nice pic ! greasebat

^^ Smart dude . . . . smart collection!

I like the top of my shelves now:


P1020541 by Beautification Syndrome, on Flickr

Although I think it looks too well organized. I keep scratching my head thinking I just got another detolf but yet my tops are still covered?

Chris you have one of my favorite collections. Its always so beautiful to look at. So much to take in and I find something new to admire every time.

Hey thanks for the kind words Rich! I try to just collect what I like, try not to get caught up in hype, and most importantly try not to put myself in financial peril! I like that my toys are in my office/room now BUT- the room is so small the other half (not seen in this photo) is harder to see. Row three would be where all the vintage stuff has accumulated, and row four is a lot of zollmen/woo/goji etc.

One day when I hopefully have a bigger place or home I'm getting a vintage display case to go with these....for vintage toys of course

Speaking of display cases, how did you get all your detolfs to be perfectly level like that ? I know these never come that perfect, at least not mine.

^^^my tops are dead level, but when you look towards the floor... but can you expect a 100+ year old building with settling issues to have even floors?my office is like walking on a fun house floor^^^

Haha same here, I live in an old building that once was a funeral home. So I didn't even try. I have my cases separated by about 4 inches.

then EVERYTHING should be dead level. HA!
(sorry guys, i just had to...)

rimshot....

Ahhhh the leveling issue. Yeah detolfs are hit or miss, and you really get what you pay for at Ikea. The last one I put together the plastic strips that connect the side panes of glass split and cracked on two sides! I kept assembling through that mess, thankfully they're not too essential!

Yeah but I use a trick my grandfather taught me. He did a lot of carpentry in his spare time and gave me a bunch of wood splits (long long time ago) he made for leveling that look like this:



I usually break them in half ^^^ and apply them to any of the 4 corners that need them, stacking if need be. Works like a charm. Yeah these detolfs, unlike my last set up on hardwood floors, are on a carpet. So there is no way they'd look that neat if I didn't use these!

you can also use wedges of sturdy cardboard or if you wanna get hardcore and your floors aren't totally jacked up (and down) cut a piece of plywood to the size of how ever many detolfs you plan to set up and arange them on top of the wood

Really stoked on this shelf today.

i love how gorilla ju is about to squish the lil guy

Yup. These monsters are brutal!

Awesome Scott! Serious wreaking ball action happening on that shelf.

What happened to red gorilla Ju ???

Thanks Jared. So much fun playing with these guys.



In Chicago, last time I heard.

The original "silver back" version has always been my favorite, though.

It's red hot power warms up the joint. I need that original release bad now!

The last detolf we bought from Ikea, specifically for my pushead collection, i dunno...we must've taken it apart 2xs after putting it together. the shelving is wobbly. Sheila and I scratched our heads. We did everything right.

The front right corner bolt just didnt want to be screwed in correctly for some reason or another. Now, every time I go to open the case, my blue croc falls over 5 out of 10 times if the force jolts him the right way.

Super annoying to say the least. The other 2 detolf's that house Sheila's collection (and a piece or two of mine-non-pushead toys) were just fine.

Go figure..

^^^as far as the shelves being wobbly I have a few that are a little warped best bet if it irkes you that much find the corner(s) that dont make contact and wrap the rubber rest with some teflon tape^^^

not to derail the thread anymore buttttttt... anyone ever put a little double sided tape down? seems my fight figures don't fall over but instead just all turn to the left. i have to adjust every other day. i also live in a very old house with original wood floors.

I know it's really 2 shelves, so to be clear, the top is my favorite since those are my favorite versions. The second is right up behind it though. Really could use that 1st version on the top shelf there though.

Thanks to Brenda... two new additions to my favorite shelf.

LOVE IT!!!! Nice shelf man!!!