The display base is something fancy just to be fancy (and unnecessarily expensive), rather than being practical... as it is made to look like it is defying gravity, but as such wouldn't be able to hold too much weight - this youtube video shows how the concept works (the small string is holding all the weight of the stand and everything you put on top, while the two long strings are only there to prevent the top from tipping over, so the small string has to be the most secure and strongest).