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Title: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Brian on January 26, 2006, 01:19 PM
I was curious where most of you display (or store) your collection?  Are you lucky enough to have your own "collection room" where you do nothing but display everything in all its glory?  Do you have it in a room with something else, such as "this is our office, and I display my collection here too"?  Is it spread throughout the house, with little parts in different areas?  Or, is it packed away in storage until it can see the light of day when the ultimate display area is ready for it?

For me, the majority of my collection is in our office, in a couple of display cabinets, a bookshelf, and on some shelving I put in a closet that isn't being used in there.  Some things have a place on our desk as well, but I'm trying to keep it from being too cluttered.  There are a few things in our basement family room as well, just things like mugs, plates, and a few posters.  Other than that, its basically in our office or in rubbermaids stored away.  I've got most of it out now, although I've considered starting to pack some of it up to keep it from becoming too cluttered.  Anyways, where does your collection call home right now?
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: bobafett14 on January 26, 2006, 07:23 PM
Much of my basement is taken up with SW.  My stairwells, have a bunch of carded and autographed 8X10's. (stariwells are great usually unused space for things like posters, figs(in protective cases), photos)

An upstairs bedroom is filled with stuff, upstairs hallway is also lined with figs, mid-level family room is filled with busts, vintage figs, and other stuff.  Attic is filled with stuff in storage, and my garage (gasp, yes, but no where else to put it all) has my vintage arcade game, figures, store dsiplays, and some other stuff.

http://www.photobucket.com  enter bobafett14 to search
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: CaptainAlex on January 26, 2006, 10:23 PM
Like Bobafett14 my collection is in my basement. I have 1/2 of an unfinished basement to house my collection. I have used my stairwell for mostly Star Wars promotional wall displays and two autographs.

My deal with my wife was the stuff will not invade the rest of the house.

I'm always rearangeing and reorganizing my collection in order to get the most out of the space. I do need new lights down there though to do the collection (and the dust) justice.

There a link in my profile if anyone is interested.

And on a sidenote, Bobafett14 the lady at your side on the fist page of your album is H-O-T! And you collection is just as impressive (but not hot ;D)
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: bobafett14 on January 27, 2006, 01:10 AM
Thanks. Gonna be moving again, so hopefully, I'll have more room to display some more stuff.

Heh, yeah, met her at CIII.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: CaptainAlex on January 27, 2006, 09:50 AM
Yeah you told me in a pm conversation after CBIII about her. I remember her from CBIII. Quite the beauty.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Darth_Anton on January 27, 2006, 10:08 AM
Being that we don't have basement in California, my loose collection is in my office. My carded collection is all boxed up filling various closet space.

I swear, as soon as we get our new computer, I'll take some pictures and post them. I have a muliti-level imperial base made out of a corner table that I'm anxious to show off.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Gorkoracing on January 27, 2006, 11:09 AM
Mine is boxed up stacked to the ceiling taking up all of a spare bedroom, some boxed up in the garage, boxed up taking up my old bedroom with some laying around all over in there, the computer room downstairs has boxes and the closet is full, boxes and carded figs in the den, and boxed stuff in the living room. 
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Clone Commander on January 27, 2006, 10:51 PM
I have my main display in my closet with a folding door so there is no light.
I also have a whole bunch of Games-Workshop products lying around.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Reid on January 28, 2006, 10:01 AM
My entire collection currently resides in my "Bacholer Pad" (My Room). My figures and small vehicles take up two shelves, my Lego SW collection takes up half a shelf, and my "high end" collectibles (Bust-Ups, Unleashed, Titanium Series, etc) and my Target Exclusive Tie Fighter are on my desk.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JesseVader08 on January 28, 2006, 07:12 PM
I'm very fortunate to have a couple rooms in the basement to display my loot.  I wish I had the room to put a chair, barfridge and laptop down there 'cuz then I'd never leave.  ;D
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Bobafett77 on January 29, 2006, 10:21 PM
Like a lot of people, a good 98% of my packaged items reside in a closet. I have a five shelf bookcase dedicated to some of my loose figs. Don't even have enough space to display them all   :-[. I have an agreement with the fiance though, once we purchase our house... I get my own SW room ;D.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JesseVader08 on January 29, 2006, 11:12 PM
I have an agreement with the fiance though, once we purchase our house... I get my own SW room ;D.

That was one of the biggest thrills for me when we bought our first house 2 years ago - my very own SW room.  Now that we're looking for a new house, do you think she'll let me have the whole basement this time?  ;)
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Skyhoucker on January 30, 2006, 01:06 AM
The 2nd bedroom in our apartmen is the computer/SW room... I have figures on every single wall... I'll have to update it with more pictures, but you can see the older ones in the "Collections" section... indeed, it's great having a wife that cares about your dreams as much as you care about hers!
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: iFett on January 31, 2006, 10:27 AM
All my stuff is boxed in a 10x10x20h climate controlled storage garage.  It's been costing me $130 per month for almost a full year now.   :-\  I'm in a transistional phase in my life right now so I just have a few Alternators and some recent TSC carded figs and Titanium ships around my room.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Jayson on January 31, 2006, 01:01 PM
That sux… imagine all the SW goodies you could buy with that $1500 buck :-\

At least they are in a safe place…

Do you go a visit them every once and a while? :P
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Jeff on January 31, 2006, 01:09 PM
My collection resides in my appropriately named "Star Wars Room". 

Yes, I am one of the nerdy ones who has a whole room in his house dedicated to his toys.  The room is on the lower level of the house (not really a basement since it's a walk-out).  The room is about 12x12 with a bunch of shelf units and a display table or two or three.

My wife and I have an arrangement - as long as it is "mostly" contained in that room, there is no problem with the collection.  Once it outgrows the room though...  :-\

About once every other month, I have to do some suffling of the display shelves to make room for the newer figures and rotate some things out of the closet, but it works pretty well.  One of these days I will have to get off my lazy butt and take some pictures of the dang thing.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: iFett on January 31, 2006, 01:57 PM
That sux… imagine all the SW goodies you could buy with that $1500 buck :-\

At least they are in a safe place…

Do you go a visit them every once and a while? :P

I usually do a monthly visit just to make sure everything's kosher and to ensure no avalanches or anything of that nature has happened.  I actually get quite disgusted with the amount of boxes I have.  - I never thought I could have too much crap, but I'm far beyond that point now.

My collection resides in my appropriately named "Star Wars Room". 

Yes, I am one of the nerdy ones who has a whole room in his house dedicated to his toys.  The room is on the lower level of the house (not really a basement since it's a walk-out).  The room is about 12x12 with a bunch of shelf units and a display table or two or three.

Jeff has an awesome set up and it made me think twice about leaving all my stuff carded and boxed.  You really need to post a pic of your room Jeff, I know we all enjoyed it (the MN crew that is)   ;)
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Brian on May 8, 2007, 04:02 PM
Just thought I'd bump this up again for any new comments.  I've been looking into this again, as we prepare for the new baby on the way this summer.  As we've completed her room, and this past weekend having a shower, I'm realizing how much space this baby stuff takes up :).  My wife has always been ok as long as the collection stays in one room (our office), and doesn't venture out of there too much.  Now she's seeing the closet (where my vehicles, Marvel Legends, and a couple of rubbermaids filled with "Star Wars crap" reside), and thinking "we could sure use that space".  I don't know if we'll need it or not, and if we do, I'll certainly clear out - but it is hard finding room for everything at this point.  I don't really venture too far out of the basic figure line (figures, vehicles, beasts, etc.), and after 8-10 years of that, there sure is a lot of stuff to find room for (not to mention "other" stuff like Marvel and Spidey).

Do any of you display just "part" of your collection, and have the rest packed away?  I'm thinking about going this way, just to free up some space.  Granted, I'll have to find space to store it, but as far as displaying things it is starting to get tighter.  How many figures (or items) do you think you have on display in your respective rooms/basements/etc.?  Right now, I think I have the majority of my stuff on display, aside from a couple of vehicles, older POTF2/Saga figures that we've gotten better versions of, and my vintage figure collection.  I've also packed away anything that I don't collect anymore (a few Hasbro 12", miscellaneous "other" lines, etc.).  I'm just trying to figure out what to display.  My wife has often said "why have it if its packed away", and I have to kind of agree with that.  She think I should sell/get rid of some of it (especially if I'm not displaying it), but I don't know if I want to do that just yet.  Anyways, where does your collection reside these days?  Also, when are you going to give us a look at your collection room Jeff?  From the comments, it sounds pretty nice. :)
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Darth Slothus on May 8, 2007, 05:20 PM
At my Momma's house in a spare room which is wall to wall maxed out. My Bro and I make trips there to offload/set-up our collection in the room 3-4 times a year. Up to that point several items stockpile at my home until I can move them to 'their home base' in a large shipment.

the amount of partipation on the collection goes as follows

Zachmoe- 15% or less of actual finds/buys; 65-70% funding
The DS  - 85% actual stuff found/purhcased; 30-35% actual funding

In other years role responsibilties as far as collecting goes reversed or varied.

I'm in a situation now where I have to ask myself and brother wether to pull and box all the POTF2,EP1,POTJ,EP2,SAGA,OTC & post to make way for more modern lines like EP3,TSC,30AC and so on to display instead. 

DS
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: MetalJedi on May 8, 2007, 09:21 PM
Much of my basement is taken up with SW.  My stairwells, have a bunch of carded and autographed 8X10's. (stariwells are great usually unused space for things like posters, figs(in protective cases), photos)

An upstairs bedroom is filled with stuff, upstairs hallway is also lined with figs, mid-level family room is filled with busts, vintage figs, and other stuff.  Attic is filled with stuff in storage, and my garage (gasp, yes, but no where else to put it all) has my vintage arcade game, figures, store dsiplays, and some other stuff.

http://www.photobucket.com  enter bobafett14 to search

Nice to see another George Romero fan on the board. Lucky you got to see the LOTD premiere. I tried to win tickets to that (and would of flown out) but I didn't.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: DarkKnight2k4 on May 9, 2007, 09:17 AM
Mine is all in the basement. Half out and half in the crawl space  :'(
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JoshEEE on June 4, 2007, 12:36 PM
I've got a Star Wars room, but I have just expanded into the TV room as well. I just got done putting in a bunch of big display cases, but I still have to do the lighting before I can put toys in.

Judging from people's responses in this thread and in the pictures, I'm not the only one with toys in the TV room....but it's not the "norm" either.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JesseVader08 on June 4, 2007, 10:37 PM
I've got my own room in the basement, and I'm lucky for it to be a pretty good size too, about 12' x 12'.  I made a comment to my wife about expanding beyond my SW room, but that got cut off pretty quickly.  She said something about kicking my ass, or something like that.  ;)
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Greg on June 4, 2007, 11:49 PM
   Dedicated Star Wars rooms?!? Dedicated Star Wars basements?!? You guys are very lucky. My Star Wars collection currently resides in my bedroom. Unfortunatly, it has become more of a situation where I happen to sleep in my Star Wars room (If I can find space, that is)
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JesseVader08 on June 5, 2007, 12:43 AM
   Dedicated Star Wars rooms?!? Dedicated Star Wars basements?!? You guys are very lucky.

You're damn right we're lucky.  But it was a condition of the wedding ring I gave my wife.  ;)
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Madcow on June 5, 2007, 01:53 PM
I have 2 Detolfs and 2 small shelves in the bedroom, 2 small shelves in the bathroom and a huge shelf in my living room. And as of right now about 50-60% of my collection is still in storage. Once I get another detolf for the bedroom that should help me get about another 10% in to the open...
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Rob on June 8, 2007, 12:36 AM
Mine's in the bedroom as well.  When the girlfriend and I started looking for a place to buy, my only requirement was a second room that the toys and maybe my computer could go in.

She fell in love with the loft that we have now, despite there only being one larger main room, and one bedroom.  So the toys are in the bedroom.

And after 3 and a half years, I'm ready for them to be out of the bedroom - but we're going to live in this place for at least another year, probably more like 3 more years.  Even with the 12' ceilings I'm running out of room - mainly because of 3 enormous windows consuming most of one wall, and the bedroom and bathroom doors taking up  a lot of another.

Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside? (Ignore)
Post by: Oboewan on June 11, 2007, 12:20 PM
Please ignore- see next post
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Oboewan
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Oboewan on June 11, 2007, 12:28 PM
Mine's in the bedroom as well.  When the girlfriend and I started looking for a place to buy, my only requirement was a second room that the toys and maybe my computer could go in.

She fell in love with the loft that we have now, despite there only being one larger main room, and one bedroom.  So the toys are in the bedroom.

And after 3 and a half years, I'm ready for them to be out of the bedroom - but we're going to live in this place for at least another year, probably more like 3 more years.  Even with the 12' ceilings I'm running out of room - mainly because of 3 enormous windows consuming most of one wall, and the bedroom and bathroom doors taking up  a lot of another.

Windows are overrated- just put some shelving units in front of them!   You don't want the sunlight to come in anyways!   As for me, I have a 2 br condo and as you might suspect have the second (smaller) bedroom dedicated to my disease.   Initially, I was going to designate the master br for my Star Wars room but thought better of it.   My ROTS figures are pegged to the top of the wall and go around the entire room.   I have a detolf as the centerpiece of the room topped by my LEGO Death Star, 4 long stand alone shelves along one wall, a Lawyers bookcase, 2 regular bookcase (brown and white) and another glass display case that's like the detolf.  My walk in closet is filled with boxes, more boxes and even more boxes.   My room has my complete set of carded POTJ figures on the wall, and the top of my dresser will eventually be the home of my LEGO Star Destroyer.   I'm actually in the process of deboxing/decarding stuff and have decided to verify that I have 1 loose figure of everything up to OTC and then will sell whatever carded figures are left (EP1, POTF2, POTJ, SAGA).  I have one huge display case in the living room and there is quite a bit of spillage out of the SW Room.  My FX Sabers are on the wall in the hall just outsite the room (and I still have 4 to put up once I get the Yoda).   I still haven't fully integrated the stash from CIV yet and there is SW stuff EVERYWHERE currently.    It's getting to feel like I live at my GF townhouse and use my condo to store my Star Wars stuff  ::)

Oboewan
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Darth_Anton on June 12, 2007, 09:33 AM
Since my last posting, my mother-in-law has moved in now resides in my office, so sadly, my collection is sitting in various storage tubs spread out in closets around the house. :(
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JesseVader08 on June 14, 2007, 01:23 PM
Since my last posting, my mother-in-law has moved in now resides in my office, so sadly, my collection is sitting in various storage tubs spread out in closets around the house. :(

Ouch.   :(

I told my mother-in-law she's welcome to stay anytime at our place, in fact we have a room set aside for her -- the treehouse.  ;)
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: David on June 16, 2007, 03:54 PM
Im only thirteen so I dont have my own collection room or anything, but I did drag into my bedroom a free entertainment center that was sitting outside on the sidewalk. It is HUGE, a great pice of furniture with glass doors and everything, I got it recently and moved everything in there. It looks awesome. I'm considering posting pictures. I also stacked a bookshelf on top of it when I ran out of room that also looks great. What was so awesome when I got it was that all my stuff fit in it PERFECTLY how I visualized it. Yeah, I'm gonna post pictures.  8)
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Morgbug on June 25, 2007, 05:19 PM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v643/Morgbug/P1010963.jpg)

 :'(
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: iFett on June 25, 2007, 05:23 PM
I've got much more dissapointing pics Brent.  Perhaps I'll get around to finally showing off my grand collection to you folks some day.  :-\
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Desfiy on December 1, 2007, 01:52 AM
I have them packed away for the min until we sort this house out properly which should be displayed the way thigns are going in the next three years from now, I have a few things out, I have my Playskool/Galactic Heroes and my PEZ out but the rest is in boxes waiting to be released.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Matt_Fury on December 17, 2007, 04:36 PM
With the purchase of a new house by my wife and I, I now have a collection room!  I'm still working on on it and it will be a while before it's finished since I'm currently out in California for some training for my new assignmnet, but I've already filled all of the shelves I've installed and still have large bins full of carded figures I'm tring to figure out what to do with.

I'm seriously thinking of opening a lot of stuff, and possibly selling off a majority of my carded figures, only keeping the extremely rare, exclusives, and the McFigures I've recently picked up.

Hopefully by summer I'll have it set up and post some pictures.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JesseVader08 on December 19, 2007, 01:46 AM
Congrats!  Getting a SW room to finally be able to display your collection is pretty sweet.  I'm lucky enough to have one too, but we've lived here a year and a half and I'm still not done.  ;)
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Jeff on December 19, 2007, 10:00 AM
we've lived here a year and a half and I'm still not done.  ;)

We've lived in our house for over 6 years and my SW room is still not "done". 

Always seems to be something I'm tinkering with or re-arranging or moving or adding or selling or ....  ::)   :P
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JangoTat on December 19, 2007, 10:18 AM
i Have HALF a collection room with all my stuff. SW,Batman,Dragonballz and Marvel figures. ALthough SW is the only one there that is still growing. only reason i have Half the room is because my sister uses the other half to put all her barbie collectibles and disney and christmas toys lol. But thats what you get when your sill in high school.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: DarkKnight2k4 on December 19, 2007, 10:37 AM
I need more room and more curions... oh yeah and shelves !!!!  :P
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Morgbug on December 19, 2007, 10:30 PM
Congrats!  Getting a SW room to finally be able to display your collection is pretty sweet.  I'm lucky enough to have one too, but we've lived here a year and a half and I'm still not done.  ;)

I've been in this house now for 1.5 years and nada.  But.....

I dropped $500 on drywall, lumber, subflooring and other stuff today (btw, is drywall ever frickin' heavy :o) and the plan is to get everything but the ceiling done by the time the new year rolls around.  It'll take a little longer to get the shelving up and the ceiling will follow, but maybe, just maybe I'll actually be able to get all my stuff out of boxes by spring.  Man, I wish we had an Ikea in this town. 
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JesseVader08 on December 20, 2007, 01:30 AM
Man, I wish we had an Ikea in this town. 

Amen!  They've got the smartest shelving and display systems.  Glass display cases add so much to the presentation of any collection, large or small.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Mikey D on December 20, 2007, 01:17 PM

I dropped $500 on drywall, lumber, subflooring and other stuff today (btw, is drywall ever frickin' heavy :o) and the plan is to get everything but the ceiling done by the time the new year rolls around. 

Drywall ceiling?  If so, the ceiling should go in before the walls.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Morgbug on December 20, 2007, 04:29 PM

I dropped $500 on drywall, lumber, subflooring and other stuff today (btw, is drywall ever frickin' heavy :o) and the plan is to get everything but the ceiling done by the time the new year rolls around. 

Drywall ceiling?  If so, the ceiling should go in before the walls.

Thanks for the tip, but nope, suspended ceiling is the plan.  The 'drywall is heavy' whine was just moving it to the truck, from the truck and downstairs.  I should have had it delivered. 

Suspended ceiling because just too many pipes, lines, etc. running up there (under the main floor).  I just have zero desire to rip out a ceiling if we ever have to access any of that.  I much prefer the look of a drywall ceiling and I don't look forward to doing the lighting in a suspended ceiling (pot lights of one sort or another are the plan) really, but that's mostly due to a lack of familiarity right now.  I'll read up and ask a few places first. 

I'd like to do remote control wiring for the non-SW parts of the basement too, but I imagine that's mostly a matter of the right kind of switches more than anything else. 
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Mikey D on December 20, 2007, 05:05 PM
Gotcha.  I assume you have the head height in the basement for a drop ceiling?

Yeah, gyp board's a bitch to move.  Thankfully I'm done with any sheetrocking in my house (unless my wife decides to add an addition).

Any other construction related questions, feel free to shoot me a PM so we don't bore others with the forum version of This Old House.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Astro Galaxy on July 24, 2008, 08:01 AM
I've just done up my collection in room few months ago.
It used to be a study room but I shifted all the books out to the living room,
to make space for Star Wars and other collectibles.
But now it quite messy again... :o :o
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Brian on April 20, 2009, 11:57 AM
Just thought I'd bump this up to see if anyone has changed/finished their collection rooms, selling stuff off to be able to display more, or any other changes.  I continue to have some problems with display.  Like I've mentioned before, everything is pretty much confined to our office, and it is getting to the point where I'm going to have to start packing (more) stuff up.

I usually hate to have a collection stored away, because if I paid for it, I'd like to have it on display.  If I stuck to just Star Wars, I'd probably be able to display most of it - but its the other stuff (the 6" Marvel Legends/DCUC figures in particular) that really starts to eat up space.  I'm looking at packing some of those types of things away (maybe just leaving the "big names" out for a display), or downsizing/packing up a lot more stuff to have a little "neater" looking display.  I have a few more SW maquettes that are just stored in boxes right now, and I'd like to be able to display those.  The SW vehicles sort of pose a problem with space as well.  I've thought about limiting it to just OT vehicles, making display easier, but there seems to be a lot of nice stuff out/coming out from the PT/CW lines as well.  Anyways, just curious if anyone else is having to store more stuff - or if you're able to have most everything on display?  Also, do you always intend to have most to all displayed "down the road" - and that's why so many of us just have it stored away in totes and boxes?
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: iFett on April 20, 2009, 12:58 PM
95ish% of my collection has been in storage since 05 so I've been having to pay that damned "collector fee" every month since I simply don't have the room with my current living arrangements for everything.  I still have tons of space in there so I've been continuously feeding it with more and more crap every few months.  I'd prefer not to be collecting this way, but there's nothing I can do about it for a few more years and I can't just quit cold turkey on everything.  I really miss the day when my collection could fit into one room, but that was back in 2002 - so I'm sure I'd easily need three to four times as much space to display everything I've amassed since then. 

Ideally I'd like to go in and eliminate probably 75% of my carded/boxed collection and just open everything else, but that's a massive undertaking and I'm just not sure when I could find the time to do that....That's just talking Star Wars - nothing about Transformers, Joes, M.A.S.K., Macfarlane, and LEGO.  fun fun.....ugh..
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: knashdx on April 21, 2009, 04:44 PM
95ish% of my collection has been in storage since 05 so I've been having to pay that damned "collector fee" every month since I simply don't have the room with my current living arrangements for everything.  I still have tons of space in there so I've been continuously feeding it with more and more crap every few months.  I'd prefer not to be collecting this way, but there's nothing I can do about it for a few more years and I can't just quit cold turkey on everything.  I really miss the day when my collection could fit into one room, but that was back in 2002 - so I'm sure I'd easily need three to four times as much space to display everything I've amassed since then. 

Ideally I'd like to go in and eliminate probably 75% of my carded/boxed collection and just open everything else, but that's a massive undertaking and I'm just not sure when I could find the time to do that....That's just talking Star Wars - nothing about Transformers, Joes, M.A.S.K., Macfarlane, and LEGO.  fun fun.....ugh..


 :o :o :o :o :o :o

Mikey OPEN toys. There has to be only 1 or 2 more signs before the APOCALYPSE arrives!!!!
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JediJman on April 21, 2009, 05:24 PM
I want to know where the remaining 5% is hiding.  5% of Mikes colelction is still enough to fill a room.   ;)
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: iFett on April 22, 2009, 03:40 PM
I want to know where the remaining 5% is hiding.  5% of Mikes colelction is still enough to fill a room.   ;)

I have that 5% with me.  Lets see.....I have all of my boxed Alternators including my Takara MPs plus various universe/animated figs.  20-30 LEGO sets, half all of the carded & loose 25th Joes and vehicles including army builders and dup vehicles.  BMF, 2 AT-TE's, various OT/Prequel vehicles hanging around.  I'd throw in my 1500 or so DVDs but they just don't count.  So ya - I'd say that's 5% of my collection or pretty darned close to it though I'm kinda lost as to how much weight all of the Hasbro SW line has to this stuff.   :-\
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JediJman on April 22, 2009, 07:02 PM
I want to know where the remaining 5% is hiding.  5% of Mikes colelction is still enough to fill a room.   ;)

I have that 5% with me. 

Seriously?  You carry these around everywhere?   ???

 ;)
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: knashdx on April 27, 2009, 04:24 PM
I want to know where the remaining 5% is hiding.  5% of Mikes colelction is still enough to fill a room.   ;)

I have that 5% with me. 

Seriously?  You carry these around everywhere?   ???

 ;)


I gave him some boxes for some of his in package collection and the boxes were in his car for 3 months. So it is entirely possible that he has something in his vehicle that haven't made it into the house. He just doesn't have the reason for not bringing stuff into the house that we do Justin; THE WIFE!!!
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JediJman on April 28, 2009, 11:48 AM
I want to know where the remaining 5% is hiding.  5% of Mikes colelction is still enough to fill a room.   ;)

I have that 5% with me. 

Seriously?  You carry these around everywhere?   ???

 ;)


I gave him some boxes for some of his in package collection and the boxes were in his car for 3 months. So it is entirely possible that he has something in his vehicle that haven't made it into the house. He just doesn't have the reason for not bringing stuff into the house that we do Justin; THE WIFE!!!

Yah - I need to build a secret underground tunnel to the Star Wars room one of these days or get a comfier sofa to sleep on.   ;)
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Brian on April 29, 2009, 12:46 PM
I did an overhaul of the office/collection room this weekend, and ended up packing a lot of stuff away as well.  There is just too much to display anymore, especially without looking like the walls are coming in on you.  I try to avoid a "cluttered" look too, so that makes it more challenging.  I know that I don't have nearly the collections that many or most people here do, but I'm still having to pack stuff up.  It seems like, after nearly 15 years of modern collecting (plus "other" lines) there is just so much crap piled up :).  The figures aren't a big problem, but the vehicles are a little more difficult to find room for.  That's why I've often thought about sticking to OT vehicles only, but then they have to make spiffy things like the AT-TE, Juggernaut, and ARC 170 (as well as the smaller vehicles I enjoy like Obi's Delta 2, V-19, V-Wing, etc.).  I have a feeling, especially as our daughter gets older, more and more of this stuff is going to be packed away or sold.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Greg on April 29, 2009, 08:34 PM
No disrespect intended, but the packing stuff away is so dumb. If you cannot display it, sell it. I really want to get my collection slimmed down by a lot, but I cannot get past the whole "this goes with this, which also goes with this, and these go with this, which I love." I have a hard time keeping just the piece I love and getting rid of the fluff.

Lastly, to keep on topic, my collection resides in my bedroom. I sleep in the bonus room. My mom is thrilled by this, but with my brother at college, I can afford to do this. 
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: iFett on April 29, 2009, 10:15 PM
I gave him some boxes for some of his in package collection and the boxes were in his car for 3 months. So it is entirely possible that he has something in his vehicle that haven't made it into the house.

I've moved onto an suv (in case you haven't noticed) and I generally keep a backlog of three months of toys in my vehicle which has been a standard for years and it also makes no sense.  Thank you much for the SW case boxes though Ryan.   ;)

No disrespect intended, but the packing stuff away is so dumb. If you cannot display it, sell it.

Good point - and I'm sure you're aiming your post at me, but I'll be a homeowner in a few years so my collection is just "baking in the oven" until then.....I'm not about to dump 9 years of collecting down the tube, even though I'd like to.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Greg on April 29, 2009, 10:49 PM
Actually, it was more toward Brian, and a bit toward myself. I think the whole Storage unit thing could be a nerdy ass ROTLA warehouse display.  :P
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Brian on April 30, 2009, 09:59 AM
I've often felt the same way about packing my stuff away, I figured if I can't display it and its just going to be stored, I might as well sell it.  I'm starting to sell off some stuff, and may be doing more as the year goes on.  We do have a house, but I doubt we'll be getting a bigger one anytime soon, so I guess I can't say I'm waiting for "someday".  Plus, the Mrs. doesn't want it leaving our office, so it makes the display space a little bit more confining.  She's not wrong though, I've got too much crap as it is :).
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: King_Maul on April 30, 2009, 10:38 AM
I have my collection pretty much spread over the entire house, and I'm in a constant struggle to trim down and to tuck away stuff.  Here's where I have my loose and carded stored or displayed from most to little.  I decided against moving stuff into the attic or garage because of the high temps during the summers.

Home office and closet (storage/displayed)
Baby's room and closet (storage/displayed)
Upstair bonus room and storage closet (storage/displayed)
My closet in the master bedroom (storage)
Various hallways (storage - temporarily)
Formal dinning room (displayed)
Above the mantel (displayed)
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JediJman on May 1, 2009, 01:03 AM
In the official Star Wars room, with some light spillage out into the rec room downstairs. 
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Brian on June 3, 2010, 02:26 PM
Just bumping this thread up again.....I'm currently in the process of cleaning up our office/collection room, and trying to decide what stays and what goes/gets packed up.  It really is starting to feel crowded in here, and I hate a "cluttered" collection anyways.  I know my wife would probably like it if I got rid of about half of it (preferrably sold), but I haven't quite gotten to that point yet.  It is hard to know what to pack away at this point.  Obviously, there is all the Star Wars stuff, which I definitely would like to leave out.  But, beyond that it has branched out to Marvel and DC (two scales of Marvel now, with Legends and Universe)....as well as the 25th Joes, Indy, MOTU Classics, SW sub-lines like Unleashed 7" and Galactic Heroes, and a handful of LOTR figures.  Not to mention miscellaneous odds and ends like some minibusts, glasses, a few Transformers, etc.

Just curious if any of you, at this point, have had to pack a lot of things away.  Do you rotate your display?  Do you even try to display anything outside of Star Wars?  The vehicles obviously take up a lot of space, but I can't see myself parting with those (or packing them up), especially the OT ones.  The simple solution would be to not collect so many lines ;), but I was just curious what many of you do with your collections.  Do you have the space to display it all, or is it sitting in storage (or maybe some of both?).  Personally, I don't have a storage space, but do have some things packed away in rubbermaids in our closets.  I do display the majority of what I have though, but it is starting to get to be too much.  Plus, with our daughter getting older, I feel more like I should be devoting less space (and money) to this, and clear room for storage/space for other things.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Matt_Fury on June 3, 2010, 11:51 PM
I definitely have a lot of things packed away.  With a major reorganization going on in other parts of the house, just about all of the stuff I don't display is now residing in the attic....basically all my carded figures are up there!

My collection room is relatively unchaged, although I've moved a couple of items around, updated some figures, etc.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JesseVader08 on June 4, 2010, 03:54 AM
I've been putting my collection room through a big overhaul the last few months.  I've sold off the majority of my carded collection so I could make more room for my Darth Vader focus and loose figure displays.  I only have a couple boxes of items in storage right now - if I'm going to buy it, I want to display it.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: 501ST on June 4, 2010, 09:12 AM
Good thread  ;D

My collection is currently boxed and in a spare room with some items such as a CW AT-TE on a blanket box in my lounge room for "a display" and I have some loose CW (Bly,Thire,Secura,Sidious,TX-20,Artoo and Threepio and two second released type Magnaguards) and TVC figures (Dak and AT-AT Commander) as well as the G.I.Joe/M.A.S.K. 'Trakker' figure and a MU Modern Thor on my computer desk.

Kind of have been having some less than good thoughts on all of the stuff that is boxed cause it's not "right" for it to not be displayed somehow however as my collection represents hard graft and time gathering it plus it's inherent value to me I cannot sell any of it off.

Dollars wise and space wise it is more than able to remain there so I have to get creative and think of a way to make it displayable which is not impossible.

With this task I shall apply a great axiom: "Do or do not,there is no try"
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Brian on June 4, 2010, 10:15 AM
I've been putting my collection room through a big overhaul the last few months.  I've sold off the majority of my carded collection so I could make more room for my Darth Vader focus and loose figure displays.  I only have a couple boxes of items in storage right now - if I'm going to buy it, I want to display it.

That has always been my feeling as well, if I'm going to buy/collect it, I want to be able to display it as well.  Much of my problem comes from collecting multiple lines - and the fact that I don't want it to get too cluttery looking.  I'm also keeping pretty much everything in a small-ish office space, so that doesn't help much.  Like you, I've been looking into selling more stuff off...or maybe just having to pack some away for "someday".  I've been thinking of going more the "focus" route outside of the basic SW display as well.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Greg on June 4, 2010, 03:25 PM
My Star Wars stuff still sits in my bedroom. Next year I'll be out of the house, so it will pretty much become a collection room with a bed. I have some toys in the bonus room, but none of them are Star Wars. I have some shelves near one of my family's desktop computers where I keep my Iron Men, Marvel Universe, and random movie figures.

Back in March I was considering packing away a lot of Star Wars toys due to lack of shelf space. Like others have mentioned, it's very difficult what to pack away, what to leave out, and, worst of all, what to sell. My solution then was to get additional shelf units. I still have space in my room, and have enough room for my Star Wars toys (Plus the Cloverfield monter, which takes up a decent amount of space.) The downside of new shelves was the height: my new shelves are taller than the old ones, so I don't have a lot of space to hang vehicles from the ceiling like I used to.

While I had the ability to add shelf units back in March, it will not be a possibility in the future. Any additional furniture in my bedroom will cause it to look very, very cramped and cluttered. With the onslaught of Star Wars stuff coming in the Fall, space will once again be a problem. I would really like to avoid packing toys away and rotating displays, those might become the only options.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Morgbug on June 4, 2010, 03:44 PM
I've been putting my collection room through a big overhaul the last few months.  I've sold off the majority of my carded collection so I could make more room for my Darth Vader focus and loose figure displays.  I only have a couple boxes of items in storage right now - if I'm going to buy it, I want to display it.

Smart approach, wish I'd used it.  Building a house then moving and not having a collection room for a while was a real pain.  Worse I continued to collect like a madman to the point where I ended up with probably twice as much stuff as I could practically display.  So now I end up rethinking just about everything and thinning that stuff out.  Somewhat tragic as it was all kind of cool.  Back in 2005 it was probably a manageable amount, now not so much. 

I'm still not really happy with my display setup either as I'd much prefer to have three Bertby cases in the room ultmiately and that hasn't happened between Ikea no longer shipping them up here, charging way too much up here and limited ability to transport them from Minneapolis on my own.  The $300 USD they'd cost isn't remotely an issue but getting them here is.  I think my satisfaction with my collection and the ultimate look of my collecting room/office depends on me getting those.  Then I can reset my collection in a manageable size that I'd enjoy and be proud of. 
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JesseVader08 on June 4, 2010, 07:15 PM
I've been putting my collection room through a big overhaul the last few months.  I've sold off the majority of my carded collection so I could make more room for my Darth Vader focus and loose figure displays.  I only have a couple boxes of items in storage right now - if I'm going to buy it, I want to display it.

Smart approach, wish I'd used it. 

I'm very lucky in that I have a large room to display my collection (I think it's about 8' x 10' or so with 9' ceilings), so obviously I can display a lot before I have to make those tough decisions of what to store or sell.

It's a shame about those Bertby cases - they don't carry them in BC (Coquitlam) either.  I guess they're a US item only now?
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Morgbug on June 4, 2010, 10:22 PM
Ah, Ikea is ridiculous in Canada.  First they wouldn't ship them, but I wasn't about to order them anyway.  Regardless of what the dollar was worth they were $159 up here and $99 down south.  Hopefully this fall I'll get them. 
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Jabba the Slug on June 29, 2010, 01:47 AM
I stand my figures up on 2 shelves I have in my own bedroom. My room is a light blue color, and there's a small window across the shelves, so there isn't an excess of light that poses any threat to fading the colors of the figures.

The only downside to how I store them, however, is that the shelves are a good 3.5 and 4 feet, respectively, above the floor, and the floor is bare, all na-tural wood - no carpets or anything else. So, if they happen to take a tumble, guess how far they fall? - onto bare wood!! :( I've had a few paint chips and broken lightsabers that way.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Pete_Fett on September 6, 2010, 02:06 PM
My collection primarily resides in my basement, which is finished.

I've recently been working on trying to turn three curio cabinets into displays for all of my open/loose TPM, AOTC and ROTS toys.

Yesterday and today I've been working on the AOTC curio and since this is the first time I've ever gotten all of my AOTC loose stuff out and together, I am shocked at how much AOTC stuff has been put out. I'm also putting figures from the Hasbro Clone Wars sub-line and the realistic figures based on the first Clone Wars microseries. (the animated 3D line has it's own cabinet, which is bursting at the seams at this point too)

I will say I had A LOT of fun putting together the Geonosis Arena playset yesterday - I hadn't had that set up since I bought it 7-8 years ago.

Later today, I'm gonna be putting together the Theed playsets and unpacking the Mustafar playset - I can't wait!

Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Phrubruh on September 26, 2010, 06:33 PM
I wish I had a basement. Cheap ass home builders in California never do that. :(
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: iFett on September 26, 2010, 08:20 PM
I wish I had a basement. Cheap ass home builders in California never do that. :(

I don't think basements work well with earthquakes?  Always thought it was neat to have a basement as a kid growing up in Vegas, but no dice in that town.  Most basements stink of old out here in MN for some reason....
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Brian on July 18, 2012, 11:42 AM
This question is sort of along the same lines, but dealing with storage.  My collection has outgrown the space I have to display it, so I've found myself packing more and more stuff away in rubbermaid totes.  I've always pretty much kept those totes in the storage areas in our basement/laundry room, but since that is our main storage areas for other stuff (Christmas decorations, etc.), the space is running low.  Anyways, I thought about moving those out to our garage (or at least some of them), but I've always heard how harsh extremes are tough on toys.  I live in Nebraska, so our summers are hot and humid and the winters can get freezing cold, so I know it isn't exactly "climate control" in our garage, but it isn't terrible either.  I realize, in the end, that they are just toys and they aren't made to last a nuclear attack by any means.  My question is, how hard would this type of storage area be on plastic toys?  Would they show signs fairly quickly, or is this more of a "they might start breaking down/looking crappy in 10-20 years".  It makes me think what I'd even be doing with this stuff when I'm 50, 60, etc. years old anyways, so why am I worried about it.  Unless we move, display space won't be getting any bigger...and at this point I think I'd rather have a more condensed display anyways.  Just wondering if anyone here stores stuff in places like this (garages, attics, etc.), and if it makes much of a difference.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JediJman on July 18, 2012, 01:11 PM
I have been fortunate enough to have my stuff mostly in a controlled, dry, cool basement through most of my years.  The stuff I had I had in more "exposed areas" like a garage has mostly survived, but I have noticed warping on some of my older POTF2 stuff that was exposed to extreme temps. 

Do you have any opportunity to move your other storage out into the garage?  I have to think that ornaments and cake pans and crap can weather the garage environment better than your toys.  Maybe build up some cool, easy access shelving in the garage to get your wife on board with it, then you have more space to work your toys or other stuff into.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: McMetal on July 18, 2012, 01:37 PM
What is considered to be the critical temperature threshold? I have all my stuff in a finished attic space, and we have air vents in there but it cools poorly and on 99 degree+ day it is usually pretty warm, low 80's I would estimate. I am very concerned about this lately, not sure how to mitigate the impact though.

Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: JediJman on July 18, 2012, 01:56 PM
What is considered to be the critical temperature threshold? I have all my stuff in a finished attic space, and we have air vents in there but it cools poorly and on 99 degree+ day it is usually pretty warm, low 80's I would estimate. I am very concerned about this lately, not sure how to mitigate the impact though.

I don't know if anyone's ever identified measures to go with this.  Generally I think the cooler, dryer, and darker the better.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: MattCBR on July 18, 2012, 10:02 PM
Right now my collection of 30 or so POTF2 carded figures are in star cases in a tote inside the house... I'll display them at some point... keeping them out of the sun is my biggest priority in the house.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Brian on March 20, 2018, 02:07 PM
It was listening to the recent episodes of the Toy Run podcast (highly recommend), and they were doing a Q and A about themselves, their collecting, etc. Anyways, their answers about their collection made me think of this thread again. I'm surprised at how many collectors basically don't display much (or any) of their collections. I know I have quite a bit stored away as well, which is probably the story for the majority if us, but it always bothers me to just have stuff sitting in totes forever (part of the reason I've started to sell some of those things).

I think it can be a tough balance, particularly when you have a smaller display area, to have stuff out but at the same time not have things too full and packed to the gills. I know I've been working towards the "less is more" approach, which is an ongoing battle. Anyways, where does your collection reside these days? How much, if any, do you display?
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Jeff on March 20, 2018, 03:10 PM
where does your collection reside these days? How much, if any, do you display?

Pics are a couple years outdated (need to do an update photo shoot), but here is my Star Wars room (https://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php/topic,23009.msg593721.html#msg593721).

I'd guess 90% of what I have is on display in there, the other 10% is vehicles and playsets that are stored in tubs under the tables.  (Not counting my comics collection which is boxed and stored under those tables as well).

I tend to cycle out the table displays a couple times a year to enjoy/see that other 10%.  I'll cycle through table displays for Vintage Kenner Death Star, a Rebel Hangar, the Hoth Battle, Geonosis Arena, AT-TE/MTT, etc.  I usually swap things around when we are having family/friends over so it looks 'fresh' from their last visit.

I have sold a LOT of extra stuff over the past 5 years (since we moved in 2013).  I got tired of owning a bunch of stuff that I didn't/couldn't display and enjoy once in a while.  Might as well sell it and use the money for other things.
Title: Re: Where Does Your Collection Reside?
Post by: Matt_Fury on March 20, 2018, 05:39 PM
Impressive displays Jeff!

I too need to update pictures of my collection.