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(...) Well, my wife and I are living in a very small 2-bedroom house (600 square feet, or about 54 square meters), so I am in a similar situation, though perhaps not as bad as yours. My wife is very patient and supportive of my Lego habit, but there (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.storage)
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Hi Been out of the loop so to speak for 2-3 yrs now, but wanted to get back into building and having fun. The constraint of 2-3 yrs have been space, and with that situation not chanignin any time soon, I have pondered how to enjoy a large collection (...) (23 years ago, 25-Dec-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) LOL! Labels, labels, labels.... -Dave (who's still having trouble locating a few parts even with labels) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.storage)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message (...) My problem is that even with my stuff sorted, I can't seem to remember where I put anything! Troy (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.storage)
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Kevin Dixon <kevin-dixon@rogers.com> wrote in message news:3C198742.D08224...ers.com... (...) I have not seen A4 pockets split other than for photographic slides, and for floppy disks. However, I have found A5 binders and A5 pockets, and these are (...) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) ‘zactly, I feel the same way! Just when your reachin’ the point where things get manageable an ya have all the sets you need from a particular series…along comes another new line, or the 2002 sets go an wallop you in the ‘ead!!! ;) Now I gotta (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.storage)
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Hi, I have been searching high and low for A4 sheets split in half for A5 instruction storage. No success yet, but I have found a number of web vendors for A4 sheets. Also I've found some photo sheet protectors that are basically a standard 8.5 x 11 (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I know how it feels, but it's also a good way to get into spending time with Lego. Like, some days, I get home and I just feel like flopping in front of the television. Sorting lets me do a little bit of working with the bricks, without a (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.storage)
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(...) My problem is I never get any building done because I'm always sorting... I am slowly winning the battle though (of course 2002 LEGO is here or on the horizon and clearance season is comming soon, so I might lose ground). Frank (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.storage)
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(...) I totally aggree. As an owner of an 8448 supercar, an 8444 air enforcer, an 8001 battle droid, an 8002 destroyer droid, many smaller technic sets (throwbots, bionicles, roboriders etc), a fair number of starwars and life on mars sets, my 4561 (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Excellent! I've had similar experiences myself. It took what seemed forever to sort my Technic, but it pays off whenever I build new mecha these days. I can find any part within a few seconds. The other upside being that I know how many of a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.storage)
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(...) I found the kid-sized Rolykits at Good Will of all places for around $1-$1.50 each. After a very thorough scrubbing, they were ready to store parts. The larger versions can be found in K-Mart for around $20. The bigger ones resemble a toolbox (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.storage)
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I am using A4 sized sheet protectors to store the larger instruction books. I would like to store the smaller instructions in the same binder, but it seems wasteful to put them in an A4 sized sheet protector. Does anyone know if A4 sized sheet (...) (23 years ago, 17-Nov-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I would recommend against the drawer mechanism. The reason... scalability. It seems that you are running into that problem now with your current sorting mechanism. With the drawers you'll quickly find that no drawer is large enough for certain (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.storage)
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Ok.... I have a problem I have closed my Brickbay store over this problem... my current methods of store each item of Lego in bags inside large tubs.. Now i have alot of new stock and its getting a pain adding these parts inside bags and trying to (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) A bit delayed response by me, but thanks for all of your help. I went back to our local Wal-Mart and lo and behold, they had some in stock. I'm now a lean, mean sorting machine. Compartmentalize well, Andreas Stabno (URL) (23 years ago, 11-Oct-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I bought one of these on Friday for the RIS 1.0 + Accessory set. Works great I hade every thing in baggies in the box & was hard to build anything but now it is organized. One thing I did differently is I put a few small boxes in the bottom (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Terry, That's a great box you've found. And I like the extra information on how you sort on the web page. I'm sure that you've already seen this, but my Tackle box is a bit bigger, and more expensive - but the big benefit is storage for 'bots (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.storage)
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Take a look at: (URL) a look at this low-cost Lego RIS packaging solution: After looking over and trying several methods of packaging the Lego RIS for use in schools and for easy transportation, I found an inexpensive ($7.96 at WalMart) tackle box (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Jon & Dave The "new" plano boxes (I got mine from Lowes) have more compartments (same number of dividers though) and the dividers STAY put! They have been out for about a year now. HTH Thanx, Mark Millère LUGnet # 525 Visit Milissa's LEGO (...) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.storage)
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