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| Not sure where to post this so lugnet.general it will be. Cross-posting to lugnet.trains because I know a lot of train guys have shipped completed models to train shows. Cross-Posting to lugnet.lego in the chances that THEY (lego) might answer (...) (22 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Yes I think you may well have something to worry about. I dont know that dry ice will work. Might. Consider getting an air conditioned moving van! OK stop laughing, electronics companies do this all the time, it's called a climate controlled (...) (22 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.general)
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| In lugnet.general, Ahui Herrera writes: Let me toss one other conflicting tidbit out there... GMLTC keeps their completed modules (or did) in a trailer which is kept outside, year round... it's white but gets Minnesota sun in the summer. You may (...) (22 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.general)
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| Ahui, Have you thought of packing your valued pieces in Ice Chests or Coolers? At garage sales you can get large coolers cheap. If you are really concerned, then you could add regular ice to them (plastic Lego should dry off pretty easily.) Coolers (...) (22 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.general)
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| -Open the windows a bit when parked -Put jugs of water in the containers with the lego. This will probably work especially well if you put the lego in a cooler. Water is slower than air to heat up, so it should keep the lego cooler. Open the (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.general)
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| I don't know how much Lego you have, but I would lug the Lego into the hotel room with me. That way, if your car is stolen, the Lego is safe, and you have the AC to keep them cool. "Ahui Herrera" <jedi_agh@yahoo.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) 'stickyness'. (...) I think you might be worrying a bit too much. I live in the sub-tropics [Brisbane, Australia]. My Lego lives in plastic storage drawers stacked on my verandah. I have a cloth (dark colour) that I throw over the drawers to (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) [snip] (...) Your main enemy is extremely high temperatures caused by direct sunlight. Think "sitting on the dashboard" heat. In a hot car, lego on the dashboard might be damaged by the sun/heat, but lego on the floor of the car will be fine. (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Here is the start of our move: (URL) might have to wait a few days for these to become public. We have decided to move our legos in 3 ways. 1) Packed in rubbermaid containers in their originnal boxes 2) Packed in rubbermaid containers with (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.general)
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