Eilif Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 (edited) Some of you have probably seen these boxes already, but last month a fellow member of my LEGO club (www.NILTC.org) showed me a great lower-cost LEGO storage solution. http://test-www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10073345 It's a brilliant container that separates into 9 compartments. Unlike many other brands of organizer, IKEA actually gives you enough dividers to make all 9 compartments. It's a bit larger than most similar containers, and is about half the price of others like the PLANO brand cases that alot of AFOL's use It might not be ideal for small pieces (craft store thread boxes are perhaps more suitably sized) as it doesn't subidivide as small as some brands, but it's quite sturdy, and has "legs-and-craters" to allow you to stack them on top of one another. I already have an established sorting system for all my loose brick, but I bought ten of these to organize all the bits (people, cars, boats, fences, acessories, etc) for my club train module. Though not completely translucent, an index card taped to the inside of the cover is completely clear and legible. As an idea of size, it is just large enough that my logging truck can be placed right-side-up and the top of the roof/exhaust is just a touch under the level of the closed lid. The inside is divided into 3 permenant compartments that are deep enough to have a 6 wide and 4 wide car lined up next to each other. Each of the 3 permanent compartments can then be subdivided into 3 smaller compartments. Perhaps best of all, since it's an IKEA product, it should be available at a reasonable price in a wide range of Eurobricks members' countries. Edited February 19, 2009 by Eilif
Shoc Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 My mum got that box from Ikea the other day, I've been sorting my Lego recently and I agree that it's a really good storage solution - I need to get some more! :skull:
Skull-Mark_Ladybug Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 I've had four of these things for a few months as well, I like the fact that you can change the compartment size to fit different pieces weather they be big or small. Although as you said these aren't great for tiny pieces, they're instead good for medium sized ones. Maybe I'll head down to Ikea sometime soon and pick up a few more, 4 just ain't enough for me at the moment.
Bobskink Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 I have 8 of these, every now and then I buy an extra one. These boxes are indead great to storage bigger or multiple parts. I'ts great for minifigs anyway.
Holodoc Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 Great! 3,99$ making 4,99€ (at least in Germany). But otherwise it´s a nice solution.
Bobskink Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 (edited) nope, if I remeber correctly they are 3,99 € in Belgium, so that must be the same in Germany. Not al Scandinavian organisations have that strange way of changing dollars into euro's BTW, Holodoc, next time you use such a cool picture as your signature, don't compres it that mush, it's a shame that some of the detail got lost. I noticed this before, since you have a cool signature to stare at. Edited February 19, 2009 by Bobskink
Holodoc Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 nope, if I remeber correctly they are 3,99 € in Belgium, so that must be the same in Germany. Not al Scandinavian organisations have that strange way of changing dollars into euro's BTW, Holodoc, next time you use such a cool picture as your signature, don't compres it that mush, it's a shame that some of the detail got lost. I noticed this before, since you have a cool signature to stare at. I just checked IKEA´s website: Too bad it IS 4,99 in Germany. And for the sig - I´m working on it (it needs a brighter background as well). Thanks for the compliment!
Loganwan Posted February 21, 2009 Posted February 21, 2009 Thanks for the idea... or the IKEA idea. I am at that point now that I need some further organization. I have all of my pieces in similar sized tubs, with no dividers, so I have to dump out the whole box for one small piece.
Bricklanta Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 I use these mostly for storing Mini-figs as I don't have many extra bricks.
djo Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 nice idea for storage indeed. but not for securing the content. i have one of this, its lid seems not too tight for keeping the content falling out when the storage fell to the ground. at least this is happening to mine. just sharing my experience only.
ILikePi Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Some of you have probably seen these boxes already, but last month a fellow member of my LEGO club (www.NILTC.org) showed me a great lower-cost LEGO storage solution. http://test-www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10073345........... Wait, are the clear and blue colors the same thing? When I clicked "blue" for the color, the whole description changed...
Hinckley Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Please direct all storage discussions to this topic. Thank you.
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