Dear all,

as a kid I was the proud owner of Lego 6080, the grey knights castle.
I'm now 41 years old, I have two children, and I can't wait to let my eldest son enjoy all the wonders Lego has in store for him. I plan to give him the 6080 set on his sixth birthday. I recently bought the complete set (cos I lost mine) on Catawiki, without the box it came in.

I am a graphic designer, I have high res pictures of all sides of the box that I found online, and I can quite easily position and resize these pictures on the right box template, and thus recreate my own shiny and new box. Then it's the perfect gift, I think. Your immediate reaction will of course be: "buy the stupid box!", but the set already cost me a lot and I don't want to risk spending tons more, if it turns out my son doesn't like it. And now I have the freedom to change certain things, like the logo. My son is called Leo... I think you know where I'm going with this... 

I found the box' dimensions here, so I know the height, the width and the depth. I just have no idea of the shape of the folded open carton, complete with flaps, slits, glue-areas, etc. It is quite an ambitious box-design, with a front flap that folds up, with some extra pictures (see picture in attachment).

I already contacted Lego Belgium but they don't want to give me a template, not even a blank one.
That's why I came here: does anyone have the box, or the box of another set with the same construction and shape? And are you prepared to help me map out the whole folded out carton? That way, I can make the box I want to make and surprise and hopefully delight my kid and myself along the way.

If you can help me, thank you!

If this box mockup ever gets successfully made, I will gladly share the illustratortemplate with you guys, maybe this can help others with a similar problem :)

Greetings,
Sander Belmans

Edited June 30, 20204 yr by sanderbelmans
Deleted a word.

 There is a box for sale on bricklink. I wonder if the guy would do some measuring for you. Try it. the worst thing that can happen is he tells you "no". https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?O=6080-1&name=King's Castle&category=[Castle][Lion Knights]#T=S&O={"iconly":0}

Have you thought about Lego resale stores. We have a lot of them in the USA. Many of them carry boxes but don't sell them with the sets. Atlanta Brick Company sells theirs for really cheap, 1-5 dollars, atlbrick.com. They don't even put them on the sales floor, you have to ask for them. (This is a HUGE store)

Thanks for your swift reply! It would feel a bit arrogant to ask someone selling the box if I could get the measurements, so as not to have to pay him for that same box. It crossed my mind too but I would feel better about it if it doesn't feel like I'm ripping someone off :). 

The link to the Atlanta store is great! When you're from Belgium like me, that's info that's hard to come by, or it's hidden behind pages and pages of results on google.

Thanks again!

If however, there is still someone else here who can help me with my earlier question, please feel free to react!

Edited July 1, 20204 yr by sanderbelmans

22 hours ago, sanderbelmans said:

It would feel a bit arrogant to ask someone selling the box if I could get the measurements, so as not to have to pay him for that same box.

I'd just go for it. Most Bricklink sellers are lego freaks (especially vintage sellers) and would love to see how your project goes! Nothing to lose imo

 

Good luck with this.

What if you use the known dimensions of the minifigure or the horse in those pictures and then extrapolate to get the approximate dimensions.

Well, I may have misunderstood what you want, but it seems pretty straightforward to me. I've created a quick mock-up, just reproduce it with the correct dimensions.

Edited July 2, 20204 yr by teljesnegyzet
Corrected image

Guys! Wonderful!!! Teljesnegyzet, thanks so much for that! I'll test this out on a small scale and see if it needs any additional flaps. If it works, I'll post the real size one here!

13 hours ago, koalayummies said:

What if you use the known dimensions of the minifigure or the horse in those pictures and then extrapolate to get the approximate dimensions.

Well, the dimensions I know, it's the shape of the folded open cardboard that's the issue, but not anymore hopefully :)

Guys, these webimages took me forever to clean up, straighten and adjust the colours, but finally here's the result of my labors; a beautiful box for my kid! Thanks for the help!
As you can see there's an english version and a dutch one, with adapted Lego-logo. :)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mMJ7Ezp5AjWjAUpu8

If anyone's interested in the adaptable pdf-file (you can open it in Illustrator and replace images and text and the like – the text is outlined but the used font is Helvetica Neue Bold and Regular), here's the Wetransferlink.

Enjoy!

Hi, I know this thread is old, but I want to do something similar, how did you end up making the package?

2 hours ago, samiamkullab said:

Hi, I know this thread is old, but I want to do something similar, how did you end up making the package?

OP hasn't been back here since 4/27/2022. You might be waiting a LONG time for him to answer.

Edited March 30, 2024Mar 30 by Lego Tom

3 hours ago, Lego Tom said:

OP hasn't been back here since 4/27/2022. You might be waiting a LONG time for him to answer.

HAHA yeah I saw that, still crossing my fingers though!