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Zebleblic t1_j8reijc wrote

How do you sort your lego? Our kid is turning 4 and loves lego, but over a month or two they all get broken. Yesterday I spent over 8 hours looking for pieces to rebuild his castle. I've been sorting by color, but still you gota look through 20000 lego pieces for a specific one.

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reepicheep900 OP t1_j8rl6we wrote

We mainly sort by part/function now that our collection has grown. i.e. 1x1 bricks, 1x2 bricks, slopes, hinge pieces, etc.

There are some exceptions to this for colors that we have more of (sorted by color and part/function).

We recently rebuilt some sets and it was a pretty smooth process compared to when we sorted by color alone.

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Zebleblic t1_j8t2szo wrote

What do you use for storage?

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reepicheep900 OP t1_j8usjzl wrote

u/Zebleblic for years we used slider ziplock bags. Now we're using a mix of ziplock bags and small stacking plastic bins. Storing most pieces in IKEA ALEX drawer units.

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Zebleblic t1_j8w0csh wrote

I like those units. What kind of dividers are you using inside the drawers? How many units did you need? Are you using the 5 or 9 drawers?

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reepicheep900 OP t1_j8woaji wrote

u/Zebleblic - we have the 9 drawer unit. I'd like to have two of them, but don't have the space. Using some off-brand clear plastic/stackable trays in the drawers.

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Zebleblic t1_j8x6djv wrote

Any chance you can post a photo of it to give me some ideas I can copy?

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reepicheep900 OP t1_j95n1z9 wrote

Sure - I'll grab a photo and send it over soon!

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Zebleblic t1_j95nd2f wrote

Thanks :)

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