New Figure Display Cases
Earlier this year, I found that I was running out of space rather fast in my existing figure display case upstairs. I wanted to have something that would hold what I had at the time as well as allow for future expansion. After some searching around at other places, I ended up at the familiar IKEA. I decided against getting more of the Billy system which I use mainly for DVDs. I wanted something that had doors and could be configured to the needs at hand. What I found was the BONDE system. I ended up getting two of these units and placing them side by side.
Here you can see both units closed. This allows a good amount of viewing while still keeping out most dust and such. I did replace the wood shelves that were included with glass shelves allowing for more visibility. The shelves are adjustable so you can set them at different heights. This works well when you have different scales of figures you want to group together. With both upper sections open you can see everything at a good level. The bottom sections open to reveal storage for empty boxes of figures that are on display. This allows for a quicker packing up of figures that are cycled out in place of newer ones without having to dig through boxes piled in the garage. These left and right sides show a closer look at each side with doors open. After some time the cases filled out a bit more. You can see some more detail of growth here and here.
As with anyone who collects a lot of figures there is always a space issue. Others handle it in different ways of course. I have found this to work pretty well so far. I don’t plan on expanding any more then this as far as I can see. Though I continue to get in newer figures I plan on cycling out older one either to storage or more likely to eBay at some point.
Enjoy!!