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Re: Diary of a sorting man
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Wed, 12 Dec 2001 15:35:55 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang writes:
> The last few weeks I've been sorting. In a bad way. Before rtlToronto9, I
> started sorting out pieces. It made Technic building so easy, especially to
> get what you needed when you were trying to assemble something you had in
> mind. It also made cleanup and transport easy. I can carry 90% of my
> competition Technic collection (namely two RISes, a DDK, plus several other
> sets) in a backpack now. Most of it fits in two large Plano boxes (gears,
> pins, everything else), and two small Plano boxes (beams, axles). They're
> easily available at any Walmart store for $4-6 each. I can put everything,
> laptop, Lego, power supplies etc into a milk crate-easy to bring to a
> friends house or rtlToronto event.
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> So, I decided, may I should start sorting Town and Train too. I resisted
> for a long long time. I first Macro sorted. 1xN, 2xN, plates, flats,
> slopes into empty 4267 buckets. Then 1xN, 2xN into empty 3033 tubs, and
> flats, plates, and slopes into spare cardboard set trays. Then making
> specialized sorting trays out of spare M1 linepack cardboard boxes I found
> in the recycling bin at the office.
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> But finally, I've now settled on seven NesTier part containers for plates,
> slopes and flats. 3033 tubs for 1xN and 2xN. 4267 buckets and washed Tofu
> containers for "wrong" items, ie, giveaway, tan, green, purple, orange, and
> broken pieces. Two large and three small Plano for Town parts. I think
> I've made about a 5-10% dent into my Lego collection.
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> What did I learn? I have a LOT of windshields. Wheels in general.
> Steering wheels. Bendy clip things. Those 1x1 things with the 90 degree
> dot on the side that hold headlights onto. Chairs. Doors for cars. Doors
> in general. I have so many frickin 4x5x1 red left classic Town doors, it's
> not funny. Ben, if you ever wanted more doors, here ya go. An unusual
> amount of "corro"gated bricks. Old 80's space parts. New space parts from
> Star Wars-most of my "giveaway/trade" part collection is SW parts-things
> like trans orange laserblasters and the "Gasgano the Podracer" figure, those
> Gungan Sub glass cockpits. (hey, at dinner, bring your disliked parts to
> trade!) Ugly colours I don't like. Ick.
Wow...that is incredible. I tried sorting stuff out, and it DOES make
building a LOT easier. And the realized that over the years Lego
was just as guilty back then (in the golden years) for putting out
specialized elements for certain sets.
That would be pretty fun....bringing stuff to trade. I don't know how
much time I'll have to go through my collection. I may have a couple of
black, weighted bricks (from the 4031 boat for trade).
I really don't know of a use off-hand, unless I were to build a bunch of
cargo "pallets" (containers) and put the weights inside, so a gantry crane
like Iain's would have to work "extra-hard" to lift it up!!!!!! :)
BTW, I was feeling extra lazy last night, and didn't do any work last night
on my assignments....(and today isn't looking that well, at the moment
either...flustered feeling of procastination!!) So last night, I was able
to do some minor modification on the luggage car, and I built the super-
structure of the fuel tanker. It (superstructure) isn't too bad, and
overall the boat is pretty decent looking.
Oh, and one more thing. Calum, do you have any of those red "French"
doors. The ones with the glass and bars, I am looking into possibly
designing some "realistic" looking street cars....
(maybe something to work on in summer??)
> So, if you're not sorting, and you're in Technic, DO IT. It's the best
> thing I've ever done, it increases your building efficiency and lets you
> really get from concept to working model a lot faster. No more digging
> around in those deep tray pits in the RIS box. If you're in Train/Town it's
> not half bad. It at very worst will tell you how much of whatever you have,
> which makes building a little easier, though less whimsical. You can't
> pretend it's all somewhere in the Big Bucket of Life. :)
my "technic" collection consists of a RIS (1.5) and a Vision Command :)
what do you mean by "in train/town its not half bad"?....it IS half bad
(EXTREMELY VERY BAD) if you have approx. 57,000 lego elements!!!
Of course a real positive point, is that (thank heavens!!) not all those
elements are mixed together....some of them are still in their own box,
and some are still sealed in boxes...!!
Benjamin Medinets
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| (...) Yup. But the ratio of useful/common elements to weird ones was much higher. Nowadays it's nearly 1:1 or lower! (...) Well, I continously cull out bricks I don't like. Not so much like Bruce does (Microscout!? Blah! Toss it!) (BTW Bruce, if you (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Hmmmm..... Coincidentally, I have two boats, purchased from garage sales, that are missing the weights..... I sense a trade or purchase coming on.... See you at the dinner. Matthias Jetleb (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| The last few weeks I've been sorting. In a bad way. Before rtlToronto9, I started sorting out pieces. It made Technic building so easy, especially to get what you needed when you were trying to assemble something you had in mind. It also made (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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