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"Joseph Gonzalez" <hsadm2.jgonzale@ema...ate.ut.us> wrote (...) A solution would be to put all the parts in a zip lock bags and then putting the bags into the boxes. This seems to work well for me when moving built models from one place to another. (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-98, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) the (...) hey, this is one of those "why didn't i think of that" ideas. EXCELLENT, gary! thanks a lot for this inspired idea that is going to save me from a lot of stress (and incidentally save a lot of bricks that could have gone missing). (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Heh heh, I feel pretty weird now -- I have Zip-Loc bags on the *outside* of some of my boxes -- so that when I move them, I don't scratch them against each other. I do build and play with all my pieces, but I want the artwork on the boxes to (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) each (...) the (...) What do you do with the artwork from the larger boxes? I've been looking for a instructions/box/catalog storage solution along the lines of a 3-ring binder, but the larger boxes wouldn't fit (I only keep top and bottom). (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Yeh, I know what you mean -- I've have drooled over some of those large artist portfolios too. I finally settled in on using 2-gallon ZipLoc storage bags for the larger art -- stores a whole piece inside, or sometimes 2 bags fitted unsealed on (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.storage)
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As a general "life note to the wise": If they don't specifically TELL you that the item in question is acid-free/archival quality/whatever, IT ISN'T. And you would notice a price difference; i.e. the cheap card sheets as opposed to the UltraPRO (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Ultra-Pro is best for sheets, but not quite so hot on sleeves, IMO. The cheap (for 100, 1/4 the price of a pack of Ultra-Pro's) sleeves, totally acid free, designed originally for storing Baseball cards (how many of you have a Mint condition (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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You weren't supposed to notice that M:tG was why I knew this!!! Now I'm going to have to kill you... my geek is showing! (Actually, I'm a librarian... we know about archival quality) Beth Reiten (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) When you're among geeks, don't let slip terms like UltraPRO then. ;-) (...) Exactly how to archive stuff so that it falls apart just before it has to be released under the thirty-year-rule? Ohwait.. wrong archives. Doh. Jasper (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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