feb 7, 2015 15:57:50 GMT -6
Hey guys,
Was wondering which kind of cabinets shelves cases do you uses to display your figures?
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Post by roshisurprise on Feb 7, 2015 17:11:06 GMT -6
I use the ikea detolf glass cabinet. It looks nice and is not pricy but if you decide to collect large figures, it will not be very space efficient (that's what I'm suffering from now).
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Post by doomzday on Feb 7, 2015 17:19:44 GMT -6
At the moment I'm sitting on just the Figuarts but the larger characters are calling me
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Post by TheCollector on Feb 7, 2015 17:41:18 GMT -6
I recommend a cabinet with glass on the front and a mirror in back. The mirror in the back makes a huge difference.
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Post by doomzday on Feb 7, 2015 17:45:18 GMT -6
Glass on front helps the dust too eh?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2015 19:18:35 GMT -6
I have 3 display cabinets with glass on the front and on the sides. Wood in the background, in black and light brown. Mirror in the background, I will never buy  . More clean, see my figures double and see myself  ! |
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Post by prodigy1367 on Feb 7, 2015 21:02:23 GMT -6
I use Detolfs with a Kallax unit on the bottom as a base. Something like this is a pretty common set up. Pretty cheap for all glass displays and has good space for most figures. Mine are completely full and I've always wanted to completely seal the glass since there is a small gap in the Detolfs which can allow dust to come in. Example:  I'm thinking there should be a way to use the Detolf glass and the Kallax to custom make a simple sealed display. One of these days I'm gonna see what I can do since a real glass display is hundreds of dollars. |
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Post by doomzday on Feb 7, 2015 21:20:38 GMT -6
I have heard great things about those shelves I may have to scoop one
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2015 21:23:23 GMT -6
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Post by doomzday on Feb 7, 2015 21:28:42 GMT -6
Ahh dang
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Post by jonmichael on Feb 7, 2015 22:11:20 GMT -6
I've had some of my Marvel Legends inside a Detolf. I'm really bad at remembering to dust, but the inside of it and the figures are still pretty clean even after like 6 months.
Also, Ikea does offer different doors for a lot of the cabinets/bookshelves they have even if it normally doesn't have one on it. I've seen some people make some nice displays by going that route adding a set of doors with windows. I do know they specifically have glass doors for the Kallax.
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Post by roshisurprise on Feb 8, 2015 10:22:49 GMT -6
@m5jagdragonpanzeriv I never cleaned my detolf and I can safely say that the amount of dust it gathered over the past year is very little.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2015 21:58:56 GMT -6
roshisurprise thanks for the replay it's good to know. Still things like that post and this www.abload.de/img/4dlytl.jpg (happend to a couple of friends of mine as well) having me considering jonmichael yeah adding glass doors to the billy or other cabinet can form a really nice display I seen. But do you know if they have something with a bit more depth and width? The Billy is 27cm deep and some of my piece like the Frieza Force sets spaceships won't be able to fit in there.
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Post by jonmichael on Feb 8, 2015 23:18:19 GMT -6
Woah! I've never had my shelves fall out like that, and I have 2 different styles of their glass cases. Did it get bumpedcreally hard, or have a hard impact near it?
I don't know about if they have different depths or widths available. I'm kinda thinking not, but don't go by that. I would just check their website and if you have a store nearby just go in and ask.
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Post by takezo on Feb 9, 2015 4:22:15 GMT -6
roshisurprise thanks for the replay it's good to know. Still things like that post and this www.abload.de/img/4dlytl.jpg (happend to a couple of friends of mine as well) having me considering jonmichael yeah adding glass doors to the billy or other cabinet can form a really nice display I seen. But do you know if they have something with a bit more depth and width? The Billy is 27cm deep and some of my piece like the Frieza Force sets spaceships won't be able to fit in there. It happened because he had the rods set to outside, when they have to be in the inside. The cabinet was not properly mounted looking to that pic. If not, that would not have happened. It's very curious that the glasses didn't even break, though. |
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Post by serenitydarko on Feb 9, 2015 9:12:14 GMT -6
@m5jagdragonpanzeriv I don't have a detolf but my glass case has essentially the same minor gaps a detolf has. Unless you have a very dusty house, not much dust will accumulate at all. Mine is under a vent so the top gets dusty after about a month and the bottom shelf has a small amount of dust after several months but the other shelves have only been cleaned once in the... 3? years I've had the display case (when I took one collection out and moved figures in). There was hardly any dust inside after all that time. The store I bought my case from doesn't carry them anymore so I'm looking into some detolfs and wall mounted ikea shelves for my newly freed up wall  Edit: I also have this shelf to display the bulk of my figures. It's not the best for seeing everything, but I bought it years ago for the design and not for figures. Also, it was a hell of a lot cheaper back then. |
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Post by Branjita on Feb 9, 2015 11:09:46 GMT -6
I use an antique armoire for my 5 inch figure collection. I need to get a second one or start selling some things though, because I am very much out of space.
Regarding dust, there are three ways to minimize dust in your display cabinet if it doesn't seal really tight. Mine doesn't seal tightly at all, but I don't have dust problems inside it because of three reasons (mostly #1).
1. Don't have it in a place where an air conditioner vent blows toward it. Don't have it across from a window that you open. No air flow toward it = dust only collects on top of it and on the outside.
2. Change your furnace filters in your air conditioner often.
3. Vacuum the exterior of your case and the surrounding area every few weeks/months. Do the air conditioner vent in your room too, and the ceiling fan.
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Post by Adrenaline on Feb 9, 2015 11:49:54 GMT -6
I now use a closet in which I mounted a bunch of shelves to create 5-6 very long shelves across (72 inches across, as high as 95 inches is the top shelf, lowest shelf rests on the floor).
I used to have an armoire from Ikea, but I didn't like the separation of shelves across and my wife let me use the closet if I gave up the armoire to use as our kitchen pantry, which is now one big pantry lol
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Post by roshisurprise on Feb 9, 2015 17:11:14 GMT -6
@m5jagdragonpanzeriv well that actually happened to my detolf LoL. I have to say though, it was totally my fault. I was wiping the bottom shelf when I first got the cabinet and I didn't notice that I was roughly fidgeting it from place so it fell and shattered. Luckily it was the bottom one or else I would've probably had the entire cabinet break to pieces.
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Post by timone317 on Feb 15, 2015 10:25:53 GMT -6
Here's my recommendation. Atlantic Oskar Multimedia Storage Rack II I keep most of my figures in their boxes and each box sits a little over the edge but it isn't a terrible eyesore. Each wooden plate is adjustable so it's possible to make room for larger figures/boxes.  |
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. More clean, see my figures double and see myself 
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