I have a lot of figures, ok maybe more than a lot, let's just say figures are plentiful in the Samoht camp. Normally I'll buy a piece or two of battlefoam that will fit in a box and call it a day. But this time I found something on my radar. Something affordable, enclosed, and loaded with foam.
Chessex, a company I stopped buying dice from decades ago, makes figures
cases. at 29.99 in my FLGS, I decided to spring on it, as most
battlefoam pieces are around the $20 mark there. I picked up the 56
figure box. First off I can't help but enjoy the old school GW
Heroquest, Warhammer Fantasy, and 40k figures displayed. Yes, I know I
don't get those fine figures, but does it look cool seeing them on a
product in 2017? A resounding "YES!" is the only thing I can reply.
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| Look at the Majesty! |
Pulling the shrinkwrap off reveled a hard plastic box. It's quite plain, but it's VERY sturdy.
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| It has been undressed! |
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Opening the box was a bit irritating. It's molded and not a latch. Far too much effort was put into opening and closing this thing. Hopefully it can be broken in a bit. After opening it I found the sweet, sweet foam. It's in six pieces of foam. A bottom solid sheet, a middle pluck sheet the creates the spaces for the figures, and a top sheet of foam. The top and bottom figure trays are separated by a chipboard divider. The foam figure dividers are really wobbly, but once set down, it's not terrible. the foam also had one weird smell....
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| Keep the pluck foam bits. Useful for making more storage! |
My figures aren't true 25mm. Most 1" figures have slowly gone up in scale, but the chessex case holds most of them well. I used metal figures, Reaper bones, converted Mage Knight figs, and Wizkids D&D and pathfinder figs. One Reaper bones fig was too big with a sword but the rest of the 56 figs held up well. Although I don't like the force needed to close the box with figures in it.
3/5 Electrum!
All this thing needs is a handle and latches to be perfect.
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