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Re: Rebel Blockade Runner . . . Holy Moly ! !
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Tue, 7 May 2002 19:15:56 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.dear-lego, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > Amen, brother. Even 5 or 6 compartments would help. Remember when all big
> > technic or model team sets contained trays??? People who part out lots of
> > sets have lots of them of course, but the regular joes don't.
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> You mean like the clear plastic thingy that came in the Black Cat set?
> Blech! I hate extra packaging in every form and material it comes in --
> well, unless it's a truly usable storage container with a snap closure or
> something like that (lame buckets with fall off lids will not do in this
> category). All that useless kind of extra packaging junk just gets tossed
> out by persons like myself. I don't want to go all "green" on you people,
> but there are many, many reasons why it is a bad idea for manufacturers like
> TLC to make, package, and provide the aforementioned container trays.
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> If you must have sorting containers I think there are many economical
> alternatives available. Recalling the approximate size of the container
> trays in question, why can't y'all content yourselves with stuff like the
> Glad Ware Entree containers, to name but one example of an alternative?
> These 5.5" x 5.5" x 2" Glad Ware containers are quite cheap, have lids at
> least as good as Lego buckets, and also stack evenly.
Well I have well over 100 of those Glad Ware containers (the generic version
from Meijer, actually, they are cheaper and stack better) as well as having
dozens of the clear/black/yellow plastic thingies, and I think I speak from
experience when I say that both are useful. I HAVE used dozens of the trays
at the same time for sorting.... they stay put on the floor/table better
than the generic Glad Ware containers do since they are bigger...
Your argument that Lego should not provide them may be valid, or it may not.
(after several dozen perhaps you don't need any more of them) It's moot,
though since they seem to have stopped. But to make it a valid argument it
would be helpful if there was an alternative source for them (for those,
like me that find them useful...) I don't know of one off hand, do you?
++Lar
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| Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) not. (...) Has anyone tried seedling trays? The inserts for these come in multiple "hole" sizes from about 1" x 1" on up, and all fit in an 11" x 22" solid tray (the actual inserts are perforated so they (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Rebel Blockade Runner . . . Holy Moly ! !
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| (...) You mean like the clear plastic thingy that came in the Black Cat set? Blech! I hate extra packaging in every form and material it comes in -- well, unless it's a truly usable storage container with a snap closure or something like that (lame (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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