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Greetings. Perhaps my most vexing storage issue these days is how to store my shields without having them get scratched. Lately, I've just had minifigs holding them, but that takes up baseplates that I'd rather use for other purposes. Does anyone (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.storage)
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(...) them, (...) Well, I've had the best luck with small, chambered plastic containers from craft stores. Most of them stack and have an inner coating that makes them sliker than snail snot inside. That should keep anything from scratching your (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.storage)
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(...) I put everything in baggies depending on size. So for example, I have all my Black knights in a thick gallon sized bag and inside that bag I have a smaller pint sized bag with all their weapons and shields. I used to have them holding their (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Well, a really big wall of those little 1x1 bricks with a stud on the side (you know, the kind they used to use to attach car headlights) might do the trick. Just stick the posts on the back into the hole in the middle. In the case of the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.storage)
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(...) My mother only recently bought some nice storage cointainers with small sections , ideal for legos. I only have three as of yet , so one I use for Castle Mini figs , one for castle realetd Acessories , and the other for weapons and armor. In (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Another Lego brick option would be the 1 x 2 x 2/3 brick with Studs on Sides (URL) know I have a ton of these that do not get used much, so stacking them together with 1 x 2 plates in between seems to be a good option for me. They can also be (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.storage)
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Most of the solutions already posted are probably the best professional ways to store separate stuff but my method is all econo style. Yogurt Containers! Yogurt containers, comes in three different sizes (at least in canada) and nice and smooth on (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Those are both really good ideas. I've actually built walls with clips and 1x1 stud bricks to hold the shields, but they've always been slapdash. Perhaps I need to build a dedicated armory for my shields/weapons. Thanks for the advice! james (24 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.storage)
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(...) I never considered that solution. Some times, though, the problem isn't so much the container scratching the shields as it is the possibility of the shields scratching each other. james (24 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.storage)
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