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| (...) Hi Terry, I use the 3700 series boxes myself, and with Ralphs special modifcation tool, they work well with various sizes of Lego pieces. Before I got shelves to put them on, I used the Sterlite brand 22(?) gallon size tote. They will hold (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) HaHa, I did have to use the soldering iron to cut away a section so the motorcycle wheels would fit in...I didn't want to use the deeper PLANO box because it would waste storage space. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| Thanks Ralph, etal.. Ralph, what 'special mods' did you make to the boxes. Not in the software I hope :-) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| I've been buying boxes at Target which are the same size as the Plano 3700 boxes but the dividers fit much tighter, plus there are twice as many positions for the dividers. Now if only they carried the thick boxes also... I just did some serious (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| I just got one of (...) Next time you go to KMart, look next to the PLANO boxes for a one-sided yellow box with adjustable storage compartments. I use these, and at only $4 each they really can't be beat. Troy (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) Terry, consider using the PLAN0 37xx boxes. Two of them, (one with special mods) will hold an entire Mindstorms set. They are more transparent than the two sided box. Also, sometimes Walmart has the softsided PLANO tackle bag (black) with (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| I'm about to start teaching a robotics class for 7th and 8th graders and will have 6 Mindstorms kits. I just got one of the PLANO 1126 boxes at KMart for $9.90 These boxes have two sides: Good, but how about looking for stuff?? Can you who use these (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) There are certainly worse sounds to hear first thing in the morning, no? :-) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) Hmmm, During my "acquisition" phase, I would buy Technic, bring it home, open the box and sort into PLANO tackle boxes. I would rarely build things because I needed "a few more of xyz before I got started" This worked for about a year.... Now (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| D Blomberg <blomberg@netscape.net> wrote in message news:37D572B4.91AF4C...ape.net... (...) I've got plenty ideas, the time to implement them is another matter :-( (...) I guess there aren't enough interested Lego builders. A pity, really. Now, if (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| Well, kind of, only my black, grey, blue and yellow. Now, the white ones are elft, and they are *many*! I would like to know how you store your lego, I use some storage boxes that I think are intended to use with nails, they are called "raaco (...) (25 years ago, 12-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| I've purchased a system like this. It is four plastic boxes with square holes that decrease in size from the top tray to the bottom tray. It is not made by Lego. It wasn't cheap... maybe $20, possibly more. But it is handy, to some extent. When (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| I've just patched together a "system" for automatic sorting of Lego, and I wonder whether anyone has tried to do the same - maybe with better results. The idea is to have a series of boxes, one on top of the other. Each box has a net as its bottom. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) Loose. I like stacked, but because of cracking I'm convinced loose is the proper way to store them. Mark (25 years ago, 4-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| I guess both storage boxes have their place. The WorkForce box is embossed for non-slip stacking, and its largest compartment holds an RCX. One box holds an entire 8480 Space Shuttle kit with some care in packing. Al Thiele (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.robotics)
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| Kevin Loch wrote in message <37BDC3F6.B0A842BD@N...kl.net>... (...) I think they do lose their "snap" if kept attached for many years. So for long term storage, it is better to store them unattached. -- Have fun! John AUCTION Page (More soon!) (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) I keep all my pieces in tubs according to size and color (1x1 gray/white/black/green , 1x1 red/yellow/blue, and so on) and all loose. Dunno if either way is better, but I like shoving my hand into a huge pile of loose bricks - slowly of (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| I hate to be completely A.R., but what does everyone think is the better storage method: attached or loose? Do attached bricks get used to being attached and loose their "snap"? Do loose bricks get scratched faster than attached bricks? KL (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 17:01:00 GMT, Chris Phillips uttered the following profundities... (...) I have a box into which fits perfectly columns of 2x4's, 25 bricks high, two to a level. Also, 1x4's, same height. (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) In my opinion, the Flambeau Tuff 'Tainer is a much better deal, at $2.90 each (at my Home Depot). They have four very long, thin bins, which you subdivide yourself into whatever sizes you need (up to 48 max, 12 per row). Each box comes with 20 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.storage)
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