This is the MODU-BOX build, and the brief is nearly always the same sentence: the collection is going to keep growing, so the case has to accept a new row without being rebuilt. That single requirement sets the dimensions, the joint and the MOQ.
The cell is the unit, not the case
Everything in this line is quoted as a cell and then multiplied. The entry cell is 90 × 90 × 100 mm, which takes a blind box at the top of the usual range and still leaves headroom for a standee behind the figure. Sizing covers blind boxes (~75–90 mm) and 1/12–1/7 figures
Height is where buyers get caught. The sealed box is one size, the figure inside is another once it is on a base, and a 1/7 scale figure with a raised arm can be 30 mm taller than the box it arrived in. Measure the tallest piece you own, not the carton, then add the base.
| Build | Footprint | Starting MOQ |
|---|---|---|
| S1 — Entry single cell | 90 × 90 × 100 mm | 300 pcs |
| M4 — Core 2×2 combo | 190 × 190 × 110 mm | 300 pcs |
| L9 — Flagship 3×3 wall | 300 × 300 × 120 mm | 200 pcs |
| T — Tiered display stand | 3 tiers, 5–6 slots | 300 pcs |
Snap-fit buys expansion, and charges for tolerance
The cells join with a snap fit, so a wall goes together without tools and comes apart for a move. That is the reason to choose it. It also means the joint is holding the alignment of everything above it, and a snap fit does not forgive a base that is out of square.
Look at the footprints and the arithmetic is visible. A single cell is 90 mm across; the 2×2 is 190 mm across, which is two cells plus the frame that joins them: 10 mm of that footprint is frame, not cell. Stack two rows and the frame is repeated, which is why a wall is sized from the outer frame rather than from a cell count.
The failure mode shows up on a shelf rather than in the workshop. A snap will hold whatever angle it is pressed into, so a bowed shelf gives you a wall that leans and stays leaning. Put the wall on something flat, and check the load is carried on the base and not on the top row.
UV film, dust and what the enclosure does not do
The cells carry a 99% UV protection film plus a dust-proof enclosure. The film matters because the two things that fade a printed panel fastest are daylight through a window and a display lamp left on for eight hours a day; neither is a defect in the print.
The film is a film, so it sits on one face and it does not make the case airtight. A snap-fit enclosure keeps dust off a shelf display, which is what most collectors actually need. It is not an archival box: if you are storing moisture-sensitive paper or a graded slab you intend to hold for years, the sealed construction covered in our UV and dust protection guide is the more honest starting point, and this case is not the answer to that question.
Sizing a mixed collection
Most real collections are not one product. A shelf usually holds blind boxes at 75–90 mm, two or three 1/12 figures, and a 1/7 scale piece that was bought because it was too good to leave. Two practical ways to lay that out:
- Wall by cell count. Use the 3×3 as the anchor and fill the remaining shelf length with single cells, so the wall grows sideways instead of upward.
- Tiered stand for depth. The T stand is 3 tiers, 5–6 slots, which puts a back row higher than the row in front of it without hiding either. It suits a deep shelf better than a shallow one.
Mixed heights on one wall read as a mistake unless the base line is consistent. Keep the floor of every cell on the same plane and let the contents be different sizes; varying the cell height to fit each figure produces a staircase that looks accidental.
The order the decisions have to be made in
Sizing goes wrong in one predictable way: the wall is chosen first and the shelf is measured afterwards. Reverse it and the numbers fall into place. Shelf depth decides whether a tiered stand fits or only a single row. The tallest piece decides the cell height. The wall width decides how many cells fit side by side and whether an outer frame is needed at all. UV film and base art are decided last, because neither changes the footprint.
The one number to take before any of that is the height of the tallest figure with its base on, not the height of the box it came in. That single measurement removes most of the back-and-forth on a quote.
Where a modular case is the wrong product
Worth saying plainly. Above roughly 1/7 scale — a large statue, a prop replica, anything with a wide stance — the object needs its own footprint rather than a cell, and a modular wall will look like a shelf with a statue squeezed into it. A single hero piece with light and sound is a different build again, closer to STAGE-CASE than to a stack of cells.
The other limit is graphic content. The base geometry is ours, and the structure is what we sell. We do not supply character artwork or reproduce another brand's IP on a base; that art stays with you and your licence.
What to send before we quote a wall
- The mix you own now: how many blind boxes, how many 1/12 or 1/7 figures, and the tallest piece measured
- How many pieces you expect to add in the next year, and whether that goes sideways or upward
- The shelf or surface: depth, and whether it is flat and load-bearing
- Desktop or wall-mounted, and whether the wall fixing is yours or ours
- UV film on the front face only, or on all faces facing a window
- Base art, and confirmation that the artwork is yours or licensed
A photo of the shelf with something for scale settles more than a description does. Send it through our project enquiry form and we will come back with a cell layout and a quantity split against the MOQ tiers.