How do you display your dinosaurs?

[lio99]

How do you display your dinosaurs
By brand, by animal type or just randomly everywhere.
I have five shelf's, the top with all my sauropods, the next level with my papos, the middle with my marine life collection, the next with schleich, toyway, safari and collectA and the bottom shelf with my chinosaurs.

[Horridus]

Mine used to be a mish-mash, but now related animals are grouped together (or that's the idea...it's not always exactly possible mostly due to some figures being anomalously big). The shelves are as follows, from the the top -

1. Tyrannosaurus rex (gets a shelf to itself, mostly thanks to some very large figures)

2. Theropods

3. A few 'JP' theropods (don't really fit among the others), but otherwise marginocephalians

4. Ornithopods and thyreophorans

5. Sauropods

Edit: Should perhaps mention that I keep non-dinosaurs in a separate place, although I don't have that many of them.

[DinoLord]

I have 6 main shelves for my collection. On the first one, I have theropods on the left side and ornithischians on the right side. On the shelf above that, I have sauropods. On top of that are some of my larger figures/statues, such as the Sideshow Apatosaurus. I also have a shelf for non-dinosaur prehistoric animals, two shelves for JP toys (with some Papos included ), and then one for my fossil related figures and my fossil collection. However, I've come to use a table below one of my shelves to place some figures I don't have room for elsewhere.

[Seijun]

I have mine arranged by company, and the companies are arranged somewhat by date.

[deanm]

I have a series of wall shelves (alltogether about 78 linear feet worth) plus my glass pterosaur cabinent. Pterosaurs aree seperated into one set of shelves and the glass cabinent loosely by genus. The rest of the dinos are sorted by company. The retro Marx & Invicta having places of honor.

[Himmapaan]

Mine... defies description...

[takama]

I do mine by companey.

one area is exclusively Carnegi and Safari

My Papos rule the top of my dresser,

and my CollectAs are takeing up a bunch of white shelves of mine

[tyrantqueen]

I don't have the luxury of space. I just put the figures wherever they'll fit.

[pawnosuchus]

I have mine set up in my garage based on (roughly) geological ages. Pre-dinosaur (Permian, etc.) Triassic,Jurassic, Creteasous,Cenozoic. Landscaping mostly done by the wife. Most animals (not all)close to1-40 scale. I'm very proud of the set-up. I have two threads under dioramas, If you check it out definitly go to the one marked ...better lighting.

[Himmapaan]

Jan 16, 2012 4:44:23 GMT tyrantqueen said:

I don't have the luxury of space. I just put the figures wherever they'll fit.

That more or less sums up my collection. Even then about half (if not more) has to be stored away.

[gwangi]

I have a bookshelf with them arranged by relatedness more or less. The top is the sauropods because that is the only one that will fit them. The next two are theropods, I try to have related animals next to each other but space does not always allow it. Below them I have the marginocephalians and ornithopods and below them the thyreophorans. The bottom shelf is for non-dinosaurs; marine reptiles, pterosaurs, mammals and such.

[Horridus]

Jan 16, 2012 21:38:15 GMT gwangi said:

The next two are theropods, I try to have related animals next to each other but space does not always allow it.

Dusting my shelves again, I thought I'd rearrange my figures a bit, but keep related animals together. Let me tell you, the X-Plus Albertosaurus is a massive pain in the arse in that regard...

For a while I felt bad about splitting up the Tetanurae. Then I realised that even I found that incredibly dorky. And so did it anyway. The important thing is that there are birds atop the 'Dinosaur World' mountain thing...

[gwangi]

I was pretty upset when I realized I couldn't keep my Allosauroidea or my Coelurosauria together but now that I'm typing this I might go see what I can do about that....but I really shouldn't.
I don't know what will happen the day I get a really large theropod figure like the X-Plus, I'll probably go insane trying to reorganize the collection. I'm mostly sticking to smaller and mid-size figures for the time being.

The important thing is that there are birds atop the 'Dinosaur World' mountain thing...

That is the important thing. Eventually I will get at least one extant bird for my collection just so when people visit they'll be forced to ask "why is there a bird with your dinosaurs" and you know what will happen from there.

EDIT: Success! I did it! Now I can sleep easy.





You can see how any large theropod will present a problem. No one laugh at my lack of Tyrannosaurs...at least I have Sue, she makes it better.

[tyrantqueen]

Jan 16, 2012 22:49:23 GMT gwangi said:

I was pretty upset when I realized I couldn't keep my Allosauroidea or my Coelurosauria together but now that I'm typing this I might go see what I can do about that....but I really shouldn't.
I don't know what will happen the day I get a really large theropod figure like the X-Plus, I'll probably go insane trying to reorganize the collection. I'm mostly sticking to smaller and mid-size figures for the time being.

The important thing is that there are birds atop the 'Dinosaur World' mountain thing...

That is the important thing. Eventually I will get at least one extant bird for my collection just so when people visit they'll be forced to ask "why is there a bird with your dinosaurs" and you know what will happen from there.

EDIT: Success! I did it! Now I can sleep easy.





You can see how any large theropod will present a problem. No one laugh at my lack of Tyrannosaurs...at least I have Sue, she makes it better.

I display my collection in exactly the same way you do (in a bookcase, and figures squeezed in wherever they can fit). We must be kindred spirits

[Meso-Cenozoic]

I keep all mine in diorama-like settings and group them "somewhat" in their corresponding eras. Although, I keep all my marine life in the same area. I only have room for one ocean scene set-up, and all my little swimming guys just have to stay in water or they'll die! ;D

My Papos are the only ones I keep together because they're a smaller group and also so different than the other figure companies. I also have some grouped in similar families.

And this last one will really sound wacky! Throughout my whole display, I also will try and put similar color shades together. LOL! Well, being an artist, I find that my whole dino display altogether is also one massive, ever-changing work of art. Whether it's in a fairly finished looking display or in transition, I always try and keep the composition in mind and it's elements of symmetry, balance, contrast, color, perspective and so on. I know, a little crazy, right! But it's all for fun.

[Himmapaan]

Jan 17, 2012 8:28:42 GMT Meso-Cenozoic said:

And this last one will really sound wacky! Throughout my whole display, I also will try and put similar color shades together. LOL! Well, being an artist, I find that my whole dino display altogether is also one massive, ever-changing work of art. Whether it's in a fairly finished looking display or in transition, I always try and keep the composition in mind and it's elements of symmetry, balance, contrast, color, perspective and so on. I know, a little crazy, right! But it's all for fun.

Not wacky at all.

[Horridus]

Jan 17, 2012 8:28:42 GMT Meso-Cenozoic said:

And this last one will really sound wacky! Throughout my whole display, I also will try and put similar color shades together. LOL! Well, being an artist, I find that my whole dino display altogether is also one massive, ever-changing work of art. Whether it's in a fairly finished looking display or in transition, I always try and keep the composition in mind and it's elements of symmetry, balance, contrast, color, perspective and so on. I know, a little crazy, right! But it's all for fun.

Like Niroot said, it's not wacky at all! While trying to keep related animals together, I also try and go for an attractive presentation of the figures. Maybe not arranging them by colour as you do, but making sure smaller models remain visible, and I like it if models can be facing the same or similar directions. (Someone once commented that on my sauropod shelf it looks like the 'animals' are all marching one way in an effort to try and make the whole lot topple over.)

[zopteryx]

I have three main areas for my dino collection.

1. Large shelf under my big fish tank. It houses all the bigger dinos.
2. Smaller shelf under my small fish tank for the medium sized dinos. This one's really crowded with CollectAs.
3. And finally three display shelves mounted to a wall that show-off some of the nicer figures.

Chinasaurs and JP figures are just in box while small figures (Safari tube figures mainly) are temporarily in a shoebox until I can find a way to better display them.

[mihnea]

I mix them all together. I am always fanatical about using my limited space efficiently, and the only way to do so is by combining small animals with bigger ones. ;D

[tanystropheus]

Jan 17, 2012 8:28:42 GMT Meso-Cenozoic said:

I keep all mine in diorama-like settings and group them "somewhat" in their corresponding eras. Although, I keep all my marine life in the same area. I only have room for one ocean scene set-up, and all my little swimming guys just have to stay in water or they'll die! ;D

My Papos are the only ones I keep together because they're a smaller group and also so different than the other figure companies. I also have some grouped in similar families.

And this last one will really sound wacky! Throughout my whole display, I also will try and put similar color shades together. LOL! Well, being an artist, I find that my whole dino display altogether is also one massive, ever-changing work of art. Whether it's in a fairly finished looking display or in transition, I always try and keep the composition in mind and it's elements of symmetry, balance, contrast, color, perspective and so on. I know, a little crazy, right! But it's all for fun.

I have the same philosophy. It's a bit tricky positioning Papos next to other brands, but it can be done, especially with careful consideration for "composition", "symmetry", "balance", and lighting.