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(...) If I had a dedicated LEGO room, or even a dedicated LEGO desk, I wouldn't have a need to put it away when not building. Right now, living in a small flat, I need to put it away to be able to live a life besides the LEGO related one. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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Fredrik Glöckner wrote (...) You mean you put your Lego away? How strange. After I built my desks I basically never put the Lego away, just covered it with a sheet to keep the worst of the dust off it. I still ended up with a stack of assorted Lego (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I think this is a very good idea. If one sorts all the parts in various bins, one quickly ends up with lots of boxes which are needed to make anything at all. And it is quite counter-productive to need to bring out five large 8880 boxes (hi, (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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On Tue, 11 May 1999 14:52:37 GMT, Steve Bliss uttered the following profundities... (...) Something I want to do! I am collecting set inventories, and I keep track of what sets I have bought (So I can look with horror at how much I have spent(1)), (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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I combine building with sorting. Most of my pieces are sorted following the colour and type rule, each separate. But with bricks and plates, I "build" them, and then store them. By building, I stack the pieces together, and they fit quite well into (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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<snipped John's description of sorting strategy> I then locate the plano 3700 (...) Good God man! I have about 15 Planos full of Technic and I thought I was a bit nuts...well my spouse thinks so. If you have 115 of them at an average of $4 US thats (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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lots of interesting ideas here : ) here is the system I developed recently and its works for me. it goes thru a couple of stages. I prefer to sort by color first dumping the need to sort legos into one of the large boxes from the 5571 truck / dark (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) You need a zero-G environment with some clever way of keeping the bits in compartments that completely encapsulate you. The whole thing could seperate and come together with you inside. :-) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) windows, (...) I agree! I use almost the same system: 1x2, 1x3 and 2x2 L plates 1x4 - 1x10 plates 2x2 - 2x16 plates 4x X plates, wings, etc. everything 1x1 (plates and full-hights) everything with no studs on it 1x2, 1x3 and 2x2 L bricks 1x4 - (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I also use pretty much the same method you do, except that I often keep smaller quantities of drastically unlike pieces together so that they'll be easier to find. For instance, I keep 2x2 round plates in with my 1x10 plates, as both are easy (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) LOL! And fierce, too... gotta be careful how you treat her or you'll regret it. Maybe it would be better to have an exit instead, it might be easier to keep. Kevin (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) "Wider is better" (slogan from a advertisement) (...) We label each drawer. This probably speeds up cleanup even more than building. (...) Hmm. Elevator chair? R2 magnetic lift? Steve (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) That's the ultimate solution. Especially if you can keep all the same-colored parts in physical proximity, for easier grabbing. Steve (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Nope. There's not even a really good way to store baseplates with identical contours. Those things really pile up! (...) Excuse me, I believe you accidently inserted "with a room" in the above sentence. HTH. (...) This isn't really a sorting (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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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, (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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