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I too use the 'suitcase' type boxes. I have 12 of the clear, 18 compartment types with grey handles. They are very nice, and well made - much higher quality than any other product I have seen. Too bad they are so expensive though. -- Terry K -- (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | The ULITMATE LEGO Storage containers from Israel!!!!
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IS THERE ANYONE ON THIS LIST FROM ISRAEL????? I found the perfect sotrage containers for LEGO's. The only problem is that they are manufactured in Israel and distributed very scarce in the U.S. The company name is "ZAG" and the product name of the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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(...) Those red/yellow ones are from BASIC 3+ range, and have set numbers from 3xx (365?) range, if I remember correctly. Selçuk (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <37481559.6A62EB56@v...er.net>... (...) The K-Mart set is 2146 (recently added to the DB). Our local K-Mart has a good size stack of these still. If someone is interested in my buying them for them, let me know. (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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(...) The red ones are a different set number - donpt have it off-hand, but they were 3-5 basic sets. (...) I have a bunch of the red/yellow ones as well. Those yellow baseplates are pretty useless. (...) I had that problem a few times, but found (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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(...) Ya. that's the form factor all right. But it's blue with green baseplates. the one Conan has scads of (he does have some of the blue) is red with yellow baseplate covers. Does it have a different set number and is it categorised in a (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Ooops. make that 565 545 has a mojor divider fown the middle (between the two baseplates, but under each baseplate is three compartments. 565 has nine compartments. (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Whoops. I did a little digging on these sets. If 545 has one major divider, I assume 575 has 2 major dividers. That's what Conan has bunches of. the Pause DB does NOT have 575... or any other set that would be it, at least not under BASIC 5+, (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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Ed, your system sounds like Conan's (the GMLTC host/chief lunatic) in a lot of ways. (...) He has about 100 or so of these. 40 of them are for basic bricks and plates, and 30 or so for slopes and windows. A final 30 or so have train parts, hinges (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ... (...) -- moz1 at ihug either .com.au or .co.nz (URL) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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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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| | Re: Building exhaustion
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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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| | RE: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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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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| | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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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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| | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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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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