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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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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, (...) (20 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 (20 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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| | Re: Storing Minifig Torsos and Heads
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(...) This is going to sound really strange, but given your specific needs, have you considered coin pages? You should be able to find some type that's just the right size to fit minifig torsos (I'd suggest getting frosted pages if you can), and a (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-04, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: Akro-Mils 64-drawer cabinets
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(...) If your referring to the ones with the drawers which are slightly flexible... The 64 drawer units (blue case, 64 small drawers) are about $12 at WalMart. The 44 drawer units (red case, 32 small drawers, 12 large drawers) are about $10 at (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-04, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Storing Minifig Torsos and Heads
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(...) I use these for small parts, and I think they would work just as well for your application: (URL) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-04, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Storing Minifig Torsos and Heads
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Does anyone have any suggestions for storing low-repetition minifig torsos (and heads)? I'm thinking of those torsos (like those in Island Xtreme sets) which are sufficiently distinctive that you would only use one or two of each in a layout, while (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-04, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: Akro-Mils 64-drawer cabinets (and some additional information)
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(...) When I last saw them, at Fred Meyer, they were $20. Just so I can remember. . . Emplast is available at Target and Lowe's.[1] Akro-Mils is available at Fred Meyer and Ace. Stack-On is available at Kmart, Wal-Mart, and Home Depot.[2] Did I miss (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: How do you store your instructions?
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I have big 3-inch binders which are loaded with plastic sleeves. Each theme has it's own binder. I then organize them by size, with the smallest in photo-sleeves, then up through full size. Here is one: (URL) I do have 2 problems with this setup, (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Akro-Mils 64-drawer cabinets
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Folks- I'm interested in picking up some of those luscious Akro-Mils cabinets with 64 polypropylene drawers. I had my hands on one at my local Ace Hardware--nice! I wanna make sure they're not ripping me off: If *you've* bought one, how much did you (...) (21 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Parts Catalog 0.0.37 can now make labels
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(...) i just finished adding the ability to pick which label to start printing on. so it does not always start with the upper right hand corner. so now you should be able to print 1 label anywhere on the page. i will upload this change and any (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Parts Catalog 0.0.37 can now make labels
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(...) press the 'more' button on the main screen then press then press the 'directory' button on the screen that pops up and choose where LDraw is. i know this is a weird place for it. (...) color of the text or the background of the label? would (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.inv)
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| | Re: Parts Catalog 0.0.37 can now make labels
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(...) Excellent, I can make labels for those parts that Jeff Boen didn't make. How does Parts Catalog detect the LDraw directory? Maybe I missed something in the program but I had to manually edit the PartsCat.ini file in order for Parts Catalog to (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.inv)
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