Marauder Interlocking Display Stands
  
Friend of Jedi Defender, Marauder Gun-Runners have brought the 3.75" collecting world a vast assortment of scaled accessories and weaponry, even Star Wars weapons like the Stormtrooper Blaster and Sandtrooper Rifle. Now they're adding a new Interlocking Display System (I.D.S.) of stands to the mix. From individual figures, to loose displays, to vast army builder formations, this is a stand system you have to check out! Read on for the full scoop and a review of this new and interesting action figure stand system I received recently. They're really impressing me so far in a couple different ways, but especially as an army builder and small loose environment display fanatic/collector.
  
First, the basics are the way the system simply interlocks through a basic design. Marauder's Interlocking Display System fits together seamlessly in a number of patterns. My personal favorite is columns for my army building habit, but I found a number of shapes I could lock them into that displayed the figures perfectly and inter-connected.
The current run come in black only right now, but I would think decorating these wouldn't be difficult for anyone willing to put some time into painting them as well, should they want to. Future colors may be coming out too, judging by the websites wording, so that's got my curiosity up as well. For our core readers though, the black has a decent shine to it and looks like a great Death Star surface just as-is.
A basic set comes with 20 stands for $12.99. These are quality injection-molded plastic as well, meaning they're quite durable and sturdy. An individual stand measures a fairly basic rectangle shape (more or less) of 1.25 inches by 1.75 inches with tabs and slots designed for the interlocking feature. The stands also feature both 1980s and modern style peg thicknesses, so they fit a wide variety of 3.75" action figures from any era.
When first opening my sample pack, I was giddy and wanted to immediately set up a Battledroid formation from the Star Wars Prequal Trilogy and Clone Wars era. Given the current popularity of this time with the Clone Wars TV series, and the sheer frustration displaying any of Hasbro's battledroids (much less droids in battle formations), I couldn't pass up this as my lithmus test of Marauder's Interlocking Display System.
Anyone with more than a dozen of these buggers, of just about any style Hasbro's made so far, knows that the Battledroid is a pain to stand up. And even on individual stands they can topple and generally be frustrating to display in large numbers. This, I thought, was sure to at least test my patience.
I immediately put together a formation of them basically just lined up with a commander and one of the notoriously difficult "Boomer Damage" droids getting hit in the front center. My first reaction is how cool it is that I can actually move the entire formation without having anything fall or misalign. It's probably my favorite feature since it makes moving for dusting and to redisplay them on a different portion of my shelving a breeze. No more moving one figure at a time, and I even was able to carefully slide them off my shelf onto a smaller hard surface, and move them completely to higher and lower shelves. This feature was sort of surprising and incredibly helpful in this regard.
Formations were fun, and so I couldn't stop there. I wanted to see a more action-oriented set up with my 1:18 scale Vietnam era soldiers in a basic "u-shaped" looking patrol formation with some variation in the posing, and the weight distribution. I wanted to test another toy line with the footpegs of Marauder's Interlocking Display System as well, and I had no problems at all.
The figures were able to pose walking and at various angles with their opposite leg raised from the stand's surface. I was surprised due to these figure's weight that the interlocking feature of the stands actually gave support that an individual stand may not give to the figure standing by itself. Another surprise was that this particular wave of figures have notoriously loose joints at their leg joints, making some poses difficult, but not with these fantastic stands. These figures actually came with their own stands from the manufacturer and I now feel I can toss those aside and move onto bigger and better ways of display!
  
Overall I'm obviously pleased with the way Marauder Gun-Runner's Interlocking Display System of stands has turned out. I couldn't help but pass up the chance to form up some of the most popular figures from Star Wars with a formation of Imperial Stormtroopers!
 
Much like the Battledroids, no problems were encountered with the set-up and (with some care) moving the entire interlocked display was easy as can be. Both the newer style Stormtrooper in the front and the older Troopers behind him fit the peg very securely as well, and I also took the time to shave down one of the 1980's style pegs to make a double-pegged stand for a figure, just to see if I could. It wasn't difficult at all and added some stability for figures that need that extra support. Maybe we'll see some double-pegged stands added in the future?
I'd like to take this chance to thank Marauder Gun-Runners for the chance to review this innovative new way to display 3.75" action figures. From simple straight rows of figures, to complex environmental displays, to large formations of troopers from a wide variety of 3.75" figure lines, this system works well. The IDS really makes displaying, moving, and cleaning the action figures we collect a much simpler task. Order your Interlocking Display System stands today! 
Monday, December 14, 2009 | Jesse McCracken
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