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  • #4300
    Josh
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    Still a work in progress. I have to lower the center of gravity a bit. It spins.

    I didn’t like how unscalable other people’s “window” based cases were. And I wanted a brick built solution rather than getting a real plastic case.

    Each container is removable and built with the colors of the corresponding series. I think 12 modules will be the max…maybe 16 if I can get it a little more structurally sound.

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    #4305
    Greg Schubert
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    That’s a pretty neat idea, but what do you mean by unscalable?

    #4307
    Josh
    Keymaster

    we’re going to see 13 series in the foreseeable future. Lego’s official display cases are about 12 bricks high with 2 rows of 8 windows. If you stack them, not only would it be precarious, but 13 would be about 5 feet tall. Then there are the cases that people are brick building to be like stairs, with rows of 16…at 3 studs per series, that makes it over a foot deep, maybe 2 feet tall, and really, really wide. a lot of wasted space underneath those stairs too. or there are people buying plexi boxes, but those aren’t really stackable.

    LEGO minifigure display & storage ideas


    Minfigures Display Stand
    LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 1 Display Case and Box

    #4312
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    To me, seeing ALL those minifigs in one place is visually overwhelming no matter how you do it. A few dozen favorites would seem like enough, or maybe all of the LOTR or all of the classic pirate characters. I would expect a large number of display cases to end up in storage.

    #4316
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    I would expect a large number of display cases to end up in storage.

    Haha, yep. You know that LEGO is not going to stop with a successful program any time soon, so sooner or later it will get overwhelming. Josh, your design rocks, but it’s still 3D and will take up a lot of space, no? But I guess once there are 30 series(es) of figures, you can switch off – have only prime numbered series on display in January, Fibonacci sequence in February, etc…

    #4346
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    Here’s one way to display LEGO stuff without having to build something:

    http://youngstown.craigslist.org/fuo/4194703323.html

    #4348
    Josh
    Keymaster

    those cases might actually be handy to have for the museum display next july…

    #4921
    Josh
    Keymaster

    missing a few CMFs, a few parts, and needs some cleaning up on the appearance side, but it’s functional. not sure if I’ll bring it saturday or not.

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    #5142
    Zemata
    Participant

    I can almost hear them screaming for help! Have you considered motorizing it?

    #5184
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    I noticed that the 1x6x5 clear panels jumped from 0.50 to 0.90 in the Pick a Brick section of Shop at Home. I hope you got all the ones you needed.

    #5205
    Josh
    Keymaster

    well, crap. I’m short a bunch if I aim to finish the olympic figs and one offs…

    #5232
    Josh
    Keymaster

    I’m calling it done, for now.

    Collectible Minifig display case

    #5244
    Dan
    Participant

    Looks great!

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