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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 4.5 and 7 year old boys that are Lego fanatics.  They have been putting things together way past the age on the box.

Here's my dilema--I can store the pieces and minifigures just fine in the big lego bins or rubbermaid.  My problem is the assembled kits--the giant starwars ships like the millenium falcon and bounty hunters, the giant harry potter castle, the superhero batcave, the HUGE minifigure prison, etc.  These things can't be fit in bins--they are tall and bulky. Once one of these falls apart it is doomed.  Right now- in my 7 year olds room we have a couple low bookshelves which store the assembled figures--and the top of the bookcase is for teh very big ones.  Little ones top dresser is covered in the big sets.

I have a ton of great storage shelves with the slanted buckets in the rec room-but these are no good for assembled sets.  I am thinking large table--etc.

I do need to get rid of old toys since Legos are the primary draw.  They play with nothing else.  They want nothing else for bday or xmas--not even electronic games.  They do a good mix of creating their own things while also playing with assembled kits.

I have saved all instructions in one huge bag and I make a habit of keeping all mini-figures from same collections, e.g,. starwars, superheros, monster fighters, in the different labled clear gallon ziploc bags.  We put them in there the night before my cleaning lady comes.[b]  It is a logistical nightmare that has to be kept on top of all times :)
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I am open to all suggestions.[/quote]

I totally agree with you on this.  I have two boys (7 and 5) and since their birthdays 6 months ago, all they want is Lego.  It has taken over our playroom and I don't even have the cleaning people in there anymore because it is ALL over the floor. Every week or so we clean it up, but they are so particular about where certain pieces go that I feel like I can't even help.  I agree that I probably need to get rid of pretty much everything else in the playroom, as it only gets looked at occasionally these days.  I am already dreading Christmas.   :-o [/quote]

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