Above is my figure collection in 1995. There were two matching boxes and I don't know where they came from but I like matching things and it was about this time I swapped my figures into a G.I.Joe and a Cobra box. In some ways it doesn't look like a lot of figures as my collection of figures grew quite a bit slowly and steadily up and into 2011. It was still a lot from where I started.
Below is more in late 2004 and likely early 2005. I found a parts Dragonfly somewhere.
This was the set up in the living room of my apartment in 2003-2004 or so. It was a two room. Ultimately I didn't want to "takeover" the living room and I moved it into the main room with the wall shelves. We had a friend living in our 2nd bedroom around this time, too.