Well I'm in the final days of Domicile of Love™ Project Number 3 and that means next up is the *fill in the blank* of Love™, the room that will serve as the replacement for the now long lost but never forgotten Attic of Love™.
I have no idea what this room should be called once it is completed and the toys that will remain are brought out of storage and back on some kind of shelves that are yet to be found.
I'm going to try and find a way to dismantle half of my glass desk so as to free up more wall space.
Since I'll never use the closet entrance, I'll likely put the desk somewhere near there so that I maximize wall space for maximum crackage.
Yes. I plan to reduce what I have no love for.
But I'm thinking that the Attic used to be long and horizontal due to the eves. Here I have the height I never had.
It is probable that a lot of the show-appearing mainline figures could still all be kept.
Of course, all of that will once again depend on the shelves.
I've been budgeting about $400 (paint, plaster, new light fixture and electric, etc.) for the remodel work and then $1500 or so on shelves, give or take a couple of hundred dollars here or there depending on what I end up going with.
One of the readers here recently emailed me the JCPenny shelves link again and they're on sale now.
I'm really tempted to get them. They would very much work.
I'm planning on going with darker walls and a bright white trim. I'm thinking that the off-white finish or the oak finish on the shelves would look good.
Whatever the final choice... there WILL NOT BE CHEAP ASS SAUDER OR PLASTIC SHELVES FOR MY TOYS EVER AGAIN!
Ok. Got that out of my system.
And I still want to find a pedestal, with a properly sized class top, to put Black Fire Convoy under with spotlights shining at him.
He is the Holy Grail after all.
I've only taken him out of the box for that one photo and left him as-is.
He deserves his armor.
*sigh*
Yes. I'm afraid that with the return of a crack room, there'll be more crack blogging.
Well... until Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica start back up.
I'm sure you'll find some nice shelves. I've seen tonnes of display cases packed full of TFs on plenty of TF websites - sealed ones with backlights, ugly metal structures, wood... Some look much better than others. Have you looked at Ikea? (if there's one near you, that is)
To partner up with that guy, you definitely need to find one of these guys - no matter the funds http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/content.php?/transformers-lucky-draw/toy-gallery/1795/Black+God+Magnus.html
Money is made to be spent on toys :)
i am excited for more crackness! how cool that you will have a better designed space for it to be displayed on too!! so cool! can't wait to see! :D
Pulse: The odds of finding a Lucky Draw Black Fire Convoy were shocking.
The odds of finding a Lucky Draw Black Fire Convoy for less than $1000 were even more shocking.
The odds of ever finding a Lucky draw Black God Magnus are probably 1 in 5,000,000,000.
Teresa: Yeah. I really want to get my space livable again. It is driving me a bit crazy without it.
If I didn't live all the way down in LA I'd be up there to help you so you can get back to the crack blogging!
Those JC Penney shelves are nice. Too bad I've already started my shelves project, I'd just get those.
Your Holy Grail is cool. I'm not familiar with it as someone who mostly knows G1 and Beast Wars. He looks awesome though and I bet you'll be happy when you can show him off properly.
I primarily collect Batman. Transformers is my side interest. My holy grail is a 1972 Mego Batgirl with all her original parts. She was really tough to get in such good shape.