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plover
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Joined: Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:34 am
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Location: Canada
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 Home office So I finally got a wall unit built to show off some of my collection. My home office, a.k.a closet, is pretty small so I didn't have enough room for a Detolf unit or anything like that. I also wanted to try and show the figures as a group. I have to say it feels great to have them out and on display. I've started to build another one but don't know where the hell I'm going to hang it?
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| Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:39 pm |
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rednecktex7
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Location: Texas
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Looks great PLover!
I love the group shot because it takes up much less space then displaying them on bookshelves.
I think you have much more to display!
IKe
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| Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:51 pm |
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liquidsky
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Joined: Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:54 pm
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Location: Far From the Maddening Crowds
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Cool thing with this display is that you can easily move toys around and juxtapose them against each other.
Hmmm. You got a couple damage brains I need... j /k
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| Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:13 pm |
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ramos
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good style! SUPER7 APPROVED!(the whole team is here looking at the photo)
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| Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:27 pm |
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jltohru
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thats a rad idea! i love the "brady bunch" methodology...
u can easily rearrange/change the toys to create a whole different impression
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| Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:29 pm |
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kontact
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Location: San Diego
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Wow, they really stick out like that, the white bg and everything. Much better then a regular book shelf top. Gives them nice size too.
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| Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:40 pm |
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That's really neat!
(Can I still say 'neat' in 2006?  )
You made it y'self?!
And is that Gold Skullwing legit or a custom?
(Pardon my ignerrance, but I ain't never seen that one before!)
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| Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:40 pm |
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Locomoco
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Joined: Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:13 pm
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Location: San Mateo
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Plover started the whole Gold Leafing movement... and having tried it myself, he's REALLY good at it.
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| Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:44 pm |
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plover
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rednecktex7 wrote: Looks great PLover!
I think you have much more to display!
IKe Thanks! I might have a few more things up my sleeve! ramos wrote: good style! SUPER7 APPROVED!(the whole team is here looking at the photo) Thanks Issac. Super7 approval! What more could a guy ask for!  Locomoco wrote: Plover started the whole Gold Leafing movement... and having tried it myself, he's REALLY good at it. Thanks Loco! You don't seem to be having any troubles with this stuff yourself!
Thanks for all the kind comments everyone.
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| Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:36 pm |
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the_z
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Great craftmanship! Maybe you could put together some other shapes to suit the rest of your wallspace...
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| Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:02 pm |
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keiboba
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Joined: Sun Jan 22, 2006 11:34 am
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Location: Rockford, MI
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That is just such an excellent idea for displaying them. Beautiful office, it must be fun to work in.
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| Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:14 pm |
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Locomoco
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Location: San Mateo
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It's too clean and organized to be fun...
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| Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:18 pm |
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Pogue
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I love it, if I had enoguh room I would copy your style.
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| Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:30 pm |
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nicododo
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Great way to display! Looks like you still have room for one fig now 
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| Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:56 am |
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plover
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the_z wrote: Great craftmanship! Maybe you could put together some other shapes to suit the rest of your wallspace... Thanks.
I think this is exactly what I'm going to do. It would be really cool to have the entire wall space a grid of toys.
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| Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:07 am |
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turtletooth
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Sweet set up Plover!
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| Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:34 am |
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JHOTTROD
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Plover that looks great!-If you dont mind my asking did you do wood and then paint it or did you use a black PVC sheet goods or acrylic sheet w/half lap joints on the dividers...
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| Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:54 am |
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plover
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JHOTTROD wrote: Plover that looks great!-If you dont mind my asking did you do wood and then paint it or did you use a black PVC sheet goods or acrylic sheet w/half lap joints on the dividers... Thanks HotRod.
The outer frame is made with an aluminum 2.5" deep shadow box frame. I cut my own since framing shops are such a rip off and had this left over from a previous project.
The dividers are actually made from wood. I cut 1/8" hollow core door panel into strips and then cut out the lap joints to form the grid. These were then painted matte black to go with the frame. Your idea of using PVC or acrylic sheet is excellent! I might have to look into that.
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| Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:30 am |
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Count
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You have some great Brains!
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bryanarchy
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Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
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you could totally put a detolf in that room!!!! well... if it was still left flatpacked... 
Awesome collection!
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| Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:16 am |
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shibby
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Really nice! I'm imspired!!
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lurker
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yeah that shelving is ace!
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| Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:58 pm |
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zomboid
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Dope!
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JHOTTROD
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plover-black sheet PVC is really easy to cut and mill-We used to make displays for CVS pharmacies out of it...Not too expensive either..
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| Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:03 am |
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plover
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JHOTTROD wrote: plover-black sheet PVC is really easy to cut and mill-We used to make displays for CVS pharmacies out of it...Not too expensive either.. I'm definitely going to look into this. That's a great idea and probably a whole lot easier to work with. Thanks.
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