Not Knowing When to Leave Well Enough Alone with Your Toy Collection

Many of the vintage Star Wars toys in The Batcave Toy Room

On day 6 of my 31 Days to a Better Toy Collection I revealed a shelf in the Toy Room that I was completely content with, but on Day 12 I had to go and change things up again.

Vintage Kenner AT-AT and Collector Series Darth Vader TIE Fighter from The Batcave Toy Room

Space is limited and in order to put as much as I possibly can in my room of childhood treasures I had to create another row of vintage Star Wars toys on this top shelf. Originally, I had planned to do another row of action figures on the wall in that spot, but in order to increase shelf space it had to be done.

Vintage Kenner Land of the Jawas and "Battle Damaged" X-Wing Fighter from The Batcave Toy Room

The hard part was also lining up boxes that were relatively the same size to keep the level, seamless appearance. I also filled in some blanks with additional toys on other shelves. I intended to strictly keep these shelves and this section of the room Star Wars and Empire related, but now they also contain some Return of the Jedi Logo toys. We'll see if that sticks.

I had planned to work on multiple restorations projects, but things hadn't worked out the way I had intended. So, I plan to work on them during the week. The keyword being...plan.

About the author: John Sholtz is an avid toy collector and the interim editor of the Batcave Toy Room due to the abrupt death of Bruce Wayne. Learn more about him here and connect with him on Twitter at, Facebook, Google+ and Linkedin.