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(...) Yep, that's the brand. Hm, I hadn't paid attention to being able to order more dividers, not that I've needed to. At the closest I've come to needing more dividers, I still had one or two left. (...) Down here in the US, Walmart carries Plano. (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.storage)
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Frank Filz said: (...) I think that the boxes you're referring to are called "Tuff Tainers". They're made by Flambeau. One of the nice things is that you can order extra dividers. Up here in Canada, they're carried by Canadian Tire and I'm pretty (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) This is one reason I stopped buying the Plano boxes, and instead buy my boxes from Target. I forget who makes the ones they sell, but the dividers stay in a LOT better (sometimes too well, I've had to struggle occaisionally to get a divider (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I've thought about this too. I wonder if thermally (or mechanically) deforming the divider would work. If you "flattened" the triangle profile in a few spots around the outside, it would probably fit tighter. The other fairly easy method would (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.storage)
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Has anyone glued the dividers in place on their Plano boxes? I've got about a dozen or so of the 3700 series boxes and many of them are divided into as many sections as possible and I don't see changing them. Many times when I go to get a bunch of a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) YES. I have a Dremel too and with it's tools you can do such things very good. You can make surfaces very smooth so it looks like it's made in this form. I recently have made a "empty" 2x4 brick so the electric for a homemade sensor fits in (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.storage)
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You need a table that is not as deep. Maybe more than on table. 30" should be about as deep as you need. John Matthews Ben Erwin <berwin@tufts.edu> wrote in message news:384EC116.C02310...fts.edu... (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.storage)
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berwin@tufts.edu (Ben Erwin) wrote in <384EC116.C02310AF@tufts.edu>: (...) Wooo, that is a nice big table. I'm jealous. I find that I like to have bins arranged around me in an L or U shape, and to keep them separate from the table space where I'm (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.storage)
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In lugnet.storage, Michael Edwards writes: [snipped] (...) [more snipped] 2 metroliners?!? Would you care, maybe, to sell/trade? -Shiri P.S. followup-to buy/sell/trade (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.storage)
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We are looking to bring all of our LEGO pieces (many thousands of US dollars worth) together into one building space. Currently we have ZAG storage units in two sizes (yellow and green) from the Home Depot. see photo at (URL) will probably go with (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.storage)
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I use a stackable drawer system, which makes my 30k collection sorted and compact. They were purchased in here, Turkey, but you mot probably found similar or better in US. The drawer modules came in three sizes compatible to each other (I mean you (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Not exactly Lego related, but I'm getting a new 36" TV for my birthday and I was thinking of maybe buying that TV cart/stand they sell to hold me over while I work on a plan to build my own - wonder if it would support the weight of the tv (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.storage)
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I would go with Tom So i would have to tear apart my models, put them in them bags "ziplocks" that you call in the US, i'm should be able to find them in the local supermarket. Put them back into there boxs. Any small or leaky boxs can going in a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.storage)
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Well, don't do this. Don't tear apart all your sets and then put them back in their boxes. A) The boxes (at least 1997 +) Do NOT keep legos in them very well. You open up your carefully moved boxes and discover hundreds of legos out of the boxes and (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.storage)
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Michael Edwards <medwards@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message news:FLyqsH.Cs0@lugnet.com... (...) I'm in the process of getting ready to move right now. I went to target and bought a bunch of Sterilite 10 gallon containers for $5 apiece, a bunch of (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.storage)
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If all the sets are currently built, I'd disassemble them as much as is required to fit them back into their boxes. If you no longer have the boxes, invest in a significant quantity of Rubbermaid-type containers, in whatever sizes you think would (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.storage)
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Hello Has anybody have the prodlem of moving to a new home, how do you pack your lego's? I have over 200 sets and what whould be the best idea to move them? Break them up into pecies ? BTW I have Technic, Star Wars, and 9V Trains Please help Michael (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) (Yes, the original message was from over a year ago. So I'm just catching up, give me a break!) Archival quality sheet protectors won't stick to or discolor your sheets over time. I have some photos that were put into what were obviously not (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Your message was a couple months ago, but if you have called IKEA, you will have probably already found out that IKEA does have a store in Texas. It's in Houston on I-10 at the Antoine exit, just west of the West Loop (I-610). In other words, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.storage)
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