Cheep cheep, figure storage.

[Teddyboy]

This idea is very good.
I have just made it and of blow my office is better lined up.
I in fact to be of benefit the members of my forum and thank you for it.
Thank you.

[Martin Milner]

I have one small reservation, I've found that storing klickies for a long time in a bending or sittign position seems to weaken their chassis so they then can't stand up completely straight.

This was on old klickies, so it may be that the modern chassis are stronger, but my habit is to store klickies in a fully upright stance.

[macgayver]

I have one small reservation, I've found that storing klickies for a long time in a bending or sittign position seems to weaken their chassis so they then can't stand up completely straight.

This was on old klickies, so it may be that the modern chassis are stronger, but my habit is to store klickies in a fully upright stance.

new chassis are not stronger

mostly bend the backpart a bit before put klickie back together
became an habit

[Janice]

I too have found a nice way to store those little people.  I buy plastic compartmentalized ? fishing lure boxes in the sporting good section of Wal-Mart, Kmart.  These boxes are clear plastic with a snap shut lid.  You can put your dividers in to form as many compartments or different sized compartments as you want.  The figures will fit standing up or laying down (anyway they are straight).  Sometimes the taller or top hat with feathers have to be removed and I just drop it in beside the figure.  I store about 4 figures per section and have thirteen sections per box.  Horses can be stored in the longer cubicle if you make it that size, also spears, poles, lances etc. will fit too.  I buy self stick business card holders that are used on the front of notebooks from Office Depot or Office Max (you get a dozen or so per pkg. and they are clear plastic too) and stick this to the outside of the box and then I can insert a card (2"x3 1/2") with writing or pictures or both to identify the contents of the box.  These boxes are then stackable and you have a very clear idea of what is in them.  The boxes cost about $5.00 apiece. 

Hope you all will like this idea, I wish I could take pictures for you but I haven't learned how to do that yet and I guess I need a digital camera which I don't have.

Janice

[Janice]

Sir Gareth,

Please excuse my haste to add my 2cents to your storage idea,  I am new at this and forgot to ask where do you get these egg savers, as I have never seen one.  Is this a European item or do you go to a farm supplier?  I think anything that helps with the storage of all these little items is a great help to collectors.

Janice

[Rasputin]

are those the 2 1/2 dozen egg trays that large kitchens order ? If you ask restaurants they usally have them for free. i raise chickens and use them a lot but never thought about this idea

[Gepetto]

I used to use plastic parts and tackle boxes but they just didn't give me the storage density I needed. My figures unfortunately spend a lot of time in storage and the best compromise for me is to buy small ziploc baggies at a card store or re-use the ones we buy spices in. The 3x5 bag for a single figure and 4x6 for a figure and horse, this way all accessories can be kept with their figure and are protected from jostling by the bag, cost is 1-2 cents and the bags are re-usable. The figures are visible and are then sorted into plastic tubs by theme. But I like the crate idea if you are working on a batch of klickys and they are great for keeping track of parts .


Gepetto