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[villagehorse]

Thought I might share this as I think it is terrific. For many years I had figures lying in open boxes that they came in, often figures piled on top of each other in them and I was finding them with bent rifles etc and in some cases objects had fallen in to the open boxes breaking the figure. Came across a metal tool box which I lined with the foam that comes with the figures, now they are protected and evenly spaced out so that they are not touching anything. When I do a diorama, whilst it takes some time to hunt up all the backdrop pieces, at least the figures are easy now, the box is labelled and the entire series is in one spot, instead of a dozen small boxes hidden all over the house. What prompted me mainly, was like in the case of MARKET GARDEN, I had around $3000 invested in them and they were in shoe boxes, so spending $35 on metal tool box (cost of one figure) seemed the least I should do given the value. If you are interested in Australia they are in Bunnings and you can find them on the website of GEELONG SALES INTERNATIONAL in Victoria OZ and is item TB500. Hope this helps someone, I have currently 15. Cheers, Robin.

 

[waynepoo]

Thought I might share this as I think it is terrific. For many years I had figures lying in open boxes that they came in, often figures piled on top of each other in them and I was finding them with bent rifles etc and in some cases objects had fallen in to the open boxes breaking the figure. Came across a metal tool box which I lined with the foam that comes with the figures, now they are protected and evenly spaced out so that they are not touching anything. When I do a diorama, whilst it takes some time to hunt up all the backdrop pieces, at least the figures are easy now, the box is labelled and the entire series is in one spot, instead of a dozen small boxes hidden all over the house. What prompted me mainly, was like in the case of MARKET GARDEN, I had around $3000 invested in them and they were in shoe boxes, so spending $35 on metal tool box (cost of one figure) seemed the least I should do given the value. If you are interested in Australia they are in Bunnings and you can find them on the website of GEELONG SALES INTERNATIONAL in Victoria OZ and is item TB500. Hope this helps someone, I have currently 15. Cheers, Robin.

Robin.....clever my friend, it is a crying shame that you don't have the room to display what I am sure is a huge and awsome collection....
Wayne.

 

[wayne556517]

Great idea mate but just a thought why don't you use the foam inserts the figures came in and put them in the trays then they won't move around at all.
Take up more space i suppose but better safe than sorry,great idea but mate like it.

 

[TomNT]

Good idea Robin although my main concern would be that someone might mistaken the toolbox as a box full of tools and then grab it and throw it in the back of a ute! {eek3}{sm4}

Tom

 

[The Military Workshop]

A cunning plan Robin.

 

[Toy Soldier Brigade]

Nice idea, but I would get some padding between each figure and vehicle so they're is no chance of them hitting each other. Or get some touch up paint