furystorm
Super Freak
After much consternation and deliberation, I finally took the plunge and began construction on my Sanctum Sanctorum. You know, my office where I put all my collection stuff.
After seeing Minmay's Besta shelving unit, used for Premium Format figures and the like, on this forum last week, I had a fever designing session last Sunday night and came up with an Ikea solution I thought would work for me. My office formerly housed my massive comic book collection, of over 10,000 individual issues, which I am now systematically auctioning off because I want to reclaim my space for Sideshow dioramas, the impending G.I. Joe 1/6 collection, other Alien items, and shelf space for hardcover graphic novels, signed or otherwise. I feel like I collect too much stuff, but definately not as much as some.
I wanted to share my initial attempts at converting my office into my Sanctum Sanctorum. Kind of cheesy, but I could not get that term out of my head while designing, transporting, and assembling my new shelving. The closest Ikea to me is 3 1/2 hours away in Los Angeles, at top speed. I have a 2008 2 door VW Rabbit, and you might not believe what I fit into it for this trip. My final design included five seperate cabinets, seven large boxes for those, and twelve glass doors, so twelve more boxes, for a total of 19 boxes in all. I've got to tell you, if there was one more box, it would not have fit. I regret not taking pictures of my hatchback filled from the floor to the ceiling. As a sidenote, I initially packed them in poorly, proceeded to pull onto the highway, and the top boxes began to come over into the driver's seat area and crush me. I decided to pull off after only two exits and pull most of the top packages back out and repack them in a more stable manner. The trip was fine after that, but believe me, there was only room for me in there with all the boxes.
So, I spent one whole day going to aquire the new shelving units, and the next whole day, and a subsequent sick day, getting them all put together. They are by no means finished, but I think they are looking mighty spiffy! I am very pleased with the outcome. I'm only waiting on one pair of legs to complete the setup (my own oversight) and may add some of the specially created bookends when I get down to San Diego for next years Comic-Con.
So here is my progress:
Thanks for looking!
Update with more of my very humble collection on the shelves:
The whole right side setup:
My pride and joy, signed by H.R. Giger, #135/500 (not $1000, got a deal from Toyrocket)
Alien & Alien3 Dioramas:
Aliens & Alien: Resurrection Dioramas:
All of my Palisades Aliens, I still want the full sized Space Jockey:
The only Hot Toys Alien to survive a recent purge, I like him, but the feet are aweful:
My Grendels (I wish Sideshow could make a Hunter Rose statue):
One of the main reasons for this setup with the frosted glass at the bottom. I can hide all of my graphic novels, trade paperbacks, signed hardcovers, and my new obsession of high end signed art books of which I currently only have the limited copy of Tori Amos' Comic Book Tattoo and the signed by Ralph Mcquarrie, Art of Ralph Mcquarrie book, which is huge and beautiful. Thank you Dreams & Visions Press!
More to come, like the SS Excluisive Predator Diorama, on its way right now!
Oh, and still waiting on my last set of legs for the right side too.
After seeing Minmay's Besta shelving unit, used for Premium Format figures and the like, on this forum last week, I had a fever designing session last Sunday night and came up with an Ikea solution I thought would work for me. My office formerly housed my massive comic book collection, of over 10,000 individual issues, which I am now systematically auctioning off because I want to reclaim my space for Sideshow dioramas, the impending G.I. Joe 1/6 collection, other Alien items, and shelf space for hardcover graphic novels, signed or otherwise. I feel like I collect too much stuff, but definately not as much as some.
I wanted to share my initial attempts at converting my office into my Sanctum Sanctorum. Kind of cheesy, but I could not get that term out of my head while designing, transporting, and assembling my new shelving. The closest Ikea to me is 3 1/2 hours away in Los Angeles, at top speed. I have a 2008 2 door VW Rabbit, and you might not believe what I fit into it for this trip. My final design included five seperate cabinets, seven large boxes for those, and twelve glass doors, so twelve more boxes, for a total of 19 boxes in all. I've got to tell you, if there was one more box, it would not have fit. I regret not taking pictures of my hatchback filled from the floor to the ceiling. As a sidenote, I initially packed them in poorly, proceeded to pull onto the highway, and the top boxes began to come over into the driver's seat area and crush me. I decided to pull off after only two exits and pull most of the top packages back out and repack them in a more stable manner. The trip was fine after that, but believe me, there was only room for me in there with all the boxes.
So, I spent one whole day going to aquire the new shelving units, and the next whole day, and a subsequent sick day, getting them all put together. They are by no means finished, but I think they are looking mighty spiffy! I am very pleased with the outcome. I'm only waiting on one pair of legs to complete the setup (my own oversight) and may add some of the specially created bookends when I get down to San Diego for next years Comic-Con.
So here is my progress:
Thanks for looking!
Update with more of my very humble collection on the shelves:
The whole right side setup:
My pride and joy, signed by H.R. Giger, #135/500 (not $1000, got a deal from Toyrocket)
Alien & Alien3 Dioramas:
Aliens & Alien: Resurrection Dioramas:
All of my Palisades Aliens, I still want the full sized Space Jockey:
The only Hot Toys Alien to survive a recent purge, I like him, but the feet are aweful:
My Grendels (I wish Sideshow could make a Hunter Rose statue):
One of the main reasons for this setup with the frosted glass at the bottom. I can hide all of my graphic novels, trade paperbacks, signed hardcovers, and my new obsession of high end signed art books of which I currently only have the limited copy of Tori Amos' Comic Book Tattoo and the signed by Ralph Mcquarrie, Art of Ralph Mcquarrie book, which is huge and beautiful. Thank you Dreams & Visions Press!
More to come, like the SS Excluisive Predator Diorama, on its way right now!
Oh, and still waiting on my last set of legs for the right side too.
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