AlexM

I would never buy those due to the obscene price, but that's up to you of course. Instead, I buy the transparent boxes IKEA sells named SAMLA, which can be bought with a lid also. Costs next to nothing, they stack, and fit in the IKEA furniture/shelves. For small pieces, particularly small Technic pieces, I found some nice adjustable, compartmented boxes, named "Lunar Box" on the UK Amazon. They are really nice: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ORGANISER-ADJUSTABLE-COMPARTMENTS-UPGRADEABLE-275x180x42mm/dp/B004O2INQI/ref=sr_1_6?m=A1K4MY34Z7396A&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1508009912&sr=1-6

Hi, After toying around with my Lego sets for a few months, I've kept them sorted by set (one big plastic bag per set). I will eventually assemble all the big sets over the next coming months, and this one-bag-per-set of course makes it easier to do. Every time I begin the assembly of a set, I sort all the pieces - I sort the big pieces such as wheels, bricks/beams, plates, and such on white tea towels on my dining table, and sort all the tiny bits (bushings, studs, axles, gears) in asssortment boxes - I found some nice transparent ones from "Lunar Box" on amazon.co.uk. I enjoy organizing and sorting, so I don't mind doing this for every build. One thing I've noticed is that Lego from the 90's isn't quite the same as new Lego. For example, many of the old grey Technic pieces such as bushings and gears were blank / shiny, but most of the newly produced are matte. Old Lego also seems more "tight" to assemble, I think this is due to the ABS plastic becoming harder and ultimately more stiff and brittle. I can REALLY feel this with my old basic Lego from the late 80's - it's so hard and stiff to put together and even worse to pull apart. I do seem to recall that it was fairly stiff when I was a child/teen also, so I think they have "softened" Lego in the last decade or so, making it more flexible. Another issue is yellowing of old bricks. All in all, I think it would be a shame to mix 90's Lego with 2010's Lego, because some things will be mismatched, so I will continue sorting per-set. I haven't dived into MOC yet, so that's another issue.

Hi all, I just signed up and found this thread. I'm another adult (35) who has dug out his old Lego Technic from the storage room. I was fortunate enough to be given a lot of the big flagship sets as christmas gifts back in the day, so I have goodies such as the Control Center I, Supercar, the pneumatic/electric Claw Truck, Space Shuttle, and more. With my 5-year-old son coming of age, I'm suddenly super excited about jumping back into lego building, even though he's still a bit young for the advanced Technic stuff :). I am in the process of cleaning every single piece of dust (with soap and water, works great), obtaining major missing pieces such as motors for the Control Center, and I completely disassembled and thoroughly cleaned the Control Center control pad, and it powers up and works perfectly. So much fun. I think I will dive into GBC as well, starting out small. I was wondering about sorting. When I have 4-5 flagship sets, and a bunch of smaller sets, and am actively looking for good deals on more modern sets, do you think it would be wise to "dump" every single piece into one combined sorting solution, rather than keep the pieces organized by set (as they are now, in plastic bags)? I'm leaning towards the former (sorting all pieces I have together), since it would also be much better for doing MOCs, and thinking about it, I can't see any downside to it when building from instructions either? Thanks!