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A few days ago I unearthed some official Lego storage trays at my parent's house (currently used for pens, sellotape etc). I would like to know their origins and as I have not found any reference on LUGNET, could someone possibly enlighten me? (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Help! Mildew "infection"
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(...) Get them out of the cardboard boxes, and store them in those large rubbermaid (or other) storage containers. Sizes may vary, but they are best for your bricks. If you don't plan on accessing them immediately, seal them with packing tape. Mine (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Help! Mildew "infection"
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(...) [...] Ok, that'll handle the mildewy stuff in the closet itself, but I have a sinking feeling that the rest of my Lego boxes also will start to smell of mildew. Is there any good way to fix that? (If there is, I can clean up new acquisitions (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Help! Mildew "infection"
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Tim Rueger <rueger@io.com> wrote in message news:FtEDEK.GIE@lugnet.com... (...) The least fun, but most reliable way to get rid of mildew odor is to empty the closet and wash the walls, floor, ceiling and shelves with Lysol (using the concentrate, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Sorting and Creativity
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One thing I have worried a little bit is whether the way I sort would inhibit creativity (either by hiding parts or by making it take too long to find parts). I'm happy to say that my sorting methods in no way inhibited my creativity when I created (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Good, cheap storage boxes at Home Depot
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Our local Home Depot (Albany, NY, USA) has a good bargain for Lego storage boxes: Tuff 'Tainer by Flambeau Products Corp, Middlefield Ohio, 44062, 800-232-3474. These come in two sizes. I like the larger of the two. (Part #5004)The outside (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: BOX-4-BLOX
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(...) Sure we have; you just missed it. (2 URLs) (which contains a link to an RTL article with more info) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: BOX-4-BLOX
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(...) I think I want to try a set just for the heck of it. The site seems basically a brochure, do you have a US distributor or a way to order a set? (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | BOX-4-BLOX
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Have just looked at past postings and with all the hassles involved with sorting and storing Lego blocks, I can't believe nobody has ever mentioned the BOX-4-BLOX. Take a look at www.box-4-blox.erg.co.nz and let us know what you think. (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Lego storage with good availability in the UK
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On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Conrad Venn (<FrIwCK.Cro@lugnet.com>) wrote at 16:26:44 (...) ZAG stuff is really good. I use various sizes of drawers for everything from 2x4s to Technic pins to propellers. You can get hold of ZAG storage from B&Q, Do It All & (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Lego storage with good availability in the UK
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I recently found some nice flat stackable boxes in Robert Dyas. The Organiser-160 has 14 compartments of various sizes (not adjustable), and I've successfully put all of my Technic/Mindstorms stuff into a bunch of them - all except for the big (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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| | K-Mart Sale on Akro Mills Storage Kabinets
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K-Mart on Nimitz, HI has 50% off on all storage cabinets including a 60-drawer as seen here: (URL) price is $9.99. You might want to check your local K-Mart. I picked up 2 of them, they're an excellent way to organize parts. D. (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Ouch! Beware of "Glass"!
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(...) show (...) I've been thinking about your problem for a couple of weeks and have a suggestion. I noticed at a local hobby and craft store that they carry a line of variously-sized Ziploc-style plastic bags. There should be enough sizes so that (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Storage for the storage
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(...) Plastic file crates that hold legal size file folders will hold all Plano 37xx storage boxes and probably the comparably sized TackleLogic boxes. The crates stack securely on top of each other by nesting the grooved bottom into a slotted top (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Instructions Storage
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(...) Only because some clutz couldn't convert. Anyway, the lander wasn't lost - it was gobbled up by a giant, intelligent floating martian gas cloud which doubling in size every four minutes. Jon (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Instructions Storage
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(...) It also lost the mars lander.... Troy (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Instructions 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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| | Re: Instructions 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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| | Re: Instructions 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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| | Re: Instructions 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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