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(...) I tend to fall into the "better safe than sorry" camp. That is, I personally like to keep most of my bricks apart. Though I must admit that I have a couple things that have been together for the better part of a year now. However, the vast (...) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Yes, it is. There are conflicting opinions about this. I have heard that keeping things together means the bricks deform slightly and get looser. I have some 1x2s I put together in 1998 to store them that I just took apart and some of them do (...) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.storage)
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Hi everyone, I was sorting my pieces and wanted to store away 1x2 and 1x4 log bricks; I don't have to many of them, but I find them very useful so I wanted to give them their own little storage cabinet plastic drawer. I noticed I had 'a bit too (...) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.storage)
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I want to leave a smoking crater where the corporate gorgon lives who decided that IRIS shelves should have different models that look EXACTLY alike, yet have ZERO compatability with the units I already have. I'm now going to have to return two of (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.storage)
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Well, I finally did it. I found the main storage medium I want to use. The Plano StowAway are nice to use. I bought 1 (3730) and brought it home and sorted a couple of technic parts, I was in love. Then I went back and bought 4 more (3730s). and (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.storage)
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Seeing as how these guys are a BricksWest(tm) sponsor I'm inclined to give them a try. I sure do hate sorting, and anything that would help a little is worth a look. Their web page (URL) that they have thousands of satisfied customers in AU and NZ. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.storage, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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(...) I have one about 10 years old. It works alright as long as you don't have too many large pieces in with the mix. I use mine to sort all my 1x and 2x standard bricks, and for that it works fine. Michael Dallaston (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Got one on ebay for 10 bux. It does work, to a certain degree...there's an annoying tendency for the long 1x bricks to go to the bottom. But for the money, it's a pretty good thing to help sort the parts out. the major complaint I have (and (...) (22 years ago, 17-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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I just came across this: (URL) anyone out there have one of these? Does it work? (22 years ago, 17-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Inventory of lego, software for keeping
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(...) After having thought about it for a long time, I finally did it yesterday, I moved my lego from my parents place (still find I am missing some boxes I KNOW I bought and built at some point I just lost track of where I stored them....) But I (...) (22 years ago, 9-Oct-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Get Rid of Dust on Lego Displays Campain (GRODOLD)
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"Jeremy Scott" <Copyright@cox.net> writes: [...] (...) [...] I know the feeling. I don't vacuum my models often, but I have done it once or twice. The risk of vacuuming up LEGO elements is always high even when you are just cleaning the floors. So (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I'm looking for current info on Gary's program. The original URL is dead, as is Gary's posted e-mail address. Does anyone have current contact info for Gary, know if the program is still available and what the new URL is, etc.? Thanks, Steve (22 years ago, 9-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Get Rid of Dust on Lego Displays Campain (GRODOLD)
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"Jeremy Scott" <Copyright@cox.net> wrote in message news:H3Hynv.IAD@lugnet.com... (...) was (...) especialy (...) resolution (...) problem (...) common (...) RID (...) I tend to keep all my sets and mocs on display in my computer room, so they get (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Hi Jeremy, I just use a big soft brush (originally designed for dishwashing) to gently remove the dust from the LEGO model, and then I use a vacuum cleaner to get the dust off everything else. kind regards Arne, Copenhagen (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Actually, they are both from Costco and have not been modified by me at all. I think the left unit was purchased 2 or 3 years ago so apparently that's what was being distributed to Costcos at that time. - Bob (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.storage)
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Hm, how did you end up with such an interesting mix of sm/med/lg Iris shelves in those 2 stacks? The right stack looks like a standard Costco stack, 2 sm/3med/2 lg, top to bottom. But the left stack is 1 lg short of a Costco stack, and 3 sm extra. (...) (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) especialy (...) resolution (...) No special cleaning tips, but to avoid the above, you could use a pantyhose over the vacumecleaners hose, or whatever it is called in English (sorry, not my native language). People do that to clean out their (...) (22 years ago, 5-Oct-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I use Swiffer/Pledge Grab-it cloths. They do a great job and get in between studs quite easily. Plus they are non-abbrasive (no scratches). Jude (22 years ago, 5-Oct-02, to lugnet.storage)
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"Jeremy Scott" <Copyright@cox.net> wrote in message news:H3Hynv.IAD@lugnet.com... (...) <snip> (...) What I do is this: I take old pantyhose and a rubberband. I put a section of the hose a but a fingers length inside the vacuum hose and then tie it (...) (22 years ago, 5-Oct-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I bought one of these: (URL) so it may require a bit of extra outlay but unlike air canisters it never runs out and it (well, my Dyson actually) is way more powerful than a hand held vacuum. If the dust has dried on I give it a brush with an (...) (22 years ago, 5-Oct-02, to lugnet.storage)
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