I have a ~100-figure collection and couldn't function without a spreadsheet.
Cap looks great, but I'm still a bit on the fence. I never picked up the 20th Cap and I regret it. I like the MAFEX but the heads are a bit too vintage. I know that fits the comic aesthetic they are mimicking, but how the eyes are painted gives him a feel that's quite different than the rest of my Marvel MAFEX (I don't have Thor, but he even seems a bit more modern) I think it's that the eyes on the masked faces look like little beady black dots, but then again they might hit a lot differently in person. This is me wobbling on the fence.
Looks like an absolutely treat for Cap fans, though. A 4th of July popsicle of a figure.
I was hesitant to even consider this guy because of the skin tone, the size of MAFEX's earlier Avengers, and the quality of the ML 20th Anniversary figure. But I think I'm in.
I prefer fewer torso stripes, but I've been leaning into a Lee/Kirby-era aesthetic in my non-X-Men displays.
Yeah that review makes him look pretty great. Love that stand with what looks like flexible arms too.
I wasn’t too fussed originally either but the more I seen of him, the more hype I get, he’ll be perfect for an MvC style display.
It’s funny, I feel like Medicom have gotten a lot better at the turnaround in announcing figures to releasing them but damn, it just leaves you wanting more. Wanna get a Jan, Wanda, Vision, Pietro, Clint, Natasha, etc.
I have a ~100-figure collection and couldn't function without a spreadsheet.
How big was your collection at its largest? I see the space dwindling in my collection room and know I have to change, but I haven't managed to do that yet. 😳
@revox This cap is more based on the Lee/Kirby and Sterenko era from the 60's if you look closely at the stripe pattern on his abs. You see how all the stripes are thin and off center? That's how Kirby used to draw him in Strange Tales and the Avenger's books
I have a ~100-figure collection and couldn't function without a spreadsheet.
How big was your collection at its largest? I see the space dwindling in my collection room and know I have to change, but I haven't managed to do that yet. 😳
When I was a kid during the Toy Biz Legends days, I had a ~300-figure collection.
I apologize for the wall of text that's about to follow.
I had almost all of the Toy Biz Legends and most of their Spider-Man and X-Men Classics. It was all displayed on probably 24' of shelves. The display was crowded and unfocused. I had duplicate characters (like Wolverine and Spider-Man) displayed next to each other. I owned a ton of stuff I had no connection to. By the end, I resented it.
I came back to collecting in college, almost by accident. I bought the ROML SDCC Thor as a one-off. Then I decided I needed a Loki to accompany him. Eventually, I decided it would be a hobby again rather than a few stray tchotchkes.
I built the spreadsheet around then to keep myself in check. I didn't want my collection to spiral again. For one, I had no space to display it, and two, I had almost no money to spend on it. I decided if a character wasn't on the spreadsheet, I didn't need them.
Then Hasbro started Star Wars Black Series. My spreadsheet ballooned from 25 to 50. A couple years later, I capped myself at a number that could reasonably be displayed in two Detolf cases, which was ~100. I stuck to that for a full decade, though I'm finally in the process of upgrading my Detolfs to those Coaster display cases we sometimes discuss around here. My X-Men and Marvel villain displays are too crowded compared to the shelves around them. The wider shelves will inevitably lead to more figures, though I'm genuinely confident I won't break 150. I justified the size creep because my wife is fine with it and I'm happy.
My parents are both hoarders (one to a dangerous degree) and I live with that in the back of my head whenever I buy something. It's not healthy, but it has stopped me from buying every cool thing I see. Even moving from Detolfs to larger displays has every alarm in my head ringing. I'm going to have to overcome that with time.
If you're worried about your collection getting out of control, I'd recommend a spreadsheet. It also helps track pre-orders. If you can display everything you own, you don't really need it, but I don't think that's the case for most of us. To paraphrase Marie Kondo, purge what no longer brings you joy. I have stuff on eBay all the time. It's a pain in the ass, but it keeps my collection manageable.
If you're worried about your collection getting out of control, I'd recommend a spreadsheet. It also helps track pre-orders. If you can display everything you own, you don't really need it, but I don't think that's the case for most of us. To paraphrase Marie Kondo, purge what no longer brings you joy. I have stuff on eBay all the time. It's a pain in the ass, but it keeps my collection manageable.
I have a spreadsheet I use to track every purchase I make and what I paid, but I'm not clear on what yours is. So you're somehow listing each character you collect? Do you have multiples of characters, or only one of each character?
Just checked and my sheet has 770 rows. Some rows have multiple figures, and some rows aren't figures but figure accessories. I can select the price column and get a total of everything I've spent on figures...it's useful to me, but I'm not sharing that number with anyone I know. 😳
Decent review of Cap. Interestingly he has him next to Mafex Thor in the video, and you can REALLY see how undersized that Thor is there. 🤔
If you're worried about your collection getting out of control, I'd recommend a spreadsheet. It also helps track pre-orders. If you can display everything you own, you don't really need it, but I don't think that's the case for most of us. To paraphrase Marie Kondo, purge what no longer brings you joy. I have stuff on eBay all the time. It's a pain in the ass, but it keeps my collection manageable.
I have a spreadsheet I use to track every purchase I make and what I paid, but I'm not clear on what yours is. So you're somehow listing each character you collect? Do you have multiples of characters, or only one of each character?
Just checked and my sheet has 770 rows. Some rows have multiple figures, and some rows aren't figures but figure accessories. I can select the price column and get a total of everything I've spent on figures...it's useful to me, but I'm not sharing that number with anyone I know. 😳
I have everything on mine.
- Pre-orders
- A list of every figure I own (and its cost and a link to the receipt. I have a separate row for third-party accessories, too)
- A list of what I've purchased this year (and its cost and a link to the receipt)
- A list of what I've sold this year (and its cost and the profit)
I track it in granular detail now in case it ever comes up on my taxes.
On the sheet tracking every figure I own, I also have a link to the figure at a toy review site, like Fwoosh or ToyArk, so my wife knows what she's selling if anything were to happen to me.
I only own one of almost all the characters in my collection. I believe Spider-Man, Magneto, and Wolverine are the only exceptions.
I'm finally in the process of upgrading my Detolfs to those Coaster display cases we sometimes discuss around here.
Do you have one yet? If so does it have adjustable shelves?
I reviewed the product specs, and there's one key feature I demand in any action figure storage or display that I can't tell that this case has--adjustable shelves. I've got adjustable shelves in my cases, and it's wonderful. SO much flexibility for displaying some shelves with large or even huge figures and others with less vertical space. I can easily have Haslab Galactus on a shelf if I want without removing any, although obviously that leaves a lot less space for the other shelves--but that's OK for 6-inch action figures, you could have one shelf that's half the height of my 6-foot unit and leave the rest at 9" to 12" and still be able to do plenty of display with twelfth-scale figures.
At first glance I assumed it did have adjustable shelves. Mine have tracks on four corners that run the entire height of my cases, and you tighten a rubber-covered screw wherever you want along the entire height of those tracks to choose where any given shelf is located vertically. The glass shelves then rest on those rubber-coated screws. It almost looks like this unit does have those same tracks, but the specs don't mention adjustable shelves so I assume those aren't the same tracks my cases have.
I'm finally in the process of upgrading my Detolfs to those Coaster display cases we sometimes discuss around here.
Do you have one yet? If so does it have adjustable shelves?
I reviewed the product specs, and there's one key feature I demand in any action figure storage or display that I can't tell that this case has--adjustable shelves. I've got adjustable shelves in my cases, and it's wonderful. SO much flexibility for displaying some shelves with large or even huge figures and others with less vertical space. I can easily have Haslab Galactus on a shelf if I want without removing any, although obviously that leaves a lot less space for the other shelves--but that's OK for 6-inch action figures, you could have one shelf that's half the height of my 6-foot unit and leave the rest at 9" to 12" and still be able to do plenty of display with twelfth-scale figures.
At first glance I assumed it did have adjustable shelves. Mine have tracks on four corners that run the entire height of my cases, and you tighten a rubber-covered screw wherever you want along the entire height of those tracks to choose where any given shelf is located vertically. The glass shelves then rest on those rubber-coated screws. It almost looks like this unit does have those same tracks, but the specs don't mention adjustable shelves so I assume those aren't the same tracks my cases have.
I don't have them yet. From the photos I've seen online, I don't think they have adjustable shelves. It looks like a solid piece of metal all the way up with four fixed spots for shelves. Detolfs aren't adjustable, so I'm only sacrificing a few inches of vertical height per shelf.
It does limit the size of what you can buy, though. I spent days scouring the market for a ~12-inch Galactus. Of course, no figure exists. I wound up with a Heroclix instead. It got the big guy (who previously had no representation) on my shelf, so I'm happy.
Ikea Billy at $79 for 32" wide by 80" tall and two Hogbo glass doors at $65 each so $79 + $65 + 65 = $209 gives you MUCH more storage space with MUCH more flexibility. The shelves are height-adjustable and you get glass doors, and you have the option of buying extra shelves if you keep them all to a pretty short height for figures of say 10" to 14" for yet even more storage. Plus an extension up top if you have higher than 8-foot ceilings (mine are 9' 4").
Cheaper, more storage, more flexibility with the only disadvantage being that the sides and back aren't clear. I have two fully glass adjustable shelves, but having glass on the sides and back are a bit of a waste. If I didn't already have them I'd go the full Billy route.
I strongly considered the Billys. The two things that stopped me were the height and the width. I'm only 5'9, so having a 6.5' bookshelf felt silly. I wouldn't be able to see much of the top shelf, especially while sitting in my office.
As far as the width, one Billy has about the same storage space as two Detolfs. To increase my current display space, I'd need two Billys, and that would be massive overkill for my current display.
Billys are probably my favorite looking cases, but unfortunately they aren't a good fit for my collection.
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