Post by: Bandalero on November 10, 2008, 11:11:08 PM
Come on Airtight and Footloose!
(http://http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Bandaler0/joes1.jpg)
(http://http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Bandaler0/joes2.jpg)
(http://http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Bandaler0/cobras1.jpg)
(http://http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Bandaler0/cobras2.jpg)
(http://http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Bandaler0/cobras3.jpg)
(http://http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Bandaler0/vehicles.jpg)
(http://http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Bandaler0/rattler-1.jpg)
Post by: Raptor on November 11, 2008, 10:41:08 AM
Post by: Pete The Greek on November 11, 2008, 10:58:30 AM
Quote from: "Raptor"
Um, not seeing anything. Is there something wrong with your pic links or my browser?
Must be you as I can see the pics.
Post by: Stealth Viper on November 11, 2008, 11:01:34 AM
Post by: Pete The Greek on November 11, 2008, 11:31:35 AM
Post by: freakx2001 on November 11, 2008, 11:37:41 AM
Post by: Bandalero on November 11, 2008, 12:15:02 PM
Quote from: "Pete The Greek"
By the way, I love how Alex has filtered out some of the 25th crap with the best versions of the figures done to date.
Hey thanks, honestly the DVD and Comic Packs have been a dream come true. Even as a child I always wondered why the toys I played with didn't quite look like the characters in the cartoon. Like where was CC's white stripe on his helmet? Or why did Lady Jaye have a hat when she didn't on the show? I loved the 'toon as a kid and to have the figures "leap" off the screen like this is amazing. I really hope we get a Bazooka with brown helmet/pants as part of the endless repaints to come.
And freakx2001 you can get the case at Ikea (http://http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/00093136). I know Mike has a couple as well, they work great for displaying figures.
Post by: BHMike on November 11, 2008, 01:00:45 PM
Quote from: "Bandalero"
And freakx2001 you can get the case at Ikea (http://http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/00093136). I know Mike has a couple as well, they work great for displaying figures.
I bought mine, then Raps bought his, then Morg bought his, etc etc etc.
I'm kinda shocked Stealth doesn't have a few yet. He'd be able to put out so much more loose figures than the one he has (which is still a sweet case by the way!)
And nice layout Alex!
Post by: Stealth Viper on November 11, 2008, 01:24:53 PM
Quote from: "THE Mike?"
I bought mine, then Raps bought his, then Morg bought his, etc etc etc.
I'm kinda shocked Stealth doesn't have a few yet. He'd be able to put out so much more loose figures than the one he has (which is still a sweet case by the way!)
And nice layout Alex!
You need to come over more. I've had 2 of those hung since I finished my office. My framed Baroness poster hangs between them.
Post by: morgardee on November 11, 2008, 03:27:15 PM
Quote from: "Stealth Viper"
Quote from: "THE Mike?"
I bought mine, then Raps bought his, then Morg bought his, etc etc etc.
I'm kinda shocked Stealth doesn't have a few yet. He'd be able to put out so much more loose figures than the one he has (which is still a sweet case by the way!)
And nice layout Alex!
You need to come over more. I've had 2 of those hung since I finished my office. My framed Baroness poster hangs between them.
All the kewl kids have them. :wink:
Post by: BHMike on November 11, 2008, 04:17:16 PM
Quote from: "Stealth Viper"
You need to come over more. I've had 2 of those hung since I finished my office. My framed Baroness poster hangs between them.
I totally forgot about that....
You are 100% correct... on both fronts.
Post by: Raptor on November 11, 2008, 09:52:30 PM
- R
Post by: Bandalero on November 12, 2008, 08:29:18 AM
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I'm up to 4. And loving every one of them...
- R
Yeah I want to convince the wife to get another one, they're very neat "floating" and display very nicely. Have you guys installed the spot-lights? I'm wondering how the light will cascade all the way to the bottom shelf.
Post by: Stealth Viper on November 12, 2008, 09:07:14 AM
Quote from: "Bandalero"
Have you guys installed the spot-lights? I'm wondering how the light will cascade all the way to the bottom shelf.
I haven't. I'm concerned with the affect the constant close range light source would have on the items on the upper shelves.
Post by: akpayne on November 12, 2008, 09:36:37 AM
Post by: Raptor on November 12, 2008, 09:38:45 AM
Quote from: "Stealth Viper"
Quote from: "Bandalero"Have you guys installed the spot-lights? I'm wondering how the light will cascade all the way to the bottom shelf.
I haven't. I'm concerned with the affect the constant close range light source would have on the items on the upper shelves.
That was exactly my thoughts on the matter as well. I was even considering putting dust covers over the doors to keep them from getting single direction faded from UV that comes in the room.
I'm going to try to mitigate the effect by rotating the displays about every 6 months to a year, but I think that the close proximity light might be a bit too much.
If I were going to do it though, I think that I'd pick up one of those battery powered push on lights that they have at Canadian Tire that are designed to stick in a closet. They even have a bit of a plastic filter to keep the UV from damaging the plastic (though I have no idea how well that would work.) At least it would save you a lot of trouble with running ugly wiring, and you can turn them on and off as you please.
- R
Post by: BHMike on November 12, 2008, 10:51:58 AM
Avoid sunlight in your room at all costs.
Post by: Bandalero on November 12, 2008, 12:45:05 PM
If I were to experiment with it, that's a good idea with those push-lights at Canadian Tire Raps! No wiring, no drilling, I just wonder how hot it would get.
I wouldn't turn the lights on and leave it all night, but I figured it would add a little something more to the presentation if I was showing off my collection to guests that come over (not that I do that often anyways). Meh I'll park this idea in the "if there's nothing else to do with my collection" corner.
Post by: Raptor on November 12, 2008, 12:52:33 PM
Quote from: "Bandalero"
If I were to experiment with it, that's a good idea with those push-lights at Canadian Tire Raps! No wiring, no drilling, I just wonder how hot it would get.
I think that you can get them in LED versions now. How hot do LED's get?
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Post by: Raptor on November 13, 2008, 12:44:28 AM
It creates and instant cardboard dio (for those that are into such things.) Even if you're just looking for a good way to cover up that bottom shelf, it's a nice effect.
- R
Post by: Bandalero on November 13, 2008, 10:18:52 PM
Post by: Raptor on November 13, 2008, 11:24:00 PM
The only bad part is that you have to set the shelf a peg higher than normal if you were spacing the shelves evenly. If you used the whole shelf for the dios you'd end up only having 9 shelves to play with...
Still it's nice to be able to reuse some of that cool packaging. Just be sure to cut the tape from the bottom when removing the plastic tabs that hold the vehicles in. If I ever find a second Firebat for less than $30 I'll buy one to open, and use the dio to display all my cobra pilot figures. The inside dios are getting better and better with each release.
Post by: Canuklehead on November 14, 2008, 04:39:42 PM