V-SLOT Aluminum LEGO Box Perfect Storage & Showcase Solution for LEGO Cars

Are you a LEGO enthusiast or do you have little LEGO and automotive fans at home? Introducing the V-SLOT Aluminum LEGO Box – an exceptional DIY project that combines innovation, sustainability, and fun. This box, designed with aluminum profiles, is perfect for displaying and storing your prized LEGO Car collection, keeping them organized and proudly displayed. It's an ideal addition to any LEGO aficionado’s home, young or old.

This DIY LEGO Box Kit is easy to assemble and provides a creative and functional use for V-SLOT aluminum profiles. One of the greatest things about this project is its eco-friendliness - we've utilized leftover aluminum profiles from various projects, giving them a new life rather than disposing of them.

The box is customizable to fit your personal needs. You can choose to have hinged doors or a simple open front, add LED lighting for a stunning display, use corner mounts for wall installation, or add a Plexiglas panel for the front and back. The design possibilities are as vast as your creativity!

The beauty of this project lies in its simplicity and adaptability. You can connect several boxes to create an entire shelf for your LEGO models or mount the box on the wall to save space. With this kit, the options are endless.

Interested in building your own LEGO Box? Head over to our blog article here to find a detailed guide on how you can assemble your very own V-SLOT Aluminum LEGO Box. Happy building!

• 2x V-Slot 20x80 Aluminum Profile, Black, 200mm or 250mm
• 2x V-Slot 20x80 Aluminum Profile, Black, 100mm
• 16 x 90 Degree Corner Connectors
• 3 packs of Drop-in T-NUT M5
• 3 packs of M5 x 8mm Screws

Additional Supplies:

• 4x L-Type Corner Bracket (for wall-mounting)
• Profile End Cap
• Surface Mount LED Profile P13-1
• Milk-white Diffuser for LED Profile P13

If you'd like to build hinged doors, you'll also need:

• 2x V-Slot 20x20 Aluminum Profile, Black, 250mm or 200mm or 200mm
• 2x V-Slot 20x20 Aluminum Profile, Black, 100mm
• 4 x 90 Degree Corner Connectors

Please note, you'll also need to purchase separately:

• Plexi 3mm
• LED Tape and associated equipment (power supply or power supply + controller)

More detailed guide is available at: v-slot.pl/lego-box

This project was conceived with the aim of utilizing production waste and offcuts from aluminum profiles. Given that my sons have a myriad of cars from the LEGO Speed Champions series, I employed the dimensions of profiles suitable for accommodating such a car.

The internal dimensions of the box are as follows:

• Length: 250mm (or 200mm)
• Depth: 80mm (100mm with the door)
• Height: 100mm

The external dimensions of the box are:

• Length: 290mm
• Depth: 80mm (100mm with the door, around 106mm with the door and plexiglass)
• Height: 140mm

This design allows for optimal use of material while creating a display and storage unit specifically tailored to fit LEGO Speed Champion cars.

For the construction of the LEGO BOX, we utilize V-SLOT 2080 aluminum profiles, and if you plan on building a box with doors, you will also need 20x20 V-SLOT profiles. The first step involves cutting the profiles to the correct dimensions. Here are the dimensions you'll need:

• 20x80 V-SLOT profile, 2 pieces cut to 250mm
• 20x80 V-SLOT profile, 2 pieces cut to 100mm
• 20x20 V-SLOT profile, 2 pieces cut to 100mm
• 20x20 V-SLOT profile, 2 pieces cut to 250mm

You can achieve this using a miter saw or potentially a hand saw. If you lack the necessary tools, you can order profiles cut to the desired size.

Each profile will also need to be threaded. A M5 tap will be useful for this purpose. Again, if you do not have the necessary tools, you can delegate this task to the company from which you order the cut-to-size profiles.

Once the profiles are prepared (cut and threaded), we can move on to assembling the main part of our LEGO Box from the V-SLOT profiles. Prepare the following items:

• 2 pieces of 250mm V-SLOT 2080
• 2 pieces of 100mm V-SLOT 2080
• 16 full 90-degree corner connectors
• 32 M5x8mm hex screws
• 1 hex key

At this point, we need to attach all the corner connectors to both ends of the 2080x100mm profile (the order is arbitrary). This task is straightforward. Each corner connector has a hole through which we pass the hex screw, and then we screw the corner connector together with the profile. Personally, I attached the corner connectors to the 100mm-long profiles first.

After everything is screwed together, we have the two sides of our box ready. Now we need to do the same thing—attach the corner connectors to the 2080mm profile and then to the 250mm-long V-SLOT 2080 profile. By doing this, we will assemble the entire frame.

You can upgrade the box with swing doors. These can open to the side or upwards - it all depends on your preference. If you plan to assemble a door frame, you need to do the same as in Step 3 but with 20x20 profiles. You will need:

• 4 corner connectors
• 8 M5x8mm screws
• 2 pieces of 20x20 100mm profiles
• 2 pieces of 20x20 250mm profiles

Using corner connectors and screws, you connect the profiles into a rectangle, which we will use as a door for our box.

If you're not planning to have doors on your BOX, you can skip this step. To connect the 20x20 V-SLOT profile frame to the main 20x80 V-SLOT profile frame, you'll need 2 hinges, 16 M5x8 hex screws, and 16 T-NUT Drop-In M5. The task is incredibly simple - insert screws through the holes in the hinges and then gently screw on the T-NUT Drop-In hammer nuts. Attach one part of the hinge to the 20x20 frame using the V groove and hammer nuts. The other part of the hinge is placed in the groove of the 20x80 profiles. Tighten everything together and you've got yourself a door.

You'll need two 3mm thick Plexiglass plates cut to size and with holes for mounting to our box. I've prepared two models:

• Front panel
• Back panel (the back panel has an additional hole for cables, for example, and cut-out squares that allow the use of corner connectors in the future to attach the box to the wall. I milled my Plexiglass plates on the LEAD CNC 1010 milling machine. You can also order custom-sized Plexiglass in the V-SLOT Poland store.)
• Once you have the Plexiglass ready, you should first insert M5x8mm hex screws through the prepared holes and screw on the M5 hammer nuts (T-NUT Drop in).
• After installing the screws and nuts, all that's left to do is to screw the Plexiglass to our frame.

If you don't have doors, screw the Plexiglass to both sides of our box (of course, from the outside) - DONE!

If you have a box with doors, you need to attach the front Plexiglass from the outside of our doors and the back Plexiglass, of course, on the other side of the box.

You can also modify the design and, for example, place the Plexiglass plate inside our frame, but here remember that the internal dimension will change and the LEGO model may not fit.

Another way is to install the Plexiglass on the front part of the box using magnets.