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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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I've done that, but my bunk bed isn't a true bunk bed... The bed underneath rolls away, so I can store my legos both above and under. Mark Nelson <3nelsons@pressenter.com> wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.storage)
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Hi, I'm from Israel, and here we have these Pack 'n Latch producteds, in all the hardware and home appliance. Most of them are the Regular pack 'n Latch, in aconfiguration of 4 low drawers and two deep ones. You can also disasable each of the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Scott, DO NOT post auction updates in the lugnet.loc.uk newsgroup or the lugnet.storage -- the ONLY place for auction updates here is in market.auction. Please review the Terms of Use (URL) which you agreed to when you signed up to post here. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.storage, lugnet.admin.general)
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136373170: Rare & Genuine Lego Storage Cloth (#789). Current bid: $31.00 Auction ends on: 08/03/99 11:58:09 PDT (URL) 8 Genuine Lego Road Plates (inc start grid). Current bid: $15.50 Auction ends on: 08/03/99 12:01:06 PDT (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.storage)
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(...) snip... The upside to stacking is that it not only looks neater and takes up less space, but it allows you to quickly inventory what you have and retrieve certain pieces when you're building. The downside is that I've found small cracks in (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) The company's website is www.zag.co.il but there is no useful supplier data therein. They have lots of different storage products. Paul Sinasohn Acappella Bass and Technical Trainer just starting with Lego (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I do this for pieces I don't have a large enough quantity for like brown. Hmm.. that sounded bad. -Tom McD. when replying, do not Scotchguard spamcake: a large caustic cloud ensues. (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) <snippage> (...) I use clumping as a sorting method, in combination with ziplocs & drawers. As an example, in my brick storage, I keep bricks in purple tubs and have found that I can find pretty much anything in there by having the 1x1's and (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Actually, I have a bunch of the storage cases from sets 545 (6 bin) and 565 (9 bin). They hold "slugs" of bricks perfectly - 2x4 stacked 8 high - they hold 21 "slugs" in each bin = 168 2x4 in one little bin. (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.storage)
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I've done clumps but it's more work. Also I had read that there may be some weakening of gripping power after many years kept assembled. I had some clumps of 2x4s that had been clumped together for 25 years. They don't grip very well. That is (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I used to store my LEGO this way when I was a kid about 25 years ago. Then my kids got a hold of it.... Surprisingly, there was little or no "creep" effect. This means that the bricks that were stacked for ~10 years hold just as well as new (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.storage)
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I just started experimenting with a somewhat different way of storing bulk Lego pieces, and I was wondering if anyone out there has any experience with this -- connect bulk pieces together into larger "slugs" when storing in bins. For example, take (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.storage)
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Hi, Has anyone had experience with this? How would one pack up a set for a really long time, for, say over 30 years? A bunch of questions come to mind, and I'm not sure what's important. Are there any special requirements for ABS plastic? Would it (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.storage)
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I just had a friend in from out of town, and they had the coolest thing for Lego storage, unbeknownst to them. Apparently, you can buy these little disposable Tupperware containers in the same section of Target where you buy sandwich bags. They are (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.storage)
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Not really I aid $9 for a set of 3 draws (1 stack) -- Clay Aucoin (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.storage)
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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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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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(...) Those red/yellow ones are from BASIC 3+ range, and have set numbers from 3xx (365?) range, if I remember correctly. Selçuk (26 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. (...) (26 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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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 (...) (26 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. (26 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+, (...) (26 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.admin.database)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ... (...) -- moz1 at ihug either .com.au or .co.nz (URL) (26 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. (...) (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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, (...) (26 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)), (...) (26 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 (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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