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In lugnet.build, Nick Kappatos wrote:
(a bunch of really great stuff about sorting which I snipped)
While I agree that sorting is key, realise that Here There Be Tygers... it is
possible to go on a quest for the One True Sorting Scheme, get involved in
religious wars about what the right way to sort is, dump a whole bunch of money
into fancy storage and then burn out. Heck, there's an entire newsgroup just to
talk about sorting and storage. (http://news.lugnet.com/storage/ )
So watch out for that!
That said, some sort of scheme is good to have, and it REALLY does improve the
ratio of time spent building vs. non productive time. Pick one scheme and see if
you like it but try not to invest TOO much time and money, because you'll
outgrow it.
(for the record, the One True Sorting Scheme is Ikea wooden shelving with
Sterilite shoebox bins with the parts sorted by type (down to individual types
like 1x2 plates, or 2x3 inverse slopes, etc), not color, then backing store of
basic bricks sorted by type AND color, and backing backing store of 65 quart
bins of parts still in bags from when they were parted out from sets or bought
from BrickLink)
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| (...) Me thinks thou doth confuseth two issves. ;) (...) Yes, watch out for spending too much money on 'storage' containers at first. But spend whatever time and thought are necessary to adopt a system of sorting that matches your buying and (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.storage)
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| (...) Dave, As someone who is slowly getting back into building, the biggest turning point in getting back on the horse was sorting my collection. It was less than 40k pieces at the time, and it took a while, but here are the benefits: - In "dustin' (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.build)
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