Displaying LEGO Star Wars Tips/Help?

legofactory · Post by **legofactory** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:17 pm

I'm planning to display my lego star wars sets but I don't want them to get dusty as i'm quite lazy. I liked how Toysrus displays their lego sets. The ones that are in a little display case that displays a particular lego theme. You'll see what i mean if you go to a Toysrus store at the lego section. Any tips/help on whats the best way to display lego star wars sets?

Also, was wondering what other people are doing with their lego boxes.... Do you guys flatten them and throw them out? Or do you keep them? I'm running out of space to and I don't know where to put them.

Thanks.

legofactory
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YouTube · Post by **Platypus** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:08 pm

I have kept piles of boxed and thrown out many more. I have no idea what to do with them. I feel bad recycling them, but I don't know of any use for them either. it's hard...
I don't know about displaying. Auctions often have glass cases on sale. I've often thought it would be nice to have a few in my living room with different MOCs. Can tire and IKEA often have them new but they are fairly expensive.

Post by **timtosino** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:19 pm

The Goodwill in Bellingham had some pretty nice Horizontal Retail Glass display cases when I went down there last week. There were 2 for $99 each but they would be a bitch to get back across the border. I thought they would have been useful to the club but it they looked heavy enough only a hand truck could move them.

Post by **DeGobbi** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:30 pm

http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/10011055 those are pretty good. or you can always get a Ionizer air purifier , that takes the dust out of the air too . london drugs has them for like 69 bucks i think with washable filters so you don't have do to keep buying more filiters .

Post by **Andrew** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:36 pm

Hi Mr.Factory

Those Ikea cabinets do look very nice,and keep a certain amount of dust off,I have a friend with some toys displayed in them,classy even in the living room.

Andrew

Post by **Robin** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:05 pm

Back in the day, I used to build a "wall" with my Lego boxes. I'd keep them intact, close up the opened end, and then stack them up vertically like "wallpaper" against the wall. Since they use common sizes, it was easy enough to stack them up in interesting, interlocking ways. I'd use double sided tape on key boxes to anchor the whole wall, although it was still a little precarious. If you have kids or a large dog, forget it ...

After a while, those hundreds of boxes (and multiple walls) just got out of hand ... so I made the sad decision a few years ago to recycle all those lovely old boxes ...

Now, I go through way too many so they go immediately to recycling.