Your display, the Funko way!

[YamiJV]

Nice, blue and green.

Thank you! I have the Black Chrome from NYCC too but he didn't make the grail shelf

Still that's amazing

[YamiJV]

Can anyone recommend cheap shelves to buy in bulk for a large OOB collection?

We use these from Ikea:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30178704/

Along with these brackets:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80142067/

Pair those with homemade foam board risers and you can get about 25-27 OOB Pops per shelf, depending on the size of their heads.

There's photos of our full display somewhere in this thread, but for an idea of the finished look:


Another cheap option is to go to a home improvement store, buy 1x4 boards in 8 foot lengths, paint and hang with some L brackets, for this look:

How long did it take? O.o

[YamiJV]

I got some display units from Display Geek today and man, do I love how they look and make my collection look so much nicer. They are perfect for storing the box behind you OOB Pops! You can also put them in there in box, but what's the fun in that??

That looks super cool

[DREWFANATIC]

Some epic displays going on here! Here is my latest reorganizing exercise!

This is really clean! Nice and simple.

[wenhol8710]

Can anyone recommend cheap shelves to buy in bulk for a large OOB collection?

We use these from Ikea:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30178704/

Along with these brackets:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80142067/

Pair those with homemade foam board risers and you can get about 25-27 OOB Pops per shelf, depending on the size of their heads.

There's photos of our full display somewhere in this thread, but for an idea of the finished look:


Another cheap option is to go to a home improvement store, buy 1x4 boards in 8 foot lengths, paint and hang with some L brackets, for this look:

How long did it take? O.o

Honestly it was not too bad - I can build a riser in under 10 minutes now and the shelves only take a couple minutes each to hang. The longest part is waiting for the paint to dry on the 1x4s.

[comic book guy]

Season 1 of Stranger things

Oh wow, I love this! Super cool!

[wolfy233]

I literally put my hands up when I saw that Red Skull on the crown molding as if the fear of it falling at this exact moment was possible, haha.

[conventiongeek]

Season 1 of Stranger things

That's a great display! Do the lights actually work? I love nostalgia series!

[Mizarkie]

Some epic displays going on here! Here is my latest reorganizing exercise!

WOW! Awesome display! Where did you get that glass case?

[BabyBeBe]

Season 1 of Stranger things

That's a great display! Do the lights actually work? I love nostalgia series!

Lol the background is a poster I bought at target

[fulcaire]

wow i'm so envious of all your guys's displays!! please keep posting !!

[YamiJV]

We use these from Ikea:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30178704/

Along with these brackets:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80142067/

Pair those with homemade foam board risers and you can get about 25-27 OOB Pops per shelf, depending on the size of their heads.

There's photos of our full display somewhere in this thread, but for an idea of the finished look:


Another cheap option is to go to a home improvement store, buy 1x4 boards in 8 foot lengths, paint and hang with some L brackets, for this look:

How long did it take? O.o

Honestly it was not too bad - I can build a riser in under 10 minutes now and the shelves only take a couple minutes each to hang. The longest part is waiting for the paint to dry on the 1x4s.

Down time

[nonotglenn]

Can anyone recommend cheap shelves to buy in bulk for a large OOB collection?

We use these from Ikea:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30178704/

Along with these brackets:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80142067/

Pair those with homemade foam board risers and you can get about 25-27 OOB Pops per shelf, depending on the size of their heads.

There's photos of our full display somewhere in this thread, but for an idea of the finished look:


Another cheap option is to go to a home improvement store, buy 1x4 boards in 8 foot lengths, paint and hang with some L brackets, for this look:

Nice Collection and set up!

[nonotglenn]

I got some display units from Display Geek today and man, do I love how they look and make my collection look so much nicer. They are perfect for storing the box behind you OOB Pops! You can also put them in there in box, but what's the fun in that??

What a great collection of Freddys!

[ashio24]

I literally put my hands up when I saw that Red Skull on the crown molding as if the fear of it falling at this exact moment was possible, haha.

Lol! I used to have my Pops like that when i started but now that I have more grails they are carefully placed

[a99kitten]

I have been wanting to get al of my Cereal Monster on 1 shelf. Ordered 1 from Etsy a couple months ago and it finally arrived this week so put it together and populated it! I didn't put my Frankenberry Hikari on it but got the POPs and Dorbz and wobblers (and Blox!) I love how it turned out!! I have been wanting to do this for so long!

I have a small print with some of the monsters I bought at SDCC a couple years ago that I will frame and place behind (probably 3rd shelf)

[hawklovespurple]

I have been wanting to get al of my Cereal Monster on 1 shelf. Ordered 1 from Etsy a couple months ago and it finally arrived this week so put it together and populated it! I didn't put my Frankenberry Hikari on it but got the POPs and Dorbz and wobblers (and Blox!) I love how it turned out!! I have been wanting to do this for so long!

I have a small print with some of the monsters I bought at SDCC a couple years ago that I will frame and place behind (probably 3rd shelf)

This looks awesome! I love seeing them all together.

[pinklaquer]

I have been wanting to get al of my Cereal Monster on 1 shelf. Ordered 1 from Etsy a couple months ago and it finally arrived this week so put it together and populated it! I didn't put my Frankenberry Hikari on it but got the POPs and Dorbz and wobblers (and Blox!) I love how it turned out!! I have been wanting to do this for so long!

I have a small print with some of the monsters I bought at SDCC a couple years ago that I will frame and place behind (probably 3rd shelf)

What a glorious sight to see!!

[nonotglenn]

Season 1 of Stranger things

Oh wow, I love this! Super cool!

I basically love everything Stranger Things. Can’t wait for the Universal set up.

[Johnjohntime]

Season 1 of Stranger things

Oh wow, I love this! Super cool!

this is awesome. love it!

[a99kitten]

In my never-ending quest to find room in my house for more toys....err....collectibles....I just moved my DuckTales to a shelf containing a Britto Uncle Scrooge statue I have. But I need to think of a way to raise up Louie and GizmoDuck so you can see them better.

My Uncle Scrooge area is already full so they are separate but...well...running out of room!





And now I have room from where the Duck Tales were before...to put more stuff!

[chincoteague1]

In my never-ending quest to find room in my house for more toys....err....collectibles....I just moved my DuckTales to a shelf containing a Britto Uncle Scrooge statue I have. But I need to think of a way to raise up Louie and GizmoDuck so you can see them better.

My Uncle Scrooge area is already full so they are separate but...well...running out of room!





And now I have room from where the Duck Tales were before...to put more stuff!

This display is wonderful and makes me feel so good.

[chincoteague1]

I have been wanting to get al of my Cereal Monster on 1 shelf. Ordered 1 from Etsy a couple months ago and it finally arrived this week so put it together and populated it! I didn't put my Frankenberry Hikari on it but got the POPs and Dorbz and wobblers (and Blox!) I love how it turned out!! I have been wanting to do this for so long!

I have a small print with some of the monsters I bought at SDCC a couple years ago that I will frame and place behind (probably 3rd shelf)

Congratulations on another wonderful display.

[HekterPopAholic]

In my never-ending quest to find room in my house for more toys....err....collectibles....I just moved my DuckTales to a shelf containing a Britto Uncle Scrooge statue I have. But I need to think of a way to raise up Louie and GizmoDuck so you can see them better.

My Uncle Scrooge area is already full so they are separate but...well...running out of room!





And now I have room from where the Duck Tales were before...to put more stuff!

This is sooooo cool! Took me back to the mid-1990s... great cartoon shows and awesome display A99Kitten

[Gooker1]

Those Duck Tales!!! Soo much nostalgia!

And loving the ad icons setup!! Congrats on having some wonderful pieces in that collection!

[ashio24]

I have been wanting to get al of my Cereal Monster on 1 shelf. Ordered 1 from Etsy a couple months ago and it finally arrived this week so put it together and populated it! I didn't put my Frankenberry Hikari on it but got the POPs and Dorbz and wobblers (and Blox!) I love how it turned out!! I have been wanting to do this for so long!

I have a small print with some of the monsters I bought at SDCC a couple years ago that I will frame and place behind (probably 3rd shelf)

OMG THAT LOOKS AMAZING!

[Brutesquad]

I have been wanting to get al of my Cereal Monster on 1 shelf. Ordered 1 from Etsy a couple months ago and it finally arrived this week so put it together and populated it! I didn't put my Frankenberry Hikari on it but got the POPs and Dorbz and wobblers (and Blox!) I love how it turned out!! I have been wanting to do this for so long!

I have a small print with some of the monsters I bought at SDCC a couple years ago that I will frame and place behind (probably 3rd shelf)

Spoiler: show

Wow! Great setup and collection, very impressive!

[CaliCollectibles]

Finished this about a month ago. Very happy with how it turned out.[/quote]

So clean and organized. Its like tetris with pops!

[CaliCollectibles]

In my never-ending quest to find room in my house for more toys....err....collectibles....I just moved my DuckTales to a shelf containing a Britto Uncle Scrooge statue I have. But I need to think of a way to raise up Louie and GizmoDuck so you can see them better.

My Uncle Scrooge area is already full so they are separate but...well...running out of room!





And now I have room from where the Duck Tales were before...to put more stuff!

So much nostalgia with these characters. Wonderfully displayed!

[CaliCollectibles]

Can anyone recommend cheap shelves to buy in bulk for a large OOB collection?

We use these from Ikea:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30178704/

Along with these brackets:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80142067/

Pair those with homemade foam board risers and you can get about 25-27 OOB Pops per shelf, depending on the size of their heads.

There's photos of our full display somewhere in this thread, but for an idea of the finished look:


Another cheap option is to go to a home improvement store, buy 1x4 boards in 8 foot lengths, paint and hang with some L brackets, for this look:

Thats smart! Might have to visit home depot soon.

[CaliCollectibles]

I have been enjoying looking at everyone's setups.

I have been looking through this board, but does anyone have plans for shelves that can accommodate a lot of Pops in a small space. My current shelving cannot keep up with my collection. I have a space 20'x20' or so and looking for shelf ideas that can accommodate about 3000 pops in that area. I am open to any suggestions I was thinking of about front to back shelves that come off the wall and into the center of the room. But if anyone has had any luck
with a design I am eager to speak with them. Thanks in advance!

Just keep in mind too that in addition to trying to come up with creative display options, another alternative is rotating the Pops! on display in your collection. Obviously with that option, not all Pops! (etc.) are on display and readily visible at the same time; but it does allow one to have a dynamic and expanded collection in spite of space restrictions. Like many funatics, I absolutely love collecting, but we all know that people with space limitations (or for whatever reason) have collected Pops!/Funko products and been able to let go of parts of their collections when necessary to raise funds in times of need. So I say even if you can't display all the items in your collection (who can, frankly) keep collecting, store until you get an idea of what you want to do, rotate if you can, and liquidate parts when you need to.

Now with all that having been said, I do have at least one space-optimizing display consideration to offer. Like many of you, my collection only continues to get bigger, and I too have been considering different ways to show pieces of my collection. Below are some follow-up pics for one of my "display rooms":





Although the space is coming along nicely, it's not very big and I've still got a bit of work left before it is completed. One will notice that all my Bestas to the right do not have doors on them...and some of the items in those slots will need to be moved around for optimal display and effect. All of this (of course) can get quite expensive, but the end result (I think) warrants the time, money, frustration, patience that many of us put in. And of course, all this while trying to stay on top of ongoing Pop/Funko offerings...to say the least, we have to pace ourselves and go after what is most important to us at any given time.

The big area of interest (and my suggestion) is on the left part of the room:





Anything at all can function as a "display box". Part of the left wall contains jewelry boxes that I found on sale at Target (the white boxes with Funko Spidermen and Black Widow in them). These actually were kind of expensive (because they came in sets of 3 different boxes, and I only needed one from each set (so that's pretty expensive and inefficient); but them being on sale made it easier for me to swallow; I just found uses for the other boxes that I had left over from the sets. The point is that if you can find something similar and that is relatively inexpensive, even jewelry boxes (or whatever) with big enough slots could serve as Funko Pop! or displays for whatever. I think these look pretty nice. I went ahead with them in part because I felt that if one considers the time/effort/finances/know-how that would be involved in making something similar, I didn't think I would be saving much (if anything). These lay as flush and close to the wall as I could imagine and still feel safe that my Pops! are secure and won't fall off. Even if they did, I have a piece of cushioned furniture underneath anyway. The boxes and the Pops! themselves--even all together--are very light weight; this figures well for the hanging mechanism that I employed (which I think is good because it doesn't involve any hooks/screws/nails/or hammers at all):





Many of you are probably familiar with 3M Command item-hanging products. These are the combo Velcro-sticky applicators that result in minimum (if any) damage to walls at all. Basically what you do is fold the sets of applicators onto themselves, stick one side to the back of whatever box or frame you're hanging, get all of them that you want into place, peel the remaining exposed sides that will be stuck to the wall, hold firmly into place for about 30 seconds, and then you're done. It's that simple. These things work really great (I've used them even inside of display cabinets that I didn't want to damage the wood); and honestly, this is about as easy as it gets to hang something that looks nice, you don't have to measure, and doesn't need a lot of fuss. Depending on the weight of your item, you apply enough sticky applicators to make sure your box/frame/item stays up. Obviously you don't want to try hanging things that are too heavy; but for light to moderate-weight items this product is simply great! You can get them (I would think) from most any hardware store (mine came from Home Depot). They come in a light or dark color--but who cares, as they're going to be hidden behind your item and against the wall anyway. Also, this display option and product is relatively inexpensive.

Hopefully, this suggestion might prove useful to you or others. Other than flush niches, I can't imagine anything more space-conserving than something like this, and I think this would work well for any size room...and even small slots. You could create displays at virtually any height.

Of course, I know that some items might not fit into a "jewelry box", so then you have to get a little versatile and creative. The Venompool arrangement that I have on that wall, for instance, is too big and wide for one of those jewelry box openings; so I simply got an old shadow box I had laying around, painted it black, and put together a Deadpool-Venom/Venompool set-up. Originally (by the way), I was going to hang a bunch of jewelry boxes together in columns rows (I might still do this elsewhere)--but I decided against it here and went with mixing up the display items instead. The bottom line is that these and other pics and suggestions throughout this thread will hopefully help those interested in using what works best for them, and coming up with their own display ideas that they might share with the rest of us. Believe me, we're all looking for new and different creative ways to display these ever-larger growing collections that we feel reflects who we are, our preferences, and experiences.

(Oops--I forgot to post a more close-up pic of the Venompool shadowbox when I 1st posted; here it is now):


For me, this is another part of the real fun of collecting Funko products--figuring out how to display my collection. Cost restrictions are not always bad; they force us to come up with new, creative and innovative, and practical ideas. And then once things are done, sharing and conversing with others about yours and their collections is a wonderful social outlet. I think that was "Carol" (hope I'm right) in the "Making Fun" video that said something to the effect that this hobby "makes me happy". I know that's how I feel. So I keep collecting. I'll figure out the displays eventually.

I hope something in here helps you with your future display considerations, Tonchap...and maybe others too. I think you could get a good number of jewelry box-like depth displays in that 20x20 space you mentioned. At any rate, keep having fun, my friend. Happy collecting everyone!

I got to step up my display game. Looks great! Like a mini museum.

[wolfy233]

I literally put my hands up when I saw that Red Skull on the crown molding as if the fear of it falling at this exact moment was possible, haha.

Lol! I used to have my Pops like that when i started but now that I have more grails they are carefully placed

Haha, seriously. Everything I have is placed thinking about a disaster and where it could land, and is then re-enforced to try to prevent a fall in that event.

[wolfy233]

Season 1 of Stranger things

Oh wow, I love this! Super cool!

Dang, that is one sweet set up.

[chincoteague1]

Finished this about a month ago. Very happy with how it turned out.

So clean and organized. Its like tetris with pops![/quote]

Congratulations. Your display looks fantastic.

[Gooker1]

Loving that setup. Looks so good how you have them on the shelves on the wall.

[donofoblivion]

Spoiler: show

I have been enjoying looking at everyone's setups.

I have been looking through this board, but does anyone have plans for shelves that can accommodate a lot of Pops in a small space. My current shelving cannot keep up with my collection. I have a space 20'x20' or so and looking for shelf ideas that can accommodate about 3000 pops in that area. I am open to any suggestions I was thinking of about front to back shelves that come off the wall and into the center of the room. But if anyone has had any luck
with a design I am eager to speak with them. Thanks in advance!

Just keep in mind too that in addition to trying to come up with creative display options, another alternative is rotating the Pops! on display in your collection. Obviously with that option, not all Pops! (etc.) are on display and readily visible at the same time; but it does allow one to have a dynamic and expanded collection in spite of space restrictions. Like many funatics, I absolutely love collecting, but we all know that people with space limitations (or for whatever reason) have collected Pops!/Funko products and been able to let go of parts of their collections when necessary to raise funds in times of need. So I say even if you can't display all the items in your collection (who can, frankly) keep collecting, store until you get an idea of what you want to do, rotate if you can, and liquidate parts when you need to.

Now with all that having been said, I do have at least one space-optimizing display consideration to offer. Like many of you, my collection only continues to get bigger, and I too have been considering different ways to show pieces of my collection. Below are some follow-up pics for one of my "display rooms":





Although the space is coming along nicely, it's not very big and I've still got a bit of work left before it is completed. One will notice that all my Bestas to the right do not have doors on them...and some of the items in those slots will need to be moved around for optimal display and effect. All of this (of course) can get quite expensive, but the end result (I think) warrants the time, money, frustration, patience that many of us put in. And of course, all this while trying to stay on top of ongoing Pop/Funko offerings...to say the least, we have to pace ourselves and go after what is most important to us at any given time.

The big area of interest (and my suggestion) is on the left part of the room:





Anything at all can function as a "display box". Part of the left wall contains jewelry boxes that I found on sale at Target (the white boxes with Funko Spidermen and Black Widow in them). These actually were kind of expensive (because they came in sets of 3 different boxes, and I only needed one from each set (so that's pretty expensive and inefficient); but them being on sale made it easier for me to swallow; I just found uses for the other boxes that I had left over from the sets. The point is that if you can find something similar and that is relatively inexpensive, even jewelry boxes (or whatever) with big enough slots could serve as Funko Pop! or displays for whatever. I think these look pretty nice. I went ahead with them in part because I felt that if one considers the time/effort/finances/know-how that would be involved in making something similar, I didn't think I would be saving much (if anything). These lay as flush and close to the wall as I could imagine and still feel safe that my Pops! are secure and won't fall off. Even if they did, I have a piece of cushioned furniture underneath anyway. The boxes and the Pops! themselves--even all together--are very light weight; this figures well for the hanging mechanism that I employed (which I think is good because it doesn't involve any hooks/screws/nails/or hammers at all):





Many of you are probably familiar with 3M Command item-hanging products. These are the combo Velcro-sticky applicators that result in minimum (if any) damage to walls at all. Basically what you do is fold the sets of applicators onto themselves, stick one side to the back of whatever box or frame you're hanging, get all of them that you want into place, peel the remaining exposed sides that will be stuck to the wall, hold firmly into place for about 30 seconds, and then you're done. It's that simple. These things work really great (I've used them even inside of display cabinets that I didn't want to damage the wood); and honestly, this is about as easy as it gets to hang something that looks nice, you don't have to measure, and doesn't need a lot of fuss. Depending on the weight of your item, you apply enough sticky applicators to make sure your box/frame/item stays up. Obviously you don't want to try hanging things that are too heavy; but for light to moderate-weight items this product is simply great! You can get them (I would think) from most any hardware store (mine came from Home Depot). They come in a light or dark color--but who cares, as they're going to be hidden behind your item and against the wall anyway. Also, this display option and product is relatively inexpensive.

Hopefully, this suggestion might prove useful to you or others. Other than flush niches, I can't imagine anything more space-conserving than something like this, and I think this would work well for any size room...and even small slots. You could create displays at virtually any height.

Of course, I know that some items might not fit into a "jewelry box", so then you have to get a little versatile and creative. The Venompool arrangement that I have on that wall, for instance, is too big and wide for one of those jewelry box openings; so I simply got an old shadow box I had laying around, painted it black, and put together a Deadpool-Venom/Venompool set-up. Originally (by the way), I was going to hang a bunch of jewelry boxes together in columns rows (I might still do this elsewhere)--but I decided against it here and went with mixing up the display items instead. The bottom line is that these and other pics and suggestions throughout this thread will hopefully help those interested in using what works best for them, and coming up with their own display ideas that they might share with the rest of us. Believe me, we're all looking for new and different creative ways to display these ever-larger growing collections that we feel reflects who we are, our preferences, and experiences.

(Oops--I forgot to post a more close-up pic of the Venompool shadowbox when I 1st posted; here it is now):


For me, this is another part of the real fun of collecting Funko products--figuring out how to display my collection. Cost restrictions are not always bad; they force us to come up with new, creative and innovative, and practical ideas. And then once things are done, sharing and conversing with others about yours and their collections is a wonderful social outlet. I think that was "Carol" (hope I'm right) in the "Making Fun" video that said something to the effect that this hobby "makes me happy". I know that's how I feel. So I keep collecting. I'll figure out the displays eventually.

I hope something in here helps you with your future display considerations, Tonchap...and maybe others too. I think you could get a good number of jewelry box-like depth displays in that 20x20 space you mentioned. At any rate, keep having fun, my friend. Happy collecting everyone!

I got to step up my display game. Looks great! Like a mini museum.

Thanks. Like most of us, I think, the displays throughout my house are continuing to evolve. At some point I plan to post updated pics...maybe even a YouTube video someday. I still got a lot of work ahead before I get to that point though. I have a lot of boxes, junk, and clutter in some of my spaces and throughout the house; and buying or customizing display cabinets or areas can get pretty expensive. That's one of the reasons it's helpful to try being innovative. So to get the look I want takes time; but I believe it's all going to be well worth it after all is said and done. Those that have seen these areas up close and in-person are amazed.

Regardless of the collection size or form, I too love seeing the various displays posted, and even though it's not appropriate to comment on every one of them, it's wonderful to see people enjoying the hobby of collecting Funko, and showing off bits of their personality and individual style in the process. I am always excited to see a new post in this section.

At any rate, thank you again for your comment.

[Exodus989]

My Ghostbusters display so far..

[Exodus989]

My Overwatch display so far - minus a couple recent additions

[Exodus989]

My Mortal Kombat set display - definitely need more releases of these guys!

[Exodus989]

My Supernatural set, recently added the FBI pair not pictured but almost complete - now to just be able to find the bloodied..