Materials guide for LEGO selling & shipping

Many members have asked for a centralized place where they can go for shipping box information. I'm going to pin this post and update it as new information is provided. I just want to take a few minutes and thank those who wrote the following articles. They are still very good reference materials for the LEGO storage and shipping process. I may develop this into a blog article eventually.

Fcbarcelona101's : Selling LEGO : Basic Materials Guide
Mos Eisley 's : LEGO Storage Wars

Incompetech's Catalog of Amazon.com Box Sizes - (thanks No More Monkeys)

Amazon Boxes Sorted list by length - courtesy of pstebbing

I've scoured the forums and here is a list of box sizes with basic set information:

Boxes:
24x20x8 : Super Star Destroyer; Death Star, Roller Coaster, UCS Sandcrawler, Assembly Square
24x20x6 : Thicker sets like Town Hall, Tower Bridge
24x16x6 - 60052 Cargo Train, R2-D2, Maersk Line Triple-E, 7939 Cargo Train
24x16x4 - Helm's Deep, Vampyre Castle, Black Pearl, Friends Riding Camp, Parisian Restaurant, High Speed Passenger Train, Jabba's Palace, Downtown Diner
24x20x4 : Grand Emporium, Pet Shop, Imperial Shuttle, Haunted House, Palace Cinema, Fire Brigade
24x14x4 : Dolphin Cruiser, Coast Guard Patrol
24x4x12 - Dolphin Cruiser, Coast Guard Patrol
20x16x4 - Volkswagen Camper Van, Olivia's House, Sonic Raider, Sopwith, Creator Bike Shop, Batcave, Quinjet, Moria & Ambush
20x16x6 : Thicker sets like the Republic Gunship; City Cargo Plane
20x14x4 : Attack on Weathertop, Hulk 's Helicarrier Breakout, X-Wing 9493, Black Gate
16x16x4 : Gungan Sub, Pre Viszla, Tie Fighter
16x10x4 : Council of Elrond, Desert Skiff, City Grand Prix Truck
16x10x6 : Thicker sets like Creator Family House, Hillside House
15x12x4 : Funhouse, Orc Forge, Tumbler Chase, Daily Bugle Showdown, Hulk Lab Smash
12x12x4 : Uruk Hai Army, City Cargo Truck, Creator Treehouse, City Fire Emergency
11-3/4x8-3/4x4-3/4 : Wolverine Chopper, Arctic Batman, Power Armor Lex, Droid Escape, Cloud Cuckoo Palace
12x8x3 - Battle Packs, CA Avenging Cycle, Catwoman, Gandalf Arrives, Holiday sets
10x8x4 : Battle Packs, CA Avenging Cycle, Catwoman, Gandalf Arrives, Holiday sets

Envelopes:
4x8 : Minifigs & small polybags
6x9 : Polybags small & larger
10.5 x 16 : Larger shipments of 3 x polybags or more

Packing Tape : buy in bulk or on sale : you can throw some in during a Staples coupon promotion to get up to free shipping
Walmart.com Duck Brand Packaging Tape
http://www.staples.com/Staples-Standard-Grade-Packaging-Tape-Clear-189-x-110-yds-6-Rolls/product_380107

Retailers:
Uline.com : holiday sale starts first part of November (usually 30% off)
Staples.com : use coupon promotions - $10 off $30, $20 off $75, free shipping over $60
Walmart.com
USPS Priority Mail (free boxes at USPS.com)

 

Michigan Box Company:

Flat Boxes 18"-23" L  (thanks pstebbing)

GBE Packaging (thanks pstebbing)
 

PackingSupplies.com

http://www.packaging...ated_boxes.html     (thanks pstebbing)

 

Bubble Wrap:
3/16" thick x 350' ft x 12" wide - eBay

 

Sams Club

3/16" - 12"x240' $12.98 (In store) ($.05/LF) (thanks pstebbing)

I like to use large and small retailer plastic bags to wrap items in, even after I bubble wrap it.

For battle packs and even small sets, I sometimes use Wal-Mart, Target, or plastic bags from any store. Additional packing isn 't really needed. Usually like 2 bags on bottom, one to wrap the item, and two bags on top. Make sure to cover the corners of the item real nice to provide extra padding.

Rule of thumb : ship & pack all of your items the same way you 'd like to receive items you've purchased.

Shipping Paper:
Collect it when you receive shipments.
http://www.amazon.com/Pratt-Multipurpose-Packaging-KPR30241200R-Length/dp/B00AI652CM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408061459&sr=8-1&keywords=pratt+kraft+paper+1200?

Shipping Labels & Printers:
Dymo 450 & Dymo 400
Brother QL-700

DoNotInsertIntoMouth's : How to setup your label printer for shipping on eBay


Feel free to post a follow-up or point out anything I missed. I 'll update it with what everyone wants added. I hope this is helpful.

i also found a 20% off $75 purchase and up to 50% off for IN-STORE box purchases of 5+ of the same item. ahhh, i miss those days of 40% off (+15% off GC)...

Have no time to find correct place for this, my business Costco got this (not sure about regular one) paper

 

 

 

 

i also found a 20% off $75 purchase and up to 50% off for IN-STORE box purchases of 5+ of the same item. ahhh, i miss those days of 40% off (+15% off GC)...

Care to share where you found the 20% off $75 ?

4 minutes ago, Jeffrey_Dollars said:

 

Care to share where you found the 20% off $75 ?

 

yah, retailmenot. their storage coupon (25132) worked for me on tuesday, but just checked and it dont work no more. now they have 5 off 30 (16616)

Staples.com currently has a buy 2 get 1 free deal on Avery labels, including 8160 (1 x 2 5/8, 750 count). Basically 33% off. $11.99 regular price, $23.98 for 3 packs. Pick up in store or deliver. Look on their website under "Deals".

I use these for labeling my BL stock, and these happen to be the right size for FBA too. They say "Inkjet" but I've used them with my laserprinter as well.

http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/sustainability-center/earth-day/

Edited April 19, 20178 yr by pstebbing

I was about to pitch my NES classic but a quick trip to the store is so worth it for $10.  Thanks for the share!

I was about to pitch my NES classic but a quick trip to the store is so worth it for $10.  Thanks for the share!

Do not make me come over there and slap you upside your head.

48 minutes ago, Alpinemaps said:

 

Do not make me come over there and slap you upside your head.

I wanted to say the same thing. My boys play on my old NES that lives at my parents house.

 

Staples 

$15 off   your regular-priced mail and ship purchase of $50 or more.†     Online/phone code: 98223

Edited April 20, 20178 yr by jbacunn

This might be very old news, but I've been doing this a while now and only just found out. The adhesive envelopes for putting your printer paper labels into, can be ordered for free as a small business customer! Very cool.

4 hours ago, Zelgazra said:

This might be very old news, but I've been doing this a while now and only just found out. The adhesive envelopes for putting your printer paper labels into, can be ordered for free as a small business customer! Very cool.

Where do you order them for free?

USPS has them

Quick question.

When entering measurements for a box, do you put 16" or 17" for a 16.5" box?

 

Annoys me that I can't put It To the 10th of an inch.

 

 

 

 

I round up, unless that puts me in the dimensional weight and then I will round one measurement down but only if the actual dimensions work out to fall under the dimensional cutoff. I have one box size this is an issue for. I haven’t found clear guidance on this, but I assume rounding up is the conservative approach.  

Where do you order them for free?

Whoops! I meant to say for Canadians shipping with Canada Post! Sounds like it's a thing in the USPS too though.

Whoops! I meant to say for Canadians shipping with Canada Post! Sounds like it's a thing in the USPS too though.

They also give them out for free at the post office if you ask politely. The last time they handed me about a hundred of them from under the counter.

If Canadian post is the same as USPS (?@gregpj )
Then these are used for customs slips.

Ive been struggling to find small boxes for shipping. My wife has just sorted me out with this lot and has made an arrangement with the manager of a local shoe shop to pick up weekly. Better get selling!!

11 hours ago, LeiaOrgana said:

Where do you order them for free?

FedEx will also send the label holders for free.

3 hours ago, pstebbing said:

If Canadian post is the same as USPS (?@gregpj )
Then these are used for customs slips.

The ones from Canada Post fit either a shipping label printed online for domestic shipping or international shipping - they are the same size. The Canada Post shipping labels contain the customs information directly on the shipping label.

If you know someone who sells LuLaRoe, they receive their inventory in double-walled boxes.  The dimensions are 20x16x14 and 20x16x10.  Free double-walled boxes!

The larger fits multiples of everything smaller than the $100+ sets quite well for FBA purposes.

Any Staples coupons out there right now?

Any Staples coupons out there right now?

Not that I'm aware of but Office Depot sends me coupons all the time.

1 minute ago, dcdfan said:

Not that I'm aware of but Office Depot sends me coupons all the time.

Yep, I have a $10 off $20 lying on my desk ...