So in my office I have some of my favorite toys displayed on 4 glass shelves that Brittany and I put up. I chose glass because it allowed the most light to pass through them and didn't cause any real noticeable shadows. I have 25th Anniversary GI Joes on 2 of the shelves, Legacy Power Rangers Figures/Zords on 1, and some Transformers on another. I love the way the Transformers and Power Rangers shelves look, but I always felt like something was missing from the GI Joe shelves.
So it took me a while but I think I finally figured out what I didn't like. I couldn't see all the Joes really well, and I thought the GI Joe shelf was missing height. The Power Rangers and Transformer shelves all have height due to their giant towering robots! The Joes are relatively small compared to everything else. Even the vehicles I have on display are not large. So I started researching and couldn't find anything I liked to solve the problem and mostly stopped researching... And then I randomly visited SmallJoes.com and stumbled across the APEX Action Figure and Collectibles displays.
Apex makes a display case that keeps all the dust off your action figures/display by encasing it in a "crystal clear poly-styrene" case. In other words...a fancy clear box. Included in the box is a stand that creates risers / stairs. Encasing my figures in a box didn't interest me, but the stand on the inside did. The stand would allow me to create potentially 3 different rows of GI Joes on my shelf. I also noticed you can order the stand separately! So I ordered 2 stands to see how I like them.
The stands came in pretty quickly from SmallJoes.com. They were packaged very well and are really well made. I quickly unpacked them, pulled some GI Joes off their shelves, and prepared to update the display! I put the display up on the shelf and it provides the look I want. Each individual Joe stands out more and isn't covered up by another one. Unfortunately the stands were too short for me to be able to do 3 rows of Joes :( This is my fault though and not the shelves fault... I probably need to measure next time... I love the look though! It allows me to be able to see more of the Joes on the shelves AND provides height to the display. Overall I recommend these shelves if you are looking to add a little more to your displays!
