Hi everyone! Sorry if this has been posted before. I looked through previous threads but didn't find one specifically about this. I've read through the storage wars article on the main site and it was very helpful! However, I have some questions about storing in my garage.

 

I've jumped into this lego investing stuff recently and we've got quite a bit of space taken up by legos now. My husband is getting a little concerned the legos will take over soon, so I need to find a solution. ;P

 

We want to follow the storage wars article and purchase some home depot storage shelves, and possibly also store the legos in boxes (either 1:1 shipping boxes, or perhaps in larger boxes with a few sets each). We'd like to store all this in our garage. We're in california so the temp isn't too extreme in either direction, but we ARE headed into summer. We're concerned we'll store them out there and then when it comes time to sell them, realize we've made a huge mistake!

 

Is there any major concern in the garage? Will heat damage the bricks? Will being in the shipping boxes help? Would putting it in a bag and THEN a box help? I am concerned for the boxes as well, but REALLY concerned about the bricks/stickers/etc, since that would totally destroy the value. Any tips?

 

Does anyone else store in their garage? We were also thinking of renting storage, but the climate controlled ones are pretty expensive, and since we're still relatively small time investors, it would cut into the bottom line in a big way (like 80$/mo!). So i'm not sure if a non climate controlled storage would be any better than the garage anyways? We have decent garage space (with a little clean up!).

 

Thanks for any advice you may have!

 

These are empty boxes right?

Ssd and Ds go on top

and yeah this is a horrible idea . Undo ASAP !!

Hopefully there is a few fire bikes on the bottom. Kind of like feet on shelves. Gotta keep it stable

Haha, thanks guys. What has been done has been undone! 

I dunno, they seemed fine so far and I thought it might invoke some alternative more safer methods, that didn't require buying a $100-200 massive and heavy shelf.

Merge away, exciter!

Some people are funny. You have or will have 10k or more in Lego but don't want to spend $150 on a proper shelf :)

Some people are funny. You have or will have 10k or more in Lego but don't want to spend $150 on a proper shelf

That's a good point. But two things contribute to my reason aside from that 1) I may be moving soon for the last time in a while 2) I don't know if I intend on keeping that much stock on me, rather than in storage or at Amazon.

Anyway, you can only fit about 5k on those shelves before appreciation. That's about 3% of cost spent on shelving. I could put that into an extra modular, and throw these in boxes, which I can stack any which way I want

One day you will hear lots of popping, put them on the sides and then go up if you must.

Some great sets, but this is a terrible idea. If you must stack them, turn them side ways and put a couple sets beside each other. Do the same on top, but put them so they go across the opposite way (90 degrees rotated). Then again on top. Not the best way to store sets by any means, but this way the weight of each box is distributed across all the boxes of the lower layer. Sort of like Jenga. 

"It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now."

I see what you did there.  I'll one up you...

"Johnny, what can you make out of this?"

"This, well I can make a hat, a brooch, or a pterodactyl" ---> clearly he is referring to one of the new Creator 3 in 1 series that has crossover with Jurassic World.

 

Back on topic - is there any danger if the boxes are touching one another for extended periods of time.  Do they stick to each other at all if they get warm.  Even indoors here in SoCal my house can get to 95+ degrees.

Edited June 28, 201510 yr by colossus

Is stacking boxes flat on top of each other a bad idea? It seems like the most space effective way, but I wonder if I'm just asking for one of them to buckle. Has anybody done this before?

As long as you put the really heavy ones on top and the light ones on the bottom, you should be fine.

You will also find (over time) that you will start having additional space on top (as if by magic).

:)

I too would like to know what sort of experiences people have had storing long term (2+ years) in warmer, more humid spaces like a garage, non-CC attic, or similar.

Obviously stacking is not the way to go here as the cardboard will become softer, however on shelves I'm wondering about seals, warping (especially larger sets like ToO), and even printing/ink sticking together.

Some great sets, but this is a terrible idea. If you must stack them, turn them side ways and put a couple sets beside each other. Do the same on top, but put them so they go across the opposite way (90 degrees rotated). Then again on top. Not the best way to store sets by any means, but this way the weight of each box is distributed across all the boxes of the lower layer. Sort of like Jenga. 

Yea, if you don't have shelving for those size sets - Stack them veritcal, 3-4 across, then do the same on top of that bottom stack. Much more sturdy. 

I too would like to know what sort of experiences people have had storing long term (2+ years) in warmer, more humid spaces like a garage, non-CC attic, or similar.

Obviously stacking is not the way to go here as the cardboard will become softer, however on shelves I'm wondering about seals, warping (especially larger sets like ToO), and even printing/ink sticking together.

Personally I haven't been doing this long enough to answer all of that but I have seen plenty of trailer pulls at wm to know there are risk involved with inefficient storage.