[DaiShan1984]

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Originally Posted by ravagebeak1000

Nice collection I have a few questions....

Where did you get the acrylic cases for the cereal boxes? Did you buy in bulk? How much were they?

Also where did you get the small individual action figure cases--Star wars--Super Powers ect.. ? Do they have pegs in the bottom to stand or are you using some sort of sticky in there? Looks to be 2 kinds that you have, circular and square? How much were they and did you buy bulk?

Thanks!

It's been a long time, but I believe I got all of my cereal box display cases off of eBay for roughly $12-15 a piece, which seems to be what they are going for today. Do a search for "Acrylic Cereal Display" and you'll get a bunch of hits. The brand I got was BallQube. I'm pretty sure they are all BallQube even though not all auctions specify the name.

Also, the retail store "The Container Store" has them for $18 each.

Also, these things go together oddly. They split vertically into two pieces and "kinda" slide together. Not the best design ever but they stay together and with a few pieces of perfectly cut Scotch tape at the top & bottom seam, it's all good and protected from dust (or grease for crappy kitchens like mine)

As for the Star Wars & Super Powers cases...the acrylic round cases and soft rectangular cases you see I got, for the most part, from a company that no longer exists. They weren't the manufacturer though, just a retailer. For the remaining ones I needed I looked no further than The Earth. The site might look a bit old but I've been buying from them for years. Probably the oldest collectible supply website still around:

Storage Cases For <br> Loose Action Figures

That link goes directly to their loose figure case offerings.

Neither case type has pegs and I don't use any museum type sticky on anything. Not a fan of the stuff as it would likely degrade over time and the last thing I want is to come home to a vintage toy that's taken a nose dive off a shelf and broke because that stuff lost it's stickyness.

For the soft shells, everything is pretty snug. They are mainly designed for vintage figures and you rarely have a problem getting them looking forward. I used those for my Super Powers because space in those IKEA Detolf cases was at a premium and as you can see in the photos, the round cases have extra unused space width-wise.

The cases have hang tabs on top to pin them to walls (see my G.I. Joe wall display) but in that case I needed them vertical. Unfortunately those soft cases are not designed for that. They will stand, but they will lean forward and look horrible, plus are easily knocked over.

What I did to fix that was buy some Legos on eBay and design my own "holder" base for each figure. The bases are no wider than the soft cases so I don't lose display room, but they fit snuggly in there in an upright fashion. Once I knew the exact kind of Legos I needed for each base, I just bought the specific pieces in bulk on eBay. There are a bunch of Lego eBay vendors that sell individual, specific bricks.

I used the round cases for my Star Wars because I thankfully had the room to utilize the better case. They are hard acryilc and stackable. If I could, I'd put every figure in those things. Now you could be careful and get figures to stand upright in there and hope to not knock them over, but I just bought figure stands (also on The Earth) for everything.

One thing to note. Get the CLEAR ProTech stands, NOT the Black. Maybe it's just me and the climate shifts I go through in NYC, but over time I've had multiple pegs snap off inside figure's feet from the black stands. I don't seem to have that problem (so far anyway) with the clear.

I hope all of this helps.