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Re: Need European Help: Sizes of LEGO manuals & catalogs
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Thu, 20 Mar 2003 11:35:38 GMT
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> I store for a long time now ALL my building instructions and catalogs into
> those clear transparrent pockets. They are metric sized (A4 format - 210mm • *
> 297mm).
Most instructions for medium/large sets are A4. Most flubber inside the sets
is also A4. Obviously the small sets may have smaller instructions.
Occasionally you get a poster which is A3 (twice the size of A4) and the
instructions for the Imperial Star Destroyer are also A3, but that's the
only one I have of that size.
I also use the A4 plastic slip-in pockets stored in ring binders. I
recommend using the heavy duty grade completely-transparent high-gloss
plastic rather than the cheaper flimsy translucent matt-finish ones (as an
indication, the quality ones cost about 4 times as much as the el-cheapo
ones). I recommend using D-ring binders with 3 or 4 rings. If you just use
the 2-ring variety, then there is no support at the top/bottom of the page
and I do not recommend these. As previously mentioned, some Technics
instructions are A4 in size but way too thick for the standard pockets. If
you shop around, you will find some A4 plastic "envelope/wallet" with the
"ring holes" (with a side opening and fold-over flap with a press-stud or
velcro-stud to close it) which can hold these thicker instructions in your
ring binder.
As I don't have a particular love affair with posters, I just fold them in
half and put them in an A4 plastic pocket . However, the Imperial Star
Destroyer instructions are NOT going to fit no matter what I do and I will
be storing them separately.
Is this the best system for storing instructions? Perhaps not. In a large
ring binder, turning through the pockets to get the right one is a slow
business as many of the instructions are large and heavy and hence do not
glide easily over the rings. I think the absolute best storage/retrieval
solution would be suspension files in a filing cabinet (using the
double-capacity suspension files for the thicker items) and lying the few A3
items on the bottom of the drawers (under the suspended files), thus
avoiding folding them in half. However, that is a rather more expensive
option. As suspension files can have tabs attached to the top of them, you
can easily devise some exciting system of labelling, colour-coding etc that
will make finding any set of instructions a breeze. However, while great for
storage/retrieval, a filing cabinet is not a good solution for transport. If
you want to take a bundle of instructions to somewhere else, the D-ring
binder is much better. So it really does depend on what you want to do with
them.
Note for the serious collector with a huge number of instructions, you may
wish to investigate mobile shelving, e.g.:
http://www.storagesystems.ie/mobile_shelving.htm
However, please note that you usually need to reinforce the floor before
installing such a beast :-)
Kerry
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| "Kerry Raymond" <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message news:HC1txq.rn2@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) A3 (...) that (...) for (...) If (...) with (...) [ ... snipped ... ] It's interesting that you mention this. I have been pondering the (...) (21 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Hi Bill, I store for a long time now ALL my building instructions and catalogs into those clear transparrent pockets. They are metric sized (A4 format - 210mm * 297mm). The building instructions for example Lego Trains fit perfectly into those (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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