PAB cups weight and bricks weight

[Kalais]

Hello,

I probably will be flying by plane to London and gonna visit LEGO store with PAB wall there.

I was wondering how much weight is cup with bricks? I know it depends from parts, but whats the range? Like 300-400g? Less? More?

And what is the weight of cup the itself?

I am asking this because there are many limits for the plane baggage and I would not like to leave some LEGOs on the airport ;)

Thanks!

P.S. Also anyone know those London LEGO Stores? Can I sit there for few hours packing cups? No one will complain? :)

[Graham Gidman]

Can't help you with the weight of them, but I was in my LEGO store for two hours and no one complained. I'm in the US, but I'd expect that to be the case everywhere.

[DaOarge01]

I've spent up to two hours in our local Lego Store (Vienna, Austria) and no one was complaining at all.

My Cups usally reaches about 500 - 600g - depends on bricks and time spent.

Have fun there.

[dr_spock]

Depends on what you have you in the cup and how tightly packed.

A large cup of levers is 448 grams

large cup of 1x4 bricks is 395 grams

large cup of 1x1 tiles is over 550 grams

large cup of air is 73 grams

Bon voyage

[Kalais]

Great! Thx for info! :)

[BrickOn]

Hmmm so it would be perfectly possibly to fill the maximum-sized carry on luggage with PAB cups filled with tiles and exceed the max weight limit (assuming 10kg), I would not have thought that possible... good to know.

Last time I visited the London store they were perfectly fine with me taking my time to fill my PAB cup, asked me what I was going to build, offered to keep the lego behind the counter while I shopped, very helpful.

Think all lego stores must be pretty used to AFOLs.

Let us know what you buy, going back there myself this week (I hope), so I'd like to know what's available.

[chump]

I would think you would want to repack your PaB LEGO into baggies for better efficiencies in luggage packing and then stack the cups if you really want them. Or if you don't want the cups, ask if you can fill it and then dump it in a bag and get the "re-use a cup" discount. It doesn't solve your overweight baggage issue though.

[Prune Face]

As others have stated, it will obviously vary based on what pieces you select, and how well they can be packed.

I just weighed 10 full cups I've yet to unpack, and they ranged between 470g and 610g, most in the low 500 range (mostly smaller pieces, no 2x bricks).

Empty cup w/ lid at 86g.

[bananaworld]

Kinda related:

So are PAB cups good value for money? Are bigger cups better value?

I've often spent time gazing at those magnificent walls of bits and wondered whether to fill a cup.

[Dannylonglegs]

PAB cups are great value if you can stack the pieces well. And, as always, the largest size is the best value, again, when stacked well.

The easiest techniques to really maximize your haul are sticking bricks together. You want to make sure your bricks are as tightly packed as possible, so what I do is I clip all the bricks I'm getting into a tower in the center (I believe 7-7 is the best width for this tower in a large cup. You need one brick layer of 6-6 beneath this, too) and then I make small "collumns" of 2-1 bricks or grass pieces or cylinder pieces or whatever else is convenient, and slip those in beside the tower. Then I just fill in the rest of the cup with stud pieces or whatever else is small enough. Depending on the pieces you get, you could get a lower price on many of them than even their bricklink price. Better, by far than the official price per brick from the Lego site, but them again, from both alternatives you get a more diverse selection of bricks from which to choose... and less effort fitting them all in a cup. Hope that helps!

~Insectoid Aristocrat

Edited October 2, 2015 by Dannylonglegs

[antp]

Kinda related:

So are PAB cups good value for money? Are bigger cups better value?

With previous prices the small one was slightly better if I remember well, but now it may be the opposite. The small one is maybe a little easier to fill efficiently though.

To solve the dilemma I have one of each, and I fill both when I go to the store

And, as always, the largest size is the best value

Well, the thing is that it is not _always_ the case... Sometimes when you check the price per litre or per kg you can be surprised.

Edited October 2, 2015 by antp