Geek Cave Week, 2021

 Seeing as how I had more unused vacation than usual this year (not usually a problem for me), I took a week off in February this year, rather than just a long weekend.  And naturally a good chunk of that was spent playing with ponies.

Last year Roomy and I had decided to split our collections between the Geek Cave and some glass-fronted bookshelves in the basement tv/art/office room.  Then pandemic hit and all plans to buy furniture were put on hold for quite some time. In the meantime we had the "extra" elements of our collections boxed up.  The "extras" included things like EQG minis, blind bag figures, and some merchandise. Eventually we were able to pick up a few shelves and start placing things on display again.

Not long after that Roomy and I both had the same realization at the same time. Roomy's office is in the basement where this new display space was going.  Over the first couple of weeks, she kept going over to the display cabinets during the day and admiring and playing with her collection.  She was spending more time with her collection there than she did in the Geek Cave.

So the ponies moved back upstairs and we've started the process of moving the MOTU and POP collections downstairs (slightly hampered by the need for more cabinets).  But it's a plan we're both happy with.

And so, with some modern things piling up in the Cave, I spent some time rearranging the vintage side of the room.  The G2s moved all in a row.  The G1s are the real winners here though, gaining quite a bit more display space.  I took advantage of the shelves vacated by She-Ra by spacing several of the ponies out more, so they're both easier to see and have more room to breathe.  It also means I've got more space to add more ponies, which is good because I foresee most of my pony money going towards G1s in the future.

I also moved the playsets that were displayed on top of the shelves down to the bottom shelves.  It's always a bit difficult to see what's displayed on the lower shelves unless they're larger pieces, plus they're a heck of a lot easier to access here, so that made sense. The 35th anniversary ponies are now living on top of the shelves and looking great.

The Shortcake space got a bit of a makeover too. The mane characters are now displayed entirely within the giant house (which I love displayed in it's new home on the opposite side of the room), while the Brazilian Shortcakes are looking a bit better higher up on the shelves and there's plenty of room to add some more later on.

The only part of the modern side of the room that had any attention was the addition of some wall shelves for the blind bag ponies. These shelves are attached to the wall with velcro strips, which are holding fantastically, but can come right off if (when) I next reorganize the room.

I'm really happy with what got done in the Cave this week, but it's certainly not the clean, organized room it was this time last year.  Frankly, it's a mess, but we're moving toward two display spaces that we're extremely happy with and we'll be having fun setting up our collections for quite a while to come.

I need another week off now.

Elf