mrklaw

Depends how many bricks you have. Only a few? By colour works. More than 10k? I’d suggest by category (eg all 1x bricks, all 2x bricks etc), and do some separation in each category (eg separate out 1 and 2 stud length from the longer ones or they’ll get lost among the larger pieces). https://brickarchitect.com/guide/bricks/large/ this person has great ways to handle different sized collections, and a handy guide to categories you can use as a starting point (but be flexible and merge/split as you need based on how many drawers/space you have) I display my lego in Ikea Billy bookcases with glass Morlinen doors on, to help protect a little from dust. a mix of 30cm and 40cm deep depending on what space I have.

so true. I’ve just ‘finished’ moving my collection from plastic really useful drawers to the wide 6 drawer Ikea Alex to be neater. I started with two but then immediately bought another, and I have an old 5 drawer narrow alex which I can use some drawers for extended storage I realise that then limits what I can reasonably store before it overflows and then I’ll need to adapt. So I’m going to try a hybrid coping mechanism: - have a core bunch of parts in drawers, and try and manage as new types come in - however I know the ‘snot’ drawer is limited on space so I’ll work on that. - Allow for some overflow eg putting common colours in bags and storing at the back of the drawers or I could move to boxes in the loft as I’ll only need occasionally - Try and limit ‘blowing up’ my parts by selecting some favourite sets that I won’t sell or part out and if I dismantle I’ll store those in bags as ‘complete sets’ in the loft. Then if I’m looking for a part I can check my drawers, if I run out of a piece I can check overflow, and if needed I can consider taking from a set. However in this third level I’d realistically just bricklink the pieces.

My son has left behind his childish ways and is off to University. He's kicked out all his lego so thats coming down to my home office/spare room. I'm looking to consolidated storage and hopefully make it neater. I have a mix of really useful drawer units with the dividers inside - handy with locking lids for protection against clumsy children dropping them, but garish colours and a bit ugly. I'm thinking to switch to either Ikea Helmer or Alex drawers. Initially I'm thinking two of the wide alex should fit 24 of the really useful dividers, or 5 of the Helmer units would let me have 30 dividers. The helmers can have the drawers fully removable but individually are smaller. The Alex pull out less far but I can use that 'hidden' storage with overflow etc. I'm also wondering if the wider drawers are better for more bulk bricks (although I could just use entire helmers for that if necessary) Any thoughts? both would take up roughly the same footprint. One possible advantage of the Alex is I could also use them for display as they're wider (67cm) vs the wobblier and more fragmented multiple helmers.

sorry for the ultra late reply! Does this pic help?

No, how big is that? Looks good. It is mostly from pieces in the Big Ben set itself, and adapting the build techniques the main model uses. So lots of 1x1 bricks with studs on the faces (2 and 4) and lots of tan grilles and 1x1 bricks. If you build the main big ben set you'll get a decent feel for what you'd need.

Wow, looks beautiful. Do you have any pics sitting next to the UCS for scale?

10xxx would suggest UCS, but 99 euro isn't much different from the current X-Wing RRP, so perhaps a playset with support staff and loading gantry etc?

Does anyone know when the new small sets are due in the UK? I'd like to get Emma's karate class (41002) as a present for my wife who takes karate classes herself. I think they are on the US lego store website, but nothing in the UK yet. At chance of them by Christmas?

seems fiddly with the battery box switch being used to control direction. Also they don't seem to have synchronised the actions - eg when the battery box is in the right direction to lower the gear, it raises the cargo door. Personally I'd prefer if one direction on the battery box was 'down' for gear/door/winch, and the other direction was 'up' - less confusion. Even better would have been for them to include instructions on how to put a simple up/down switch somewhere on the body.

My brain is having trouble comprehending the awesome in this pic. So many different scales. I love nanoblocks too, might try something like this

cheers! missed it first time, grabbed it now.

I'm surprised they didn't do the detachable floors for this. Other than the modulars, the Friends sets and creator houses use a similar method to let you get to different parts of the house, or reconfigure the layout. This hinged approach is cute, but not ideal if you plan to place your set in a scene - only works on a hard floor/surface.

gone already. Had it in my basket but was out of stock before I could checkout. Up to £55 from toy barn or somewhere now. boo.

Nice one, done.

Hi, Yes, Dozer is still available and I'll ship to the US. Shipping would be about £30 though (might be a bit less if you don't need the box). Call it $250 delivered