How to Organize Your LEGO

I made this video to help you figure out a LEGO sorting system for yourself along with good, affordable storage solutions. Learn how to sort and store your LEGO effectively and efficiently. Sorting and storing LEGO isn't an easy task. Figuring out how to store your LEGO parts and pieces is a process that takes a long time, but with this guide, you should be able to figure out a system in no time at all!

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[Scampwick]

I organize the chaotic evil way. Everything is together in one bin

[Nugget]

Awesome video! I personally sorted my basic bricks, plates and tiles by color and everything else by piece type such as studs, modified plates and technic parts. It just depends on how you use it and what pieces you use most.

[jmklamm]

really good jumping off point for organization. I have a few bins of bulk that I would like to eventually get around to. My one tip for organizing a collection is being honest as you sort and if there are pieces that you don’t think you’ll ever use- like friends colors or big molded baseplates- just sell/trade them off instead of trying to build your solution to accommodate.

[owens_bricks]

Fantastic video! I’m working on reorganizing my collection and man it’s a pain changing how I’ve organized my LEGO for so long. Also your setup in the background with the blue lights looks sick!

[scottthewaterwarrior]

I've got like 50 or 60 Container Store plastic shoeboxes for my sorting system (plus a few other odds and ends like an old screw storage drawer set). Basic parts get sorted brick-plate-slope then color from there. Other parts are sorted by type.

[byproductions]

I’ve been keeping all my LEGO in large bins for 12 years… yeah probably time to change things up considering how much building I do.

[Rouges_Reactions]

I am sorting my lego bins as I speak and I tend to not have a whole heap of lego so i just sort them into flat peices, big bits, and little gremlin bits and things that that don't really fit anywere on the list. Then I plan to color code them. In the future I plan to separate these and sort them even further so it will be easier to find when I am building mocs. Thank you I found this video really helpful!

[OpticBlast-ykhf]

One year on Thanksgiving break, I sorted almost all of my LEGO. I sorted it into color because that was the way that made the most sense for my collection. It’s useful because say I want to build a Republic Gunship, I can just grab the white, red, and green bricks.

[carmellabuhrmaster]

Thank you for making this video! So, so helpful for my sons many, many Legos.

[scottdavis_]

Great tips here even for someone like myself who only builds sets. Love that background too!!

[BrickWorld-pzjk]

Thanks for the tips. This will help me sort my legos for my channel wen I start doing non-set builds

[yobaafett]

I really like and agree with the colour grouping idea... it saves space and its easier to find a piece from one colour as it contrasts with the other colours in the same drawer

[Cainevithanose]

First sort by color. Then sort by piece, still keeping that color sorting active. Then you'll have drawers with color sorted seperate pieces

[RCmies]

I love clear plastic drawers, and just filled them with smaller clear boxes, so I can take the parts out without taking out the drawers and there are tons of different containers to sort parts.

[SamanthaSE]

I'm new with Lego, but I've already built a good collection of models and just bought some storage for the small extra pieces I've accumulated
I think that for big pieces, sorting by color makes sense but for small pieces (like the extra ones that comes in sets) by type works better

[DoremiFasolatido]

For "bulk" stuff...I sort by a blend of part-type and color. Like, all the 2x2+ bricks of a certain color, all the 2x2+ plates of a certain color, and so on. And the same for the 1x2+ bricks and plates, and the 4x4+ and so on. That way, anything that's commonly foundational that I'm likely to need a lot of, is all together by color for the most part, but its not a wildly mixed pile I'll never find specific pieces in. They're all pretty easily discernible.

For specialty pieces, annoyingly tiny pieces, and things I'm not likely to need much of...but that can really be a real pain to dig through, I sort entirely by part type.

[MKMBrick]

These are some great tips! I always enjoy hearing how others sort their LEGO.

[whydingus]

I sorted by color about 50pounds of random vintage 90s-2000s legos i bought for my son. Paid $250

[bricktracytv]

Caleb! Holy cow look at that backdrop. That’s a sweet upgrade! 🤩 the lighting is 🤌

[valence]

This is way better than other videos. Thank you!