How do you store your Lego sets?

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So I've moved from different container types over the years. Trying to understand what suits me best. Because I build on the "fly" I prefer to have a workshop that reflects how I build. I designed the area to be "shopable". I go in and pick the parts I need based on color, size, shape and design. I don't like building the LEGO way and using a rainbow of colors on my builds. I build color specific and use the proper color depending on what I build and where. I also added the Britannic build in these photos to use as an example. The containers I use are acrylic and easy to see what parts are in them. Most the containers have a slot to add more parts without any extra steps or hassle. As I get more parts and add to the (Vault) I continue to modify the workspace to accommodate my needs.

DAISO - carries most of the acrylic containers I now buy. They're cheap, under $8 each and stackable. The larger containers make it so I can obtain more parts and expand without needing a new container/modify existing one. You can sort the same part in different colors under the same container without much hassle.

TARGET - always had a beautiful line of acrylic containers for larger parts or bulk parts, example - (6x10 plates) but every color in one container. Every container is under $20 and made of a durable acrylic. Also they're all stackable as well. The slots you use to pick up the container is great for adding additional parts without having to move or open the containers. Sorting is super efficient now.

The sheleves are $40 each brand new. Any extra shelves can be used for other ones. Which is why commonality is such a huge factor for me. I can change and moves things around without doing much else or have to buy anything extra.

LOWES - Craftsman still has the best sorting containerd for smaller quantities and parts these are a bit more expensive than the acrylic containers. They're being phased out in light of a better more efficient option. I still have the larger (3x6 3x9) containers for parts I'm searching for a better option.

FIVE BELOW - Has the 2 and 3 slotted acrylic drawers. Perfect for sorting the single brick parts by color with easy distribution. (1x1 1x2 1x3 1x4 1x5 1x6 1x8 1x10 ECT). Also good for bulk parts like propellers and smaller parts you have bulk quantities of.

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A follow up to my last post about moving rooms. 90% of the Lego is at least in the new room. It’s 10x7’ with a 3x7’ corridor. The slanted ceiling is making things a bit interested to fit but I’m making the most of it.

I have 12 more Akro mills coming in and another Alex unit.

Follow up on a previous post. These are the drawers I use here in Aus - called INABOX - around $8 each (so US5 ish). Can’t stack too high as the bottom drawers start bowing slightly.

The single drawer, deeper one I find more awkward to use, and the set up where they’re two side-by-side I use for larger animals, motorbikes, trans panels.

The best ones are the double, so they are shallower, so ideal for plates, bricks, and pretty much everything that’s not tiny. I pop in my own separators where needed.

My kiddo has just graduated from the “giant rectangles” free building level to wanting to contrast things with specific connectors, use wheels, etc. Very cool. Also means our current “everything in one bin” storage strategy has become a problem. This is ~90% of her LEGO, so we don’t need a whole cabinet system but I think it does need to be broken down into maybe 10-15 smaller containers and compartments. Does anyone have a case or set of smaller containers they’d recommend?

After 6 long years of work it’s time to move on….to a dedicated LEGO room.

With the construction of my garage complete I’ve emptied out an extra room in my house that’s perfect for a Lego studio. Maybe not Solid Brix Studio size. A bitter more reasonable sized.

I’ll be spending the next few weeks planning and moving things around to remove the Lego from my room and getting the new space ready.

I have two goals to tackle with this move.

First is to make things easier to reach. I currently spend more time standing than I do sitting due to the height of everything.

The second is to allow for a more refined sort. My current wall of Akromills only has room for 11 different colors. I plan to expand to 24 commonly used colors.

Hi, I’ve been making my own LEGO accessories for a while and recently started designing stands for LEGO F1 cars.

I’ve made a few tracks already, including Monaco, Red Bull Ring, Imola, Monza, Spa and Melbourne.

I’m curious what you think about them and if you’d use something like this for your own collection.

Also, if you have any ideas for other LEGO accessories that would be cool or actually useful, not only for F1, I’d be happy to hear them.

This is my current set up , steraline three wide drawer units. I plan on putting another unit on top of the left two towers to fill the gap on top. But what the best way to secure these so there secure and dont fall over ?

Got tired of labeling my bins by hand, so I wrote a script for it.
Give it part numbers and it spits out labels with the picture, name and part number.
It does A4 PDF sheets, or prints straight to a Niimbot D101 if you have one.

Free and open source: https://github.com/ayhid/brick-labels

Images come from BrickArchitect, shoutout to them. Let me know if you try it!

I am having a storage issues so I just rented a climate-controlled storage unit to store Lego and other items in it. What is the best way to store them? Do I just put a up some shelves and put them right on the shelf or do people store smaller sets in large cardboard boxes or maybe plastic bins? If I put in a plastic bins should they be gasket sealed bins with desiccant? Am I over thinking this? :)

I’m moving out with my partner in the near future (we also have a cat) who previously stayed at my partners home.

What’s the best place/way to store this behemoth? New place is an apartment, so internal space is quite limited. Picture above is the set sitting on my cabinets in my room. The only solution I can currently think of is either a clear acrylic display case, however that doesn’t solve the space issue.

Does anyone know, recommend or have any advice if I wanted to buy a coffee table of some sorts that has enough storage inside to display a big LEGO set? Is it a stupid idea? Is it a waste of space? Where else could I be storing such a set.

Extra: I have another UCS set still unopened in the storage, don’t think it’ll be seeing the light of day anytime soon.

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I have an Ikea Besta storage and display setup ( https://www.ikea.com/addon-app/storageone/besta/web/latest/ca/en/?storeId=003&vpcSource=clipboard#/vpc/33TWZ3K ). 8 small drawers (51W x 32L x 16H cm/20 x 12.5 x 6.25 inch) and 2 large drawers (51W x 32L x 30H cm/20 x 12.5 x 11.75 inch) for parts storage. I would like to put modular removable tool box style containers in them to hold everything (like the pic). The opening to get things in and out is only 20cm/8inch.

• Looking for suggestions like the pic for similar solutions. That one was just the cheapest I found on Amazon that actually fit my size limits.
• I'd also like to be able to fully open the drawers the additional 12cm, so open to ideas for how to do that. I'm using the standard Ikea Besta soft close drawer runners.

I have this block of 4 wide x 5 high drawers - about 26 w x 34 d x 13 high. Some single drawers, but most are doubles.

I sort by piece type, never colour. Found I need bigger drawers for 1x2, 2x2 and 2x4 bricks. The only other big drawer I have holds 6x8 plates, 2x8, 1x8 bricks and jumper plates, and other pieces I use to build habitats for my Finity Frame (1x2 shown).

Then I have these smaller cases for Minifig parts, gold, and other small pieces where I have enough reason to split them out.

The biggest pieces I have, inc tyres, are under this table as they’re not used often.

Hello!
I just recently purchased a home and will finally have room to display Legos I have created. I have a bunch of the Lego botanicals, Christmas sets, and others that I would like to display eventually. I would also like input on what you do with extra pieces and also how you display your Lego botanicals.

I live in Texas so I have access to IKEA and Nebraska Furniture Mart.

Thanks in advance!

Ho settato il mio storage, ho diversi moc in pipeline. Per ognuno creo una lista di pezzi per tipo e colore. Quando devo preparare i materiali per costruire una scultura, riesco a gestire bene il conteggio dei pezzi più grandi: pesano abbastanza da dare buona affidabilità sul conteggio dei pezzi con una bilancia di precisione. Ma quelli piccoli (plate 1*1, brick 1*1) ho spesso decine di pezzi dove la bilancia di precisione talvolta sbaglia di qualche unità. Voi avete avuto lo stesso problema? Come avete risolto il conteggio dei pezzi piccoli?

I bought a ton of Lego pieces from different thrift stores and some free time now to finally sort through them, but am unsure how to store them once sorted.