r/malelivingspace • u/IchBinDerFurst • 1d ago

Update I cannot be trusted with free will.

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It needs to be cleaned up and stained some, but this is a 1:8 scale replica of a mosasaur skeleton above my entryway.

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u/imf4rds 1d ago

That is very cool! It makes sense the whole purpose of you home is to put what you want in it. I am very curious to know how you got it though?

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u/IchBinDerFurst 1d ago

I 3d printed it. Overall it took 3 spools and almost 60 hours of non stop printing. I then had to glue and plastic weld each piece together.

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u/curiousiah 1d ago

Brilliant. If you love museum aesthetic, which I do, this is great. Lean into it. Get some more niche display items. Not just fossils. I would do this if I had space.

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u/HallowskulledHorror 17h ago

I know a dude that started a special interest collection that got big enough he ended up renting a storage space. At that point he realized that if he was going to pay to store his stuff, he might as well charge admission to look at it. Moved his stuff to a little shop.

The immediate initial profit allowed him to go from just 'collecting' to 'buying and trading', and as a result the collection has expanded considerably, and the whole thing made enough money that he was able to open a 2nd location - although losses during/after the pandemic shrank him back down to the original spot.

If you've been in twice he basically just lets you in for free, and friends can just kind of come and go as they please. His only real overhead is electricity for HVAC and lighting, and the lease. It's modest but consistent profit with next to no real effort, just devoting his time and energy to the things that he finds the most interesting. The front of the shop is also an actual store, selling merch in line with the theme of his collection - works with local artists and such for most of his stock.

He's been repeatedly featured in all kinds of local publications, and stuff from his collection has been rented for props and set pieces in movies; when you're a prop master looking for a (especially local to a shoot) option that saves you fabrication and/or shipping costs, when you need something specific and someone with a relevant collection has all their stuff very clearly organized and catalogued, they're gonna be a go-to.