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Too bad they aren't taller, so you could put large baseplates vertically in them. Note - if you belong to Ebates, or search online, you will find $30off150 coupons, netting you 14 boxes for $123.58 plus tax. Free shipping at that point. That knocks (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Sorting Bley and Chocolate Brown
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What little I have I place in Ziplocs and label "new lt grey, new dk grey, new brown". Of course, I'll be selling most of it off. I tend to sort by part, then by color anyways, so it only adds at most another 3 Ziplocs to a drawer or larger Ziploc. (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Me too! Light grey is light grey. Occasionally a new color piece really stands out so I simply discard it back into the tub and grab for another. My collection is still mainly old, so that procedure works well. The only real problem is my (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I too mix all my greys. Having a mostly technic collection, I don't have much new brown, but it will be mixed in too. I have already built MOCs that mix the greys, and have no problem with it. If I build something that just has to be (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Hi there, good question! I have most of my parts sorted by type and then also by colour for the most common types. I have most of it (what is not kept in the original box, of course) in storage boxes with many (four types: 13, 17, 15-23 or (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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(...) The newer 'Stone' colors tend to have a more obvious blue component, while the older classic shades of gray tend more towards a yellow shift. For the browns, the original shade is the darker of the two. The new shade of brown has more red. I (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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(...) I agree with DkStone<->DkGray and RedBrown<->Brown cases. But I can't make a difference between MdStone and Gray without some serious staring. But I still have them mixed, because I have the parts sorted only by type, I don't have enough space (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I just toss them in with my other greys and browns. They are pretty easy to spot once I start building. -Elroy (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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Given that the bleys and chocolate brown are here to stay, what is the best way to sort them into a large collection, whilst still maintaining the ability to distinguish light bley from light grey? I currently sort by type, since up to now it has (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.color)
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(...) This is really really cool news. Your storage-fu is impressive. I'll be bloggin' this on Zemi. Also, you should check out (URL) for another horrible storage website for a good storage line. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) [ z e m i d o t n e t ]> (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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I've finally found it. (URL) Iris 15-gallon Wing Lid Storage Box, WL-60. I have found this only at Office Depot so far. Iris, a Japanese company, has a near-useless English-language Website[1], so I don't know where else it might be found. (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.space)
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The other day I noticed a palette of tubs at a WalMart store. They looked like knockoffs of 3033/4400/etc tubs. The plastic was slightly different, but similar. The label said "RubberMaid RoughNeck 3-gal Container". Original retail was $2.88, but (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Figure $100 for Keter boxes, Shimano tackle boxes, and misc other tackle boxes. $50 for two Plano 1234s. Probably $120 for ten Stack-On 18-, 39-, or 60-drawer units. Around $150? for Gracious Living drawer units (each three-large-drawer or (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: A Monumental Task
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(...) Well, it's one month gone by and the Lego is packed up and ready to be moved. It took close to 200 boxes and 5 66 quart Sterilite containers. All that's left is to bag up the instruction books and put them in a 66 quart Sterilite container. (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I'm right with ya onboard the "I Hate Scratches" bandwagon. Over the years, I've always thought scratches were caused only by bricks against bricks. When I got the whole M:Tron™ collection for Xmas '90, I kept those trans-neon-green pieces in (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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| | Re: Plano 3700 & Sterilite 66 qt - other recommended combinations?
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(...) I have a Plano fishing tackle box that holds three 3700s in a slideout fashion. Not real effective for mass storage though. I also have some plastic shelving that is tall enough for the 3700s to stand vertically like books which is how most of (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Actually, Plano makes something like that - at Menards here in the midwest, you can sometimes find large red plastic boxes that hold three of the 3700's & two of the smaller 3450's (which incidently also come in two slightly different forms: (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Plano 3700 & Sterilite 66 qt - other recommended combinations?
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(...) I use the Plano 3700 (I've noticed that they use this model number for both the 24 and 48 compartment models - odd) boxes too and I have a couple of 58 qt. Sterilite bins. I've never tried putting one in the other, though. What I would like to (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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Just a FYI, for those of us on the small end of the sort/store spectrum. I just discovered that 12 of the Plano 3700 boxes will stack very nicely in a Sterilite 66 qt storage bin. I can now get much (most? I said it was small) of my sorted (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Project Building and Sorting Table
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(...) Matt Chiles ordered a case of the clear plastic mostly rectangular bins you often see packaged mushrooms in (I'm pretty sure I've seen other produce in them also). The bins are about 4"x5" or so (there are also larger bins). Another cheap (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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