World Conquest Chronicles

World Conquest Chronicles

Display Case for Minifigures, v3-alpha

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The display case for LEGO® minifigures built using LEGO® pieces.

Disclaimer: LEGO® and the Minifigure is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this project.

I do not collect LEGO® minifigures, just collect them. Anyway, I need a display case. This is my version.

The previous version served its function but was very fragile, especially as the number of floors increased. So I decided to strengthen it.

The basis of my idea was the parts "4194010: ROUND BRICK 2X2X2" and "6319336: PLATE 2X1 W/HOLDER,VERTICAL" and their use in the set "10261 Roller Coaster". It was this set that provided the inspiration.

And the key element was the part "4194010: ROUND BRICK 2X2X2", because, if I'm not mistaken, it is the only part in LEGO® that has studs and at the same time allows you to connect both the pin and the axle. The axle is needed to join the parts "4211526: BRICK Ø16 W. CROSS" together, because otherwise they disconnect too easily under load.

Also, because of LEGO® arithmetic, I had to increase the height of the floor by the thickness of the two plates - otherwise the distance between the parts "4194010: ROUND BRICK 2X2X2" was not equal to the whole number of studs.

Given the new height and the fact that the axle can only be inserted one stud into the "4194010: ROUND BRICK 2X2X2" piece, a 6 length axle was best suited for reinforcement. However, it was a little longer than needed, and an axle length 5 was too short. So I replaced the 2x4 plates with 2x4 plates with holes. These holes allowed me to use axles of length 6 - the extra length goes into one of the holes.

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Side center column

Side center column (inner structure)

Corner column

Corner column (inner structure)

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