Guides · Notes for Collectors
How collectors
build a display.
Long-form essays on protecting, presenting, and arranging collections worth keeping.
From the editors
Guides is our long-form companion to the catalog. Every essay is paired with the case it was written for — and the consultation that turns it into a wall.
Best Display Cases for 1/6 Scale Figures: A Hot Toys and Sideshow Guide
A 1/6 figure can be displayed in very different ways. You can give one character the quiet presence of a museum piece. You can pose a group close together, each figure still recognisably in...
How to Choose the Right Display Case for LEGO
Piece count is almost useless when choosing a display case. The LEGO Titanic 10294 is 135cm (53.1 in) long but only 16cm (6.3 in) wide. The Eiffel Tower 10307 needs 149cm (58.7 in) of...
Acrylic vs Glass Display Cases: Which Is Better for Collectors?
Most of us have a moment like this. You're moving apartments, or just rearranging a room, and you go to shift a glass display case on your own. It's heavier than it looks, the...