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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.

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Got together the various items from June. A few of these items I picked up at Anime Expo, but the rest are from the usual sources. Some items of note include the various promo posters that came with the Ikki Tousen Dragon Destiny DVD and CDs. They are not full sized posters, but rather banner-type ones. Also got in the last couple of volumes of ‘The Third’, just in time for the R1 release from TRSI/Nozomi to begin. In the figure world, the Shenhua figure from ‘Black Lagoon’ didn’t really live up to expectations. The main body is fine, but the face just seems a little ‘off’. Might be something to sell of on eBay later on. The July issue of Comic Gum came with a clear sheet featuring Kanu.

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Well things have been rather busy of late, so I’ve been somewhat lax in posting updates. In any case, I’ve finally got the April and May updates posted. I was driving to the Marukai in Gardena and while at a stop light I noticed a Manga rental shop. Out of general curiosity I popped in to see what they had. Though they were a rental place they did have a couple of things for sale, including the complete set of Patlabor manga….. for $12.00. Obviously I had to pick it up.

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I splurged and picked up a number of SRDX figures recently from various US and JP auctions.

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I’ve added a few things to the March 2007 folder representing the latest arrivals (and last since this is the end of the month). A couple of things I picked up at the local Kinokuniya, plus some end of the month figures.

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Taking advantage of the Great Outdoors, I tried something new for this shoot of the 1/7 scale Sonsaku Hakufu (Ikki Tousen) from Griffon. Please note that these would most definitely be considered ‘Not Safe For Work’.

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Added photos for most of my January/February 2007 orders. The biggest was no doubt the Dirty Pair DVD and figure sets. I also added a few new figure sets including the two Discipline figures (gotta love how well they go together), Ikki Tousen nude jacket figure set from Griffon and lastly the Ryomou Shimei Gothic Lolita standard version from Orchid Seed (though I’ve been having severe leaning issues with this one).

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