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Re: Diary of a sorting man
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Benjamin Medinets writes:
> 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.
Yup. But the ratio of useful/common elements to weird ones was much higher.
Nowadays it's nearly 1:1 or lower!
> 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).
Well, I continously cull out bricks I don't like. Not so much like Bruce
does (Microscout!? Blah! Toss it!) (BTW Bruce, if you want your Microscout,
it's yours to take back) but I'll cull out anything I really really dislike,
ie, trans orange laser blasters, 1x1 and 1x4 yellow bricks with "smiles and
eyes" which are frickin creepy. I usually give those to my friends kids.
> 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!!!!!! :)
Deadweight for rtlToronto robotics. Sumo is a good example of a use for
lead bricks. VERY USEFUL. I'll take'em if you don't want them.
> 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??)
You mean the low rent retail plaza liquor store doors? I might have a few
extra. How many did you need? Will trade for classic doors in other
colours than red :)
> 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...!!
I'm probably approaching 70K now and it's still manageable. You've got to
realize a lot of those pieces are things like basic bricks (1xN, 2xN),
plates, and flats. It's doable.
I don't own any sets I don't intend to open (I'm not a
collector/speculator), but I have fallen into the practice of buying a set
for parts (hard not to, since there are few good models left). I usually
leave them in their boxes, opening them up to grab one or two pieces I need.
But I recently started sorting out the unopened boxes too. It's easier that
way, at least you know what you have and what you don't.
Calum
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| (...) I had my stuff sorted into those plastic ice cream containers--worked really well. plates were sorted by colour so i could use just black and grey in my 'bots. i had a canadian tire organizer (the one with the 1.5x2x6 inch plastic drawer in a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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