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Re: Building exhaustion
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lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build
Date: 
Tue, 11 May 1999 02:11:43 GMT
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On Mon, 10 May 1999 16:15:05 GMT, Sproaticus <jsproat@geocities.com> wrote:

Terry K wrote:
The only thing more headache-inducing than building them was taking them apart
and sorting all the pieces.  :-/

Which reminds me, I haven't seen a discussion on piece-sorting for a while.

After buying all the SW sets (1), I have well over 1.8 jazillion pieces to
sort, categorize, and cram into my soon-to-be-overflowing drawer system.

I reached that point about a year ago. I have a bunch of sets sitting in boxes
because I don't have anywhere to put them if I build them - nor do I have
storage space.

Has this new theme caused anyone to re-think their organization system?  I
am seriously considering switching over to the sort-by-original-set
method...

Ugh.  By original set?  Blech.  No system is really perfect, I guess.  I just
need to increase the capacity of mine by an order of 4 or so.   (just to be
'safe' for a while)

-- Terry K --



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(...) When you reach the "point of no return" which I have (and probably Terry also), sorting in and of itself becomes way to labor intensive. I end up with buckets that are nothing but bricks of assorted colors, with the windows, fences, slopes, (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)

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  Re: Building exhaustion
 
(...) Which reminds me, I haven't seen a discussion on piece-sorting for a while. After buying all the SW sets (1), I have well over 1.8 jazillion pieces to sort, categorize, and cram into my soon-to-be-overflowing drawer system. Has this new theme (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)

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