"Jamming a Theme into a shelf"

[Deinonychus]

For those of us who like to display completed LEGO sets by Theme, it often falls to us to try and cram an entire Theme onto a single shelf. Trying to do this...and make it look presentable at the same time...is never easy, but sometimes, when you're done, it can be almost as satisfying as building the models to begin with!

So, let's see them! Let's see how you've managed to get all of a certain theme into one display space. What strange contortions and parking configurations have you resorted to to make everything fit? :D

As for myself...

The first Theme of Alpha Team was simple to fit all together on a shelf. Mission Deep Sea was impossible, but I managed to get the Arctic series all in one place...albeit a little cramped as far as parking goes...

Dino Attack seems like a small Theme at first...but once you start trying to get those Dinosaurs in there, it gets kind of cozy. I've cheated a little here in that I haven't mounted the Pteranodon to the wall yet...but I will eventually.

Vikings I reserved for a special place on top of the computer cabinet. Mainly because there was no way that fort and that ship were going to fit on the same standard shelf. And just in case you're curious, the catapult is inside the fort...why waste all that nice clear space?

[The Hordesman]

Wow! You gotta have alot of space to be able to do that, and yet you have problems with space for the other series.

I think this calls for a "set up for photo and then ruin" situation. *satis*

[5150 Lego]

Wow. Good use of limited shelf space. Funny how this post came up today. I just went to Ikea this afternoon to get some new shelving for all my sets. I think i can get all my town on one shelf, but my technic will take up 4 or 5 shelfs by themselfs. We'll see once iget the shelving delivered next week.

[Kikuichimonji]

Heh, I have a closet with 6 shelves; 4 of those are used to display my SW Lego and 1 to store the 'rest' of my Lego. I basically display my SW stuff by putting it on the shelves. Nothing special.

[Vader]

Sadley due to moving home a few months ago most of my lego is still in boxes :'( the silly thing is that i went from having them all displayed in a 2 bed room flat to having them boxed in a 3 bed room house :/ so i have 2 spare rooms and a loft yet no display......i hang my head in shame. :$

[Jipay]

I have one question : how comes your biggest dragon from the vikking fortress appears to be red and black ? Is this just a photo effect ?

[Kikuichimonji]

I have one question : how comes your biggest dragon from the vikking fortress appears to be red and black ? Is this just a photo effect ?

I think it is. Take a look at the Midgard Serpent, it also appears to be black, but it is the same color as the dragon in reality. Also, the wings are red/green, the only way to change the color on those is by applying a sticker or paint.

I must say though, a black and red Fafnir dragon would be nice ;)

[KimT]

This is how I tried to jam a part of my SW collection into shelves ;)

Unfortunately I didn't do very well and I still need to build 2/3 of it *wacko*

KimT

[Deinonychus]

I have one question : how comes your biggest dragon from the vikking fortress appears to be red and black ? Is this just a photo effect ?

I think it is. Take a look at the Midgard Serpent, it also appears to be black, but it is the same color as the dragon in reality. Also, the wings are red/green, the only way to change the color on those is by applying a sticker or paint.

I must say though, a black and red Fafnir dragon would be nice ;)

It's probably just the lighting...I wasn't too terribly concerned with optimal lighting conditions when I snapped the pics, and I didn't run the images through any clean-up software afterwards, so the green dragon and serpent might look black depending on what your monitor is set at

and KimT...I feel your pain |-D