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Expandable LEGO Frame System Solves Collector Storage Problem

A British-born collector in Australia has created Finity Frames, a patented expandable display system that connects seamlessly to hold over 1,000 LEGO minifigures, addressing the permanent storage challenge faced by serious collectors.

Stephen Peaple, a British-born LEGO collector now based in Perth, Australia, has spent four years developing a display system that solves a problem familiar to anyone with a serious minifigure collection: fixed-size display cases that fill up fast and leave the rest of the collection in labeled ziplock bags. His solution, Finity Frames, is an expandable wall-mounted grid that connects frame to frame without visible seams or doubled-up borders.

The core innovation is a patented seamless edge connection where neighboring frames share a single border. This eliminates the visual gap and the redundant edge that appears when standard display cases are placed side by side. The result is a continuous, gallery-white grid that can extend in any direction as a collection grows. Peaple makes the efficiency explicit: the first frame measures 312mm across, and each connected frame adds just 298mm because one edge is always shared. That reduces material waste and lowers the cost per additional frame.

LEGO has released over 775 Collectible Minifigures across 51 series since 2010, with new figures arriving three times a year. That steady flow makes storage a permanent concern. The most prominent fixed-case competitors max out around 190 minifigures. The Finity Frames Showcase holds 1,056, and two of them together can display over 2,100 figures as a single unified piece.

Each frame ships with three horizontal and three vertical internal slats, forming a standard 4x4 grid of 16 spaces. That layout maps exactly to one complete Collectible Minifigures series, which traditionally ships with 16 unique figures. The slats are removable in any combination, yielding 64 different internal layouts. A 1x1 Starter can hold up to 88 minifigures when dividers are pulled out and figures are double-stacked with jumper plates.

The system is calibrated to the LEGO System of Play. Internal slats are exactly one brick wide, and frame edges are exactly two bricks wide. Each compartment accepts a 6x8 LEGO plate or four 3x4 minifigure plates, the same stands that come with CMF packs. Removing the acrylic cover turns the frame into a wall-mounted baseplate where builds can bridge continuously across spaces and frames. Peaple calls this «bridging,» turning a static display into a creative canvas. Every horizontal slat has a built-in row of six studs for securing figures or small builds.

A magnetic Perspex acrylic cover protects the collection from dust and removes in a single pull. It is made from UV-stable material with built-in absorbers to block harmful light, preventing the slow fading that can damage valuable figures. The frame itself is gallery-white, UV-treated ABS plastic, a color meant to disappear behind the collection. Flipping the horizontal slats 180 degrees turns the studded surfaces into flat shelves, opening the frame to almost any small-scale collectible. A single 64x64x49mm space can hold Funko Pocket POPs, Be@rbricks, Sonny Angels, or shot glasses. Removing dividers creates double-height spaces for vintage Kenner 3¾-inch figures, Super7 ReAction figures, Playmobil sets, or graded collectible cards in hard cases.

The system is injection-molded ABS and ships flat-packed. Five frame sizes run from the 1x1 Starter at 12.3x12.3 inches, holding up to 88 minifigures, to the 4x3 Showcase at 47.4x35.7 inches, holding up to 1,056. The 1x2 Duo, 2x2 Collector, and 3x2 Lifestyle fill in between. All frames run 55mm deep without the cover and 61mm with it. Production units are estimated at 0.9 to 1.1kg for the 1x1, roughly 2 pounds. Retail pricing starts at AU$99, roughly US$65, for the Starter and reaches AU$835, roughly US$550, for the largest Showcase.

Peaple built the system after his own collection of thousands of minifigures outgrew every available option. The frames are designed to preserve figures while keeping them accessible, with a magnetic attachment that is secure but quick to remove. The connection method that makes the seamless expansion possible is patented, meaning the approach is unique to Finity Frames. For collectors who have watched their displays fill up and their storage bins multiply, the system offers a way to keep the entire collection visible and growing without replacing the original investment.

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