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Re: Brick Sorting
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 2 Jan 2003 17:11:56 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Alex Cruz writes:
> Being the New Year and all, I made but one resolution that I truly want to
> carry out: sorting my Lego collection. Scanning through Brickshelf, I've
> noticed a lot of pictures with an array of sorting bins, containers, boxes,
> etc. My question to the community is: What technique for sorting do you use?
> Please include links to pictures, explanations as to how you made your choice
> and just how far down does your sorting go (i.e. "Every brick has it's bin" or
> "All red bricks are in 1 container"). I figured I'd ask here first so as to
> get a good idea of WHERE to even start ;-)
My experience is it's all about how much Lego you've got. If you've got a
collection that's less than, say, 3,000 pieces, you probably don't really
even need to sort. In the end I think what it boils down to is how large of
a bin/box/drawer you feel comfortable sorting through. Then it's just a
matter of breaking down your collection into bins that size. If you've got a
small-ish collection (say, 3,000-10,000) you can probably just sort by
color. If you've got a ridiculously huge collection (500,000+), you're gonna
need to sort almost part for part, color for color.
Things to keep in mind:
- Sorting by color is cool and all (it's easiest to do probably), but some
colors like black are REALLY hard to search through when you're looking for
a particular piece. Color sorting only seems to work well in small sized
containers.
- Some colors may be better to be kept together, such as teal, light blue,
dark red, etc, because they're rare. So if you want to make something with
them, they'll be easier to find.
- When you need to break down parts by color (eg you have to sort your 2x4
bricks by color), but not enough to do 1 color per container, break them up
into dissimilar colors. Don't have (for example) a bin with white, tan, and
yellow. But a bin with black, yellow, and red would work much better.
- See-through drawers/containers are best. Using blue tubs and Lego boxes is
easy (cuz it costs a whole lot less!) but remembering what's where gets
tricky. Labels help, but even then, they might not point the right way, or
be unreadable at a distance or angle.
DaveE
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