Sorting and storage of minifigs

[jditlev]

My minifig sorting is a mess. It's all stored in one big box (30 x 40 x 10 cm) and parts like plumes, epaulettes, hands etc are suborganized in small plastic bags. It's far from ideal. 

Any suggestion on how to organize that better? I don't have much extra room for shelves and boxes and I don't expect my collection to increase that much. So the solution must not take up much place. Ideally it fits into a shelf in IKEA Kallax shelving unit 🙂

If you have examples on how you store and sort minifigs, I'd ver much like to see that. 

[Karalora]

I sort my minifig parts into cheap bead storage boxes--I have a couple boxes for hair, one for heads, two for torsos, etc. I use the compartments to further break them down in ways that make sense to me. Built minifigs are sorted using tiered latch boxes with handles and are divided by setting theme (City, Pirates, Castle, etc.) I'm looking at my Kallax bookshelf right now and if I were using them for LEGO storage, the boxes would fit, though not all in one compartment.

I'm afraid I can't give more specific advice than that because I don't know what sort of storage boxes are commonly available in Denmark. Do you have a big craft store chain?

[jditlev]

That's not a bad idea at all with the bead storage boxes. 👍 

Will check out what's available. We have som craft stores around, so maybe worth a visit soon

[MAB]

You could also get a baseplate or build a base out of plates and use that to store minifigures, or torsos and legs.

Edited October 4, 2025 by MAB

[jditlev]

@MAB Good idea. Seen that before. Think it takes too much space though. 

On 10/4/2025 at 5:35 PM, MAB said:

You could also get a baseplate or build a base out of plates and use that to store minifigures, or torsos and legs.

 

[dr_spock]

I store my complete minifigs in plastic bags by type. There is a bag of pirates, a bag of minidolls, etc.  The bags go and sit in a bin until needed for a MOC or vignette.  When the MOC is disassembled, they go back into the baggies and bin. 

Minifigure parts and accessories are sorted into divided storage drawers like these.  It makes it easier to find the pieces to add to the figs when building a MOC. 

 

[Karalora]

9 hours ago, dr_spock said:

Minifigure parts and accessories are sorted into divided storage drawers like these.  It makes it easier to find the pieces to add to the figs when building a MOC. 

Yep, that's similar to my system. What I like about the bead boxes is that they are semi-transparent plastic, so it's easy to find which box I need when they're all stacked on my shelf.

[jditlev]

On 10/7/2025 at 5:26 AM, dr_spock said:

I store my complete minifigs in plastic bags by type. There is a bag of pirates, a bag of minidolls, etc.  The bags go and sit in a bin until needed for a MOC or vignette.  When the MOC is disassembled, they go back into the baggies and bin. 

Minifigure parts and accessories are sorted into divided storage drawers like these.  It makes it easier to find the pieces to add to the figs when building a MOC. 

 

You know what - I've been overthinking it. The simple approach with zip bags would work: One for hats, hairs, helmets, yellow heads, dark heads, etc, respectovely. Would give the categorizing I need to find the bricks quickly. 
Thanks for the input. Much better than talking to AI 😀

[Stereo]

Yeah, I just reuse bags from Bricklink orders, aside from the obvious categories (as you say, heads, hair, neck, ...) I have bags of partial figs and partial parts (single arms/legs, hands), so if I get most of a figure in bulk it can live there until I sort it out or want to use parts.

Edited October 8, 2025 by Stereo