Properly displaying one's Lego creations is an incredibly important aspect of any true Lego fan's efforts. To that end I have sketched out a stand system that can be made using 1/8 inch acrylic, a laser cutter or CNC machine, and a decently high resolution 3-D printer, or if you are willing to destroy some bricks you can skip the laser cutter3-D printer.
The image below is a full render of what the base should roughly look like.
The grid pattern you see at the base of the display stand is to allow for the user to position the supports as needed. The grid pattern repeats every 8 mm, which is the standard spacing for the studs on Lego bricks.
The curved pieces have two lower contacts to help keep them in place. The top element is intended to mesh with the custom printed Lego Brick, that being said, someone could cut off that top contact point from the design and directly glue on a pre-existing brick. For the cost conscious this would be the wiser choice, seeing as the cost of 3-D printing at Lego brick resolutions runs you something like $5/ brick.
I would like to thank the author of robertcailiau.eu for their page on Lego Brick dimensions, the explanations on tolerancing rationals used by Lego corps was very helpful, and much faster to read than going through patents.
I will try to put up some engineering files later today. Please note that I will not have curf corrections in the drawings as I cannot account for machining variances.
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