Acrylic Display Cases for LEGO
Thu, October 28, 2010, 13:51 23 Comments
Some acrylic display cases sold at ToyStation & ToysHunt. Apparently made by AFOLs.
I’ve been thinking about getting display cases for my keychain collection (LEGO of course). Anyone know how much a customised display would cost and from where?
ToyStation – $35/6 (?)
ToysHunt – $9.90/$59.90/$69.90/$79.90
A Modular Life 
Well u can try the guy who supply TS… The display at TS is going for 35… lifetime warranty on splitting of the edge… u can ask him to customise for u…
As for the one who supply TH… I personally do not like the fact that he glue the plates to the base and the finishing of the display is about rough on the edges… Price point also not very attractive…
Thought of that but I would like to see finished products mah… no idea how to do the display. Think hanging the keychains easier… but then prob make more sense to do with plates so that can display minifigs.
Think wat u need is a cross between the 2… the finishing of the one in TS… with the base of the one in TH…
Cos u would have gotten either one if either appeal to u… rite?
Rite… 😉
erm… tok to the TS supplier ba… last i spoke with him… he was asking about glueing plates to the stand… but i advise him against cos personally i was against it… >p
Both are using double sided tape rite?
i dunno? plastic giue maybe? >p
Hey u can get those similar acrylic display for Japanese figurines, my wife and I just bough like 10+ of them very similar to those being sold at TH or TS but better quality with UV some more. The box has 3 tiers so can display 3 rows of minifigs.
See: http://www.shopmania.com/shopping~online-toys~buy-epoch-w300uv-clear-transparent-display-case~p-6709919.html
China Square 2nd floor (next to Fascinating Holidays and antique shop) got one uncle selling toys has it, not sure if he still has stock ‘coz I think we took most of it haha! We got ours for like S$28, original price was S$35 but was on sale at S$30, I bargain with Uncle to get a better price. I can help you ask if you want =)
good alternative… but there is a problem with this kind of injection mould display case… it cracks easily on hard knocks impact and also scratches easily… at that price point… maybe getting the daiso one is a more economical option… >p
I bought the TS case, $35, I was told last one in stock. The chinese guy advised me to use Blu-Tack for the base plate. The width is max 6 studs for each level. Have not seen the TH version so no comment which is better.
Actually its 6 studs wide for the top 2 levels, base level is 5 studs can just fit considering the cover…
As for TH one, the put off point apart from the glued plates is also the finishing of the cover, too many joints (5 pieces glued together) making the finishing look very unglam… at least TS one is 3 pieces for the cover… okay… maybe i m picky… >p
Yeah, I like the smooth curve of the TS cover, very professional feel to it. For 5 pieces, I could have made myself.
@ Mond2 & WongKW,
Actually, I got the casing from TH & it’s good quality with good finishing touch. Price point is reasonable as well
Casing from TS, no comments as I don’t get to see the sample product.
If you guys want the photo of those casing that I bought to house my LEGO SW Mini-Fig .. let me know & i can email to you both.
Jonathan,
Thanks… i have seen the real deal before at TH when the supplier was pitching it to Alex… also have seen his stuff on ebay and Vivo toyoutpost… really not that great imho for the price point…
that is why i got the one from TS instead… the supplier is the same guy doing the display cases for nanoblocks for display in shopping centers…
So agar u can compare the finishing… really more curvy and less squarish… really more profession looking… and i am considering if i should get a few more from him… or really sit down and ask him if he could do something custom for me… >p
Raymond, count me in if you are doing a MO 😉
Wow, so many responses on the acrylic cases (ok, mostly from Mond2, wongkw, Walsh Klien & Jonathan but still…)
I did get the TH one, mostly cos I dint know that TS was selling cases and the other alternatives – so I think this post is useful for other SG AFOLs? I went to TH before going to TS. Ok, plus the TH case was a nice pressie from bf so I can display my collectible minifigs (yeah, he’s a sweetie). 😀
The price point is really unattractive to me tho, hence my open call for alternatives – thanks so much to those who gave me alternatives – I will open my eyes to look for display cases now. I really cant DIY acrylic cases so not much choice for me apart from buying them.
Erm, but if anyone is up for conducting a drilling lamp posts, LED/circuits 101 and acrylic case making class pls let me know where to sign up k? 😉
I also bought two lamp posts from TS too. Any idea where to buy the LED small enough to fit in?
Unfortunately the only shop I’ve seen that sell loads of LEDs is at Ubi. I dunno the exact address tho. It’s around the corner from Pack Everything: http://www.packeverything.com.sg/contact_us.php
But, I’ve faith the bros in S0937 know… try asking there? (^_^)
You consider ask Dama Enterprise for making the acrylic display 🙂
Here is the website :-
http://www.dama.com.sg/
The shop got quite a lots variety of acrylic.
Might want to call before you drop by there.
Thanks for the tip Irvy. 🙂
Does anyone know where you can such display cases in Hong Kong?
anybody know where can i get display box for Nanoblocks?! 🙂
@milsy_mils: ToyStation at Serene Centre should have customised acrylic ones. Or you can try ready made ones from Muji (no need to go down just check the online catalog) or el cheapo plastic ones from Daiso.