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Subject: 
Re: How to transport Lego
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.storage
Date: 
Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:49:22 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
In lugnet.trains, Paulo Caparica Junior writes:
I had to take some models from my home to the office, some pieces fall off,
and it was not a very positive experience.

That's quite normal: what's your concern as long as this doesn't happen
directly over a gap in canalization....

Ok, now I will have nightmares about Lego pieces going down the sewer system...


So my question is:
How to transport Lego?

I myself try to put them into boxes (without filling material).

I thought about using some filling but maybe it can be worse because the
small pieces will get mixed with it.

Nearly
everytime some small parts fall off - but are lying at the bottom of your box.

So better the box don't have small holes.

Later they have to be attached when you want to display your model again. For
shows it might be helpful to take off some smaller parts (that always fall off)
and put them in some small polybags. Same with people and vehicles standing in
front of station buildings etc....

Some Models are even not to be transported at all: you have to decide: spend
lots of time in rebuilding the stuff or leave it at home. For e.g. these
fir-trees break down everytime you take them in your hands:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=14265

These are really nice.

But I really like them, so I take them with me to any show like here:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=17271


Assembled models, I mean.
I guess that people that show stuff at train shows must have something to say.

All I can say is: keep cool when a model gets damaged: it's the main advantage
of Lego® system bricks (and their biggest disadvantage also): they can be
"damaged" and restored later without any loss (exept from time).

Yes I know that 8^)

Harder than transport damages are models that crash to the floor by someone
elses fault like this formerly engine did:

http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~rbeneke/lego/fgltc/4te018.jpg

That's why store display models are allways glued..

But that's life: No risc no fun! ;-)

Leg Godt!

Ben

Thanks all for the answers.

Paulo



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(...) That's quite normal: what's your concern as long as this doesn't happen directly over a gap in canalization.... (...) I myself try to put them into boxes (without filling material). Nearly everytime some small parts fall off - but are lying at (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)

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