My Man-Cave (Still a WIP) (Updated 4-4-18)

Very impressive!  

I was wondering, where did you get the black/grey glass door display cases from?   The look quite good and seem to have more depth than the usual Ikea Billy bookcase.

ZombieKev wrote:Very impressive!  

I was wondering, where did you get the black/grey glass door display cases from?   The look quite good and seem to have more depth than the usual Ikea Billy bookcase.

Do you mean these (they always show up as plain white when you click the link, but they have brown)?:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30342078/



I had to modify them slightly (no holes for the pegs where I wanted to put some of the shelves). Also had to cut tiny slots in the backboard for the wiring of lights. My only gripe about them is the double-door trim in the center (you either have to have something displayed behind them, and thus blocked from view, or leave a 5-6” gap of unused space); at some point I’d like to replace the front doors with all glass (plexi or other), but after investigating the cost... WAY too prohibitive at the moment.

Outstanding!
The full size ladies confused me at first, but now I realize you said you liked to play "chesS" .

On the subject of storage units, I had a friend who ran an outdoor place and let me come and go as I wanted ( back then you could only go in during business hours) . One night as I was leaving I spotted a unit with no lock on it so I wrote down the number for my friend and grabbed a spare lock to secure it.
As I approached the door, it flew open and I met the "occupant" . He was quite upset that he might have been locked inside. In the long run, he helped catch more than a couple thieves who were breaking into units at night. Turns out bending the rules is good sometimes!

Side note: the Tastycake Man ( think Hostess or Little Debbie ) had his own locking dumpster to get rid of "past the Freshness date product" . Since no garbage ever went into it, it was SPOTLESS. Luckily, the rear hinge was a rod and clevis pin assembly. As a 20 something young man, I never noticed any "lack of Freshness" . Yum!

Do you mean these (they always show up as plain white when you click the link, but they have brown)?: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30342078/ wrote:

OUCH!! Just saw the price in dollars for one of those each, in the UK it would be the same number but in GBP ! Think I'll stick to my 20-40quid black plastic ones, I'd need a mortgage to afford those Ikea cabinets for my collections! This is just my living room, yes they're dust magnets since I work in the same room but I like to be able to see my figures (not a glass reflection) plus this doubles as part of my shooting range so glass isn't a great idea anyway! I have loads more upstairs too but they are the wooden flat pack jobs.
Sorry, don't mean to hijack your thread!

first picture gave me the thought that those 1:1 ladies are sex dolls...

and what an impressive collection! A lot of my friends thought i liked to waste money...well, only hobbyists like us understand...

Holy cow, shovelchop! That’s quite a collection.

Brassco: Ha! No sex dolls... My wife’s cool, but she’s not THAT cool.

Brassco -- Stryker knows better than to display sex dolls here; besides, he's a happily married man.

Shovelchop -- You make me want to go to Wales (or your little part of it) even more than Conway castle, and that says a lot!

Stryker2011 wrote:

ZombieKev wrote:Very impressive!  

I was wondering, where did you get the black/grey glass door display cases from?   The look quite good and seem to have more depth than the usual Ikea Billy bookcase.

Do you mean these (they always show up as plain white when you click the link, but they have brown)?:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30342078/

I had to modify them slightly (no holes for the pegs where I wanted to put some of the shelves). Also had to cut tiny slots in the backboard for the wiring of lights. My only gripe about them is the double-door trim in the center (you either have to have something displayed behind them, and thus blocked from view, or leave a 5-6” gap of unused space); at some point I’d like to replace the front doors with all glass (plexi or other), but after investigating the cost... WAY too prohibitive at the moment.

Thank you! I wasn't aware of that cabinet. Looks good though a tad pricey and requires some customizing to get perfect. By the way, Ikea's Billy bookcases now have a glass door with almost no border (Morliden) in case you want to try other displays. Their shelves are not that deep though, so there is some trouble displaying figures even 2 deep. Detolf are generally the best in terms of price:shelf-surface-area ratio and maximizing visibility, but their gaps let a lot of dust in.

I have three Detolfs; I use weather-stripping on the edges in an attempt to keep the dust out as much as possible.

Just going back and catching up on the old threads. Always interesting to see man caves.

And, wow! What an impressive space!

Thanks, Asta. I’m still working on the finishing touches, and need to clean up a lot of unnecessary paperwork.

Coming together nicely! Truly a place to escape when needed!

On another note:

Asta wrote:Just going back and catching up on the old threads. Always interesting to see man caves.

And, wow! What an impressive space!

My wife and I will watch these movies over and over!
My black pug LOVES to see Asta on screen, she gets so excited!
Glad to see another fan!

indeed a fantastic hideout! Damn I would never come out of my cave if it was like this!!! Thanks for sharing!

Pontiacivan wrote:My wife and I will watch these movies over and over!
My black pug LOVES to see Asta on screen, she gets so excited!
Glad to see another fan!

It's a wonderful series. Great period, great chemistry and timeless humour!

blackpool wrote:indeed a fantastic hideout! Damn I would never come out of my cave if it was like this!!! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks, blackpool. Believe me, my wife sometimes has to drag me out of there.

All I can say is "Wow!

An amazing space! Could never have this much room in most UK houses, le sigh!!    

Things I am most envious of: the craft/sewing table, and....the library!!! I have always wanted my own library/study.

Looking forward to seeing how you incorporate the Jabba's Palace diorama into your man cave!

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:All I can say is "Wow!

Thanks. It still blows my mind, too, that I have this much room to play with.

skywalkersaga wrote:An amazing space! Could never have this much room in most UK houses, le sigh!!    

Things I am most envious of: the craft/sewing table, and....the library!!! I have always wanted my own library/study.

Looking forward to seeing how you incorporate the Jabba's Palace diorama into your man cave!

That work bench IS awesome — and super heavy. Right now, everything is off the bench except for the mock-up of Jabba’s throne, which takes almost the entire 8’ of the bench, but overhangs by several inches on the width. Ultimately the Jabba display will go to the left of the door to that room — which can be seen in the photo with my desk-top computer (it’s the last free space in there); I had to move the book case that was there to Room 2 of the Man-Cave (the Music Room — which is finally starting to get put together, but I haven’t taken pictures of yet).

OK, call me stupid because i am, LOL.  I saw the first picture, and thought the big girls were your 1/6 scale and that you crammed a ton of stuff into your diorama!  LOL

Not to say we always get along, but my husband mostly supports me with my hobbies, though he warns me I can't spend so much.  I also support him any way I can with his.  Its one of the best things about our marriage. Now if we could stop arguing politics, LOL....

Very cool space, but for a proper man-cave it needs to have more vomit stains and food crumbs on the floor.

Peaches wrote:OK, call me stupid because i am, LOL.  I saw the first picture, and thought the big girls were your 1/6 scale and that you crammed a ton of stuff into your diorama!  LOL

Not to say we always get along, but my husband mostly supports me with my hobbies, though he warns me I can't spend so much.  I also support him any way I can with his.  Its one of the best things about our marriage. Now if we could stop arguing politics, LOL....

Haha. I don’t think I’d have the time or skill to make a diorama that as complex as the entire room.

Don’t worry if politics is all you argue about, that’s a pretty minor thing in the long run — as long as you can do it without coming to fisticuffs.

shazzdan wrote:Very cool space, but for a proper man-cave it needs to have more vomit stains and food crumbs on the floor.

If I had this space 35 years ago... that probably would have been the case.

WOW! just Wow .., totally speechless
Amazing space and collection of.., well everything!!

BAMComix wrote:WOW!  just Wow .., totally speechless
Amazing space and collection of.., well everything!!

Thanks. Right now it's a pig-sty, but sadly, a lot of the figures in the cabinets in these photos are now packed away, as I have even more figures now than I did then -- and I just don't have the room for everything. Hopefully, some day, I'll get off my lazy butt and clean it up and start taking more photos. I bought one of the those photo-tent things to start taking pictures of things, but honestly the LED lights that came with it are pretty crap (as evidenced by the latest photos I took of my Cigar Girl), and really don't light as bright as I would like. It's going to take me months to get things cleaned up and organized at this point, and I'm still trying to build up my Jabba display cabinet, so looking after the crap show that is this Man-Cave is pretty low on the list of priorities sadly.

Ok, I looked over the old photos, and, without knowing how much (and what) else has found its way in there (apart from the glory that is the Jabba diorama), I will make two observations:

1. While it might not be ideal from an aesthetic point of view, the dedicated display space can have figures placed in it in much tighter formation, possibly tripling the capacity.

2. You can probably place additional shelving/bookcases on top of the bookcases, which do not reach the ceiling, thereby adding a significant amount of additional display space -- of course it won't be as cool as the Detolfs (?), but it will be something.

3. Consider some narrow (computer/typewriter) tables (if not bookcases -- is there such a thing?) on wheels, which you can use to store items that are either boxed or very stable, and which you can wheel in and out of position as needed to get to other stuff.

Stryker2011 wrote:

BAMComix wrote:WOW!  just Wow .., totally speechless
Amazing space and collection of.., well everything!!

Thanks. Right now it's a pig-sty, but sadly, a lot of the figures in the cabinets in these photos are now packed away, as I have even more figures now than I did then -- and I just don't have the room for everything. Hopefully, some day, I'll get off my lazy butt and clean it up and start taking more photos. I bought one of the those photo-tent things to start taking pictures of things, but honestly the LED lights that came with it are pretty crap (as evidenced by the latest photos I took of my Cigar Girl), and really don't light as bright as I would like. It's going to take me months to get things cleaned up and organized at this point, and I'm still trying to build up my Jabba display cabinet, so looking after the crap show that is this Man-Cave is pretty low on the list of priorities sadly.

 More figures means more display room needed, but I guess it will be slow going. It's surprising how quickly our little friends have a habit of sneaking in . I'm sure you'll find a way to display all your figures in time . Lighting figures can be tricky, I posted what I use in your cigar girl thread, but also using mirrors to reflect light back onto figures can work pretty good

Stryker2011 wrote:Still a WIP. Need to finalize cleaning and putting stuff away. But this is pretty much it in a nutshell. Moving around too much tends to make me ill, so it's slow going. Believe it or not, the wife helped me carry that monster butcher-block table top into the basement. Not doing too much today, not feeling well, so I decided to take a few quick pics.

Hey I've got the same globus bar full of Scotch and Bourbons (still a bit small, but it looks nice)

Nice seeing pics of your mancave and collection. So cool.

I don't know about you, but my man hole (compared to your cave) is not open for public, not even my friends and family!

Glad I’m not the only one who has a full scale “figure” as well... nice collection!

Thanks all for checking out the madness. It's a daunting task at the moment just walking into this space and not feeling overwhelmed. I'd like to be able to display all of my figures at one time, but I feel if I just jam them all in tightly, that it'd look no better than the floor at the moment. It's like a hoarder's nightmare in this place. I seem to have taken on one too many projects at the moment and can't seem to concentrate on getting any of them done. I have so many half-assembled figures lying all over the place it's not funny (including figures I've had for years!).