igor_andreati

Very nice! I really liked the trees and the flowers

I have ~40.000 pieces, mostly creators, lots of 90's system (quite a few BURPs and baseplates) and some custom bricklink orders. It's all stored in a 80cm X 150cm X 40cm space, inside boxes and zip bags... No idea how to estimate better than that, but i'll give you an advise against sorting out by parts. My collection is sorted this way and it's a pain to find stuff, there are too many parts that don't have a clear category to be in. I think the best way to go is: -determine a few parts that have a clear category, like bricks, plates, technic connectors, and any kind of part that you have a lot. These parts you'll sort by part type. -separate big parts, like BURPs and fuselages and put all together in a transparent box. -the rest you sort by color... if in this stage you keep seeing the same part over and over again, put them in the 1st category. -if you have lots of minifigs and minifigs acessories, separate them too

I build, leave them on display for a couple weeks, then i disassemble and sort the parts with the rest, before it gets dusty Before i start building, i open all the bags and shuffle all the pieces, although this is getting out of hand with bigger sets, because sometimes i can't see a clear difference between black and dark gray on the manuals... I always keep the manuals and sometimes i keep the box, but i have to dismantle it before storage...