Goodliz Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 The little lego is driving me mad. Just wandered if anyone has some good storage tips/ solutions for it. Thanks, Liz Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeccaL Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 A friend of mine stored hers in a big old sheet which she put down on the floor, opened up and then the lego was played with on the sheet. When you've finished you just gather up the corners of the sheet and secure somehow. Involves the least amount of picking up... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-493813 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 There is a great box consisting of tiered layers with grids, so it sorts it into sizes for you as well as storing. At rehearsal right now but will look out the link later as am buying one for our growing collection.P x Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-493832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena handbasket Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 That box is great!We have a couple of strategies.....The basic bits and bobs are in two bins, one for smaller bits and one for bigger bits.The sets are trickier as you kind of need to keep them together. We use extra large freezer bags and immediately dump the set in that once opened. I also put the little instruction book and (don't laugh) I cut out one side of the box and put it in the bag as well. You would be amazed how often we look back at the picture from the box as a reminder of what it's supposed to look like! I find that once it all gets mixed up it's a lost cause.Hope that helps....... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-493838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodliz Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 Thanks for the ideas. I knew there would be great ones. Pickle, I did a quick search for the box but with no luck. So I'll look out for your link. Thanks, Liz Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-493848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena handbasket Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 If it's the one I have my eye on, it's a giant Lego head and I think it's called "sort and store" or something?Pretty sure it's on Amazon. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-493853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSJ57 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 @helena handbasket - I used to do the same thing re the freezer bags! I went one step further tho', and taped the cut out picture to the bag! I really was quite obsessive about about all those thousands of pieces of Legos!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-493862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 This is the one I'm going to get:http://www.box4blox.com/It comes from the US, postage is pretty steep, but for an anally retentive neat freak like myself this is better than chocolate :) GSJ57 & Helena Handbasket, love your work... I too am a cut it out and stick it on person.Lego is the one toy type that threatens to drive me insane. I. Will. Not. Let. It. Beat. Me. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-493870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Just had a look at the sort and store head, which is basically the same thing - also looks good. Price probably works out about the same as the Box4Blox. Just not sure whether it looks slightly evil?It's here:http://www.johnlewis.com/231219456/Product.aspx?source=63258 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-493872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Ha, Pickle I thought the same thing but then decided I was crazy! It's the eyebrows and intense, focused stare."Clean up your Lego, little kid."We haven't got much proper Lego yet but it's growing, so watching with interest. We keep Duplo in one of those deep IKEA hanging storage buckets, my son's room is largely furnished with them.When I was a child I kept my Lego in a big shallow bucket/tray... I kind of thought mixing it all up was sort of the point? But can definitely see the appeal of tidy, unlost toys...mmmm. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-493913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmum Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 lol I am forever saying if its still on the floor when the hovver comes out its a gonna...we use a trolley that has draws...its very tidy at the mo as I have just spent sunday afternoon sorting it wheels,windows,figures,colours etc I was very pleased with myself, however this lasted all of 1 day came home last night to find the entire contents distrubuted througout the house....Out came Henry!!Im having issues with PLAYMOBILE...dam them and their tiny but perfectly formed accessories Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-494048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Oh yes, Playmobile is equally as annoying. I've long since given up the fight regarding accessories being with the correct vehicle etc. Of all the different Playmobile toys we have, the fire engine is by far the worst with it's collection of tiny axes etc. When I do my re-organisation (once kids are back at school so they can't "supervise") I plan to have a box where all Playmobile bits can live in happy harmony, regardless of what set they belong to. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-494083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena handbasket Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 That Box for Blocks site is like porn for a storage nerd like me!The giant head comes in a slightly less angry looking lady, with lipstick if I recall?Seriously don't even get me started on the Playmobile. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-494166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Now, which is more exquisitely painful when stood on in bare feet? Lego or Playmobile? I feel Lego has the edge to really drive Mummy to let rip with some of Those words. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-494178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmum Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 oh pickle I agree the fire station is a nightmare although the police station comes a close2nd! the Xmas lists are already prepared and I have explained that I missed the cut off date for the playmobile animal hospital!!! just could not face the challange! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-494180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena handbasket Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 We have a little lego trebuchet, only about three inches tall, that is without a doubt the winner of the bare feet torture award. You know in the Exorcist when her head spins around and she yells the unladylike stuff at the priest? That's me stepping on the trebuchet. It has wheels too, just to add a little extra kick.And lego injuries are usually followed by the tantrum of a child who just spent the last hour building the thing you just stepped on and broke, so that's fun too. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-494191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
etta166 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I use a fishing tackle box. Lots of little compartments that concertina out when you open the box and also a big space at the bottom for the more generic and boring lego bits :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-494213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebbles Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 For playmobil we use a toolbox - same use as Etta with regards to the little compartments and then large section beneath and so far so good but being only just 4 we don't have a huge amount.With regards to lego - i've got no idea. At the moment he's got loads of loose stuff kept in big storage box and then all the smaller sets are kept separately but that's cos i'm doing them with him at the moment so i'm able to keep them separate however what happens when he gets to the stage when he can do it all himself, i don't think there's a hope in hell of keeping all the bits separately.Any solutions on a postcard please :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-494215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuschia Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Pickle - http://www.box4blox.com/lego-storage-united-kingdom/ Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-494259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Brilliant, thanks F! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-494265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodliz Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 Thanks so much everyone. Liz x Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-494606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ad2000 Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 http://www.fritzhansen.com/en/fritz-hansen.aspxDon't know if this is relevant anymore, but on a rare outing to the west end, I saw a lego storage box/centre/package in the window of Fritz Hansen on Margaret Street (just off Oxford Circus) - the lady said they were one of the few to stock them.Hope its helpful!x Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-499146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebbles Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Thanks ad2000I've clicked on your link and searched but can't find what you were talking about. can u point me in the right direction? Thanks Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-499154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunheadmum Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Saw this is John Lewis the other day http://www.johnlewis.com/231105064/Product.aspxNot sure if it gives options for sorting out the bits inside as discussed above but it is stackable so can get more and more and....... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-499200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ad2000 Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 http://www.skandium.com/republic-of-fritz-hansen.aspHi Peebles - try this link - there is a phone number and an email address if you want to contact them - I couldn't see the lego on the site, but I know they had a huge display of it the other week! x Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20196-lego-how-do-you-store-yours/#findComment-499203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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