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(...) Me too, I feel the same way you do, except for bulk bricks. Since I have over 70 3033s worth of bulk, most of which is unsorted, (but still in the individual bags) I can see where a first pass sort using these might save me a fair bit of time, (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I've seen them in lots of homes here in Oz where there are small children and Lego, so they certainly sell well. As you can probably see from the WWW page, the boxes are basically designed to do a coarse sort by part size by a sieving (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Thanks. I'm not expecting them to sort EVERYTHING for me but if they can cut a pass off sorting, they'll be a win. I have a LOT of unsorted elements, believe me, so even doing a rough separate might help. Then again, maybe not. We'll see. (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Got some of these years ago at the local markets. But they don't sort the way I do (by color and shape/function), only roughly by size, Ian (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Also for an interesting alternate use, the trays are just the right size for a 32x32 baseplate. I've been known to use the bottom green one for landscaping purposes more than once... (...) Lucky you. I've had mine since I was a kid (not that (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I just ordered two (they take PayPal only, it seems), so I certainly will. Maybe I can talk Rene into letting me give one as an ISCC II prize if I like it... (URL) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I can see a problem if the trays get too full, the smaller bricks might not find their way through anyway... (...) This sounds interesting.... (...) Sounds good. Did you get them new or second hand? ROSCO (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I have 20 odd of these trays, which I picked up at a very reasonable price. I don't use the sorting functionality (the bases on the top three are gridded with holes of increasing size). I put a piece of cardboard in the base to undo the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I took a look at the web site too after seeing them listed as a sponsor. The concept makes sense (I always know to look at the bottom of a tub for the smaller pieces) but I would think that the type of bricks you can put in the sorter would be (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Well, this thread might shed a little light: (URL) looks kind of interesting to me. -Kevin (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Seeing as how these guys are a BricksWest(tm) sponsor I'm inclined to give them a try. I sure do hate sorting, and anything that would help a little is worth a look. Their web page (URL) that they have thousands of satisfied customers in AU and NZ. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.storage, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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Thanks to the fine people at www.fbtb.net I was pointed to some great deals at The Discover Channel Stores. Here is what was posted: 7113 Tusken Raider Encounter $4.99 (50% off) 7133 Bounty Hunter Pursuit $14.99 (50% off) 7143 Jedi Starfighter $9.99 (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Among what I've found while scouring the Sunday papers: Target has 4728 Escape from Privet Drive 4706 Forbidden Corridor, and 4714 Gringott's Bank for $24.84 each this week. TRU has 4708 Hogwarts Express for $45.99. The above can all be purchased (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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P.S. (pre-script ;) ) Many of the pieces marked "yellow" in the list below are what most of us refer to as tan. Kevin (...) *snip* (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) the contents from the list they provided! Maggie C. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Here's a quick snap I took of the contents. The wall panel is printed on two sides. One side is a wall appropriate for adding to the building in the large Spidey set. The other side appears to be have been designed for the cancelled third Spidey (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Yay! Today's big score: 3x Hagrid's Hut (4707), $6.98 ea I also managed to snag an Ogel Shark Sub for half-price, and I grabbed one of the Mutant Squids that are now $5 each as a regular price. Not bad for $40. all best LFB (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) "Yellow?" = Tan? "Knobs?" = Studs? "L-angle elements?" = Uh? I mean, sheesh, they really need to edumacate some of these copywriters. LFB (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Here's the inventory, taken from lego.com, they must have seen you ask :) Plate 4x8 Dark Grey x 1 Plate 1x8 Yellow x 2, Plate 1x10 Yellow x1, Plate 6x12 w. 22 knobs Yellow x 2, Flat tile 1x6 Dark Grey x 2, Fence 4x4x2 yellow x 2, Plate 1x2 Grey x2, (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) BOGO 1/2 off at Zellers. $9.99 for the Slave 1/Skiff Combo. i.e. 2 for $15 Jude (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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