Holodoc Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 Last weekend I made a tour through my house: I looked in my working room: Ok, you cannot see the Black Seas Barracuda on top of the shelfes, the mini star wars sets on my monitor and the maglev train in front of the windows... 8-| Then I went up the stairs: had a look in my older son's room: And finally I turned around and looked into my younger son's room: We are getting out of space here! *sing* Naah, just kidding - I cleaned up the whole stuff (in my childrens rooms X-D ) so we can still breathe in here. What are your worst pics of Lego lying around everywhere? Post them here! Huggermugger On! (I never heard of this word before, but I like it ;-) ) Quote
zouave Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 I know what you mean.I have a small room and it's covered in Legos. :-| To get from the door to the bed you have to kind of jump.My desk is clutered to. X-D Quote
Wobo Ihi Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 LEGO covered floors... sounds like an epidemic. We need a name for it. :-/ Quote
simonwillems Posted June 15, 2007 Posted June 15, 2007 What are your worst pics of Lego lying around everywhere?Post them here! O.K. This is how my room looked approx. one year ago, before I moved to Amsterdam and left my Lego behind in my parents house (so there's more room now for the hobby!) When I was a kid I used to have everything lying around (like Zouave said) and had to perform some expierienced jumping to reach any part of my room... I posted a thumbnail because it's quite a large photo, just click and it will enlarge Brickshelf folder Quote
Aredhel Posted June 15, 2007 Posted June 15, 2007 A few weeks ago, Daniel and I had a lot of chaos in our flat! The whole living room was full of Lego. You could not step to the couches or to put on the radio! I will post some pics when I find them! -Aredhel Quote
Brainbox Posted June 15, 2007 Posted June 15, 2007 I don't even have a separate room for my Lego. It's all in my room. That unfortunately means it's wherever it can go. But it's surprisingly not that cluttered. I've only displayed the sets/MOCs I really like, and I've optimised the use of storage containers around my desk so as not to have it full (it's not a huge desk either). There's a box of Technic pieces and a box of assorted Bionicle pieces under my bed, along with a box for MOCs and sets that I've not yet found room to display, but don't want to canibalise them either. I've got a 5 tier shelf with 4 shelves of Lego (and another shelf for useful books that I might need at my desk- DC Comics encyclopedia, Transformers Ultimate Guide, etc), two wall shelves (of three), a full set of shelves for my Batcave, two other wall shelves and assorted other bits of shelf space, which is mainly used for other books. So it's actually quite tidy, but that's because I can't stand disorder. Quote
zouave Posted June 15, 2007 Posted June 15, 2007 Dang oo7,that must be a large table.It looks like it could cover a fourth of my room. Quote
iamded Posted June 16, 2007 Posted June 16, 2007 My room, not so much, okay it covers both my tables, and the floor. But my mate in wellington, he has a room with it on 2 big tables, the T.V., all over the floor in the room, and then in the 2 big tables in the garage, and in shelves etc ion the garage. I'll get pics next time I'm down there! (He's busy all the time, and he lives a 7 hour drive away... :-/) Quote
Pennas2000 Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 I've only been collecting Lego since 2009 and I've accumulated 1765 sets and I've got them all in bags which I store them in plastic tubs/containers. And I've officially ran out of room. I've contemplated storage but dont want to part with them. What the hell do I do? I could give up but I love collecting Lego so much and next year looks even better than this year. Quote
Mythos Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 I've only been collecting Lego since 2009 and I've accumulated 1765 sets and I've got them all in bags which I store them in plastic tubs/containers. And I've officially ran out of room. I've contemplated storage but dont want to part with them. What the hell do I do? I could give up but I love collecting Lego so much and next year looks even better than this year. Get a bigger place, thats what we did. Quote
airsoftg36c Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 Get a bigger place, get rid of any extra crap you don't need, or send them all to me. Quote
Pennas2000 Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 Get a bigger place, get rid of any extra crap you don't need, or send them all to me. Looks like a bigger place. Huff, more money. Quote
Hoboman Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 If I had 1765 sets I would really be asking myself some hard questions. How many of those sets do I really want? Do I have doubles of sets I really only want singles of? Would I be better selecting only one or two themes and collecting those? Then I would start to seperate my collection into "have to keep" and "sell off" piles. Then I would sell off the sets in the sell off pile. But that is just me. Quote
dr_spock Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 Collecting is fun. Maybe re-evaluate your storage system. There is always a way to squeeze more in. If that fails, I have some space. Quote
def Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 If you honestly have 1765 sets, it's time to cool down and enjoy the sets you have. A person can't be expected to enjoy 2-3 sets a day. Take some time out, see what you like, then try buying more selectively. Quote
Vindicare Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 Wow, you really jump into stuff, don't you? In just 2 years you've bought that many, that's crazy. I've been collecting for about double the time and I don't have anywhere near that amount, and I buy a lot, or so I thought. Like mentioned, just slow down and enjoy what you have. Quote
LEGO Guy Bri Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 Wow, you really jump into stuff, don't you? In just 2 years you've bought that many, that's crazy. I've been collecting for about double the time and I don't have anywhere near that amount, and I buy a lot, or so I thought. Like mentioned, just slow down and enjoy what you have. Wow, yeah, 1765 sets is crazy in two years . I amassed an additional 600+-, on top of my original 100, since I started collecting again in 2009. I too have run out of space so I boxed my entire city and brought down all the undisplayed sets from the attic. All I need now is to get a bigger place. Thats pretty much the only solution other than getting rid of a few (bunch). Good luck Quote
AllanSmith Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 I have over 1000 sets collected brand new over the last 25 years. Most are made up, put in plastic bags then boxed in new cartons. They are currently in a 63 cubic metre storage unit along with hundreds of sets for spare parts and some glued shop models. I thinking of selling off most of my older sets and concentrating on keeping enough for doing display layouts at train shows. Quote
madoka Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 I ended up buying the house next to mine so I have a Lego-free place to live out of. Had a heck of a time explaining to the bank why I needed two houses next to each other without resorting to revealing my Lego addiction. Quote
Miss Kyle Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 (edited) Looks like a bigger place. Huff, more money. I've only been collecting Lego since 2009 and I've accumulated 1765 sets Surely your problem cannot be money :D Edited July 28, 2011 by Miss Kyle Quote
Duke Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 I ended up buying the house next to mine so I have a Lego-free place to live out of. Had a heck of a time explaining to the bank why I needed two houses next to each other without resorting to revealing my Lego addiction. I love reading your posts, they make everyone else's seem trivial. Quote
Larrynautik Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 I ended up buying the house next to mine so I have a Lego-free place to live out of. Had a heck of a time explaining to the bank why I needed two houses next to each other without resorting to revealing my Lego addiction. It's a rather radical solution Quote
supersympa Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 I ended up buying the house next to mine so I have a Lego-free place to live out of. Had a heck of a time explaining to the bank why I needed two houses next to each other without resorting to revealing my Lego addiction. @Madoka: LOL!! @Pennas: 1700 is a lot! I'd love to see pictures of it! Lego is a real addiction!! came back 2 years ago from my dark age and i have 450 sets now... Quote
Stardusty Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 I ended up buying the house next to mine so I have a Lego-free place to live out of. Had a heck of a time explaining to the bank why I needed two houses next to each other without resorting to revealing my Lego addiction. If I ever get to that stage I'll be really, really, really happy. So, how is it to be your own neighbour? Do you get newspapers two times? And that's all I wanted to ask. @Pennas: 1765 sets in 2 years? And you're surprised you've ran out of room?! That's like 2,5 sets per day. You're living LEGO dream. Quote
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