Storing Lego

[ViaRia01]

My son now has a few Lego build sets but we’re struggling to keep everything together. He isn’t yet very proficient at building them (he’s 5) so they are all in half-finish state and some peices missing already! It’s a real shame. I’m sure the peices will turn up but I’d like a way to store the peices along with the half- completed build and instructions book.

Do you have any ideas? How do you store your sets?

i would originally thinking wall mounted small ikea trofast drawers but I think we need something that comes in 3-4 sizes because once built some of the sets would be larger/ bulkier than others. Maybe several lidded stackable clear boxes?

Not sure, how do you do yours?

We use trofast but I gave up trying to keep them as sets. We just have colour coded drawers so bricks can be readded to sets if needs be but usually once the set is broken it's dead do my dc. They would rather break it up and make something they want to make rather than keep it prestine on a shelf.

Different sized ziplock bags depending on the size of the build/instruction booklet, we put half builds/spare bricks in then the instructions slid in at the front, we have lots now almost like a library that the grandkids can choose from, just kept in kallax storage boxes

Thanks @Menohaze so would that be only for broken down sets? Presumably once built some are likely to be too big for a ziplock?

@Gertlushthatis a good idea, thank you. I hadn’t thought about mixing them uk but still keeping instructions and being able to build as per instructions. Do you / they ever get half way through a build and find that a peice is missing from the trofast drawers?

Open shelves for completed sets. Boxes for pieces, mostly mixed up. If a set doesn’t get built in the first week after it is opened, better to break it down and rebuild something different. I never keep the instructions (they are all online if you really need them) and encourage kids to develop their own builds, not just follow what is given.

We display completed builds on shelves attached to base plates on the wall. Instruction books are downloaded online and we store pieces in tool boxes with the screw compartments used for the tiny pieces grouped together.

Any unfinished builds are kept on a tray until finished

@parietal thank you. I’ve never really been into Lego myself and my child isn’t hugely into it although I do think he will be soon as he enjoys other similar building toys. I don’t want to stifle creativity. We have bought a huge box of Lego creative (individual bricks with no instructions) for building his own creations. I guess I just saw the sets as one thing and the boxes of bricks as another, if that makes sense.

I like the idea of storing all the ‘sets’ in colour coded boxes/ drawers and having the instructions available for each build set, so that the children can either follow the instructions or build their own thing.

@Alltheusefulitems are base plates those flat prices about 30x30cm? About £10 each? I worry this hobby might get costly 😝

@ViaRia01 yep they're the ones but for baseplates stuck to the wall we don't use official Lego.

It is a costly hobby, I try not to think about it when another rattley package arrives 🫠