Playmobil - how do you store yours?

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My DD’s have a few sets of playmobil. They have different interests so we have a mixed collection.
I have kallaxes in their rooms, so could make room in those. I have attached garage storage and a sideboard which isn’t very deep. It could go in any of those. I just can’t figure out where and in which way it should be organised.
I would love some inspiration!

It depends how much you have! When my ds (now 22) was young, we tended to keep any buildings in their built up state in his playroom (were lucky he had a fair sized playroom). The rest (accessories, vehicles, figures) were stored in plastic storage boxes on his storage unit (think this was IVAR stuff from IKEA). The boxes would be arranged according to theme (e.g. construction/fire/police etc).

But you might have say a few police vehicles in a box with accessories and figures, which was fine, but all the small parts would fall down to the bottom of the box.

I still use ds's Playmobil (and have added to it) in making scenes. We are in a smaller house now, so don't have a lot of indoor storage. The boxes are now stored in my shed, but still arranged according to theme. But these days the buildings are disassembled, and the small accessories and figures are put in plastic bags.

So say, for hospital/medical theme I have a box with the main pieces of the hospital, plus the vehicles (ambulance, helicopter etc) then a plastic bag full of accessories (furniture etc) and a bag containing the figures. All in the same box.

I've attached a photo of the storage in my shed.

I knew you’d be on here @SoMuchToBits ! Your Playmo storage is legendary!

Haha @petalpower I can't resist a Playmobil related thread!

SoMuchToBits oh my! I want to be like you when I grow up.

I find that clear, stackable boxes are the best. We have far too much Playmobil (I can't get rid of it though!) and find that it doesn't get used when it's in Kallax boxes as all the small bits fall to the bottom. It's much easier to see the smaller bits in clear plastic boxes.

I may have bought myself the huge Victorian Playmobil house to store some of the furniture and nice people!

@scrivette I find putting the small pieces in clear plastic bags within the storage boxes works well!

And nothing wrong with having bought a Victorian house! I may or may not have placed an order on the Playmobil website this afternoon... but to be fair it did include some spare parts I was missing.

Plastic bags are a good idea.

I need to have a proper sort out. I don't think we will ever get rid of it, even DS aged 11 plays sometimes and DH has 'allowed' me to keep the house in his mancave!

I am very impressed with your storage!

My ds used his Playmobil until he was 15! But now it's my domain, although he's happy for me to use it (and add to it).

And thank you @scrivette I got a lovely new shed last year and great storage units. It has made a huge difference in being able to find the Playmobil I need quickly!

@SoMuchToBits that is something else! 🙌

Kallaxes are definitely not the way to go. Tried it and they are too deep.

I’ve sorted by theme but also have a ‘people’ box as DD likes to play little games with just the people. I’ve got a ‘house’ and ‘animals’ box from a few small sets that were mixed up too. Newer sets are together all boxed up in plastic boxes. Annoyingly not clear, but now I’m happy with the system I’ll gradually transfer them over. Currently stored in the sideboard which works for now…