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  Brick Storage
 
This probably ought to be in the FAQ - and you've probably had this question 1e6 times before....How do people with *VAST* Lego collections store them? I've just spent about four evenings collecting every Lego brick in the house and sorting them (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Brick Storage
 
(...) If you're curious about types of sloped elements, check this out! :) (URL) [...] (...) I use Acro Mils storage containers and sort everything by shape. Some of the larger bins get split into multiple colors (like small plates and bricks). (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.storage)
 
  Specialisation (was Brick Storage)
 
Steve Baker wrote: <<snip>> (...) I 'came back' to Lego just recently after a 15 year absence (the return largely triggered by MindStorms) - and the one thing that struck me was how specialised Lego has now become. I know that when I was 'playing' (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Brick Storage
 
(...) I am currently in the last stages of reorganizing my (primarily) Technic collection. For the specialized Technic elements I am now using Zag Professional Organizers. These are cool in that they do not rely on dividers but instead have small (...) (24 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.storage)
 
  Re: Brick Storage
 
----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.net> To: Lego Robotics <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 7:18 PM Subject: Brick Storage {snip} (...) that (...) pictures (...) area, (...) Very clever! I've used (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Specialisation (was Brick Storage)
 
<snippedy-dooh-dah> (...) largely (...) specialised Lego (...) Same with me. I came across a lot of new parts. The Lego Technic evolution was faster than I thought. The new beams, connectors and all that stuff you need to build the new models. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Specialisation (was Brick Storage)
 
(...) The complaint I have though is that many of these new parts are totally unnecessary. The case in point that upset *me* was the "Bi-Wing Baron" from the Adventure series (5928) which is a small biplane model. The whole of the underside of the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Specialisation (was Brick Storage)
 
(...) Well, actually, you can't quite get the same shape, or at least not if you want as sturdy a model. It also would actually take 12 parts to reproduce it (2 4x7x1 complex inverse slope, 2 1x4 plates, 2 1x2 plates, 2 1x2 bricks, 2 1x1 thin wall (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Brick Storage
 
(...) My contribution to the thread: (URL) have improved the system a tad so I have to take some new photos, but the time! The time! Play well :) /Tobbe - (URL) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Brick Storage
 
My tubs have about doubled since I last took these photos... (...) LEGO@jameswest.com LUGNET Member 63 LEGO Rulez! (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Brick Storage
 
(...) Well, I ended up by the same company, and I use these: a drawer system (URL) a toolbox (URL) I really like about the drawer system, is that if you buy two of them, you can make one big portable pile of drawers out of it. Really handy if you (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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