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... I love those little storage cabinets you can get at hardware stores, the ones that are designed for nuts & bolts and things. I keep all of my non-rectangular plates & bricks in them: control sticks, 1x1 plates, minifig heads, cylnders, trees, (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Sorting/Storing Catalogs
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Susan Hoover wrote in message <361D6313.17D44C0C@c...ve.com>... (...) some (...) If you get them sorted, I'm interested in trading the single page in-box catalogs. My current list is at www.wantree.com.au/~...lyers.html terry mason (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Make sure you use the "archival quality" sheet protectors. The other kind can mess up your stuff. I have about four 3" binders full of instructions, catalogs, etc. I have one binder with instructions for basic/freestyle/paradisa/etc., one with (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) on (...) have (...) Hmmm, I have various catalogs reaching back to 1973 (plus a 1970 dealers catalog), so I have about 25 years worth, but most of those years I only have one catalog for. I would never even think about a binder per year. Then (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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I use the following: * Large rubbermaid stackable drawers for the big stuff - all of my basic bricks are in one - another serves as my unsorted container - the other two hold several compartment containers described below * Shoe box size containers, (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Yup, Boston! --Todd (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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i hope you dont all look down at me for this... since i was about 12, i migrated my "tub" of legos in to a more organized sort. first i used tupperwares. then at about 14 i made the move to hardware store style cabinets. now i have a formidable row (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) todd, by any chance, have you or do you live in new england? i notice the unusual use of the word wicked...(i go to umass..im used to it) sorry for the off topic, but i had to comment. (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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I've got to get a better handle on my sorting. I've got 7 Akro Mills containers (about 300 separate compartments), about 30 plastic "shoe boxes", about 30 cardboard shoe boxes, 6 large Technic trays, and about 400 to 500 baggies. Everything is (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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Í forgot to mention the brand. They are made by Plano. Tom McDonald wrote in message <36190530.95FEEBBD@f...io.com>... (...) they (...) 2x8+ (...) jelly (...) partitions (...) bricks (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) It depends on the box for me. I try to save the bigger ones, thinking that "someday" I'll use them for storage. Some boxes are just so "cute", like Pizza To Go, that I can't collapse them or toss them. Black Thunder box is cool too, as it's (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Oh yeah. Those work well too. Got one of those I forgot about that holds my 2x8+ plates and hitch couplings. Also, after me and NLS devoured the contents, I confiscated a transparent jelly bean box that we received one year for Christmas. It (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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Op een zekere dag, te weten Sun, 4 Oct 1998 02:39:34 GMT, klom Larry Andersen <neonglass@earthlink.net> in het toetsenbord en schreef ons: (...) I keep also all my boxes (since two years, actually), but in no particular order/system. I don't flatten (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Yep. Same problem. I keep those bigger boxes with 3-D walls whole. Right now they are forming a "shelf" in the back of the closet to put other things on top of! Gary GaryLouie@EarthLink.Net (26 years ago, 4-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) The big boxes, like 8480 and 8880's boxes, I use with the trays to store some of the bigger, less oft used pieces. Some of hte other bigger boxes, I use for the storage of all of the smaller boxes, which are flattened, and inserts thrown away. (...) (26 years ago, 4-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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For a long time I threw away all of the boxs. A few years ago I started saving them and quickly ran out of room. Within the last year I've reached a compromise with the problem. I currently flatten the boxes and save them that way. I have a problem (...) (26 years ago, 4-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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How are the box collectors dealing with storage? I've filled three closets with Lego boxes and they are starting to be a problem. I've decided to open up all the end flaps and store the boxes flat. I'm discarding all the internal packing material (...) (26 years ago, 3-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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I got the see trough (clear) tackle boxes that open up at one end only they feature many compartments and run between $ 2 and $ 5 a piece. Shallow ones are good for small pieces while the deeper ones are good for the bigger parts (duh) for the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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Plastic hardware sorting drawers work great for almost all technic parts (except beams of course) KL (...) (26 years ago, 3-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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I, too, use ziploc bags for sorting the axles. I keep all of a particular length in a bag, and all of the bags in a little storage container. (26 years ago, 3-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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