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Re: Boxes and storage
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:42:11 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Jonathan Reynolds wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.uk, Jason Walton wrote:
> > I get my storage drawers from Wilkinsons, don't know if you would class them as
> > cheap though.
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> > Jase
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> > In lugnet.loc.uk, Timothy Gould wrote:
> > > Thanks Simon,
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> > > I feared that would be the case (expensive). I've noticed that plastic stuff
> > > here costs at least twice as much as it did in Australia (where I'm from). Its
> > > also a lot harder to find. I have my fingers crossed that Britons will discover
> > > the great and wonderful joys of cheap plastic storage soon and that the prices
> > > will drop accordingly.
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> > > Tim
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> > > PS. I'll have a look at Maplin's. That's one I didn't know about. I looked at
> > > the B&Q website but it was hard to navigate and what I could find was overpriced
> > > and not what I'm after.
Tim
I use a mixture of clear plastic boxes and flat zag boxes, I've put a couple of
pictures up, excuse the quality.
http://www.raindropkites.co.uk/bilgepump/lego/boxes.jpg
http://www.raindropkites.co.uk/bilgepump/lego/zagbox.jpg
The Zag boxes come from B&Q and they have removeable trays inside so you can
take out the ones you want, they are also secure enough to store on end when
they are shut.
The stacked boxes can be very cheap, most of them came from cheap high street
shops like QD or Poundstretcher. I use several sizes from 5cm x 5cm x 10cm up to
10 x10 x 20 for large wheels and BURPS.
Hope this helps
John
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| A picture tells a thousand words. Poundstretcher is one store I know is nearby. I've never seen boxes there before but those stores stock whatever is cheapest at that time so I should just keep checking back. Those zagboxes look really useful for (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) Hello Timothy, I live in the North West (Northwich in Cheshire) which is about 25 miles from Manchester. I think there is another AFOL living closer still (Stockport?). Anyway, I recently saw some clear plastic storage boxes with dark solid (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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