(If this needs to move to another forum, just let me know where you moved it. I only come to the Technic forum.)

Just wondering how to keep the instruction books safe, organized, and easy to find the one you want. Right now mine are piled up in a drawer.

Glenn

A file cabinet I just have a neat stack, nothing special.

I just put them into a neat pile in my fire cupboard.

Leaver arch files for me. I use good quality extra capacity plastic pockets to put the books them selves in, works a treat

Leaver arch files for me. I use good quality extra capacity plastic pockets to put the books them selves in, works a treat

Plastic organisers. the normal cardboard ones are prone to damage, plastic ones last longer (I've got one here that's 20 years old, and not a scratch on it!)

The instructions itself are put in plastic display inserts which make browsing easy. I order my manuals in Model number order, and first / secondary models.

My collection is not that big so I can get away with that real easy. It'll get harder once more flagship models will get into the collection though.

I have mine neatly stacked in the closet.

I got mine in banker boxes.

I just put them into a neat pile in my fire cupboard.

Had to laugh at this one! Not needed I suppose when your building MOCS!

I use plastic file folders for mine. I purchased 3 when I realised I was going to need to do some organising and thinking I'd never use all 3 but wouldn't ya know it need another 3 now.

Brendan

I use a mix of plastic A4 wallets for smaller ones and old shoe boxes for the larger ones. I did sit down once and sort them out but only got part way though and I have a load more stuffed in a drawer now Nice job for a wet Sunday!

Some of my old ones are in my folder filing cabinet. Some of my newer instructions are in an organizing container.

Wait... you guys don't throw them out?

Waste of space, I think, especially as you can get them online...

In their respective sets' boxes

Thrown in a huge plastic box that's quite hard to lift!

Thrown in a huge plastic box that's quite hard to lift!

That's why I use organisers although those get really heavy as time passes and more sets are added, especially flagship models with 3 or more A4 instruction books.

Now if only I could get my mits on one of those unimog's :)

I dont keep mine. I download all the kits i have and any id like to build.

That's why I use organisers although those get really heavy as time passes and more sets are added, especially flagship models with 3 or more A4 instruction books.

Now if only I could get my mits on one of those unimog's :)

You're right. I have to do the same, but I don't have space

I have 3 shoeboxes full, but want to figure out a better way because its annoying going through the piles, and they can slide around in there tearing off the covers. Maybe I'll try out the banker boxes mentioned earlier.

Wait... you guys don't throw them out?

Waste of space, I think, especially as you can get them online...

Online versions quality sucks (Cant read the numbers), and I dont want to sit in front of my PC while building.

Online versions quality sucks (Cant read the numbers), and I dont want to sit in front of my PC while building.

Me too. Lego is my best way to stay away from computer after 8 hours at work :)

My local comic book store carries four different sizes of bags and boards for preserving comic books and magazines. The magazine size is perfect for the large Lego instruction booklets(most of the time).

Only have 1 technic set,not too much of organisation needed

Edited August 7, 201212 yr by LegoGBC

Thrown in a huge plastic box that's quite hard to lift!

Same here...

Guess mine has over 150 Technic buildinginstructions and weighs a ton...

Edited August 7, 201212 yr by JunkstyleGio

I just use an Amazon shipping box that perfectly fits 2 sets of instruction booklets and downloaded b model instructions side by side. A bit heavy, but I only keep 1 set for each set #. Works well, and it keeps them neat and tidy, I just go from lowest Technic set # (e.g.: 8264 is about my lowest, then up to 9397 the highest set # I have), really can't hold any more, but works fine for now.

Since I've started keeping the boxes to my sets, I just put them in there.

Since I've started keeping the boxes to my sets, I just put them in there.

I used to keep the boxes too, but my garage was a mess of open boxes, at one time back until I quit doing this and tossing the boxes in 2006, I'll bet I had about 40 empties, then no room for new sets, then little by little I got into Technic more and more and out went the car, never to return to the garage except the little bit I could get it in after moving some of my card tables and my trash tote ahead for my shade tree mechanics...all I got is about a 7 feet wide strip, 30" tables on both sides of the garage for building, displaying and all my new stock under the tables except for 2 so I can get my legs under, and most of the upper shelves of my plywood and metal frame shelving is Legos, the rest for chemicals, my huge tool box, and normal garage stuff. Its like my own little haven to get away from it all, or my own dungeon of pissed-off-ness when I can't get an MOC to work out, I'm concentrating and learning from this forum and putting together my own MOC's mostly now, I took the inspirational model of the 8275 Bulldozer set and am designing a cab and a way to hide away the wiring harnesses in back, going to be cool, got the semi trailer done last week, so kind of working on both in tandem, still have to build the tractor for the trailer and design a working 5th wheel, and hope my design of a cab and other mods on the b model 8275 work like I laid out on paper and in LDD...