Just wanted to say how much I appreciate this video specifically. I used this video 3 years ago to run lights in tow of my Billy shelfs and it turned out absolutely beautiful. Now 3 years later I'm doing another Billy and coming right back here. Still so helpful. Thank again my brother!

Excellent work! Your shelves really come to life. I'll be re-watching this when i do my own lighting.

this makes a HUGE difference, going back to you 4 dummies show this is like serving top notch food on presentable dinnerware (where billys by them selves are just plastic plates). good job thanks for sharing

"Connect the power to the cable, and then screw on your other cable" NO!, never, I mean NEVER, screw cables together or mess with open wires connected directly to the outlet. Even with switches on 'off'. 1st thing you learn as an Electrical Engineer.

@darkjedv0

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I found this comment before I made my own. It's common sense, but you know how that goes.

@deadso

5 жыл бұрын

@@darkjedv0 Thank you, no matter how low you think the Voltage is on a (5V) converter, failure means it's still connected to 110/220Volts. (Even less then) 200 mili Amps is lethal.

This was great information. A true step by step. Thanks for sharing. Shelves are looking amazing all lighted up!

Amazing work Bobby, makes that collection really pop! Thank you for sharing!

Bobby Electrician-Face, lol. This is awesome! I’ve been back and forth on how to light my Billy shelves as well. Thank you for this.

Lovely touch with the led strips. It really did make your Awesome collection come to life. 👍😎

Yes! I've been talking about doing this for years. Phenomenoninal tutorial man!

Thank you for uploading this Bobby! I’ve been wanting to do something like this for a long time.

Looks great! Well done.

WOW!!! Looks amazing

Wow excellent display !

The Producers Producer rolled up his sleeves put on a hard hat & went to work. Great job. Looks very nice.

Great job Bobby, looks awesome 👌👌

You did an awesome job brother 😉

THANK YOU! This was great! I've been looking for a few days for this exact type of setup. Also thank you for the links. I've never done a light set up.. I just got a cheap 3 foot light strip for $5 at a store called Five Below to try under my TV. And it made me want to do a lot more now haha.

More cool content! Thanks Bobby, I found it interesting and quite useful.

Beautiful 🤩

Nicely done sir.

The end result is awesome! Great job bubbeh avionics face

So jelly.... Very nice display, you sir, are the gold standard for nerds across the world and the galaxy beyond......

Nice work! I’d personally slap some black spray paint on the aluminum pieces before installing them to make them more seamless.

Looks great!

Mann! Not gonna lie.. It really did make a huge difference.

Great! Super informative

Nice! I've been thinking of adding a piece like that to block the glare from the LEDs on my Detolf cases. Still not decided on what. May paint them to kinda match the wire rack inside the Detolf.

This is giving me ideas.

Looking blue, but most definitely catches your eye. From previous videos of you guys all hanging out in the den...man cave, whatever you wanna call it. It's a big difference. Looks way better then mine. But of coarse I'm renting so, no plans to make permanent fixtures for my figures...one day maybe. I can be envious of others collections and not be bitter.

So after seeing your video with the dam diorama for the Decepticons, I was thinking what a great job you did but you felt it was lacking somewhat and basically, all it needed was some good lighting to complement it. Your set-up with the Autobots in front of the ark and the one on a highway with the XTransbots stunticons (I think) really look amazing. They really look like theatre pieces.

Looks good bro! Lighting is a important part of any collection in my opinion.

That Custom Thrilling 30 Metroplex Really complements Titans Return Tripticon, And I love the The Stunticon set up so far-

Great Vid as usual Bobby! Your Transformers displays look amazing and I hope you do more. Your Star Wars Dioramas inspired me to make my first Dioramas for the Sail Barge. I am surprised you did not paint the silver light rails black. Looks like a lot of work that was well worth it in the end! Thanks for sharing.

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

Tydirium hanger I decided to keep it silver because it ties into the frame of the glass case

Question: can the channel be cut on a regular chop saw/mitre saw or would you require a special blade for cutting/grinding through the metal?

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

Cardboard Bots I would imagine

Bobby get-her-done face🤣. I know that was a lot of work. Looks great and thanks for showing us how its done, instead of keeping it to yourself (like I got nice shelves and you can't)

Looks really good. I do need slice my wire lights but at moment till my MP and 3p autobot collection is complete i will just leave the lights as they are

Just did this to my billys except I used 8 puck LEDs facing down on the top and mid shelf(4 pucks each) and replaced the other shelves with glass so the light passes down each level. I think the lighting is more appealing coming down from the tops of models, but could be personal preference.

I love these types of projects. It is always fun watching them come together. That said, anyone have any ideas on how to replace light piping with LEDs? I've been looking into trying to hook up my CHUG figures that have light piping with LEDs, but I haven't really been able to find any tutorials or any real guide of any kind thus far. I have no clue what type of battery pack to use, what type of ideal LEDs to use (too bright vs. too dim), or the best way to place them (trying to place hardware in the head vs. mounting in body cavities and running wire while not hampering transformations). I currently have lighting to accentuate the light piping, but after seeing some of the light kits out there for third party figures, I really like the idea of having dedicated lights rather than having to rely on an external light source for the piping to do its thing.

Super cool vid! Very informative. Do you prefer the blue tinted light or the warmer? Looks like the All Glass lighting is a warmer tint.

If you have black tape maybe consider running that along the front of the aluminum rails? Could look slick, slick.

@kennmossman8701

3 жыл бұрын

or use black spray paint

Apologies if you have already covered this in another video but your Ark mountain diorama is amazing Will/have you covered how you did that please?

Thank you! What are your thoughts on sticking the LED strips directly to the cabinets.. not using the aluminum channels?

@kennmossman8701

3 жыл бұрын

I think he used the Al channel so the light would be angled. use wide beam-angle strips

Great video, your collection looks great. I’ll give more thought to Billy’s as I add more shelves. What type of shelf is that in between the Billy’s that appears to be a double Detolf?

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

A very expensive case lol

Only thing I would suggest besides not electrocuting yourself is to not use a knife for removing the plastic cover on top of the LED strip. It's too easy to accidentally cut through the LED strip circuit and hose your light segment. I peel them back from the end and snip off the plastic cover with scissors.

Very nice! I need to do something like this when I move. So how many bookcases do you have set up per outlet? Likewise, remotes? Like does the 1 remote control all the bookcases or is there a couple of remotes for 2 or 3 cases each?

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

Squall Reviews one remote will do them all but I suggest different remotes for each set up. This was done with two set ups. One for 2 and another for the remaining 4

Very useful! If it's not too crass, are you willing to share how much you spent?

I don't know if we will ever hear Bobby say butt-connectors this much again. It might be just me but I was getting a little nervous watching you handle tools. But end results are nice. I will agree proper lighting is needed for our displays. I've considered using like mini spot lights both on the top and bottom of the shelves to try and avoid the top down lighting effect which gives those bottom shadows. A nicely informative video though.

Holy shit that looks fucking awesome

Whatcha hiding behind that black square Uncle Skully? :) Great video, very informative.

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

kalron27 my reflection lol

@YasapYaakov018

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

Can you run the led's in a parallel config? Or y Does each end "need" that USB connection?

@kennmossman8701

3 жыл бұрын

they are in parallel

Question, have to thought about painting them black to match the billy's.

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

Joseph Burton initially that was my plan but they matched the frame of the glass case and kind of tied it all together, so I decided to keep it silver

Hey Bobby! Or anyone really great video and my question is only sorta related lol. I found this video by looking up review for various ikea bookshelves. I've been trying to answer two questions. How well does the Billy work on carpet is it wobbly like some of the crappy target ones I bought. Also did you screw yours into the wall? Is this necessary or ikea trying to prevent parents for blaming them for kids being kids.

looks fantastic , are you using a separate power supply to run each billy or is the same one powering all of them ?

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

Jason Young one power source runs about 16 feet of lights. I used 2 systems for this set up

That's exactly how I did it, channels and all. Just sticking those led strips exposed to the wood always makes cool displays look mad chintzy to me.

@erechoveraker

5 жыл бұрын

Added to say, I sprayed mine down with something close to that brown/black Ikea color so they're pretty seamless in appearance when the lights are off.

It would seem the first step would be to figure out how many shelves you want to light and how much lighting per shelf, so you can determine an appropriate size of power supply, number of splitters needed, etc. :p

A much much easier option is torchstar led light bars from Amazon. They are plug and play, no wire stripping and two fit perfectly per shelf.

Looks great. Is the blue tint really there or a camera thing?

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

razingst0rm it’s a cool white but looks more blueish on camera than in person

I need to know which figure was blacked out on the top of that one shelf at the end....

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

Matthew Mlodzik my reflection lol

@Deceptimatrix

5 жыл бұрын

@@MythsAndHeroes Ahhh I was thinking top secret prototype

I’m assuming that you didn’t run the channeling the full width of the shelf because the lights weren’t the full width. Is that correct? Can the light strips come in longer lengths closer to the width of the shelf?

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

Cardboard Bots the lights can be cut to many different lengths. I tried multiple different lengths. 12 inches wasn’t enough, 25 was almost too much so I went with 18

@CardboardBots

5 жыл бұрын

Thank-you.

Do you think if you attached the light strip directly to the top of the billy shelves, it would be noticeable?

@kennmossman8701

3 жыл бұрын

they are thin so not so much. I think he used the Al channel so the light would be angled

@samanthab5752

3 жыл бұрын

@@kennmossman8701 thank you!

8:09 Robert starts laughing at trypticon in the detolf

Was there a difference in the lighting by having them facing the bots ? Or is it the same like the way they sit on your detolf?

@CardboardBots

5 жыл бұрын

That’s an interesting question about directionality of the lights.

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

Sh0ckWav3 xVLx the channels angle the lights toward the bots instead of straight down on them

@scrambledcitycustomz8134

5 жыл бұрын

@@MythsAndHeroes which is better? Angle or facedown?

The link for the light doesnt work anymore , what other links do you have

there is something being blocked shelf above Metroplex' and i must know what it is bcuz its blocked from my sight

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

Henry Phamo my reflection

I know it’s a little late now, but why didn’t you spray paint the aluminum channels for the lights black so they aren’t so obvious?

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

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Great vid...and timely....doing this myself. Is a two-way splitter absolutely essential? I cannot get the strips to light up when connected via the wires.

Nice. You should see my lighting setup

Wow, looks great. How long did it take to do all of it?

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

3 days

@jameymcrandall2452

5 жыл бұрын

That’s not too bad!

ayyy fellow transformers fan

what's behind the blacked out square @10:11

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

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@truedeadman

5 жыл бұрын

@@MythsAndHeroes lol...i missed that before. Thanks

WHAT IS THAT BLACK RECTANGLE AT 10:06???

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

RONJIE.COM my face blacked out

Imagine if you would use the metric system like the rest of the wold how easy it would be to measure things. :) nice video! Good to get some tips.

Thank you so much for doing this video, very helpful, looking to do this with my shelves so this video is very much appreciated bro

Wait a second!!!!! Do you have a retail transformer (Metroplex) in a Detolf and its over 2’ tall? Wasn’t this a running joke on SCU a year ago? Great informative video dude! 🤘

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

Primacon that is not a detolf my friend

@primacon9190

5 жыл бұрын

Bobby Skullface L my bad! 👍 is it an even more expensive glass cabinet with a retail release in it? 🥳

should have gotten different light colors for the diorama shelfs. like a warm light for the outside ark shelf to look like sunlight and they are really outside.

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

balin32 you can light yours however you want buddy. I wanted museum lighting. :)

the close-ups are nice but it is hard to see the overall design/layout

today on this old house....

Great "how to" but what are you hiding at the end?... either way looks great.

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

David Garcia my reflection

Need a new cribs video man, looks like your whole basement is redone!

What is up with those PANTS, MAAAACK?

@MythsAndHeroes

5 жыл бұрын

Mechanic them my workin pants ;)

Yo Bobby to cut your metal rails a grinder with a metal cutting blade would have worked better than a saw. Awesome looking display man👍🏻

@sysdep

5 жыл бұрын

Craig Robbins I was thinking of a miter saw with metal blade to cut through them. The grinder is a nice idea. Sparks a little though for indoor use?

Where can I get a color changing led light bar that doesn't use wires but instead has a built in battery? (with a remote). I ask since I don't want to drill into the real wood barrister bookcase and the doors on the front prevent running wires. I'm limited to putting it on top of the front door on the inside trim and I need it to be small so not to bump things as it slides back into the shelf. Right now I'm using puck lights on the bottom of the shelf but that angle creates a lot of shadows and its still hard to see figures well.

Step 10... say fuck this and get Ikea Dioder lights.

for gawds sake take parts out of the package first

Great if you want to learn about how not to do things. Horrible sound and not very informative. Should you enjoy the opposite, check out Mr. Carlsons Lab.