Moving House

[BobThePom]

Hi all,

Not sure if this is the right place to post it, but I have a dilema.

I will soon be moving overseas from my present location and I have a lot of lego to pack.

My biggest concern is my castle (Dol Guldur). It is 96 studs wide by 96 studs long. Its about 30 bricks high.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I could pack this and ensure the least possible damage to it?

The main problem is that it doesn't easily come apart in modular peices and I would be loath to dismantle it completely.

Thanks

Bob

[WaysofSorting]

Are you shipping via freight/boat? Flying it all? Are you mostly limited on :weight or volume?

Me...I've had to do cross country moves. And the things just got crushed. Slammed. Collapsed into hardly identifiable pieces so everything fit as compactly as possible. I'm recovering still...8 years later....

The best compromise - get some big cardboard sheets (sometimes you have to tape 'em together) and custom build the box. Extra card-board on the corners. Then, put the thing in there and fill all the spaces with a)loose bricks and minifigs if you think the box will handle the weight or b) clothes and other light-weight tchotchkes - and use the space as efficiently as you can.

Is it on base plates? Is there a "more or less seam"? The other option is find the biggest, but readily available tupper-wares you can get and break the thing down into the least number of easily identifiable pieces. Then drop them in those and, again, fill the remaining space with light stuff.

Bricks are a pain to move....

[fred67]

Where are you moving from/to? Local options might be important. In the U.S. there is a company called "Pods," but they do service Canada, Australia, and the UK. You pack your own shipping container, they ship it. Unless their vehicles are in an accident or something, they will keep it upright like any shipping container. That doesn't mean the ride won't be rough, but it gives you something to start with (obviously you could pack a LOT in one, it IS a shipping container).

Otherwise I'd custom build a wooden crate for it, and pack the hell out of it with foam peanuts or something. 96x96 studs is somewhere around 30x30 inches... that shouldn't be that bad.

There are also custom shippers... probably expensive, and I don't know about international/overseas. Again, I suggest that your to/from locations are important.