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Re: Need help to guesstimate the size of my collection!
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 9 Jan 2003 13:25:04 GMT
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Cary Clark wrote:
> In lugnet.general, David Simmons writes:
> ...
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> > I spoke to my contact today and the first
> > question she asked me was how pieces are in my collection? The truth is, I
> > have no idea! I guessed at 500,000, which is most likely overshooting the
> > mark.
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> ...
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> David, I have no idea how to guess with any accuracy, but I agree, 500,000
> is probably way over the mark. One metric I would ask for is: how many full
> blue tubs worth of LEGO do you think you have? It looks like the picture
> might fill up 40 or 50, but I can't tell how full the drawers are. Supposing
> you have 50 full tubs worth, including the 25% not in the picture. Further,
> suppose that the average piece size you own is a 1x3 brick. Then I'd guess
> you have 150,000 pieces.
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> Where in the world did that come from? Well, a blue tub is a limit more than
> half-full at 1200 pieces. And, I counted once and determined that a blue tub
> holds 1500 loose 2x4 bricks. So I guesstimated everything from there.
Note - the blue Creator tubs can be compacted up to 5:1 if bricks are
stacked, 4:1 with little to no stacking. But that's because 300 of the
1K bricks are 1x1s.
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| In lugnet.general, David Simmons writes: ... (...) ... David, I have no idea how to guess with any accuracy, but I agree, 500,000 is probably way over the mark. One metric I would ask for is: how many full blue tubs worth of LEGO do you think you (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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