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Well, it's finally come down to this. I'm basically out of room. My Reborn 2 series is ignominiously sitting on a table because I'm out of shelf space and almost totally out of wall space. With everything else that's coming out this year, my wife and I were talking this morning that I might just have to break down and rent a place to keep some of this stuff.
I guess it could sort of be fun to go and visit my toys somewhere else once in awhile.
Yep. I'm about to go through the same problem. I don't even have that many figures (about 100). My wife tolerates (and enjoys) my hobby - but only to a point. If I don't keep it neat I can kiss it goodbye. I've got enough wall space for about three more shelves. With all the cool McFarlane stuff coming up this year, those shelves will be filled up within a few months. [img]confused.gif[/img]
well, if you open them, they take up a lot less space [img]wink.gif[/img]
hahahaha... as I was up on the ladder pinning stuff up this morning, I did think to myself..
" You know, you could get a hell of a lot of these on a shelf if you opened them."
well then... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Don't do it Sculpy!!!!
DO IT!!
let my people go!!
Dude!!! It SO doesn't seem right to have to pay for storage....but you can't go opening all that stuff!! You'll kill every living thing within a 2 mile radius, with NTS!!! [img]eek.gif[/img]
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[img]biggrin.gif[/img] What if you start building a new house out of the toys?
....I'll shut up!
Kick the kid out! Instant toy room...
Just get a divorce. Thats what I did. Now I have a big ole house all to my little self with alllll kindsa room!! I j/k of course, but I did get a divorce last year and I DO have plento room.
"Just think about it"......Limp Bizkit
dude you have all that space in the kitchen and the main room at the entrance to your place. time to get rid of the art and stuff like that upstairs and move in the toys!
Sculpey-you know I would be happy to "store" all the extra toys here at my place for you. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
Time for a new house Sculpey! A big one!
I feel your pain my brotha!!! I have half a bedroom to display at least a full room's worth of toys [img]graemlins/whatever.gif[/img] So I have bins in which I keep my duplicates, future customs, and seasonal items.
(IOW Ghostface and Michael Myers come out at Halloween) I don't have problems with figures like Mandarin Spawn (Tall, Narrow, my next step is to build tiers on my shelves) That will create a lot of room, allow them to all be seen, even though the shelf is crowded. It's figures like 'The Heap', Mutated Spawn 23' and Violator III that are the ones I sit there saying " what the eff am I gonna do with you??
Plus I just can't say no when a really cool 18" figure like Edward Scissorhands or the just released Aragorn from LotR come out. Not to mention that I just got some deals on some of the best 12" Star Wars figures I've always wanted.
I've come to the conclusion that my Star Wars ships MUST be hung up, along with the LoTR 'Fell Beast' with Ringwraith that I will never be able to pass up [img]redface.gif[/img] (See? sick) And as far as the rest,
I just have to rotate displays, painful as it is to put some great figures into bins with bubble wrap [img]graemlins/cry_smile.gif[/img]
I also have become more selective.
I passed on Monsters III because I had to make the choice of it or Spawn Reborn II..Spawn always wins out. My Spawn figures are the ones that NEVER get put away. No matter what, I have certain lines that will be faves forever. Spawn,
Music figures, Certain Movie figs (Crow, Edward etc..) Ditto for LoTR, Alien /Predator, and Star Wars . Those were my original passions in collecting and still are.(Well, LoTR became one the moment they hit the shelves) The rest..oh well, I find ways.. [img]wink.gif[/img]
im running into the same problem in my display room. im going to have to start storing stuff in my storage basement which kind of sucks. ill never pay someone to store my stuff. because if i dont have it to look at than im not enjoying it so why buy it in the first place. if thats the case ill have the stores store if for me and i wont have to pay anything at all.
ran into that problem about a year ago....it sucks, i am paying 140 bucks monthly to hold my toys...problem now is my storage unit is full as well....good news is the wife and i are looking for a bigger home now so hopefully won't have to put up with it much longer...
btw if you do rent a unit ,check into the climate controlled ones and also make sure it is insured....
hell be happy. if I loose my job with all thats going on, I might not get toys anymore or let alone afford a house to live in [img]frown.gif[/img]
I am getting there with lightning speed even though I try to push as many figs I can on one shelf it will be though so Im guessing in a few months I will be out of room. I already packed down the turtles to get room for more Binaltechs and G1 figs.. and more spawns.. but hey its a fun problem [img]wink.gif[/img]
Ran into the same problem in my apartment. So, what did I do: bought a house, lol. I start working on my basement/toy room a week from Monday. 600+ square feet for my collection [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
If ya got a garage; Park the cars outside!!! Bam! Just add drywall, instant storage space!
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">We are at that point as well! We just can't find something in an area we like, for a price we are comfortable with right now. But once we do - big displaying space!Quote:
Originally posted by 316what:
Ran into the same problem in my apartment. So, what did I do: bought a house, lol. I start working on my basement/toy room a week from Monday. 600+ square feet for my collection [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
I tried it for a time, but I just couldn't get used to it. even though I rarely look at toys that are stored in boxes, I need them around me. The climate control was also an issue - I couldn't find a reliable climate controlled storage space.
Now, I just deal with boxes everywhere. As wierd as it looks, it's better for my sanity.