Storing Lego Sets

[WesternOutlaw]

A question relating to how you store your Lego.

[Jipay]

I use a combination : the main pieces are all mixed together but the minifigs are stored seprately and classified by theme, heads, body, legs and accessories are in different cases

[Darth_Ewok]

At the moment they are in a big bin, but my parents are buying me containers.

I sort by color and type.

I need some reccomendations for storage containers though...

[Aredhel]

I store the pieces in different ways. Harry Potter parts are separated from the others. The rest is stored in different size and colour!

[snefroe]

it's a combination of everything

first, i've got about 150 sets still unopened... i just don't have the space to open and store it all right now, nor do i have the time. so basically, i've got a huge pile of boxes, second hand sets in plastic bags and boxes,....

the large pieces usually have a box (a blue bucket) of their own, like the wheels, the transparent parts, plates, 2 x 2 red bricks,...

smaller parts are usually sorted by shape/color. it depends on the number of a specific type of brick i've got. i also mix two completely different parts in one box, in order to save boxes...

i have a huge box (the blue box from the firetheme) with all sorts of unsorted, (rare) pieces

unfortunately, there are also smaller boxes with lots of parts in it, boxes that need to be sorted but for some reason i just don't get around to do it....

[gylman]

Whenever possible I try to store in the original box (bagged in some sort of logical sorting system, with instructions). I have a LOT of steel shelving storage space in a small basement room in my home where I can store the boxes. Very convenient. Castle has 2-3 shelves, Technic about 8 shelves, designers 2, Town 3, Adventurers 1, Bionicle 2, etc etc.

If I don't have the box (lots of sets I buy without box on eBay) I bag them together, put them in a carboard box, label it and they go on the steel shelves. However, these ones are not kept with the instructions, but rather I have a separate filing sytem for instructions.

I do occasionally go on part-shopping binges, and these are organized in boxes and bins by colour, type, size, shape, etc. Hard to describe but it works well. Technic bits have their own space.

So, it's a mix of all of the above.

[Deinonychus]

It's an absolute freaking mess :P

What's assembled is prominantly displayed.

Unassembled sets were, until recently, seperated by color, but I've started seperating them by set in individual heavy-duty ziploc bags. Not quite done with that yet.

Unassembled Bionicle sets are either mixed in all together for better MOCing or seperated out into their respective canisters.

Some themes, like Rock Raiders, are mixed all together for easier MOCing.

All the Minifigs are together in a big bin for easier access.

Then I have one bag full of nothing but those 2 or 3 little spare parts that turn up in just about any LEGO set...that's a crazy little grab-bag

[MattZitron]

I have 3 big plastic boxes with unsorted pieces, in there are the odd sorted bag.

And sets and MOCs, cover my bedroom!!

[blueandwhite]

I store by both colour and piece type (ie plates, tiles, windows etc...). Larger lots of bricks (ie classic grey) are further sub-divided, whereas colours I don't have alot of are kept in single bins. I only sort bricks that have some relevance to the castle-theme. All other bricks are stored together. With a collection of over 60,000 bricks, it becomes necessary to properly sort one's bricks.

Later.

[Kikuichimonji]

By color. I have a container for every color (when I have two kinds of, say, green, they're usually in the same container. Then I have a container for MF's, windows, tires, a big one for technic. a big one for bionicle (and Viking monsters) and a small one for MF accesoires. And I still need more space to store it...

[KimT]

Currently I sort by colour.

But I think I'll change that within long. It's close to impossible to find 2x2 plates or 1x2 slopes when mixed with a zillion bigger bricks.

I once sorted mainly by colour and then had a box for small bricks; small slopes; round bricks and so forth. I'm considering wether to do this again or to simply sort everything by type and size |-/ It's just that it'll take me forever to sort everything again >:(

KimT

[SuvieD]

Sorted by color, type and size. Each part in each color has it's own place mostly. Many of the larger parts are in plastic shoe boxes with like parts. All my basic bricks are in LEGO tubs unsorted (mostly) and the same with plates bigger the 1x4 and 2x4. So many pieces. *wacko*

[xwingyoda]

For now my parts are sorted by colour (need to redo it because I still have old grey/ new grey mixed up - for both light and dark *wacko* ).

I just bought some big boxes for sorting my MFs (right now I just did two big tool boxes only with SW) and their accessories !!

For other stuff they are sorted by part: nature, animals, FOOD :oD , and small pieces great for greebles (tks to you Apo ;) ).

I still have loads of work to do but its slowly getting there hehe !!

*yoda*

[Vaders_son]

I have a cupboard with a glas-door where most of my LEGO STAR WARS is stored in. (Unfortunately my ISD, Sail Barge and LAAT do not fit in there :-( )

The other bricks are sorted by kind of brick and colour in boxes of different size.

Some more sets are on top of my wardrobe because they don't fit anywhere else when they're built completly.

Anyway, time to grow up and build a house with LOTS of room to display my LEGO |-/

Vaders_son

[ScottManDeath]

Sorted by theme in boxes, split over two continents.

[Jipay]

Having a collection split on two locations is awfull cause you never have *that* pieces you need at the place you are.

Good luck man, one day you'll have them all at one location !

[ScottManDeath]

Having a collection split on two locations is awfull cause you never have *that* pieces you need at the place you are.

Good luck man, one day you'll have them all at one location !

It is not that bad, as I actually only mix bricks between themes; my KK2 stuff is in Germany, while my other stuff is in Utah. So over Xmas and summer, I will have KK2, otherwise the rest. When I am done studying, I will do the Grand Brick Gathering ;)

[Clone comander Nodra 999]

*wacko* very carefully