I've been looking all around for some good shelves to use to display my collection... anybody have any suggestions at to what to use? Like, for NES, SNES, DC, PSX, PS2, etc games... What are some good shelves and where can I buy them?
This is a good question. I'm looking, too. Since I had to move into an apartment with my mom after my parents separated, I've got shit everywhere - in storage, in my closet, on random shelves. Any good, large shelves to display a lot of stuff would be ideal.
If you're really hardcore about displaying your stuff AND making best use of space, you may want to either look into shelves that you can put into the wall yourself or custom shelves made by a local craftsperson. The reason is that pre-made shelving units usually max out at six feet tall. Think of all that wasted space between the top the unit and the ceiling!
I got a carpenter to make a custom bookshelf. It's massive, and takes all my games, books, films and music, and looks very nice. Very, very expensive, though, but it beats having everything in cardboard boxes.
Ben - thanks a LOT for that site, that's exactly what I needed... There's some really nice stuff on there, I like that huge media wall thing, I think that'll work really well, even though it's a bit costly. Plus, it shouldn't take too long to ship to here, too bad there's no showroom. Baldwin's not too far away from where I work.
I have two old Entertainment unit stands that seem to hold everything I throw them at. They're both pretty big. I also have an entire shelf in my bedroom dedicated to holding Gameboy stuff, but as soon as NDS comes I'm going to have to make it two shelves. (I had the entire shelf collapse on to the bottom one because the weight was too heavy, so I just evened out the weight for now.)
