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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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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. <\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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Adding the figures to the wall took much longer than cutting or mounting the pegboard did.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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