The Energon Pub

Something I've always wanted to do is make a shelf display of Primus and the Planet Leaders from Cybertron. But I do not as yet have Primus. So I was wondering if anyone would be willing to measure the diameter of his planet mode so I have an idea of how much space I need to reserve for him when selecting a board.

He's roughly 9 inches across (8 and change). That's horizontally. Vertically, if it matters, take into consideration the Omega Lock, another few inches. And of course you can pop out parts of him for his "battle mode." Another few inches in all directions. So probably reserve a 12 by 14 by 10 space for him. 12 inches vertically, 10 inches from left to right and 14 inches from back to front.

Rodimus Prime wrote:He's roughly 9 inches across (8 and change). That's horizontally. Vertically, if it matters, take into consideration the Omega Lock, another few inches. And of course you can pop out parts of him for his "battle mode." Another few inches in all directions. So probably reserve a 12 by 14 by 10 space for him. 12 inches vertically, 10 inches from left to right and 14 inches from back to front.

The horizontal is the most important, since that's what I need to keep in mind for choosing the actual shelf board. I was planning on keeping him in planet mode to save space.

Thanks for your help.

No problem. Remember to account for additional space for your hands when you pick him up.

Finally got around to setting up the shelf:

Is the camera angle off? The shelf doesn't look level. Or is your ceiling slanted?

The shelf is at a slight slant. But the camera angle is also a bit off; this was taken while standing on my desk after putting Scourge and Override on the shelf and I was being a bit hasty at the time.

So why is your shelf not level? Won't the figures slide off?

Rodimus Prime wrote:So why is your shelf not level? Won't the figures slide off?

Nah. The end closest to Scourge and Override is higher, but only slightly, so the slope is extremely shallow. As for why it's sloped at all.. I was having to eyeball the placement and from a somewhat awkward angle. I got that end too high the first try, and the second attempt was so close to level that I'd have to take the shelf down and fill in the screwholes before trying to adjust again.