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Re: I'm sorting by color now!
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lugnet.build
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Thu, 4 Nov 1999 18:31:09 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Jeremy Sproat writes:
> ...after almost a year of sorting by form and functionality. That's more than
> 30,000 Lego pieces, sorted by color into about a dozen plastic drawers
> measuring roughly 11 x 13 x 3 inches. (1)
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> Oh no! It's so hard to find The-Piece-I-Need now!
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> Well...not yeally. The larger bins -- namely black, light gray, red, white,
> and yellow -- overflow single drawers and will soon be given a secondary sort
> by form. Technic pieces (except for beams and plates) are sill kept aside and
> sorted by form; the same applies for minifigs, animals, baseplates, wheels,
> pieces with labels or stickers, and some other stuff. The goal is to keep
> each drawer no more than ~ 80% full.
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> I was dreading the re-sort, and I was especially not looking forward to
> playing within this scheme. But it has proven to be exceptionally good. I'm
> so glad that Barbara made me do it. :-,
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> I've discovered something about the way I build, something which Barbara has
> tried to point out to me for quite some time. Sure, it's harder to find
> The-Piece-I-Need exactly, but while rooting through the bin I discover pieces
> which work much better. As a result, new creations look better (in a
> monochrome sort of way) and are built faster than before. Also, less time is
> spent agonizing over the right color during the design of a new model, which
> is a Good Thing. To paraphrase Don Knuth, "premature beautification is evil."
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> I am totally blown away by how well this works. What is everyone's take on
> it? Are some of you who previously sorted by form now sorting by color as
> well? Vice-versa? What experiences have you had in switching from one
> organization method to another? How frequently do some of you change sorting
> methods?
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> Cheers,
> - jsproat
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> 1. Sterilite "ClearView" 3-Drawer Organizers. These things are awesome.
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> --
> Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
> It's not the same log. It's not the same log. It's not the same log.
> It's not the same log. It's not the same log. It's not the same log.
> It's the same log. It's the same log. It's the same log.
jerremy ~
i've sorted by color since day one, and it's the only way to go-go, baby!
after color division, i go brick, plate, slope, with plates divided into large
(a 4x4 plate being the smallest of these) and small (including all 2x). reds
dictate a need to sort out inverted slopes into their own bag. i sort them all
into heavy duty ziplock freezer bags, which are all kept in a 3x3 foot clear
lucite cube.(just barely, these days)
the black bricks, plates and slopes have their own sorting/ storage bin, a
clear lucite, 3 compartmented biscotti display bin with a lid. i wish i had one
of these for each color!
browns, dark greys, and the other newer colors haven't been sub-divided by
piece type yet, but will when volume dictates. i just subdivided the greens
during the last round of sorting.
i use lots of plano brand tackleboxes for everything else from clips and tiles
to monkeys and hinges. these go through constant rearrangement whenever a
compartment runs out of space.
i like clear storage containers, and have been using large plastic jars
(biscotti/ pretzle containers fron sam's) for technic pieces, turn corners,
tall slopes, and wall/ post pieces. these aren't sorted by color, just shape,
but the containers allow me to see the pieces inside.
but yeah, i'm a big fan of the sort by color method.
later ~ craig
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| (...) one (...) Color, for sure. I'm a big fan of the "Walmart Box" (can't beat #pieces/$). I use a separate box for each color of the basic bricks. Each box is sub-divided to 1x1, 2x2 etc using zipper-lock freezer bags. Each box is labeled (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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| ...after almost a year of sorting by form and functionality. That's more than 30,000 Lego pieces, sorted by color into about a dozen plastic drawers measuring roughly 11 x 13 x 3 inches. (1) Oh no! It's so hard to find The-Piece-I-Need now! (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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