Paging #Lego experts. How do you organise and sort bricks? This *feels* like there should be an optimal, systematic method for finding what you need.
We've got about 45 years worth of Lego and are trying to sort, especially for ones where we have the instruction booklets. Some sets are partially intact from kiddo's shelf, but we will need to ensure all parts are there before we can move these on.
E.g. purely by colour? Types e.g. plates and standard blocks, and then colour / size for all the random tiny pieces?
@davoloid this is A Whole Thing. Purely by color is a phase everyone seems to go through and regret… finding the 1x1 plate you need in a bucket of red is miserable.
“By shape” is the ultimate answer, and how you subcategorize within that is up to you. The ones with a ton of Lego will often have a dedicated bucket/drawer/whatever for every distinct shape. For a smaller collections (or smaller storage) maybe you say “all tiles” and “all bricks smaller than 2x3” etc but that’s your call.
