Atlantic Oskar 756 Media Storage Cabinet – Protects & Organizes Prized Music, Movie, Video Games or Memorabilia Collections, PN 38436268 in Weathered Oak

Bought mine 9/5/2021 off Amazon. Delivered in one box. Its marked a two person lift but strong young UPS driver wrangled it alone.ASSEMBLY: I've assembled post and cam furniture for a good 40 years now, I've seen all kinds, from high end Scandinavian, to Ikea, to Sauder, to O'Sullivan, to nameless Chinese makers. This kit rates a B or B+ in engineering and manufacturing accuracy based on my subjective experiences. Written instructions/assembly pictures were printed small and hard to see. Bigger would be better, but they didn't confuse me or say things that were wrong. Two cams kinda skewed out of holes upon tightening probably from variance in hole or cam size (trivial 1/16" and nobody would ever notice, this can happen when cam hole is drilled in where there is a hollow spot in manufactured particle board). I thought instructions lacked good advice about importance of squaring up the frame before nailing on the back panel (so if you read this before assembly remember to square it up before you start nailing, and check as you nail). The 50 +/- nails/brads were on the small side, and thus hard and to hold without hitting fingers with hammer (PAX, an IKEA sold brand, provides a clever nail holder/jig to solve this; if you are a Tool Time handyman maybe you have a brad nailer you can get out and use instead). Then it has to be laid on its front to nail on back panel, and because the bottom base shelf sticks out, the sides are up in the air and they lack support for the nailing. I stuck some 2x4 pieces I had under it and this got the sides supported to improve stability for nailing.SET UP/INSTALLATION: The kit comes with 2 wall anchor brackets to attach the top to the wall. You MUST use them for safety of kids and cats who sooner or later will climb it (don't be lazy about this). The brackets were simple, a slot allowed adjustment to accommodate any baseboard width, and had beveled holes for flush mounting funnel head screws included. Top of shelf has predrilled hole for screwing into.However, they included very lame plastic dry wall anchors, and you really really ought to go buy some decent self drilling ones that will go in with less aggravation and will have double or triple the holding strength before ever pulling out. Or, place shelf so one or both brackets line up with studs in wall and just screw in for 100x the holding strength.ADJUSTABILTY: Shelf pins went in well, but a few pins/holes were too tight for easy insertion. Shelves were thin material but more than strong enough for task, and by being thin it increased space for media (IKEA used to sell a Besta brand media shelf with 1/2 shelves, serious overkill). The shelf pin holes were about 1 1/4" apart, in my dream world they would be 1/2" or closer for more accurate adjustability to maximize usable shelf space. NOTE: the middle shelf is fixed in place and is not adjustable, but all the shelves above and below CAN be adjusted. This company sells a different model media shelf kit that looks almost identical, but with NO adjustable shelves, a serious limitation in my mind. PAY ATTENTION TO WHICH ONE YOU ARE BUYING as it is not obvious from pictures or product title. The fixed middle shelf meant that for me to use ALL the space, I had to play around and reset the shelves several times to get a configuration that worked best for my VHS/DVD/Blue-Ray/CD mixed media collection. There wasn't a lot of dead space between shelves when I was done, but it meant one row was VHS media, then the next rows were DVD media, then back to VHS media. If I kept all the same size media together for aesthetic reasons, I lost too much usable space.CONCLUSION: Price, adjustability, build quality, were all more than good enough so I would buy this again without any hesitation.

I actually put all the part in the middle of my living room floor and started following the instructions. Step by step, piece by piece using only a Phillips screwdriver it went together. I did this alone -- although my cats were quite curious as to what on earth I was doing. Once finished, I lifted it up and moved it into my hallway just outside my livingroom and anchored it (I used a drill here) to the wall -- just in case. Then, I proceeded to load my 200+ DVDs and 50+ Blu-Rays in the shelves. I even had room for some Books on CDs. I would show a picture, but I don't have it on my PC. It is perfect for the hallway but is still handy to the TV in the livingroom. It fits perfectly!!!

The Oskar Media Storage Cabinet series is pretty useful and can be greatwith a little care and extra effort, but beware as these are fairly cheapso you can easily break things during assembly or if you want to move itlater. Each side is is held only by 1 cam-lock prong and two dowels or apair of small wood screws, so any stress on the thin material is likelyto cause it to break and fall apart. Also the cam-locks can loosen overtime and fall out, causing the unit to come apart quite easily. One moreimportant tip: do NOT over-tighten these cam-locks in the hope that theywill hold together better, as you are more likely to snap and break them!I recommend you reinforce the unit during assembly by using an extra screwthat is longer and put it between the 2 existing shorter screws or in thecase of the cam-lock prong, about 1/2 inch off of that middle post, towardthe front dowel piece. Also, since you can not use an extra screw whenputting the top and bottom halves together, you can dab a little wood glueon the dowels next to the middle part cam-locks, so that will help holdingthe two main halves together more firmly.Now for the review: The Media Shelf in itself if pretty useful and both acost and space efficient way to store your CDs, DVDs, and Bluray or gamedisks or even manga and smaller books like standard paperback editions.One MAJOR caveat... We bought multiple "models" of this and the variouscapacities while similar, are NOT all created equal. This Oskar 765 one has3 vertical sections, and if you look closer on the pic, then you will see thatthe small shelves are INDENTED and are much more narrow and thinner thanthe ones used for the Oskar 464 model, which only has 2 vertical stacks,but each of its small shelves are THICKER and extend to the entire depthof the shelf sides!This is a MAJOR difference so it may be better to buy two of the Oskar 464instead of 1 of the Oskar 765. Based on where you want it and how much ofspace you have horizontally, it may work out better and look better withDVDs not hanging off the tiny shelves. The thickness also helps to hold alittle more weight due to the way the shelves are cut out and suspended.each Oskar 765 small shelf: 11.5 in x 4.6 in x 3/8 in thick, weight: 222 geach Oskar 464 small shelf: 11.5 in x 5.5 in x 1/2 in thick, weight: 325 gAs you can see the shelves for the larger unit are MUCH more flimsy and itit probably done so they can fit them into a similarly proportioned packagefor shipping, so they made them smaller and lighter.They still work, but personally I do not like how DVDs and Bluray extendpast the shelf as they are about 5.3 inches, but they fit very nicely onthe smaller Oskar 464 model shelves, so keep that in mind when you decide!Overall, I do like the media shelf system (technically not a cabinet asit has no doors) but IMHO the Oskar 464 at $53 from $80 depending on thecolor you choose is a better buy for the long term than the Oskar 765.Hope this helped. Have fun organizing your media/games collection. :)This depth is ideal for most old console games like SNES or Sega boxesas well as many other small collectibles. Enjoy!

My 16-year-old put this together. We had a lot of interruptions, but when it was all said and done, it took him about 20 to thirtyish minutes to get it put together. Although it was designed for dvds/media I used it for miniature collectibles. All in all quality is good, sturdiness is good, and design is good. I would recommend this for your DVD/Media or miniature collectibles.