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I'm not sure if you're joking or not but 50 years is a long time to store them, how are you planning on keeping them in good condition?

by pattle 8y ago

icebraining 8y ago
Lego doesn't seem hard to store, I have 40 year old pieces that were just left unused in a drawer, and they look as good as new.
- pattle 8y ago
  I was more thinking the box itself. For example just leaving it on a shelf will damage the box from rubbing caused by small vibrations
  - loolatrix 8y ago
    Just keep it dry and away from sun light. I stored one set of each the current Millennium Falcon and the Saturn V inside their delivery boxes in two layers of pond liner, added several bags of drying granulate, put it all in wooden boxes, and keep them in the dry attic.
    - williamdclt 8y ago
      > Just keep it dry and away from sun light > inside their delivery boxes [...] two layers of pond liner [...] several bags of drying granulate [...] wooden boxes [...] in the dry attic hackernews definition of "just" :)
      - RugnirViking 8y ago
        To be fair we are talking about a years-long investment. There's nothing 'get rich quick' about this.
  - blattimwind 8y ago
    Lego cardboard boxes are sealed in plastic film. Should be good when stored in a dark, dry place.
  - aasasd 8y ago
    Pffft, just put it in another box.
  - andai 8y ago
    I've never thought about that, that's very interesting. What is usually done about this? My first guess is bubble wrap.
- lwkl 8y ago
  Same here I played with the same bricks my father played 40 years before me.
  - haasted 8y ago
    And my kids are now playing with the sets I played with 35 years ago. It’s incredibly durable.
    - lostlogin 8y ago
      We have got a child using her grandfathers Lego. The early wheels have rubber that doesn’t seem to last that well, but other than that, it’s excellent.
    - jcl 8y ago
      You must not have used a brick 37,112 times yet. :) http://phillipecantin.blogspot.com/2013/02/legos-magic-number-is-37112.html http://phillipecantin.blogspot.com/2013/02/legos-magic-numbe...
    - the_af 8y ago
      Yes! When I was a kid, I had that "medieval" Lego set with knights and castles. My nephews still play with this set. It's a bit sad that it's long been discontinued. I liked the simplicity of it all: just knights, horses, castles, etc. It wasn't tied to a franchise. I think it was "Lion" knights vs "Horse" knights or something like that (I found it on a database once many years ago). Also sad: many of my Lego pieces have bite marks. I wish I could travel back in time and tell my younger self one thing or two about taking care of cool toys...
      - gknoy 8y ago
        30 years ago, it was legitimately hard to separate some pieces, and so teeth were often the way to get leverage. I share your sadness at the bite marks in my old legos, and was dismayed even at the time that they happened. Now they have excellent orange lever pieces that work even better, and are included in nearly every Large set. (I wish I had them as a kid.) . I also discovered that the pointed end of a cheap spudger also works, but not as well.
avar 8y ago
I'm not taking any special precautions with it. As other commentators noted the bricks themselves will be fine. They're just sitting in a box in a garage. It's relatively humid here, so I'm sure the boxes and instruction manual will be in relatively bad shape in 10-20 years. I'm not planning my retirement around this or anything, it was just a relatively inexpensive thing to do, and seemed to be a fun thing to sell on the 100 year anniversary of the moon landings, or alternatively to give it to a child or a grandchild.
- beaconstudios 8y ago
  a friend of mine used to trade lego sets - apparently lego collectors can be just as fussy as figurine collectors about mint-in-box status.
- aasasd 8y ago
  Why not wrap it in more paper or cardboard and then in plastic film?
atwebb 8y ago
Anecdotal, mine were kept in my parents attic in poorly taped cardboard boxes for 20-30 years until they moved and I gave them to my kids. Still the same fun for them, none have broken or had any issues being used with newer sets.

I'm not sure if you're joking or not but 50 years is a long time to store them, how are you planning on keeping them in good condition?

by pattle 8y ago

I'm not sure if you're joking or not but 50 years is a long time to store them, how are you planning on keeping them in good condition?

icebraining 8y ago

Lego doesn't seem hard to store, I have 40 year old pieces that were just left unused in a drawer, and they look as good as new.

pattle 8y ago
I was more thinking the box itself. For example just leaving it on a shelf will damage the box from rubbing caused by small vibrations
- loolatrix 8y ago
  Just keep it dry and away from sun light. I stored one set of each the current Millennium Falcon and the Saturn V inside their delivery boxes in two layers of pond liner, added several bags of drying granulate, put it all in wooden boxes, and keep them in the dry attic.
  - williamdclt 8y ago
    > Just keep it dry and away from sun light > inside their delivery boxes [...] two layers of pond liner [...] several bags of drying granulate [...] wooden boxes [...] in the dry attic hackernews definition of "just" :)
    - RugnirViking 8y ago
      To be fair we are talking about a years-long investment. There's nothing 'get rich quick' about this.
- blattimwind 8y ago
  Lego cardboard boxes are sealed in plastic film. Should be good when stored in a dark, dry place.
- aasasd 8y ago
  Pffft, just put it in another box.
- andai 8y ago
  I've never thought about that, that's very interesting. What is usually done about this? My first guess is bubble wrap.
lwkl 8y ago
Same here I played with the same bricks my father played 40 years before me.
- haasted 8y ago
  And my kids are now playing with the sets I played with 35 years ago. It’s incredibly durable.
  - lostlogin 8y ago
    We have got a child using her grandfathers Lego. The early wheels have rubber that doesn’t seem to last that well, but other than that, it’s excellent.
  - jcl 8y ago
    You must not have used a brick 37,112 times yet. :) http://phillipecantin.blogspot.com/2013/02/legos-magic-number-is-37112.html http://phillipecantin.blogspot.com/2013/02/legos-magic-numbe...
  - the_af 8y ago
    Yes! When I was a kid, I had that "medieval" Lego set with knights and castles. My nephews still play with this set. It's a bit sad that it's long been discontinued. I liked the simplicity of it all: just knights, horses, castles, etc. It wasn't tied to a franchise. I think it was "Lion" knights vs "Horse" knights or something like that (I found it on a database once many years ago). Also sad: many of my Lego pieces have bite marks. I wish I could travel back in time and tell my younger self one thing or two about taking care of cool toys...
    - gknoy 8y ago
      30 years ago, it was legitimately hard to separate some pieces, and so teeth were often the way to get leverage. I share your sadness at the bite marks in my old legos, and was dismayed even at the time that they happened. Now they have excellent orange lever pieces that work even better, and are included in nearly every Large set. (I wish I had them as a kid.) . I also discovered that the pointed end of a cheap spudger also works, but not as well.

avar 8y ago

I'm not taking any special precautions with it. As other commentators noted the bricks themselves will be fine. They're just sitting in a box in a garage. It's relatively humid here, so I'm sure the boxes and instruction manual will be in relatively bad shape in 10-20 years. I'm not planning my retirement around this or anything, it was just a relatively inexpensive thing to do, and seemed to be a fun thing to sell on the 100 year anniversary of the moon landings, or alternatively to give it to a child or a grandchild.

beaconstudios 8y ago
a friend of mine used to trade lego sets - apparently lego collectors can be just as fussy as figurine collectors about mint-in-box status.
aasasd 8y ago
Why not wrap it in more paper or cardboard and then in plastic film?

atwebb 8y ago

Anecdotal, mine were kept in my parents attic in poorly taped cardboard boxes for 20-30 years until they moved and I gave them to my kids. Still the same fun for them, none have broken or had any issues being used with newer sets.