Prop Display suggestions, help a brother out!

IndyFanChuck

IndyFanChuck

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Hey friends,

I need some advice on displaying my replica Prop and high end figures collection. Right now everything is a big horkin' mess on different shelves.

I have a TV room with a flat screen tv built into the wall. With NOTHING around it. I was thinkin' maybe displaying items around the tv - OUT of reach of my daughter. haha

Anyway, I have specific items that might look good like the SD Studios Batman 1989 Speargun, the SD Studios Old Obi Wan lightsaber, LoTR Sting sword, and I am trying to buy Hellboy's Samaritan gun as well.

Also, I have several of the high end Sideshowtoy figures like Hellboy, Gandalf, and some of those beautiful figures. I have a beautiful Blade statue, and of course Blade's sword from Factory X. I have the Screen Used Blade stunt sword, which was from screenused.com as well.

I just have so much stuff and no real display like Grunson! What should I do. LOL Any suggestions?

Thanks brothers!!!!


--Chuck
 
Hey Chuck,

Starting from scratch like that is both a blessing and a curse! What sort of room is it? Any pics you can share?

BTW, you should ask a mod to move this to the prop forum as it's not OT! :)

Tom
 
Hi Tom,

Well, I was going to post photos of all the props and figures, and it turns out my Digital Camera won't turn on.

I plugged it in, and the "charge" light is not on. That can't be good. LOL


I can describe the wall though Tom. The ceiling is standard, and the wall is about 16 feet long, with nothing but the TV mounted on it. It's a 40 inch Sony Weta flatscreen.

There is a doorway on the left hand side, if you are looking at the tv, and the right hand side, a row of windows begins. So, it's more of a stand alone wall with the tv on it.

There are no shelves or anything other than the tv there. My only parameter is that everything will have to be out of reach of my youngest child who is 2 years old.

Other than that, I have about 16 feet to play with!!!!!!! Minus the tv. Sorry I can't include photos. But I have to take the camera to the shop I guess. Hopefully THAT won't cost too much to get fixed! haha

I would love to display the prop replicas on the wall. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have some of the figures displayed like Grunson has his. He has them in glass cases on stands. His display room is brilliant. I just simply can NOT decide what to do!!!!!!





Wampa said:
Hey Chuck,

Starting from scratch like that is both a blessing and a curse! What sort of room is it? Any pics you can share?

BTW, you should ask a mod to move this to the prop forum as it's not OT! :)

Tom
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Hey Chuck,

I'm a big fan of "less is more" these days. Keep things simple and clean. Start with your wall and TV and then pick places for the big items (or your focus items) then work the rest in around those.

Don't crowd things. Leave some "air" around items. In general, the better the piece (either more rare, more valuable or simply more important to you), the more "air" it deserves around it.

Ikea is a great source for "budget" cases and shelving. Their "detolf" unit is the standard for "prop displays on a budget" (I've got a bunch of em myself!) and with the little lights they sell, you can make a really classy display case for under $100.

I agree about Gruson's room. His is a supremely classy setup!

Tom
 
I complete agree with Wampa. Some really good suggestions there!

I'm in a similar boat as I'm about to make a move and will have an extra bedroom for my office/display room (my room of solitude if you will). Ikea seems to have some nice, affordable pieces to use.

Also I love to use posters or smaller prints to enhance some displays. It really makes a difference to add a little extra and also gives a connection to people I have over to appreciate the piece a little more.
 
I just picked up the LACK bookshelf from Ikea -- excellent display shelf for someone (like me) who prefers open displays (and therefore, constant dusting).

It's $129, 70" high with four shelves. It's big, chunky wood and looks much more classy than it actually is. Plus, you can leave out the non-weight-bearing shelves as needed to create a larger display area for tall items.
 
I have several of the Detolfs as well. Two of them hold my helmets in our downstairs den, one contains my lightsabers in my upstairs home office, and the last is stuck holding extra props in our spare "junk" room until I find space for it elsewhere. :p

They are a really great value, especially now that you can get them in different colors. Mine are all the light birch color, and I want to someday repaint them to match the rest of the furniture in each of their respective rooms. But finding the time to do so...ugh.
 
I too admired Gruson's set up very much. I picked up a whole bunch of black pedestals and I'm currently using those to display most of my life sized busts.

I have pretty limited spacing but with the right lighting those pedestals really make for a great display. Here's a quick pic ... still shopping around for some glass shelves for the wall:

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Chief Bast said:
You can add me to the list of Detolf case users as well. It works well with a lot of props, looks good and is great if you're on a budget. :)
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I have 7 Detolf's and it's growing!

The spacing on the shelves is a bit awkward for some props. Either too short or too tall.

For the too short side, I just take out a shelf and have things go taller. For the too tall side I use clear acrylic organizers meant for kitchen use to create multi levels.

Ikea also has an LED light set (dioder) that is 4 white LED disks attached to a wire hub. I run one of those down to each shelf. They are adhesive backed and only about 1/4" thick. I use some plastic wire wrap stuff to keep the cables from the dioder set out of the way and hidden.

The dioders are almost as much as the cases... $60 for the detolf and $40 for the dioder. But $100 for a lit glass display case isn't bad at all.

Not the best pic, but this was from when I was setting up the 3 new cases...

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They now have more lights and more stuff in them :)
 
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