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A few months back I discovered my cache of baseplates from when I was a kid. Unfortunately, some of the smaller ones (8 x 16) were bowed and/or warped. I tried pressing them in the pages of a large book for a month, but on looking this evening, they (...) (21 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Gotta Love Ikea....
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I just recently moved into a new place, as a result I have had to re-do my Lego Storage system, I purchasd a series of IVAR shelving units which are great for Lego and Rubbermaid bins. I use 5 shelves per rack The first shelf is about 5 inches off (...) (21 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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| | Re: Do you save boxes and catalogs?
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(...) For the past 25 years I have kept all my Lego boxes with the thinking that they make my collection complete--I have all the pieces, instructions, and the boxes. But being that I never intend to sell my personal collection of Lego (and if I did (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Brick Storage Showcase (and some padding to make lines wrap well)
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(...) ~~ massive snippage ~~ (...) (URL) TWS Garrison Excellent Storage Array. What do you figure the cost to have been so far? Overall, VERY compartmentalized. Perhaps more than my personal preference. How does your storage affect your building? I (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Brick Storage Showcase (and some padding to make lines wrap well)
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(...) Okay---if you like fuzzy pictures[0]. The heart of my storage system is an array of Gracious Living drawer units[1] (URL) use a three drawer pattern to store basic plates, 1xn bricks, and 2xn bricks in the basic colors (gray, dkgray, tan, (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Storing Minifig Torsos and Heads
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(...) Thomas, Maybe some double-stick tape or sticky tack (if it will adhere to the platic) will make a re-usuable fastener. I like the idead of heat-forming the pockets better, if it works. -Brian (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: Storing Minifig Torsos and Heads
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(...) Huh. Having not actually tried this, I was not expecting that result at all, but it does make sense (not that there's any point arguing with practical experience). (...) Another posibility might be to fill a page with some unpopular torsos (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: Storing Minifig Torsos and Heads
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(...) I like. I picked up some 30-compartment pages for $0.69 apiece, and three fit nicely into a 1" binder. (URL) did find, though, that they wanted to spontaneously pop out (I guess most coins aren't 1 stud thick :-), so I stapled each flap after (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: Storing Minifig Torsos and Heads
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(...) right? I do use similar boxes (although I'm a Shimano man, myself) for torsos of which I only have 5--10 (Dragon Masters, etc.), but when you only have one or two of each type I think that most tackle boxes are too deep---half the torsos will (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: Storing Minifig Torsos and Heads
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(...) Yeah... a really simple one and most of all, a totally free one - doesn'tcost a brick or a penny! For the heads, I simply stack them one on top of the other. I try to place them in a specific order, like all the female heads together, then the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-04, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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