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(...) I store mine in lever arch files with plastic sleves inside them. (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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(...) The best thing to do is to get a bunch of A4 sheet protectors and a couple of A4 binders. These can be hard to find in the United States, but they have become easier to find in recent years as more businesses start using ISO paper sizes for (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I store all of mine in a steel filing cabinet using the expandable hanging file folders and sorted by theme. The instructions stay wrinkle free, there's low humidity and no exposure to sunlight. Dawn (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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(...) well there's allways the big green steel box sometimes known as a garbage dumpster.=) actuly some use binders with plastic sleaves and others just use a storage bins that slide under a bed. ondrew (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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My collection has gotten to the point where tossing the instructions from all the sets into a cardboard box just isn't working any more. There is a lot of information about how to store bricks, but not much on the subject of instructions. So, does (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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I would first like to start with a big hello to all AFOL's not just in the UK but everywhere. I very much enjoy reading the posts on the Lugnet news groups and as a paid-up member of Lugnet I enjoy its facilities and would like to thank those that (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Here's the place I got my labels: (URL) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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I was trying to figure out the best way to print out labels for my lego storage. I would like to have a name and picture of the parts, similar to (URL) found talk of the lego part label printer program for windows( (URL) ) but the links all appear (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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I also recently moved across country. The company paid for the move so I had professional movers. (...) and (...) Yup these went fine. The professional movers pack things very well with paper (crumpled so as to provide good cusioning). I don't think (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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Hi Jon! I got my tables at IKEA about a year ago, but I decided on using the "AMON" table surface and "CURRY" table legs. AMON is, at least here in Sweden, availible in both 120 x 80 and 150 x 80 cm with a few selections on color. One being white. (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.storage)
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One suggestion with the zip-locked baggies is to package parts up into smaller zip-lock bags, then put those smaller bags into one of the gallon-sized freezer zip-lock bags. E.g. I take these seperate bags: 1x1 plates, 1x1 round plates, 1x1 plates (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) 5 years of school and 4 of production work. Alabama Shakespeare Festival Utah Shakespeare Festival The Shakespeare Theatre in DC plus a bunch of smaller places no one's ever heard of. Aaron (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I see you weren't kidding when you said you'd worked in theatre. ;P (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I just moved a couple of months ago, and had the same problem. Lots of Stack On boxes with lots of little drawers. I took my solution from a common warehouse shipping practice. Wrap everything in plastic wrap. I bought a couple of boxes of (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Indeed... everyone who sees my LEGO room... (...) Heh. Now if only I could get my wife to think this way! Jake --- Jake McKee Webmaster - BIP (URL) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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Aaron & All, (...) Having moved from Flint, Michigan to Ann Arbor, Michigan to South Bend, Indiana to Osceola, Indiana, all within the last 5 years or so, I have a bit of experience here with this. Plano boxes - I found that if you put them in a (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Fortunately, I think my wife has quite a collection of sizes. Thanks for the warning about tape, but ever since working in theatre, I've become a tape snob. I hate duct tape now. If any of you have never tried Gaffer's tape, believe me when I (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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In lugnet.storage, Jake McKee wrote: snipped good advice. Hope I never have to take it! My moves of stuff have all been short, or via airplanes. (...) 30+ K8 boxes. Some would say "wow... doesn't LEGO check your pockets every day? That's a lot of (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I recently moved a good distance, and had to move my big 'ol collection with me. Like John mentioned, I used LOTS of ziploc baggies. I just moved my parts bins to one baggie per color/size/shape like I had already sorted them. I had a few (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) What? You won't have enough bricks to play with while you're at work?? *grin* My suggestion: Zip-Lock bags. Lots of them. You can dump each container into a bag, zip it up, and put the bag back into the container. That way even if the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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