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(...) When I was describing the UCS X-Wing to a non-AFOL, his first response was, "Gee, I imagine that the box includes a tray to sort out all of those parts." What a simple way for LEGO to add value: imagine if the packing for these mega-kits (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Amen, brother. Even 5 or 6 compartments would help. Remember when all big technic or model team sets contained trays??? People who part out lots of sets have lots of them of course, but the regular joes don't. (23 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) You mean like the clear plastic thingy that came in the Black Cat set? Blech! I hate extra packaging in every form and material it comes in -- well, unless it's a truly usable storage container with a snap closure or something like that (lame (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Why? Several reasons: - for major sorting it is helpful to have good sized trays so you can move 5, 10, 20 or whatever little containers at once - an array of small containers has all sorts of cracks to lose parts between - a nice tray (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) While I agree to an extent, I must say that I really dislike the current packaging. They are truly insufficient, as cheap as possible. I really like slide-out boxes (The Jango Fett's Slave 1) and the "lift top off" boxes, which large sets (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I wonder how hard it would be to get some of those trays that come at a bead store. Ever been to one? I go with my wife occasionally. People get all these beads in little trays, roughly a foot sqare with different sized compartments (rounded (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I've thought about checking those out. I have a feeling they would be too small to be useful. The ideal sorting tray is about 12"x18" and 2" deep, divided into 6-25 compartments. For some stuff, a larger tray, 15"x25" and 4" deep with 6-10 (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.storage)
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(...) I don't think this is necessary for efficient sorting. I just pick out a handful of pieces of a given type, then put them in their bin, and then a handful of pieces of either the same or a slightly different type, and repeat. But then, I'm not (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Well I have well over 100 of those Glad Ware containers (the generic version from Meijer, actually, they are cheaper and stack better) as well as having dozens of the clear/black/yellow plastic thingies, and I think I speak from experience (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) And here, I just spread out on every flat surface in my kitchen and make little piles. My apartment is only 400 square feet, almost 1/3 of which is occupied by LEGO in some form or another. Generally I make short trips between kitchen and the (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Obviously you have a much smaller collection. Believe me, the sorting problem gets worse as you get more pieces. To get an idea, I'll try and relate how much of each of your 21 bins I have... For reference in the following, a "large tub" is (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) not. (...) Has anyone tried seedling trays? The inserts for these come in multiple "hole" sizes from about 1" x 1" on up, and all fit in an 11" x 22" solid tray (the actual inserts are perforated so they (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) [snip inventory of huge collection] If my collection was as big as you describe, I would probably still have only 21 (or a similar number) categories. Each category might correspond to a stack of bins, though (Probably each ziplock in my (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Ok, what wasn't quite so obvious was the sub-dividing you were doing. I agree that there is some modest number of global categories of parts. I'd pick a different set than your 21, but the number does depend somewhat on what you tend to build, (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Hmm, they may be something to look into. They may not have rounded enough bottoms. Tape and or glue might take care of the holes and separation issues (even in a tray, which will be necessary for LEGO due to weight concerns), you don't want (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Sorting strategies [was: Re: Rebel Blockade Runner . . . Holy Moly ! !]
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When you get up to 20-50 7-drawer Iris carts, you WILL sort in as fine a detail as possible, trust me :-/ (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (23 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Yow. I can't begin to imagine sorting 500k pieces. I've got about an order of magnitude lower than that currently unsorted, and I'm not looking forward to that. But, to get back to the topic at hand: When I sorted mine, I first sorted six (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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