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| mnementh@nacs.net (Troy Cefaratti) wrote in <FoLC5F.BAq@lugnet.com>: (...) I use a bookshelf for mine. Each shelf conveniently holds 2 stacks of five next to each other. A cabinet like you're talking about would be great as well. One hint with these (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) I have a ton of these as well. Almost all of my Lego is in these, and they work great for me. (Some stuff is just to big to fit in them, and some stuff, like standard bricks and plates, I just have too many of to put in them) I'm thinking of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| I use Sterlite (sp?) containers (very similar to Rubbermaid). I have ten shoebox size containers for various specialty pieces (and use 25th Anniversary tubs for my basic bricks). Like Rubbermaid, Sterlite containers are transparent, they stack well, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
| | | | | Re: Color Frequency? (oops)
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| Tough to say -- my older stuff is in pieces, while my post-Dark Age stuff is mostly built. In my bins, consisting mostly of old castle and space, I have the following frequencies: 1. black 2. grey 3. white 4. blue 5. yellow 6. red 7. green 8. other (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| I myself use simple Rubbermaid storage containers. They come in several sizes, I use one of the medium sizes. They are shallow enough to be easy to look though, they stack well, and the lids are snug but not hard to get on or off. The container is (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
| | | | | Re: IKEA storage boxes
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| (...) I've got some of these MOPPE things too- they work quite well for storing parts but are a little stiff as it's a case of 'wood against wood'. Not Ideal! Mine are quite new but I suspect that the bare wood finish will begin to look a little (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
| | | | | Re: LEGO box
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| (Crossposted to lugnet.build because this is more about building vs. collecting than storage issues.) (...) I take care of inventorying the sets I've bought by cutting the UPC bar code (which contains the set number) from the box before I flatten (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: LEGO box
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| Selçuk wrote in message ... (...) sized (...) Now I wonder how many people have been embarassed by storing their "adult" toys (nudge nudge, wink wink) in LEGO (or any other "kids" toy) boxes? (and having a visiting child discover them "um, er, um, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.storage)
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| May I suggest trimmming the followups down to just storage at this point? I'd say we're off topic for most of the rest of the groups. (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.storage, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| As it is now, all my sets are in their respective boxes, piled up in my closet at my apartment. Lack of room to set up my town being the main reason. Once I do get the room I will set up my town again and probably just pile the empty boxes (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.storage, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| Bram Lambrecht <braml@juno.com> wrote in message news:20000117.150709...uno.com... (...) That's the trick..:-) I live in an apartment flat with a living room plus two other rooms. One is used as our bedroom, and other one (10m2 approx.) is used for (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| Z <leahy@concentric.net> wrote in message news:FoHy7y.Ivz@lugnet.com... (...) odd (...) like (...) pieces (...) are (...) I use my bricks for building, and I never put any set aside from the other pile of bricks and I only use 3-4 of the bigger (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.storage, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Sometimes I do capitalize it, and, yes, resistance is futlile. (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.storage, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Blue 6 compartment Case, Red 9 Compartment Case
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| I purchased 4 copies of a K-Mart Value Pack a while ago that had a 9 compartment storage case. I know they had a blue 6 compartment case set a while back as well. Does anybody know what sets have these cases? I am wanting to get about 64 or so of (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general, lugnet.basic)
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| Frank, You have the right idea! I keep everything as well. Except for the old plastic bags. I originally did it just to keep track of the sets I had but now I use them to prove to people that I really do have the sets I say I have even if they're (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| Ron Atkinson wrote in message ... (...) the (...) Having the box will generally make it easier to sell a set later, and you will generally get more for it. I keep all the boxes for sets which I don't break down for parts to be sold. I flatten all (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.storage, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I like the big pictures on the front (bigger than on the instructions on the large sets). And I like the alternate models on the back. So I keep the boxes. I do take out the cardboard inserts and flatten all but the largest boxes (which don't (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.storage, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| In lugnet.faq, Kieran Brady writes: --- snip snip --- (...) --- snip --- I have that one, has no use for it and will gladly give it away, you'll have to pay the postage though (it's rather big!) I live in Denmark. Mail me if you're interested. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.storage, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: LEGO box
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| (...) I can see why someone would use a large one for storage. What I think is odd is that people sometimes collect the boxes. LEGO boxes just don't seem like the right material for a collection [especially if you never use the pieces [LEGO stuff is (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.storage, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) sorting/storage. (...) I'm at ~35,000 pieces, and the boxes work fine, but then again, there's an entire room in my house pretty much dedicated to LEGO. I have about eight stackable large plastic containers about the size of LEGO tubs, two (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.storage, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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