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I’m getting ready to move to a new apartment this fall and I’ve also recently gotten back into Lego so this is a welcome surprise! Storage has always been a pa

by nxc18 6y ago

I’m getting ready to move to a new apartment this fall and I’ve also recently gotten back into Lego so this is a welcome surprise! Storage has always been a pain point given the amount of LEGO you need to have to be able to freely model things. Aside from this LEGO has been innovating in other areas. I absolutely love the new art pieces - they’ve got mini sets [1] and larger pieces [2] that are going to be used in my new home. They’re a little different from traditional LEGO use but I appreciate them branching out. They look expensive until you actually try to buy wall art for real and suddenly they’re a bargain. There are lots of adults now with nostalgic LEGO memories and they seem to be doing a great job capitalizing on it. [1] https://www.lego.com/en-us/themes/brick-sketches?icmp=LP-SHD-Standard-MT_DIsruptor_Brick_Sketches_Star_Wars_lifestyle-TH-MT-HJWHURE7YT https://www.lego.com/en-us/themes/brick-sketches?icmp=LP-SHD... [2] https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/andy-warhol-s-marilyn-monroe-31197 https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/andy-warhol-s-marilyn-mon...

em-bee 6y ago
i am still working on that storage problem. however i think transparent boxes are better for lego
- asdff 6y ago
  look into hardware storage shelves
  - em-bee 6y ago
    could you elaborate that please? how does hardware storage look like? do you mean, these tiny drawers for screws and elecric parts? i am not sure that helps much. many parts are hard to categorize. you'll end up searching through many drawers. i think larger groupings that don't sort every part into a different drawer are better. i just haven't found the right kind of shelf for that.
    - Fiahil 6y ago
      I'm using this : https://www.amazon.com/Keter-17185073-KETER-boite-outils/dp/B003NUIUEW https://www.amazon.com/Keter-17185073-KETER-boite-outils/dp/... The little boxes come in different size and are removable from their enclosure. the boxes are -of course- stackable
      - em-bee 6y ago
        how much do you get into that? we have more than 40kg of bricks to organize :-) probably looking at something like it's shown in the first lego movie, but with larger drawers.
        Fiahil 6y ago
        I have around half of Technics and I managed to sort and store all my sets with 3 boxes like that. Next time I need an upgrade, I might just build similar larger boxes myself. The design is pretty good, the only improvement would be to adapt the bucket size to the lego parts length.
        ganoushoreilly 6y ago
        I use a bunch of these in Clear with the inserts they sell to divide them. I stacked my 10 drawers high, anything higher and you need to secure them to the wall. They're 1000X better than the cheap flimsy drawer systems at Target/Walmart. https://reallyusefulproducts.co.uk/usa/html/onlineshop/rub/rScrap09x9_5lDrawerTower.php https://reallyusefulproducts.co.uk/usa/html/onlineshop/rub/r... You pay more for really useful boxes, but they're quality is top notch.
    - asdff 6y ago
      Yeah like tiny drawers. Or big drawers. however you like. You could glue a couple example pieces to the face of the drawer to easily see what sort of parts are stored inside without searching. That way you can just look at your wall of drawers and see everything at once without lifting a finger.
  - coryfklein 6y ago
    That's what we did. Transparent storage or drawers means you're constantly opening and closing, opening and closing. Instead we got this [1] hardware shelf. The bins are open to view so examining and storing requires no interaction with the bin itself. The bins also come off the rack, so you can grab 2-3 bins and move them to your play area. [1] https://smile.amazon.com/Performance-Tool-W5193-Half-Storage/dp/B000W7485Y/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=47+bin+storage&qid=1598633992&sr=8-6 https://smile.amazon.com/Performance-Tool-W5193-Half-Storage...
    - em-bee 6y ago
      i like this approach. we actually had something similar (of much cheaper quality) but the 2year old liked to pull the bins out and empty them, so that didn't work. need to wait until the kids are older, or find a childproof way to secure the bins.

by nxc18 6y ago

em-bee 6y ago

i am still working on that storage problem. however i think transparent boxes are better for lego

asdff 6y ago
look into hardware storage shelves
- em-bee 6y ago
  could you elaborate that please? how does hardware storage look like? do you mean, these tiny drawers for screws and elecric parts? i am not sure that helps much. many parts are hard to categorize. you'll end up searching through many drawers. i think larger groupings that don't sort every part into a different drawer are better. i just haven't found the right kind of shelf for that.
  - Fiahil 6y ago
    I'm using this : https://www.amazon.com/Keter-17185073-KETER-boite-outils/dp/B003NUIUEW https://www.amazon.com/Keter-17185073-KETER-boite-outils/dp/... The little boxes come in different size and are removable from their enclosure. the boxes are -of course- stackable
    - em-bee 6y ago
      how much do you get into that? we have more than 40kg of bricks to organize :-) probably looking at something like it's shown in the first lego movie, but with larger drawers.
      - Fiahil 6y ago
        I have around half of Technics and I managed to sort and store all my sets with 3 boxes like that. Next time I need an upgrade, I might just build similar larger boxes myself. The design is pretty good, the only improvement would be to adapt the bucket size to the lego parts length.
      - ganoushoreilly 6y ago
        I use a bunch of these in Clear with the inserts they sell to divide them. I stacked my 10 drawers high, anything higher and you need to secure them to the wall. They're 1000X better than the cheap flimsy drawer systems at Target/Walmart. https://reallyusefulproducts.co.uk/usa/html/onlineshop/rub/rScrap09x9_5lDrawerTower.php https://reallyusefulproducts.co.uk/usa/html/onlineshop/rub/r... You pay more for really useful boxes, but they're quality is top notch.
  - asdff 6y ago
    Yeah like tiny drawers. Or big drawers. however you like. You could glue a couple example pieces to the face of the drawer to easily see what sort of parts are stored inside without searching. That way you can just look at your wall of drawers and see everything at once without lifting a finger.
- coryfklein 6y ago
  That's what we did. Transparent storage or drawers means you're constantly opening and closing, opening and closing. Instead we got this [1] hardware shelf. The bins are open to view so examining and storing requires no interaction with the bin itself. The bins also come off the rack, so you can grab 2-3 bins and move them to your play area. [1] https://smile.amazon.com/Performance-Tool-W5193-Half-Storage/dp/B000W7485Y/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=47+bin+storage&qid=1598633992&sr=8-6 https://smile.amazon.com/Performance-Tool-W5193-Half-Storage...
  - em-bee 6y ago
    i like this approach. we actually had something similar (of much cheaper quality) but the 2year old liked to pull the bins out and empty them, so that didn't work. need to wait until the kids are older, or find a childproof way to secure the bins.