Space is Overrated: Fitting a BIG Collection in an Apartment

[@Nerdzoic]

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[@Slashman3]

Link said it's private, have to be in your organization to view...

[@johncostello6019]

I'd like to apply, if I was allowed to fill out the form. Great video as always Big Nerdy!

[@t00lnin]

I tried to open the link up and got this message: This form can only be viewed by users in the owner's organization. Try contacting the owner of the form if you think this is a mistake

[@chevy-is-a-good-boy]

Experience has taught me to limit the collection space (to a single room in my case). Once the collection becomes too large to comfortably maintain and curate, it ends up owning your ass. It can be very stressful until you realize the situation you've put yourself into. The catch though, is that as your collection becomes more refined, the harder it becomes to let go of stuff.

[@QuintilianA]

A series that would be cool is like a fix your display collection series where people get their display collection redone.

[@samuellagoon3314]

I would love to see a series like that

[@Collect2Disconnect]

I’m currently doing a series like that on my channel actually lol doubled the shelves I started with 6 months ago and have many more videos to make on it 😅

[@thefirstguyjaek255]

Bobby Skullface has a segment called Collection Critique. While it’s geared more towards Transformers, it does a good job of discussing displays

[@dawnofthewalkers4915]

I wish they’d redo the terminator Kenner figures. I know neca did some but it’s a modern style, I want the vintage style like the reissued turtles.

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

Amazing collection. Basically the entire apartment is an action figure display room. How he can afford all of it at his age and working at Gamestop is beyond me. Even Mando and Hot Toys. So much of his collection is recent in the last three years or so. Looks like all he does is spend his money on action figures.

[@gambit_toys6554]

Debt maybe

[@LeoDube9]

I haven’t and wont watch the full video but maybe no girl, no, kids, no car, no house so no mortgage..maybe he doesn’t eat well. Those guys are the male version of the lady cats in the simpsons..

[@warfidem3]

This is a cool series and definitely something collectors love to see. "What does that guy have that I don't?" Also good for inspiration. One note. Either before, or after you should do a wide shot tour of the spaces. There's a lot of closeups, but the whole room shot is where you can really get the 'theme' of the collection.

[@OpticBlast-yk5hf]

I kind of relate to this. I collect LEGO, Marvel Legends, and Black Series and it’s getting a bit hard to fit it all.

[@TropicThunder54]

I had to take apart all my lego sets and stored them because of lack of room and i was more interested in using that space for display gi joe classified. Im not selling my lego sets because i know i will never get them back for retail price. I did catalog my sets using microsoft onedrive before taking them apart.

[@OpticBlast-yk5hf]

@@TropicThunder54 Do you own any Star Wars sets? Almost every LEGO Star Wars set has gone up since retirement.

[@TropicThunder54]

@@OpticBlast-yk5hf yes. My bulk of sets are from 2016-2020

[@OpticBlast-yk5hf]

@@TropicThunder54 Okay, that’s cool.

[@isragu6186]

My thing is keeping a giant collection free of dust 😂 it can take forever to dust your figures and display shelves

[@Asylum_dorama777]

Cool collection but it gives me anxiety seeing so much crammed in together and looking unorganized. It's a bit too much random crap all over the place.

[@Marchaos23]

100,000 investment could've bought you more toys in the long run

[@petebutler5139]

Dude ain’t gettin laid in that apartment! 😂 Love the collection though!

[@imanny2012]

My new favorite series! Hope you do tons more of these, Matt!

[@trembledust6819]

Ooooo my OCD kicked in soooo hard watching this vid but daaaamn love the pieces.

[@robculp323]

Love seeing collections. If you ever visit Niagara Falls (Canada) Come visit

[@michaelwhitsel8777]

👍

[@disappearing23]

As a previous store owner, that guy has tons of money invested. Great collection.

[@michaelwhitsel8777]

Thanks

[@forestthomer938]

Hopefully he has it insured

[@AutismusPrime69]

Come on man...."investment" means that he is making money on the stuff. This guy has dumped him cash into a bottomless pit. All the shiet is opened, making it worthless.

[@starlord157]

Damn that was awesome! I feel like I’m struggling to find space in my apartment and I have a fraction of what that guy has.

[@CarbonScoring]

This is a great series - I am really enjoying these!

[@darrylwilson4218]

We need more of showing off the collection ,I love this!!!!!!!?

[@Lordred1069]

I can’t imagine how to clean a it from dust, that’s my biggest concern of mine. Awesome collection!!

[@vassa1972]

I'm devorced with no kids and living in a one bedroom apartment in Hamilton Ontario Canada and have 2 bookshelves full of transformers and Star wars, Pop figures and etc

[@evoxsi107]

wow, what an experience! the cinematography was like Michael Bay and Zack Snyder had a large love child, amazing. my favorite part was the RAID Shadow Legends included promotion.

[@larrybohler9229]

That's an awsome collection, Kuddos to Mike for the use of his space.

[@caincha]

I think what I liked the best was to hear 'first time I've seen this out of the box'. Toys are to be played with not to be left in the box. Also the creativity in using the door frame as a display 'shelf'. Absolutely awesome but I can't help but think how hard it must be to dust off that collection 😅

[@Stacks_ua]

I’m here for the nerd toy comments 💯 cool collection for a guy who grew up on a different era

[@Thebrokenmando]

Glad to see the on the road tours happen! Space is always an issue for me a well even with an entire bedroom for my collection. I emailed you about touring mine a few months ago and the offer still stands (I tried the application link and it says not permitted/I need to be in the owners organization)

[@MSGSlayer1]

1:03--You left out Toy Hunter. Also, I need a shelf. Make that 2 at least. Also, I love Hush.

[@MadMarkandMaynard]

If you ever get to Minnesota, you might want to film my collection! I doubt that you have ever seen anything like it! I've been collecting since 1993 and I have stuff dating back to the Fifties!

[@tomchorlton4911]

I love this new series. Collection tours are my jam.

[@ftheman1108]

love this as a series, would love to see more videos like this! his collection is amazing!

[@richardgarcia9075]

I love ❤️ Mike's room and idea 💡 with COPs

[@wheelsofchaoticdoom8946]

Awesome video. 👍👍. This fella knows how to maximise bugger all space very very well. Personally i have 1 spare bedroom and space is very valuable real estate.

[@noksuan59]

that's so much stuff, partly jealous but mostly relief I don't have that issue with space, and in my opinion it's better to set up a quota on the size of your collection, and if ever you go over that size limit, you sell which ever you like less to meet that size limit.

[@KEEPINGitREAL213]

WOW! That's nutz! What an impressive collection. This guy obviously doesn't have a wife and little kids running around the house. My wife is super supportive of my hobby. (Hot Toys, ThreeZero, and other 1/6 scale figures and 1/18 diecast T.V. & movie vehicles) But if I tried displaying more than a couple of figures in our living room or dinning room.....That would be an issue! This guys apartment is one giant happy place!

[@TropicThunder54]

I would store three quarters of the collection in bins. Not sell. Set up display areas and cycle / rotate my collection in and out of properties im feeling at the time. Keeps me engaged with my collection. Displaying everything at once becomes clutter.

[@happiaxxident]

Nice! Great collection! Reminds me of my setups from back in da day. My display now is sad. Everything in bins. Organized. But in bins.

[@TheSalemCrow]

Impressive collection based on sheer volume of stuff, but it comes off way to cluttered to me in the way it's displayed. .

[@michaelwhitsel8777]

It is but I'm trying to either downsize or find a new place

[@petebutler5139]

@10:54 “WHAT?!!” Lil’ Jon would be proud! 😂 I just fell out of the bed laughing,

[@davidtruette2732]

Did you call the dino megazord, megatron?

[@brianfarkas8172]

All this working for $12 an hour at GameStop.

[@michaelwhitsel8777]

Was making 15, but quit due to usual BS you hear about

[@WeechsWorld]

This is one of the most impressive collections I have seen, especially for his age! The question I have is how do you safely move this collection when your lease is up?

[@michaelwhitsel8777]

Clothing boxes and freezer bags

[@JurassicFunatic]

There’s more college toy collectors out there?! Ayeee, I collect vintage MOTU and vintage and modern JP. I share an apartment, so as of now the toys have not flooded out of my room lol

[@Blue_Splash89]

Really cool glad someone the community is doing something different 😊

[@michaelwhitsel8777]

Thanks it's appreciated

[@asgads]

the amount of mondo and hot toys is the craziest part. these are 300 usd bills each

[@turbomantodd2002]

Holy Smackdown! That was not a toy “room”… that was a toy convention! Loved the flyers on the ceiling! I would love to do that however, my wife would fly me to the moon if I even asked! Was partial to the Turboman figure (hehe). Hot Toys Iron Man! Someday!

[@angereymanmatt]

I don't know if you'd consider that hoarding or not?

[@williambabcock3317]

Man where does he get the money for all that even if he only paid $20 for each figure that’s a lot of money in there

[@mystryj4771]

Wow nice collection man. Great use of space. You can tell you have been collecting for awhile.

[@michaelwhitsel8777]

Thanks, it definitely been a while

[@mjj8560]

You can't take that stuff with you invest half into getting a bigger apartment then start over you have half and more space but hey do your thang

[@technounionrepresentative4274]

man it would be nice to display a collection of this size, i have a good size collection but due to bullshit i'm limited to displaying small portions of it on small shelves

[@brianbarrick9583]

WOW, that is a collection, I would want to move it. Great series please keep going.

[@ioncewasmikey]

Those Batman TAS renditions of DKR Batman & Robin are really cool! Never even heard they did those. Gotta love the Beetlejuice shirt too.

[@michaelwhitsel8777]

Thanks

[@ioncewasmikey]

@@michaelwhitsel8777 hey Michael, cool collection dude!

[@michaelwhitsel8777]

@@ioncewasmikey thanks it's much appreciated

[@steve9021oh]

Hey Big Nerdy! I tried to apply for a room tour but google is saying i dont have permission. Any help?

[@80sToysRoc]

Fantastic video! What an an amazing collection!

[@sopheli13]

I worked at GameStop with Mike. Awesome guy, awesome collection!

[@Michaelengelmann]

So college is usually 4 years. For all of these, I’d only have a couple out on display

[@bj350hp7]

No Ghostbusters?!? LOL! Great collection!!

[@Michaelengelmann]

sad some fans think Snyder, fans who liked Snyder’s movies, & the cast are the problem when literally WB botched movies, delayed them, rewrote them, The Rock needed permission to use Cavill, they hired Joss instead of delaying the movie a year bc of a family tragedy or they could’ve hired a likeminded Snyder director bc it was more than 50% finished, etc. Literally every cast on Josstice League hated it. It made Ben hate Batman. Still, Cavill & Ben came back in Black Adam & The Flash.

[@thehamilverse8433]

Love the collection! And love the new series Matt! By far my favorite KZbinr!

[@williambethea8703]

This was an awesome episode. Now, that is a great use of space.

[@sebastianacevedo3043]

Great video Big Nerdy I hope your channel is seeing some growth. I enjoyed the video. Keep up the good content.

[@UsualmikeTelevision]

What an awesome collection! great video Matt!

[@theguyonthecouch42024]

Eff Disneyland this is a small world after all, I can imagine the story telling through action figure form.🤘🤓🤘

[@michaelwhitsel8777]

The stories you wouldn't believe

[@toeknee1505]

I am TRULY impressed with Mike's collection in such a confined space. Way to go using the space that you have, Mike! BRAVO!! The million dollar question: What color is Mike's walls? 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@michaelwhitsel8777]

Blue walls, and thanks

[@red6309]

​@@michaelwhitsel8777 How long did it take you to get this collection ? I have a job and live at home and it took my 2 years to get maybe 60 figures. How the hell do you do it xD

[@michaelwhitsel8777]

@@red6309 about 10 to 11 years and all my paycheck

[@red6309]

@@michaelwhitsel8777 Thanks for the answer that gives me hope, amazing collection my friend, this is incredible !

[@davido.p.9850]

Incredible he fit all that in an apartment! Great collection.

[@Blade-Thing]

Does mike have a spare morbius action fig from the 90s spiderman toy line?

[@hankhackbuschiv1638]

That's a lot of damn action figures wow

[@NickDoobs]

Amazing collection, but all that clutter would drive me crazy.

[@Rootsradical808]

I'm just glad my gf knows I enjoy collecting toys among other things an doesn't tell me what I can or can't buy with my money. Even ask if I want to goto the store to see if there's anything new. I also let go and sell things off if I want to.

[@shinobi-Wan]

Thats cool you worked at gamestop and got dibs on all those clearance deals. It's an impressive collection but man, that's a lot of dusting 😅. Awesome series BIG Nerdy.

[@Micthed1c]

Is the application link only for channel members? It isn't working for me

[@cp3allday28]

Great collection!

[@georgewaters2533]

Another awesome video… Really, digging, these travel videos, great stuff!

[@hajiadams5407]

My Grandfather got Me into Collecting also Cool Collection

[@heavy5013]

I think this was the town i currently live in.

[@Plvcky]

Biker Mice From Mars is making a comeback.

[@EricWoodyVariety59]

Go with what you love

[@andrepaul3483]

Chris is the only one who likes Hush? I'm the only guy who LOVES Scott Snyder's run on All Star Batman.

[@newrepubliccomics]

Where's the aliens and predators lol!!!!

[@AutismusPrime69]

"I'd get something once in a while"

[@benruholl]

So the secret is to not have any furniture just toys?

[@GabrielRodriguez-xl1qy]

I like this guy he has good taste love the case closed show I have two of those figures that he has

[@chorsiecalbert5983]

Most Impressive. Perhaps once my setup is complete, I'll submit my massive collection.

[@jonathanhodapp8735]

Wow that’s crazy but amazing

[@hottentot]

‘Love this series; it’s great!

[@spideyshiz]

So glad I found your channel! New sub!

[@neetcollector]

Where does he put all the boxes???

[@dennydorko]

How about fitting a huge collection in a small space...while also owning a cat?

[@SaiyanPoy]

I can fit all the figures I own in one box but this is how it looks to my wife:

[@SithLord1]

Did he really say Megatron!!!!.......its Megazord.

[@ciscodeer9094]

I can't do that, you awesome Matt.

[@slayerfox81]

wicked series hope to see more

[@bennobenny750]

how long does it take to clean the dust out of his apartment

[@lachyolm8566]

Fantastic idea for content 🔥 💯

[@kosmicj4310]

I wish I collected before I got married. My house would look exactly like this lol

[@EricWoodyVariety59]

I wish I was in a house but I'm in a very small apartment

[@Twoaas]

Holy sh*t that’s how you use a small space! I hope when ladies come over they’re impressed and not mortified though! 😭😭😭

[@Twoaas]

If she ain’t impressed she’s not the one though 🤷🏿‍♂️😂😂😂

[@michaelwhitsel8777]

We'll see

[@Twoaas]

@@michaelwhitsel8777 hey man, my girl makes fun of me all the time lol, but she supports me having the hobby and that’s all that matters! Awesom collection my dude. Love the flying characters on the ceiling 👌

[@michaelwhitsel8777]

@@Twoaas Thanks

[@wheelsofchaoticdoom8946]

@@Twoaas my wife doesn’t get the whole collecting thing but she supports it, smiles, nods and slowly backs away with fear in her eyes 😂😂. My daughter thought me collecting toys etc was “odd” UNTIL her boyfriend said he collects and so does his dad and all of a sudden “Dad, you’re cool” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@matticusareias6892]

Toy collection in apt > House with no toys

[@michaelwhitsel8777]

Had the system since day one and so far no issues

[@Knightfall182]

Haha. This video will make any sane person want to give up with the toy collecting and get a life 😅 This is some hoarders-level sh1t

[@billyhudson8792]

I really enjoyed this video and when I can finally get my collection in order i would like to invite you to see it sometime

[@perfectzell3489]

Another great collection!!