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(...) I sort by color and size. I store elements in the storage cases from 545 and 575 (those 6 and 9 compartment drawers using 16x32 baseplates as bins. Each compartment holds a specific color and size element - 1x2 yellow bricks, 2x8 blue plates, (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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As some other guys, I think the most appropriate way of sorting/storing the pieces (from the building point of view) is using a drawer system. Mine is from "port-bag" (an imported product so it must be available some other places, too). They are (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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Hi, Apologies if my silly news reader messed up the quote attributions. :( (...) Then I'm probably WAY too methodical. I've got over 250 drawers, classified by element. If there are too many for the little drawers, I then resort to colour. Standard (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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Kevin Wilson (...) At the risk of sounding negative, these didn't work as well as I'd hoped. Perhaps I couldn't get the right ones - what I got were drawers/trays about 6-8" deep, 4" wide and about 3" high. They stacked so I tried that. It worked (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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Bram L wrote/: (...) When I first read about doing this it sounded like a great idea and I resorted all my sorted-by-color bricks into sorted-by-size, mixed colors. But when I tried to build, I hated it. The problem is that I mostly do stuff which (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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Sproaticus wrote (...) This should probably go in the FAQ/Rool Call archive. Hmm, I've posted about it before, but here goes: Right now all my Lego is in four boxes. OK, four boxes and a few extra bags - I got the Lego touring truck after I packed (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I'm in the middle of changing from a color-based storage system to a shape-based one. I used to just separate small special pieces (tiles, windows, minifig tools, etc) from the big one-color only bins (wthe single color looks impressive). Now, (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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Sorry, I posted it the wrong group and screwed up a link! Can you tell it is Monday? :) OK, try this! SORTING: (URL) LEGO PAGE: (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Whoops! My bad -- I posted this off-topic message and didn't forward it to an appropriate group. Thanks to Tom McDonald for catching it, but I'm afraid it'll just keep on going in the wrong groups. My apologies to everyone. (...) I did this (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.storage)
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(...) apart (...) Which reminds me, has anyone come up with a good way to store baseplates with varying contours? (3) (...) I would be curious to see scientific notation on this figure. ;) My drawers (so to speak) are also overflowing and I've kinda (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.storage)
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