How To Display Your Collection Like a PRO (As a Broke College Student)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- At LONG last, here is the FINAL part to my 3-part video series discussing my massive Transformers collection. Part 1 and 2 dive into the figures in my collection, and this is the finale where I show you how to set up your own collection, on a budget, at your very own home/apartment. Because, ya know, we are just broke college students after all.
Part 1 - • Transformers - My MASS...
Part 2 - • EVERYTHING IN MY COLLE...
0:00 - Getting Ready
1:36 - Part 1 - Shelves & Lights
5:09 - Part 2 - Figure Orientation
9:31 - The Results
11:09 - Bonus Tips
12:55 - At The End of The Day - บันเทิง
Since a lot of people have asked, the black “risers” are just floating shelves from target. I really love how they blend into the black shelves, and they’re all the same height unlike packs of acrylic risers lol.
Secondly, Most of the feedback/compliments here are awesomely positive! However I seem to be getting 2 main complaints In these comments, so before you post yours, read this:
1. “You don’t look broke to me, you have to be rich to have that collection.” - this isn’t that hard to understand, I’ve been collecting for *15 years*. Aka, I’ve been collecting for way longer than I haven’t been. There’s absolutely nothing “rich” about it. It’s called patience and consistency. You collect something diligently for 15 years and I guarantee you’ll easily have as much as I do, if not way more. I don't know what else to tell you, I work a minimum wage job WHILE paying for my wife to go to school in a 2 bedroom apartment. Life is great, but I'm as broke as they come lol.
2. “This is horrible, you’ll have dust everywhere! Just buy some shelves with glass doors”. - for the thousandth time, if you can afford glass shelves with doors, WHY are you watching a video about displaying your figures on a budget?? Lol if you’re broke like me and need to manage dust, simply minimize airflow in the room and buy an air purifier.
Lastly, I want to stay honest with you guys so that you know best what to do when you build your collection display, so DO NOT use the battery puck lights I used in these videos. While I already warned you about the potential problems of them in the video, I've now been using them for a couple years and deeply regret ever installing them. Stick with strip LED lights, it'll service you FAR better in the long run.
i just watched this and its awesome! and dust is no issue get a dollar tree feather duster ! happy collecting good sir what you did was use what ya had available and made it look fantastic great job
I always wonder how much of a pain de-dusting freestanding models is and how to do so effectively. I've resorted to using compressed air right next to a vacuum for mine.
The display looks awesome! Did you consider making little scenes on your display shelves once in a while?
@@krinkrin5982 I definitely have, I think it just requires more arts and crafts than I have time for right now lol. That’s the goal eventually though.
@@papermelon hey man do yk where to find a studio series ironhide?
That's always the sad part about collecting an sharing on social media.
Many collectors can be real judgemental and not inviting.
Ignore em.
Its their entire identity and for the rest of us, it's a hobby.
Keep it up my ninja!
Great vid, in part 2could you help by explaining how I’m supposed to explain the room to my wife? Haha, just kidding, I’m always impressed how awesome she is to support you!
Explain to my wife why I need the entire spare bedroom instead of just a corner of the living.
I was hoping the sentence to end with "Haha, just kidding, I don't have a wife"
Get a divorce, she's banging your buddy anyway
But seriously if u figure out an answer let me know
I just don’t ever have the heart to take mine out of their packaging
As a Transformers collector myself I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate the amount of effor and the detailed explanation given in regards to how to properly exhibit one´s collection. The presentation
, recommendations, tips and examples given are top notch and perfectly apply to any kind of collection. I´ll be sharing this with my fellow collectors. Kudos!
Thanks for the support brother, glad you enjoyed it!
for me as a gunpla collector, i always divide them by their universe, but this is a great tutorial, having to much poses can really make em look chaotic
Has to be by Universe for Gunpla for sure. You can't have Iron Blooded figs next to G Gundam or Unicorn. Segregation is a must!
Im a new gunpla "collector" I currently have 2 kits, a gundam aerial is coming, and i have not watched the anime at all but i hope its fine lol. (The 2 are sd sinanju and a fighter avalanche exia)
@@vectrevc Unlike transformers, you NEED to pose your Gunpla because that is how these figures shine. Plus, you need extra space if you want to add Dioramas (Buildings, roads, etc) to spice things up.
That robot-mode Unicron as the centerpiece is heart stopping. I can't even get over how good the shelf setup looks in that configuration. Also, it is obvious that you have thought long & hard about placement & grouping, which is something I think a lot of collections are missing. Stellar job, & as a "budget" setup it looks as good or better than many "high-end" setups.
Top tier compliment man, thanks so much!
It’s the lights. I built my setup years ago for my sculptures, and saw some cheap LEDs at the store after picking up some shelves. That’s the “pop” you want.
To help cut down on the dust.
1. Purchase magnetic cabinet latches and attach them to the inside walls of the display case.
2. Purchase a clear acrylic panel from any hardware store and cut it to your desired size for the display case.
3. Attach the metal part of the magnetic latch to the acrylic panel and mount the panel on the display case. Job done 😀.
* For larger heavier acrylic panels add a bracket under the bottom edge of the acrylic panel and attached to the display case to help support the weight.
@Edowin There are three types of older style display cabinets with doors. I'd assume the best way to find them is a garage sale or an antiques store by now, so I'm not sure how applicable this would be for a low budget solution.
First is a display cabinet with glass panel doors on a swivel. The problem is that there is a sizable gap underneath the door due to the way the panel is mounted, plus you need to be careful to not bump into the door while it is open.
The second type is a big sliding panel that takes half the width and the full height of the unit. They were popular over here for holding books or minibar utensils.
The third is a regular freestanding cabinet with glass panels inside a wooden frame doors. These are probably easiest to find and buy currently.
This is a GREAT idea! You can even add some patio door cling film to it, to prevent the dust gathering on the inside (props to Ninjon for that advise). Kallex, Billy and Detolf are all great options from IKEA, the first two having a few good options in terms of optimization, though I'd go the DIY-way with the acrylic pane on Billy.
I've been thinking of doing this as well, and maybe adding weather stripping between the "glass" and the cabinet to cut down on the dust getting past the edges (can really add up over time).
You can also add a fan with exhaust only in one or two corners, little 40mm is more than enough to maintain positive pressure inside the unit and add a filter in the room works really well to cut dust immensely
hey great idea, thanks!!!
I'm speechless by this collection. As a Transformers fan and a modest collector, I'm totally blown away.
This video really inspired me to try something with my Transformers. Thank you very much.
Glad this shows a Transformer collection, cause that's what a majority of mine is; among other things. Gives me an idea on how to display my Brachiosaurus figure, too, considering it's one of the larger items in my collection
That display looks amazing and you certainly made the most out of the space you have. I just finished a long project of cataloging my entire Transformers collection and it inspired me to do something new with the way I've displayed them. I'll have to come back to this video once I've decided what I'm going to display and how I'm going to do it.
Good for you man, I wish you luck on your journey!
Gunpla builders know a lot of the pain with setting up our built kits for display. Between the different scales, designs, colors, custom colors and kitbashes, dynamic posing... yeah, there is just so much....
This is awesome!!! I’ve been collecting and building different Gundam mode kits through the pandemic, and was just thinking about doing something like this when your video popped up on my feed! Thanks for sharing and for the tips!
You've got a great sense of design and respectable frugality buddy, great job! It's also impressive how you broke down the process clearly enough for beginners while also painfully relatable to fellow collectors who are never done moving things around into that perfect display. Next step is get some art on those walls, I can see you coming up with some creative custom framing to compliment the setup. 🤘
The black foam against the window is a great idea. Except when you live in a country that has really hot summers and have a sun facing window just makes the room too hot especially if it doesn't have great airflow to begin with. One way to try and mitigate heat with this setup is to put white foam on the back side since white bounces heat away and black absorbs heat.
I'm gonna use your video and its bullet points as template when I finally get to the point where I'm gonnabe able to display my MPs the way they deserve it. Thank you for the ideas and inspiration young man! Much appreciated.🙂👍
That’s very creative how you put in all the shelving. I love seeing ideas like this! I have an almost complete vintage G.I. Joe collection and trying to display it all is a nightmare. Everyone who’s familiar with Joes know they came out with some massive vehicles so trying to find a space for those is always a challenge.
Firstly I just want to say I love your video. Yes the video itself is amazing, very well edited, loved certain shots, the camera work is really good, the transitions and cuts were really well done especially in the end when showcasing all the lights flickering.
Now as a collector I too have always had an issue with display set up and this is really just amazing. Personally I don't care of how expensive things are (I obviously am broke and don't have money) but what I mean to say is if its cheap and still looks amazing then who cares !
I personally love your setup and its just amazing. Keep up the great work and you've got yourself a new subscriber, you really deserve millions for the time and effort you took to make this video.
One of my main criteria for projects like this is to set up figures in ways where they're not impossible to get at. While you do want to use your space efficiently, I also like messing with my figures. That being said, amazing video. I'll need this once I grow out of my parents' house 😅
Wow this must have been so satisfying to see completed 😁 Very beautiful collection and setup 😍
I've watched this video quite a few times over the past few months, and I've been fascinated on how these collection displays are put together.
I'm gonna be moving back into my house soon, so once I've gotten everything sorted out, I'm gonna try this for myself after i get all my figures back.
This is just the best video on the internet which explains all the procedures so efficiently.
Great video! You explained this topic well. Thank you for sharing
Apparently the algorithm reads minds now, recently I have been THINKING, not searching, about a display setup for when I move. I got some good ideas now, thanks
This video was awesome. Great editing skills, voice over. It’s been a long time since I’ve watched a video where I don’t feel compelled to skip.
Highest of compliments! As someone who often skips videos myself, I appreciate the comment haha.
Bravo 👏 👏 👏 I love to check out collection display videos on TH-cam and I constantly see people with these massive collections displayed with no thought or care behind them that it looks like a kids room. This is a great video describing the do's and don'ts in displaying especially transformers which are some of the hardest to display with their shapes and sizes being all over the place. Hopefully some of these guys out there on TH-cam come across this video.
I think it is pretty cool that you took the time and effort and made a video about it. It is very interesting for ppl on the budget. Thanks man!
Impressive! I never heard of puck lights but I am going to experiment with a set. Thanks!
I love looking at what people display and collect. It just says a lot about a person. At least what they’re passionate about. It’s a delight when they display it nicely like this. I don’t know anything about transformers but I would be so impressed by walking into this room.
I had no idea that the Michael Bay Transformers movies generated so many detailed action figures.
This is hands down the most inspiring transformers related vid I've ever seen no cap it legit feels like watching a motivational video:) Thank youu! Subbed!
Well done! I like how you explained each step and what the reasoning was behind it.
10:10 One other tip! Amazon makes LED diffusion tracks. It will make your LED lights look like one cohesive bar instead of a bunch of stuck on lights. This really cleaned up the look of my display shelf. Also watch a few tutorials on soldering! I went from ZERO experience to making things around the house cleanly in about 2 weeks. Really nice skill to have in your back pocket as a collector!
I’m jealous of your skills haha. I actually looked into this after making this video; and it definitely does make the light strips look incredible. I’m not sure I have the time, but when I move into a new apartment or house within the next year, that’s what I’ll be going for. Thanks for the tips man!
@@papermelon they're super cheap and they just take the strips from looking like a good old fashion college dorm accessory to something special
@@papermelon ONE MORE THING! Be sure to look into how spaced out your LEDs are the closer they are together or further from the led diffuser the more uniform the light appears.
This video was amazing very inspirational and very unique I really enjoyed the pro tips they actually help a lot, overall great video solid 10/10 loved the edits in this vid to amazing 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks brother ✌🏻✌🏻
I love how this video is structured!
Awesome work man👍👍
I really hope this video pops off one day, so much effort into the editing and such thorough explanation. 😁 Great vid!
i'm reminded of flower bouquet arrangement. an art that requires balance, symmetry and beauty, resulting in a a complete full package that isn't messy or disharmonious.
Funny you should mention that, cause that’s where I started. I made complex origami floral arrangements. Great observations haha.
"As a broke college student" > Starts with over $100 worth of shelving.
...huh.
just use 47 pizza boxes. the dried cheese adds plenty of strength.
Pretty sure nothing in the video even remotely comes close to being considered "budget."
@@XENOS_Indie_Game_Dev cool bro.
Personally, I'd just cruise thrift stores until I found shelves that worked. It takes more leg work (and luck to find good shelves that remotely match), but it's cheaper and better quality than those rickety Wal-Mart shelves.
The editing is phenomenal, great work on the display. I love it.
What good timing for this to show up in my feed. I've been slowly collecting figures over the years but things have ramped up in the past year to the point my collection has begun to spread out across my room. I thought "maybe I'll stop collecting for a bit." with all this dwindling space. But that never happened and now with my current obsessions being Chainsaw Man I've realized I really need to make a dedicated display shelf with the way I've already spent upwards of $800 on merch. Don't know why I never considered just getting shelves from walmart like this.
*_When you can afford it buy an air purifier, a dry one, not one of those that "washes the air". This will suck up 95%-99% of the dust._*
Guys I think he likes transformers
He comes off more as a sonic fan
Best figure and transformer collection I have seen. Great job show casing your collection for the cost!
Thank you for the inspiration. I used your concept for my Gi Joe collection. I already had the taller shelves and loved the idea of having the two small shelves in the middle. Saved so much room doing this as well. Thanks again.
Super glad to hear I could help. I’m sure they’ve ended up looking great.
'Sunlight kills collections' What if I collect plants? Checkmate buddy.
why are you contaminating that beautiful transformers display with funkos flanking your center piece. big oof
All the people I've shown in real life seem to think they're pretty dang cool, so I'm missing what the big oof on this one is lol
A lot of love went into this project and also to the filming, and it shows, very well done
Thank you man! It took a couple months from start to finish, so I appreciate you noticing the effort.
Awesome fun video very much enjoyed! And didn’t know how much more there is to displaying a collection
Beautiful
As a broken student, one shouldn't be spending so much $$ on buying plastic toys. Pay off ones debt so you won't be broke ! Haha
Ur tips on how to style the shelves by heights and colors is an art form!!
Show off. I'm jealous. Like literally. You make the entire set up so freaking cool!! Awesome video and thanks for the tips and guide! Hopefully when I have enough figures/statues I can do something likethat. Really enjoyed this video!
Congratulations. Your video and diplaying mode are very good and give me some ideas.
Really great job on this video. Everything from the layout, construction, and organization is well-thought out and clearly explained. Great job here man.
Thanks man! Truly glad you enjoyed
Agree with everything you said here except the point on posing. Many action figures look amazing on dynamic poses. Also big kudos on the color. Thats something most collectors forget. Anyways great work, and amazing collection. It came out perfect!
Excellent video. Very clear and in-depth directions. I loved it.
I can certainly relate. I have 41 transformers myself and they are all the most recent ones. Fortunately my closet was large enough to hold most of them. The others (who are in alt mode) sit on my secondary dresser.
Wow, that was an amazing display. You did a great job!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for sharing your process!
Great video, glad I found it. Long story short, I'm moving and need to redo my display room from scratch. This gave me a lot of things to think about. I was using five tier storage shelves because they had deeper width then book shelves, but I did have figures disappear in the crowd.
Just the perfect video I needed as I just got back into collecting this year!
This video was amazing. Great tips and loved the end result. Also great video and music editing - most impressive.
Thanks man! Much appreciated compliment :)
This video is fantastic! I honestly never really thought about the way I display my favorite things. I have so many things that are from different worlds so to speak; Cthulhu, zombies, 40K, movie memorabilia, comics, comic verse items, action figures, and then there's my miniature art and dioramas. Seeing how you did your display makes me think I indeed can display it altogether if done properly. Thank you. :)
Great video, the presentation and story telling was way above average. Nice tips too!
I wish I saw this many many years ago. Transformer collecting takes up so much and it grows so having some cheaper options that look great is neat to have.
Seriously, thank you for doing this video. We recently moved into an apartment and I’ve been looking for a video like this to tackle the issue of space and low cost for a collection set up. Unfortunately a lot of what you find out there are videos of expensive set ups that are quite honestly too large for an apartment or small space. I tip my hat off to you sir. The set up looks super sleek and the cost is unbeatable!
Glad I could help man, I totally get the struggle!
Sick collection, nice shelf. Thanks for the tips.
Love the Dinobot section of your display! They were always my favorite group of Transformers and you displayed them very well.
One of the best videos I've seen in a long time. Well done! you deserve a million likes!
Great job on the display shelf!
I just want to say your Transformers collection is DOPE dude 👍🏾 great video!
Really well edited, fun, informational video!
Wow! This is the most helpful video/ guide I've seen! Thank you. I have a huge Marvel legends collection. Part of it is different spiderman figures and I want them all on one shelf. This helps
Love the display! This video kinda got me more motivated to work on my mess lol. My gunpla/anime figures/bishojo figure shelves are absolutely cluttered and really needs reorganisation.
Awesome setup. Even more impressed by the editing!
I was like “yeah right how professional can he make this look.” Then I saw the results and I was blown away. Great job!
Impressive display for what it looks like you paid for it man. Some really great points about displaying collections in general as well. Looking to do something similar myself, but just never get around to it. Will definitely use your tips when I do!
I enjoyed that and it looks fantastic, well done.
When dusting a good trick to help cut down on dust clinging is to use fabric softener on your dust cloth or use dryer sheets. It tends to help repel the dust.
Cool look/collection and WINDOW Fix!
Awesome vid, you’re making me rethink how I’m going to set up my collection when I have my own place
This is really nice, I love the way it's explained.
What a great video! I do have to disagree on some points such as no bayverse with G1 to keep the same look. I love displaying all of one character together, my shockwaves for example, but I do 100% agree with the size and using risers! I never really though about color either, some very interesting points you made that I will consider for sure!
Amazing video and great tips!! I love the idea of platforming.. I have so many gundams I need a place for cause they’re all my babies and I’ve given so much time to create them I want my visitors to see what I enjoy
Love this video I don’t see many videos like this especially for Transformers I’ve never seen something done so well this is a more up to date on how to display think this look great and there is just the right shelve space
I use air filters in my display room to pull out the access dust. I'm also an avid duster as well. Great work
Ive been looking for a way for me to display my gundams more efficiently and beautifully! thank you for this guide!
first of all, beautiful collection. second of all, the setup looks fantastic. i have a small fraction of transformers to setup, but i do have blu rays, and games, and comics to setup also. not going to lie, i already bought the 3 tier shelves, but now am going to get the 5 tier ones and experiment. thanks brother.
I randomly stumbled upon your video as I was about to pack up my ER Scorponok along with the three DNA upgrade kits to sell him. I was just going to turn on some music but decided to watch your video instead. Watching this video helped me remember WHY I love collecting and displaying my collection so much! Thank you for this video.
Dude this comment made me so happy, I make videos for people like you! Hope everything works out
I haven’t seen that unicron figure since I was a child, it was huuuuuge!
Thanks for this video, very relaxing and informative
Just bought a house where I get my first office and it already has an entire wall of built-in shelving and I AM SO EXCITED for all of my pos and Legos and just stuff to have a designate place. A ME place!!! This video honestly helps me so much!!!!
Dude, that’s so epic! I’m honestly dreaming of the day when a get a house and a whole me space.
Make sure to block off the shelves with some kind of acrylic doors to block the dust if you have a home. It’s a little pricey but for a long term space, it’s totally worth it. Congrats again man!
Very nice collection! keep it up!
Lots of good ideas here. Well done
This was a really fresh and artistic approach to collecting. Whenever I see examples like you showed at 6:40, it gives me anxiety. I know it goes against the very nature of collecting, but less is more. Embrace negative space.
Great video man thanks for sharing. Took a lot of ideas 💡
I think it's one of my dream to do something like that for my collection and i want to say congrat for yours !!!
For a budget display this is quite extraordinary! I have a star wars lego collection I've just got on a few shelves and wanted to spruce up and this just flooded me with ideas. To be honest I wasted money at ikea for my display and now thinking wow the walmart ones are waaay cheaper and honestly don't need to be fancy to "transform" a room :D
Nice work and nice collection!
Really enjoyed this video. I'm gonna take some of your advice to make my setup even better.
That was such a good video, really helped me a lot! Thank you
"Broke college student" with thousands of dollars in figures, right.....
U know second hand exists right?
@@UnVeritableBolDeLait Have fun with figures covered in cum
@@UnVeritableBolDeLait Also, good second hand "grail" figures are still just as expensive if not more than new.
Either way budget collection and haslab unicron should not be in the same sentence 😂
How long do you think hes been collecting? He couldve had some since he was a kid I started collecting retro games when I was in 6th grade and I asked my mom for a ds and gba games and the rest of my family for other things like that like my dad got me an NES one year and I got a SNES and Genesis both from my mom that year. My retro game collection is WELL over $1000 probably not even close. My families also not ever been very well off and I would WALK to my local McDonalds where I WORKED when I was 14-16 and used money from that for games too and I also built an arcade machine with my BCT/AIT pay.
Wow absolutely amazing job!!!!!! It looks fantastic!! Hopefully I can get my TF figures to look just as amazing!!!
When I get back to my Star Wars collection that's in storage, I'm going to implement some of your suggestions. I already have the exact same shelves, but those side displays you screwed in around the window; that was good.
Costco and ikea clearance have amazing cheap finds also.
From shelf’s - stands. Or whatever to help you build a shelf.
IKEA has a whole room dedicated to it next to checkout
Just moved back into my old home, and I've ordered a large shelf unit to fit my room.
I hope it'll be enough to fit the figures I currently have. I still need to sort through the figures in my shed to see what I still have.
Thank you for sharing, I have a collection too and keep moving things every month, seeing someone doing it too and explaining it so nicely its cool
Ah thanks man, that's nice of you to say. Glad you enjoyed!