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Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.storage
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lugnet.storage
Date: 
Mon, 10 May 1999 20:35:28 GMT
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jsproat@+stopspam+geocities.com
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Jonathan wrote:
In lugnet.starwars, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
Which reminds me, I haven't seen a discussion on piece-sorting for a while.

Whoops!  My bad -- I posted this off-topic message and didn't forward it to
an appropriate group.  Thanks to Tom McDonald for catching it, but I'm
afraid it'll just keep on going in the wrong groups.  My apologies to
everyone.

Actually, I have thought about using the sort-by-original-set method, since
getting all the new SW sets. Before that, I used to sort by color, but with all
the older space sets I have, I have two big drawers for black pieces.

I did this until my black pieces were overflowing three drawers.  It just
got too difficult to find any piece I needed.

So, any suggestions? How does everyone sort their pieces?

I ended up sorting mine by part function; e.g.:

snall bricks, large bricks, small plates, large plates, Studs-Not-On-Top,
Minifig parts, Minifig accessories, etc...

A lot of it is still not catagorized real well, but now I can find what I
need.

Cheers,
- jsproat

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
"I prefer the term para-mental.  It keeps me out of the loony bin."



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
 
Sproaticus wrote (...) This should probably go in the FAQ/Rool Call archive. Hmm, I've posted about it before, but here goes: Right now all my Lego is in four boxes. OK, four boxes and a few extra bags - I got the Lego touring truck after I packed (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
  Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
 
Hi, Apologies if my silly news reader messed up the quote attributions. :( (...) Then I'm probably WAY too methodical. I've got over 250 drawers, classified by element. If there are too many for the little drawers, I then resort to colour. Standard (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)

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  Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
 
(...) Actually, I have thought about using the sort-by-original-set method, since getting all the new SW sets. Before that, I used to sort by color, but with all the older space sets I have, I have two big drawers for black pieces. I had white (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)

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