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(...) It also lost the mars lander.... Troy (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Don't knock the imperial measurement system - it put man on the Moon! If NASA had used metric at the time, it would surely have put them off going at all, I mean "400,000,000,000mm"* sounds a lot further away than "239,000 miles"* *All (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Why, us silly americans (as in people from the USA) still use a non-metric system of measurements! Just add it to the list of reasons why the rest of the world doesn't like us.... :) Troy (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Nope, A6 to A0 but if you can create your own AX where X goes to infinity..:-) A0 is the biggest one (equals 16 A4s in area). Since A1 is half of the A0 and A2 is half of the A1 and so on, (short side of A0 is long side of A1 and half of the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:Fr6sMB.I7w@lugnet.com... [ ...snipped ...] (...) them (...) Metric sheets sizes go from A4 - A1 from smallest to largest. A4 is approximately the same size as a standard US letter size (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Paulo Caparica Junior wrote in message <38C6F950.6BA9E203@n...com.br>... (...) after about (...) 10,000 (...) methods (...) binder (...) too long (...) doing (...) And I just measured my 5561 instructions which happen to be sitting right next to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I have found that the Plano 3700 boxes fit neatly inside cardboard archive file boxes. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com ---...--- (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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I use Plano and TackleLogic tackle boxes to store my Lego Technic pieces. Since I have small children, I am always putting them away and getting them out, often carrying them up and down stairs, etc. And, I have (fortunately) reached a point where I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) They are European, they are ISO paper sizes. They are also used in Brazil, and Brazil is in America... (...) A4 is 210 mm x 297 mm (...) Paulo (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I have a Box-4-Blox and I use it frequently. It is useful for a rough separation of big pieces from tiny pieces, but most of the pieces end up on the second-from-bottom level. I use the B4B to store unsorted pieces until I can get around to (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Hi all, As you know, I prefer the use of Plano tackle boxes for storing my Technic collection. My kid's collection is another story. The twins have about 10 of the Rubbermaid transparent boxes with folding lids. The question for all of you is: Would (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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"Eric Harshbarger" <eric@ericharshbarger.org> wrote in message news:38C12BAC.5DE148...ger.org... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I wonder about this also. I received a Model Team set in trade last summer that simply would not stay put together. I (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Thanx for the info, Fred. Do you happen to know at what temperature the bricks start to lose there grippiness? I'm not concerned that my attic will reach 220 degrees, but 150 might be a possibility. eric (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) A bit more info for you to consider. We have an indoor/outdoor thermometer setup in the master bedroom with the "outdoor" probe in the attic (for measuring temp changes related to the use of a whole house fan). It's got a memory of the day's (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Over the past few years I have had a chance to play w/several types of ABS/plastics and various heating elements(1) to make race car body parts(2). Lego ABS melts at about 220 degres easily. A 15watt soldering iron can cut right thru them (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) You might also try putting some sort of load on the bricks in the oven. Lego parts stored in an attic would most likely be stored tubs or boxes in which case the bricks on the bottom would be compressed by the bricks above. Bricks might get (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) For a better test, I'd suggest turning your stove on as low as it will go (probably around 100F or so, and leave a handful of bricks in there for several hours, at least. Something that doesn't soften at a high temp (briefly) might do so at a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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OK, so I bought an oven thermometer today which is more accurate than my guessing with the knobs on my stove/oven. Using the oven, I warmed up a few 2x4 blue bricks (one single and a pair joined by 8 studs). I warmed them to between 140-150F (the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Just one question (haven't looked at your webpage yet), just how HOT does your attic get? Heat is the ENEMY of your LEGO, that little temperature warning in conjunction with washing also should apply dry. FYI, Mike All other themes are just (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) So, what you are really saying is, that you want to create your own, KEVIN LOCH clearly inferior knock-off clones. There are easier ways of doing that. I'll show you sometime... RichHave Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Umm, I diddn't mean melt the train windows :) I meant make certain impressions in the sand-mold with them, melt some town Jr. car chassis and pour it in the mold. Actually I doubt it would be good enough quality, but it would be a fun (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) The lego Gods will be angry and won't bring Lego Direct until the proper sacrifice has been made ... 1) 1 Lego Metroliner ... MISB (which could mean anything by e-bay standards, no?) 2) 20 Pitchforks 3) ... ;) -- pn (Eric - you're nuts. The (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Train windows!?! Sacrilege! I think I might leave some "test bricks" in various configurations in my attic this summer, along with a thermometer that has memory for a max reading. Now, I *know* you shouldn't leave it in your car. The local (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Is is possible to melt the plastic without burning it? It would be fun to do some experiments with those sand-molding kits and say some train windows :) KL (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Let me follow up on my earlier pos about LEGO baking/heat testing. In a second, completely un-scientific test, I set my oven at roughly 150 Fahrenheit (I did not have a baking thermometer to measure accurately). I put a few yellow 2x4 bricks within (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) My LEGO from the seventies spent three summers in an attic in Lubbock TX, where I know it got to at least 120 degrees and when I finally retrieved it, it was fine. ABS has a very high melting temp, you need to get much higher than Texas heat (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) My LEGO was kept in the attic for 3 years, with a black slate roof that really absorbed heat. I've yet to find any problems with any of the bricks. The only thing I found that might be cause for concern was some of the airplanes that were (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I live in Auburn, AL -- quite a ways from Huntsville (4-5 hour drive, maybe?). back to the subject of heat: I did a VERY INFORMAL test of 'baking' a LEGO piece for about 15 minutes in my oven at about 160 degrees Fahrenheit. It survived, none (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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"Eric Harshbarger" <eric@ericharshbarger.org> wrote in message news:38B77572.BB7845...ger.org... (...) Where in Alabama? I get down to Huntsville for work every once in a while. I am actually worried about the heat as well. I live in North Carolina (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Well, I'm in Alabama, and certainly it will get very hot in my attic this summer. I am going to install a cooling fan this week in anticipation of the Summer Heat. eric (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) that here, all I would have at the end of the summer would be a pile of multi-colored goo. Heck, it gets hotter outside than the recommended 40C. The attic probably gets up to 50C or higher. (Not to mention our cars, in which, every year, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Eric Harshbarger wrote in message <38B42BFA.542314EE@e...er.org>... (...) I too recently moved my bricks into the attic, and just got the photo's I took developed. Unfortunately my attic is much smaller, so there is less space to move around, but (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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I also forgot to mention that the back two compartments are similar to the Target Plano type boxes that have more divisions. My local Target has not had these boxes in a while so I was happy to find a substitute.Now I have to reorganize the parts. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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The box name is TackleLogic, not travel Logic. R2 wrote in message ... (...) The (...) when (...) so (...) slip (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Indeed, I bought 4 of the TravelLogic 3750 boxes to help store my collection. I use 4 Plano 3730's for the big stuff (like tires), 8 Plano 3700's for most of the stuff, and now have 4 TravelLogic 3750's that I mostly use for the rarer stuff that I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I'm not sure about Travel Logic and Plano. I have not been inside a WalMart or similar store in months (it's part of my ongoing 12-step program...) I went to the (URL) website. I don't have cable modem or DSL access up here in the frozen (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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I found a new Plano type storage box at Walmart, called Travel Logic (maybe owned by Plano). It has three compartments and the front one is half the size of the box. This allows for larger (width and length) compartments. The other two compartments (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Skip wrote in message ... (...) about (...) 10,000 (...) methods (...) long (...) I bought some portable file boxes and I use the dividers for specific themes and pocket envelopes for smaller instruction sets. The larger instruction sets fit (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Eric Harshbarger wrote in message <38B42BFA.542314EE@e...er.org>... <snip> (...) would make sorting easier. Brian (bbq) Sauls (Whenever I train a new cook, I always tell them "Laziness breeds effiiency." After a couple of seconds of blank stares, I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Carl Greatrix <tooncars@ukgateway.net> wrote in message news:FqEKpI.IM0@lugnet.com... (...) tiptoe (...) Sounds to me like you need a remote control! Mike (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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hmm I think I need some of these tubs!!!....It would stop me having to tiptoe through the lego to turn my TV on and off in my lounge ;) (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Ok, I went ahead a documented the brick GROUPINGS within the #3033 Blue Tub for those of use who are really curious (and who isn't?) (URL) ---...--- Eric Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org "Oh please, if people are (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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Hi all, I recently moved all of my surplus bricks up into my attic wherein I have plenty of room to sort and such. I, of course, had to make a (brief) webpage to document the set-up, and I thought others might be curious to see my storage (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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(...) You could try making an arrangement with a European to get a European binder and sleeves. The instruction booklets follow European paper sizes (which if I'm remembering right, the large ones are A4 size which is approximately 20cm x 30cm). (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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I had a "Lego Renaissance" last year and started buying sets again after about 15 years of hibernation (I am 34 if anyone wants to know)I bought about 10,000 pieces last year and while I am still working out sorting and storage methods I am most (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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My clear "Glass" pieces (Canopies and train style windows) are starting to show small scratches. Currently All are stored in one large shoe box sized plastic tub. This play wear is from the all too common "where's that darn piece" rake through the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I recently found a great way to sort LEGO by both color and shape. My experience has been that it is much easier to find a particular color in a bin of same-shape parts than it is to find a particular shape in a bin of same- color parts, so if (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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I can't answer your second question, but as to your first, there is one right answer as to how to sort your Legos: whatever works best for you. My personal preference is to sort everything by size, as I easily see the different colors and pick out (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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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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