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I recently made a trip to the pick-a-brick at the Orlando LEGO Imagination Center and spent time stacking bricks to fit inside the large cup. After I returned home and counted my booty (1071.67 cubic bricks) I decided to investigate what the (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping) !
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"Brian H. Nielsen" <70401.2635@compuserve.com> wrote in message news:Ho7I4n.197H@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ...] (...) down by (...) If you (...) So the real question is - how long did this take you? Mike (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Our biggest concern was to see how many 2x4 blocks we could easily get in each cup. So far the easiest way I have found is as below......... (URL) This results in 136-2x4, 1-2x2, 21-1x4, 18-1x2 plus room for a few other little items like tiles. This (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I posted late last week with my method of packing 137 2x4s with breathing room for lots of small parts. Based on reading the packing methods of others, I think you can actually fit 4 2x4s into the raised stud on the lid instead of the three (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I posted late last week with my method of packing 137 2x4s with breathing room for lots of small parts.<< Chris I saw that but like I said my comprehension with photos is somewhat limited. :) (...) That's what my pattern does. By eliminating (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) The worst part about this hobby IMHO, everytime I visit a store that sell LEGO there is a crowd of kids getting in the way. .) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Here is my method of stacking 143 2x4 bricks, 2 2x2 and 21 1x2 in a Pick-A-Brick cup and still having the lid snap tight. I watched Chris Phillips pack one cup then took the idea home and used some trial and error to improve my piece counts. I just (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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In lugnet.general, Doug Eaton wrote: <snip> (...) And I think we all know how painful that can be. :O I'm sorry. -Evil Wayne (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) A typo in the above: The base of the trapazoid is 6 studs, not 8. Sorry. Brian H. Nielsen (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) A couple of hours to do both configurations and count them up. Brian H. Nielsen (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I had read the stuff on packing 2x4 bricks. I was interested in what the best total volume of mixed bricks was. I don't build exclusively with any particular brick size, so I don't mind mixing types within a cup. The LEGO Imagination Center in (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I have some pictures up now of how both packing methods fill the main part of the cup. Not shown are packing the bottom groove (18 1x2's) and the lid (4 2x4 bricks and 6 1x1's) as they are both straight forward. The moderated folder is (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Thanks Brian, the photos help a lot! My feeble 3rd attempt is somewhat similiar in design. (URL) This stack is built in 15 layers. The photo shows each and the amount of bricks used. As with all cups, you start with 21-1x2's in the moat at the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Having now visited both a Lego Imagination Centre and a Legoland, I have to say that I prefer the pay-by-weight approach used at Legoland. I want to spend my time choosing my bricks, not spend hours trying to pack them into milkshake containers :-( (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) say that I prefer the pay-by-weight approach used at Legoland. I want to spend my time choosing my bricks, not spend hours trying to pack them into milkshake containers :-(<< I kind of agree that it is a little time consuming to do but we have (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) ~204 2x4's to the pound which is $28.00 at LLCA......... = 18.95 for 138...... Thanx, Mark (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Jeff Reuland" <texmexsu1@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HoJ3Fp.CIA@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) choice (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I think this comes down to a money vs. time decision. Is it worth 10-15 minutes of your time to pack an (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) minutes of your time to pack an extra 30-40 bricks?<< Mike You are correct, it is exactly a money vs. time deal and here is my thinking. I am 40 minutes from the Woodfield store. I could just drop my 100 or so 2x4 bricks in each of 3 cups and (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) ~204 2x4's to the pound which is $28.00 at LLCA......... = 18.95 for 138...... Thanx, Mark<< WOW! Thanks Mark. Now I know that the 10 minutes spent packing the cup is well worth while. We get 138 2x4's for 50% less than that AND there is room (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) So if my math is correct (and it frequently isn't) it is still less expensive to simply scoop 100 loose 2x4's into a cup for $12.95 than it is to pay by weight for the same 100 2x4's. And the same volume presumably only gets heavier when (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I guess in an ideal world I want to buy small parts by volume and large ones by weight,then. :-) (ideal for us I mean) But if you only get 100 2x4s for 13 USD, that's 13 cents a brick. That's way over my threshold for 2x4s, a common part, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Chris Yes it is, it works out to about $0.14 per 2x4, same as S@H. Weight does work better and better then S@H retail, the smaller the piece is. If someone can tell me how many 1x1 plates fit in the small and large cups, I would like to (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Not me! I'd go nutz counting that many plates(or blocks)! But as Chris suggested, the smaller the part the better deal the volume theory becomes. I have a cup full of 1x4 plates that is heavier than a cup of 2x4's. I also have cup almost full (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) When Pick-A-Brick first premiered at LEGOLAND and people were estimating price per pieces, there was a link to a list of LEGO weights that Lutz Ulhmann had put together. We're going to DL next month and I wondered whether we should try and fit (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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