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I have something very similar that I got at WalMart marketed by TackleLogic... it is a model #3832 with 40 adjustable dividers that break the box into 14-54 compartments... a row for connector pegs, a row for gears... I wonder if they are the same (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Hey y'all: I have four of these storage containers for all of my technic/mindstorms stuff and am quite satisfied. They adjust to have as many or as few compartments as you may wish to have. They are large (15" x 12" x 5" approximately) and double (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: A great cleaning method for lego
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(...) No, the Lag Demons haven't eaten this response - I'm just getting around to reading the message. The pride and joy of my Pirate fleet arrived aleady built but dusty as can be. Having other ships to reconstruct, I didn't want to take the time (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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Hi Does anybody know where in the UK i am able to get a PLANO 1258 Box? Or is somebody willing to ship me one? (If in US or another country) will pay vie Larry P factoring Service -- Michael Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Storing for Growth and Storing Long-Term
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message <388D6A27.88A49CDB@p...su.edu>... (...) I've got an adaptive storage method. Pieces start off in PLANO type containers (I use the brand Target sells which has twice as many divider positions as the PLANO ones and the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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braunli1@pilot.msu.edu (Mr L F Braun) wrote in (...) I've got a system I'm fairy happy with, but it also has some subjective weirdness. Over the last year I've grown convinced that any sorting system for a growing collection will constantly have to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I recommend sending them to me, in Cincinnati. i guarantee that no mold will develop, no dust will have a chance to settle ;) Chris (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Hi everyone, Well, it's finally happened. My collection is growing by almost 30% this month--I'm parting out over 180 unopened sets. This means that my bin system is now completely inadequate; I've bought larger bins, I'm running out of room, and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) This is the first thing i do when i bring home new ones from Kmart. Highly recommended, as the lids tend to get in the way when you are building. Troy (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Storing bricks at low temperatures
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(...) Actually, you'll have a different, less annoying problem. Alot of water condenses on cold lego. I forgot and left a bucket of pieces in my trunk for about a month this winter and when I finally brought them inside, there was about a half inch (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Lego storage with good availability in the UK
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...and the last time I was in TRU they had boxes like these (no compartments). (URL) shallow boxes, which make searching a dream. The only problem was they only had dark blue. Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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David, Plan for exponential growth in your collection. Make sure that what ever storage method you use can be expanded. I lost track of the amount of times I've had to re-think my policy. It now seems crazy that I once thought acquiring the lego (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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Focus/Do It All have some flat boxes, unfortunately you will probably need a number of them as they only have approx 15 compartments. I got all my mindstorms/technic in three and a small tool box. The are also a bit pricey but worth looking at. Tony (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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Cross posted to lugnet.storage and lugnet.loc.uk I am looking for a storage solution which is readily available in the UK which is similar to the plano tackle much endorsed by our US lugnuts i.e the flat tackle boxes with the adjustable dividers (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, John Neal (<3886C3EE.DC3BA722@...west.net>) wrote at 08:15:01 (...) Cool! (literally :-) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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I once posed this question to Consumer Affairs. They told me that not even is LEGO fine in cold weather, but that refrigerators are made of the same material as LEGO bricks. That's what they said... YMMV< John (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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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)
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| | 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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