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Re: Sorting
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 30 Dec 1999 20:31:41 GMT
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Ted Michon <TEDMICHON@HOME.nomorespamCOM>
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I should add that it's not literally the "putting away" that the kids hate (with
regard to keeping parts in bins), but the sorting prior to putting the parts away.
Putting things in drawers goes quickly, making sorted piles does not.
-Ted
Ted Michon wrote:
> Since my older son received his first LEGO set at age 3, we have been keeping
> the parts in plastic storage bins made by Emplast. We are up to 18 large drawer
> bins and 9 small drawer bins. The large ones have 18 drawers and the small ones
> have 60 drawers, for a total of 864 drawers. We have them in a 9 wide by 3 high
> array on one wall of the family room. The bottom row starts 18 inches off the
> ground and under it we have 20 or so LEGO tubs which get the bulk storage.
> (Additional bulk storage goes in the original Rubbermaid shoebox containers
> (they no longer make this size, to my annoyance) and LEGO tubs).
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> There are several great things about the Emplast drawers. First, both the large
> drawer bins and small drawer bins have the same overall size, so we can mix and
> match them in our 9 x 3 array. Second, drawers are metric, just like LEGO, and
> conveniently so: All drawers exactly accomodate a 16 bump long brick. The small
> drawers are exactly 6 bumps wide. The drawers are clear, so you can see what
> you want, though most of our drawers are labelled. We typically store things in
> areas by family (rectangular thick bricks, rectangular thin bricks, RR,
> Technics, vehicles, etc). Within an area, we array things horizontally by color
> and vertically by size and/or other characteristics. For example, we have a
> section of 4 large bins that is 6 drawers across by standard colors and, 12
> drawers deep by brick length.
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> The system has worked very well for us and now holds about 95,000 bricks. When
> kids come over to play LEGO with the boys for the first time, they are amazed
> by how quickly they can find a particular part.
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> The downside to this system, of course, is that you have to put the parts away
> in their own bins. My wife and I find the job therapeutic at times, but the
> boys generally hate it. Depending up how many different parts are involved, a
> 10,000 brick put away job can take an entire weekend (or seem like it).
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> The Emplast bins are available nationwide. Locally, I buy them here in Southern
> California at Home Base. They run $12 to $18, depending upon whether they are
> on sale or not.
>
> Good luck.
>
> -Ted Michon
>
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