WotC Miniatures Storage?

[Ashrem Bayle]

I'm surprised by this question: Does the paint on the new miniatures chip? I thought one of the advantages of cheap plastic minis is transportability.

No. I just like them too look nice and be organized.

 

[Taelorn76]

I have the ones I know I am going to use in table top games in a bait and tackle box. All others I have in boxes divided by series. Then I still have another box with all the ones I have for trade, those are all still bagged.

 

[jgsugden]

I have mine mixed amongst my metal RPG figures on two bookshelves in my dining room. I only have a few hundred D&D miniatures (compared to my thousand or so metal minis).

When you've played the game for 25 years, you tend to accumulate stuff ...

 

[Wolffenjugend]

My main concern is long-term effects of storage b/c I can see the plastic bending after a while. Sure it's easy to bend them back, but that's a hassle if you have hundreds of minis.

Actually, I'm quite shocked WotC hasn't developed some kind of storage case. Seems like a no-brainer...

 

[D+1]

Until just a few days ago I had my Harbinger set on display in a printers tray (the larger ones just managed to stay standing with the bases hanging over the edge). I had the Dragoneye and Archfiends sets lined up on my DVD/CD shelves. All the spares were tucked into two large parts cabinets. You know, thin metal frame with 80 or so plastic drawers?

Now I've got ALL 860 plastics in those two cabinets - Some of those little drawers are carefully packed with a dozen or more minis each. Oh yeah, I've left out a few that

• I know I won't use - draconians
• Won't all fit into one drawer for their type - drawer of abysmal maws is packed tight
• Are rares I intend to trade, which are all in a plastic ziploc bag.

The bigger drawers of course hold the trolls, owlbears, ogres, dragons, etc. although there's two large drawers JUST for the orc hordes. And there's a few drawers left empty for a bit more expansion. For RPG purposes I just want to fill in some of the "exotic monsters": chimera, manticore, beholder (metal ones keep breaking eyestalks), that sort of thing. And, of course, giants, dragons... The basic humanoids I've got enough of now to gag a maggot.

We are gonna have some FUN when my vast minis collection (got 300, maybe 400 metals as well) meets our existing Dwarven Forge dungeon pieces as I start my new campaign next week. Hoody hoo!

No, I'm not particularly worried about paint, just on the KIDS getting hold of the rares I've paid damn good money for that are likely to be irreplaceable in the future as production of older sets is shut down. I've seen what disdain they have for THEIR toys so I'm paranoid about mine after they've shown such enthusiasm for them. If I even once catch them playing in the living room or the back yard with a (just currently!) $20 dragon or $15 umber hulk I'll sell the little punks for the most heinous medical experiments available. Fortunately their mum and dad would agree to that.

 

[Lalato]

Here's what I use... a very basic tackle box...

http://www.kmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=972021

Cheap... and easy to transport... As I get more minis... I just buy another box. For the most part I can fit an entire set in one box.

--sam

 

[dreaded_beast]

I've been using a small plastic box, just one big container.

But I too have been thinking about getting better storage space.

I believe I have around 88 minis now, but it still becomes tedious looking for the correct mini to place on the mat.

I really like the idea about the zip lock bag storage to seperate the minis by "type".

On another note, do you think heat will play a big factor in the type of storage you get?

One time I stored my plastic box of minis over my monitor for a few hours until I remember how hot my monitor can get. I checked my box and was greeted with a paint smell, similar to the smell from a newly opened booster pack. However, the minis looked fine, but for safety's sake, I moved them to a "cooler" part of my room for fear of them melting from heat.

 

[Tuerny]

I went to Wal Mart and bought 4 plastic cases and divided them as I saw fit between them.

Easy.

 

[Djeta Thernadier]

Compartmentalized plastic cases, easily found cheap at places like craft stores or K-Mart.



OR if you have alot of them, the kids of compartmentalized boxes they sell for storing Xmas ornaments work great.

 

[Signum]

Compartmentalized plastic cases, easily found cheap at places like craft stores or K-Mart.



OR if you have alot of them, the kids of compartmentalized boxes they sell for storing Xmas ornaments work great.

Using a plastic tray picked up from home depo originally designed for screws/bolts ect. 4 bux a tray. Larger minis go in their own seperate tupperware box.