For those of you looking for a case in which to store your figures and your custom fodder, I'll recommended the Falmbeau cases. 80's Child turned me on to these.
As a truck driver, I need an easy way to carry my hobby with me. I was using the cardboard box with each figure living in it'sown baggie technique. That was fine, but at the same time when I was able to stop for a day or two and wanted to do a photo shoot, it was more than a pain in the butt to dig through the entire box and try to locate the figures I wanted. Trying to find the Joe Collectors Case was hard enough, and there weren't too many other like cases out there that weren't shaped like Millennium Falcons or Vader heads. Then 80's Child pointed me in the direction of these cases and they are better than perfect.
They are light wight clear plastic so you can see through them and see which figures are in which cases. They come with several dividers and you can make as many or as few sections as you need. The cases can be set up for twelve spaces that are slightly over four inches long, so ME Joe figures will fit in there nicely.
Here is the box with my Dreadnoks. As you can see, even Road Pig, the largest figure buck in the line, fits in with room to spare.
Each space is fairly deep too. Since I had the two spaces left over, I put Croc Master and Night Adder there. Night Adder, also being from the largest buck fits in there with the dog and a mini-gun, ammo belt and back pack system. Croc Master shares his space with all his pets. While I like to put only one figure per space, you could probably fit at least three in a space. The only guy who is going to be cramped at all is the guy in the middle left by because of the handle, Ripper in this case. But even then, he still has room.
The clear vertical walls are permanent, but the blue pieces are what's movable and can adjust for the size you need. I got v2 Stalker and his kayak to fit by using what would be three spaces for figures. For Doc's stretcher and PoC Snow Job's skis, they were too long for one space, but I was able to slide those pieces under the the divider and into the space of the figure above them with out any interference to that figure's space or issues closing the lid.
The latches on the outside close the lid snuggly, though I have found small items, like most of Renegades Storm Shadow's stuff, can still find their way into the compartments of other characters.
I bought a smaller case for my custom fodder. Her you can see the dividers used in different slots for different sized pieces. This case would not be good for holding figures because if you put the divider at the four inch mark for one figure, there is no space below it big enough for another figure.
I found these guys at Wal*Mart in the fishing gear section on the lower shelves, near the tackle boxes and the like. The big case like the one used for holding figures was in the $5.00 range, the smaller was about $3.50.
For my use, they are totally worth it. For me personally, tho there are two draw backs, but nothing that would keep me from buying more. First, they take up more space than figures in baggies. I put the cases in the same box in which I had the baggied figures and there was barely enough room left to hold the figures I've still got in baggies, but that's fine, I worked around it. The other thing is the material of which they are made is, well, "slippery" would be the best word to use. They won't stay stacked, so it would have been nice if there were some stacking pegs on the bottoms that would fit into holes on lid of the case beneath it.
All in all, if you want an easy way to store or transport your figures, these are an inexpensive, cheap way to do it that doesn't cost a lot.
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Some people, when trying to avoid thinking about those things that cause them pain, turn to drink, food, or drugs...I turn not to any of those...I collect action figures. Over the years, I've found that alcoholism is much more socially acceptable by far.
I just said a post by Dark Jedi makes sense. I am going ice-skating in Hell tomorrow.
