Old Lego Boxes

I don't have Legos, but I'd keep the boxes and instructions.

My daughter got into Pokemon when she was younger. I have everything with original paperwork. Cards are in an album untouched.

Who knows... Her children may hit a gold mine somewhere between all the Barbie, Bratz, Pokemon, Beanie Babies.... You get the gist.

I have plenty of good storage now but if we ever downsized, she'd have a decision to make if she wanted to keep them or not.

FWIW... I am selling my IPhone 5 32GB and I get more money for it because I have the original box, original instructions, unopened ear buds, power cord and adapter. They are not that hard to keep in my office file. That said, if I ever downsized, I would be throwing more things like that out but for now, I have excess room and will use it.

We don't keep the boxes.
The pieces ultimately get stored in zip lock bags along with the instruction books and we toss the boxes into recycling.
That's just way too much cardboard to hold onto.

oh my God!!! there a die-hard LEGO collectors out there that will pay MORE than you paid for the set - for the box and LEGOs.... KEEP THE BOX!!!!

Especially if you are going to hold on to them for Grandkids?? So they can SEE what they are supposed to be like...

Personally? I would store them in a safe location - if your attic isn't insulated? You could ruin the LEGOs from the heat and cold. If you are going to save them for grandchildren? You really need to "save" them.

This is sooo not a stupid question!!

Good luck!

LEGOs are collectible items. You are saving them for grandkids? You save the boxes as you could be saving for your son's education or more.

Go look on ebay and find retired LEGO sets with the boxes - here's an example. This set originally went for $60 and sold for $90.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEGO-City-FIRE-STATION-7945-MINT-...

This one? $1,000 with the box....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RETIRED-RARE-LEGO-TAJ-MAHAL-SET-1...

If you have that many sets? Keep the boxes, store them properly and you might have a goldmine on your hands. Yes, it's possible that they will flounder like TY Beanie Babies. However, I don't think so. There's a huge difference between a plush toy and LEGO.

Burn them all.
We have loads of Lego boxes-- Kiddo 'has' to keep them for the pictures. I flatten them, store them in the basement and when he wants cardboard for a project, guess where I direct him? You got it-- we've used a lot of Lego boxes up this way.

Look on eBay - You'd be surprised. People actually sell just the boxes. Maybe you could sell them all.

My hubby is a collector since childhood and he says if you ever decide to sell them, even down through the years, the boxes will double their value. The instructions too if possible. You simple dump out the massive blocks then sort them out by color then by style.

He does this often and makes more than he paid for the original set.

He will sort out 64 of this and 48 of that then 100 of something else. Then put them in zip lock baggies from Hobby Lobby and box them up.

bricklink.com is where he gets his prices and decides what to sell.

At some point you'll want to get rid of them. The kids will eventually grow up and the grand kids may have an interest in them. They might not though.

Keep the manuals, toss the boxes. My son likes to hoard his lego boxes. Glad to hear he is not alone. :)

I am glad u asked...I have a pile too. And considering the cost and that u/i do want to keep them...it is tempting to store them....but I guess Like others have said it probably serves no purpose. ....I would keep the instructions. .just bc those are more easily stored.

Now if only there was a neat tidy way to display everything with out looking like a Lego store

Now

Boxes - out into the recycling center. If any of them are for a particular project and you have the instructions, you can CONSIDER saving the instructions. But even so, if it's unlikely that the pieces will ever be sorted into their respective sets (which you could probably do by color only up to a point, and thereafter will need the instructions to know how many of this piece and how many of that), forget it.

The one who wants to save the boxes can decide about sitting down and separating all the pieces into their original sets. Otherwise, a whole bunch of cardboard boxes are either a fire hazard or a prospective home for mice and squirrels in the attic. No way!!

Since they are not a set and thousand upon thousands of sets have been made, you are likely not saving them to be collector sets and you are saving them for the grandkids.

I think the functional thing to do is cut one side of the box out so that the picture can be kept. That way the grandkids will know what can be built with the set and the picture will lie flat in the box of legos.

It's a win win! One gets to keep part of the box and the other gets to throw part of the box away.

Keep the manuals in a binder, throw out the boxes.

Get a folder and put all the instructions into it along with a picture of the item (front cover of the box) then at some point when kids / grandkids are board they can sit with some of the instructions and a ziplock bag and put the sets together. This usually ends up with kid / grandkid sitting and playing with legos and building something cool.

We have tons of Legos. I dump boxes. I can't stand clutter, and my storage is for essentials. Maybe they will be worth more, meanwhile, do you really want to store them for 20 years? My son wants to keep all of them. I recycle or put them in the "projects" pile.

Remember when beanie babies were worth something? Now they aren't.

Can't imagine why you'd keep them if the Lego sets that go in each O. will never be assembled into groups per box.
Pitch!

My grandson saves the instructions because he wants to build that again. His Legos are all in one box. He finds the pieces as he builds. He gets tired of hunting and ends up with something new. Save the instructions so if your grandchildren wants to build specific things. We save the boxes until he loses interest. Then we recycle them.

I think a lot of mamas are missing the fact that you have tons of LEGO sets. We are in the same boat. I recycle the boxes, but keep the instructions. There is no use for them whatsoever.

I just spent 30 minutes re-organizing LEGO instructions and helping my kids clean up their LEGO area. I love and hate them!

My son likes the boxes as well. I finally have said okay we are keeping the manuals but boxes are going. So far no problems.

Many blessings to you

Keep the instructions, get rid of the boxes (JMO).