For close to ten years, most of my carded Star Wars figures have been stored away in plastic bins. I just haven’t had a good way or place to display them. While out shopping this weekend I had a moment of inspiration. After moving a few things around, I freed up a 4×8′ wall area in the Star Wars room.

I picked up a 4×8′ sheet of pegboard from Home Depot for $15. I quickly discovered that the pegboard was exactly 8′ tall and the wall is only seven foot, eleven and a half inches. The first thing I had to do was convert my podcart into a makeshift sawhorse. One cut later and the pegboard now fits.

You have to put space between pegboard and the wall (to give room for the pegs to go through the holes) so I sawed a 1×4 in half, screwed it into the studs, and then screwed the pegboard into them.

Years ago at a garage sale I picked up a giant box full of pegs for $5. The next step was to get out all my figures, sort them by release (color), add pegs and start hanging cards. I found on average that I could get 5 figures on each peg, although because of varying thicknesses a few have 4 and a few have 6.

Adding the figures to the wall took much longer than cutting or mounting the pegboard did.

A much better use of space, I think! A couple of people have asked me if each peg has duplicate figures. For the most part, no. (There are a few duplicates, mostly card variations.) Believe it or not I had some other things I had wanted to hang on the pegboard but I ran out of space! Regardless, I think the end result turned out pretty good. It makes me a lot happier to see them this way that to know they are sitting stored away in plastic tubs out in the garage.