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Re: I'm sorting by color now!
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Date: 
Thu, 4 Nov 1999 22:39:21 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Christopher Lannan writes:
I have to say I am firmly on the sort by form side. It may be because I don't
have as many pieces as many of you guys, but once mine are sorted into the
kind of part they are, it is very easy for the eye to pick out the color I
want. If all of mine were sorted into colors, then it would be hard to find
the peice I want- all one color makes the different peices so much "noise"
Looking at a bin full of 1x1 bricks, for example, in different colors, is
better for me since I can easily see the color I want and grab it.

Yep. That's what I've found-- Back when I had about 10-15 thousand pieces, I
decided it was high time they were sorted. So I went with the sort-by-color
technique. Some colors were not too bad, but mostly, it was hard to see what
pieces were the ones I wanted-- from the right angle, a slope piece looks like
it could be a 1x or 2x brick, etc.  Also, finding black pieces was HARD!
Rooting through the black bin always took so much time and effort, I barely
could find anything. So about a year later, I decided to switch to sorting by
form, and I have to say that's what works best for me. And now that I've got
over 50,000 pieces, I'm intimidated enough that I don't think I'll switch ever
again!

DaveE



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  Re: I'm sorting by color now!
 
(...) Ah yes, that's the problem, getting over the intimidation of wanting to actually SORT the pieces. I originally wanted to sort by shape/form but found that I was going to be at it for the rest of my life (hey I was ten at the time) so I went by (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)

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  Re: I'm sorting by color now!
 
I have to say I am firmly on the sort by form side. It may be because I don't have as many pieces as many of you guys, but once mine are sorted into the kind of part they are, it is very easy for the eye to pick out the color I want. If all of mine (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)

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