Extreme Sets Cabin Pop-Up Diorama – Toyark Photo Shoot

Today we have a look at one of the newest releases from Extreme Sets, their Cabin Pop-Up Diorama. This 1/12 scale diorama is one of their most elaborate yet, featuring a full 360 degree exterior and interior display. It features 10 pieces that combine to form the Cabin itself. Geared towards horror collectors, the Cabin presents a great display piece for such figure lines as The Evil Dead and Friday The 13th. Our friends at Extreme Sets sent the Cabin over, and I have a gallery and review for the new diorama. Read on to check them out.

The Cabin is in stock now over at Extreme-Sets.com, as are the other dioramas from their Multiverse Wave 8 sets.

Extreme Sets Cabin Pop-Up Diorama

Pros

• Outstanding overall display piece
• Crisp, clear printing inside and out
• Easy to assemble and take down
• Working doors
• Solid construction
• Scales really well with 6″ and 7″ scale figures

Cons

• May be too large for most displays

Overall
The Extreme Sets Cabin is an impressive dio to see in-person. It’s stands at 17″ tall, 23″ wide, and 29″ long. It’s so large that it barely fits on my photography table, and is far larger than my glass base. The large size of the Cabin means it’s easy to display figures inside and out, if you have the room. Setup was fairly easy, and the entire thing took about 10 minutes to assemble. The dio is constructed out of a sturdy cardboard, and is a bit thicker than some of their previous dio walls and floors. There was no warping present, but I would recommend finding something to help prop up the floor a bit in the center, just to help with the bit of sagging at the seams. I didn’t have anything handy for this shoot, but keep that in mind when setting this up.

There is no gluing or tools needed to assemble this, or any other Extreme Sets display. Each panel is pre-cut, and creases already present to make settign up go as quickly as possible. Instructions are included, but I only had to briefly glance at them before starting. The interior flooring and deck are one piece that unfolds to create the base. The front and side walls are a single piece that attach to the flooring. The back wall is a separate piece. The roof is made of two different large panels that fold up to create the angled roof, and each half can be removed from the dio independently to allow for photography lights to shine to the inside. The awning of the deck is another separate piece, and velcros to the front of the dio, and then is held up by four fold out columns that inside to the porch and then into the underside of the awning. The final pieces are two small steps, one for the porch, and one for the side of the cabin.

Once put together, you can display it as is, or modify it a bit to show more of the interior. By removing the back wall, and the back half of the roof, you get a perfect view of the interior of the cabin. This flexibility is very welcome, and makes it easy for toy photographers to set the mood with their lighting, smoke effects, or scaled furniture. The printing on each panel is very sharp, and I did like that they kept the weathering effects to a minimum here.

It’s a very impressive overall display, and should make for some great horror themed photos. Since I didn’t have a ton of space, there wasn’t much I could do with it though. I you want to keep this on display, make sure to clear a large space for it. Thankfully, setting it up and breaking it down only takes a few minutes. Check out a selection of images below, and the full gallery after that.