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Aphrodite posted:Buy online and not a million dollars tend to be mutually exclusive.
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Have you heard about the Detolf from Ikea? Depending on where you live, you might be able to get fairly inexpensive to get delivered. https://www.ikea.com/us/en/search/products/?q=detolf
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May 18, 2020 19:42
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RevKrule posted:Have you heard about the Detolf from Ikea?
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May 18, 2020 19:48
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It’s because a detolf is like $60 and any other glass siding case is 5 times that.CapnAndy posted:Is buying in person even an option right now, though? Probably not, but unless you’ve got a place that does local delivery the prices online are still steep.
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May 18, 2020 19:51
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CapnAndy posted:Literally the only thing I have heard of, yes. Is it really the only option? Part of the reason I was asking is that it seemed so odd I could only find the one choice. There's gotta be a market for this, right? Is everyone using Ikea? Detolf is the main one most go to that looks the best out of the box. I don't like the Detolf myself because of the dimensions I need for my room. Instead I use IKEA billy but I have lots of mods that cost extra to make it look like a display case. I've seen some really nice cases built using IKEA pax closet system they have but requires mods as well. So anything outside of the Detolf is going to cost extra money and effort.
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May 18, 2020 19:58
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CapnAndy posted:Can you guys recommend me a display case that is at least reasonably bookshelf-sized (as in is the size of a free-standing bookshelf, not fits on one), I can buy online, and ideally isn't a million god damned dollars? I think I'm about done with the "just put them on every flat surface you can find" philosophy. An Ikea Billy Bookcase with glass doors?
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May 18, 2020 20:02
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CapnAndy posted:Literally the only thing I have heard of, yes. Is it really the only option? Part of the reason I was asking is that it seemed so odd I could only find the one choice. There's gotta be a market for this, right? Is everyone using Ikea? I'm using Billy book cases from Ikea. Not sure what your budget is, but they're the best bang for your buck bookshelves out there.   When buying the shelves the doors come separately. I bought shelves and then added the doors when I could afford them. Please forgive the chaos of the shelves. I'm in the process up updating my whole display.
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May 18, 2020 20:07
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Yeah I have the majority of my figures on a dedicated bookshelf right now and I don't like it; the wood blocking all the light and the view from every angle but dead on in front is not working for me.
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May 18, 2020 20:16
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That's actually my biggest regret with the shelves I got; I wish I went with the white ones. The black certainly absorbs a lot of the color. Adding some LED strips is on my to do list.
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May 18, 2020 20:17
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CapnAndy posted:Is buying in person even an option right now, though? Yeah if you’re going to a Walmart or Target. Which is probably what you want if you want some cheap shelves for putting things on. I got one for like 30 bucks. It’s fine. But ya know, be safe, wear gloves and a mask of course. Wash yo hands too.
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CapnAndy posted:Literally the only thing I have heard of, yes. Is it really the only option? Part of the reason I was asking is that it seemed so odd I could only find the one choice. There's gotta be a market for this, right? Is everyone using Ikea? one technique I use for mine is using the boxes of figures as shelving. it works surprisingly well for a lot of small-to-medium sized boxes.  I don't have a recent shot of all the detolfs currently since I'm in the middle of major cleaning/reorganizing furniture/going through literally every box in my room so it's a goddamn mess, but here's some old posts showing detolfs in action and a post with some stepped display shelves that fit perfectly in each detolf space and are great for action figures and dirt cheap: Captain Invictus posted:Man these Detolfs are great. Can't wait for the stepped shelving to show up so I can more visibly display some of them though, and possible put even more in. Captain Invictus posted:Sure. Captain Invictus posted:Got the display shelves and they're pretty awesome. Definitely makes things more visible, for sure. Rearranged a few dudes as well. but also I went digging for this post just for you so BE GRATEFUL: catch22 posted:New display case! it cost him $600 in the end. Pretty good display case, but also, that's 10 Detolfs instead.
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May 18, 2020 21:16
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Okay, gently caress it. Ikea does curbside pickup and driving half an hour to get there sounds like a nice time right now. Guess I'll get me some detolfs.
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May 18, 2020 21:52
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They come in long boxes since the sides are one piece glass, so if you can take a truck or a van that would be a good idea. A car probably needs to have seats that can open into the trunk to fit. They come in 2 boxes each: quote:Width: 15 ¾ " You wouldn't want to show up there and have a stack of them that won't fit.
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May 18, 2020 22:00
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Here's my "prototype" case made from a Billy. It's kinda expensive for what it is but I needed to use the billy for reasons and I like the storage on the bottom with all the figures at waist level and higher.
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May 18, 2020 22:02
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I personally prefer the white billy bookshelves -- I like having figures displayed next to related things, like manga and comics. And plants. I'm not personally a fan of displays that are 100% figures. Also I have a smaller collection than a lot of collectors. But if being limited to front view bothers you, yeah, detolf is the way to go.
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May 18, 2020 22:03
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CapnAndy posted:Okay, gently caress it. Ikea does curbside pickup and driving half an hour to get there sounds like a nice time right now. Guess I'll get me some detolfs. there's also this method of just laying them on their side and stacking them(with optional strip lights), don't put the small shelves in obviously, and then you've got a nice long single glass rectangle display case. I'm definitely thinking of doing that, and buying some hardware to modify it so they're all connected along the side via metal scaffolding so that they're seriously sturdy and reinforced, plus wall mounts. 
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May 18, 2020 22:07
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I love the art gallery style bench in the middle.
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Star Guarded posted:I personally prefer the white billy bookshelves -- I like having figures displayed next to related things, like manga and comics. And plants. I'm not personally a fan of displays that are 100% figures. Also I have a smaller collection than a lot of collectors. But if being limited to front view bothers you, yeah, detolf is the way to go. Are you me? From a few months back: 
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May 18, 2020 22:51
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Awesome! Got the Marvel Legends Punisher Iron Man helmet and the Captain America 80th shield (and a little Vegeta to get free shipping) for 150 and some change. Apparently Gamestop is having a sale on the collectible stuff, but the only store with the shield is too far to drive, so I just ordered from another website having a sale. Came out like 2 bucks cheaper, even with the Vegeta.
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May 19, 2020 00:39
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Oh hell yeah
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May 19, 2020 01:29
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Nice. I'm not even that much of a Transformer fan, but I've always wanted a Devastator since I was a kid. 
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May 19, 2020 02:32
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If you can get a combiner wars devastator for a reasonable price, it's a phenomenal figure combined. Individually, the constructicons are....okay.
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May 19, 2020 02:45
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Detolfs do indeed rule. Sadly we have water entering the basement so I am packing all my crap up in anticipation of a major waterproofing job.
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May 19, 2020 05:43
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CapnAndy posted:Can you guys recommend me a display case that is at least reasonably bookshelf-sized (as in is the size of a free-standing bookshelf, not fits on one), I can buy online, and ideally isn't a million god damned dollars? I think I'm about done with the "just put them on every flat surface you can find" philosophy. I use IKEA KALLAX shelves and each compartment is themed.
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Well as it turns out all the Ikeas by me are closed For The Duration and not offering curbside pickup or anything, and like fun I'm paying literally double the price for delivery (that's estimated to arrive on July 16th for good measure!!!!), so so much for that quarantine project I guess.
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Has there ever been a decent figure released of Grifter (or any of the WildC.A.T.S) aside from the early 90's line primarily based on their cartoon? I get that he and the 'C.A.T.S were very much of the 90's/X-Men rip-off aesthetic but I always liked his character and figured with X-Men Blue/Gold not long ago getting attention, maybe someone at DC would want to make one.
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I highly endorse starting your display collection with a 1950's curio your grandmother left you that weighs a poo poo-ton, then add a detolf next to it, then get a different wood with glass door bookshelf for cheap off of craigslist that has a real odd wood scent inside of it and just set it on top of a more modern cabinet on wheels you took from your office because after 20 years at one location they're letting the lease run out and everyone will be working from home forever even after corona is under control. This way, absolutely nothing matches and you look like a schizophrenic who just also happens to like comic books and star wars.
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davebo posted:I highly endorse starting your display collection with a 1950's curio your grandmother left you that weighs a poo poo-ton, then add a detolf next to it, then get a different wood with glass door bookshelf for cheap off of craigslist that has a real odd wood scent inside of it and just set it on top of a more modern cabinet on wheels you took from your office because after 20 years at one location they're letting the lease run out and everyone will be working from home forever even after corona is under control. This way, absolutely nothing matches and you look like a schizophrenic who just also happens to like comic books and star wars. This has been my strategy. Cruise the estate sales and you can get all kinds of wacky rear end old curio cabinets for cheap.
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davebo posted:I highly endorse starting your display collection with a 1950's curio your grandmother left you that weighs a poo poo-ton, then add a detolf next to it, then get a different wood with glass door bookshelf for cheap off of craigslist that has a real odd wood scent inside of it and just set it on top of a more modern cabinet on wheels you took from your office because after 20 years at one location they're letting the lease run out and everyone will be working from home forever even after corona is under control. This way, absolutely nothing matches and you look like a schizophrenic who just also happens to like comic books and star wars.  only it’s a giant hutch/cabinet my grandfather built that’s totally impractical for displays flanked by IKEA Billys on either side.
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velocirapstar posted:Has there ever been a decent figure released of Grifter (or any of the WildC.A.T.S) aside from the early 90's line primarily based on their cartoon? NO, and it's crazy that nobody has made a Grifter. He has such a drat "toy-etic" design with the mask and trench coat, or the later versions by Travis Charest and Dustin Nguyen that had him in more basic tactical black with straps and holsters but kept the mask, sometimes with night vision goggles over it. I've wanted one for over 20 years. I also always loved Spartan's classic red, white, and blue costume with the open-hair mask (later a Gambit-style "headsock") and jodhpurs, as well as the reflective silver business suit he wore as "Jack Marlowe" in Casey and Nguyen's Wildcats 3.0, one of my favorite comic runs ever. I'd be down for figures of all of those.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:NO, and it's crazy that nobody has made a Grifter. He has such a drat "toy-etic" design with the mask and trench coat, or the later versions by Travis Charest and Dustin Nguyen that had him in more basic tactical black with straps and holsters but kept the mask, sometimes with night vision goggles over it. I've wanted one for over 20 years. In a similar vein I would pay a good amount of money for modern high quality figures of Clownface and Panda Delgado from Body Bags, cause the figures Toybiz did back in the 90's, well they're really showing their age even for figures that are more than 20 years old
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I finally bought the SH Figuarts Crait Luke since Hasbro still hasn't bothered to make it and oh man I'd forgotten how great Figuarts are. I may have a problem because now I've won auctions for the Figuarts ANH R2 & 3PO and I kinda want the whole cast since I already have ANH Han. "Most of them are only 3x the price of a Black Series fig, it's practically a steal!", I say to myself as I weigh the pros and cons of spending stupid amounts of money on expensive toys. 
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drrockso20 posted:In a similar vein I would pay a good amount of money for modern high quality figures of Clownface and Panda Delgado from Body Bags, cause the figures Toybiz did back in the 90's, well they're really showing their age even for figures that are more than 20 years old I had to check, but those are from 2007. I still have and love the Madman from that Legendary Comic Book Heroes line, and he has held up surprisingly well.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:I had to check, but those are from 2007. I still have and love the Madman from that Legendary Comic Book Heroes line, and he has held up surprisingly well. Could have sworn they were a lot older, they definitely don't look like figures from 2007, Panda especially is rather primitive looking
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https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/125331 The Revoltech All Might is up for pre-order on BBTS. It looks so great.  
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It's a good bit cheaper on the import sites, but that September release date could still be in shipping panic.
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how are revoltechs nowadays? I've got a whole bunch of the ones from early on, the last one I ever bought was when the Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann came out, which was like 20-30 bucks I think? that all might is triple the price, so are they aiming for figma quality now, or are they still subpar compared to figma? like, for 20-30 bucks this was a fantastic figure:  but as neat as the joints were, the sockets would very quickly become loose and the revoltech joint pegs wouldn't hold firm anymore(particularly wrists when holding large weapons directly outward, the revoltech joint would stay strong but the peg holes themselves would get loose), so have they dramatically increased the quality of pretty much everything in the figures now?
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Aphrodite posted:It's a good bit cheaper on the import sites, but that September release date could still be in shipping panic. I don't think I ever realized how much BBTS marks up their import stuff until now. The All Might is like $20 cheaper from AmiAmi, but the FF7Remake PAK figures are like $40 cheaper.
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