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(...) ======== Posted via the LUGNET discussion group web interface ======== (URL) Search, Read, Post, or Watch Traffic (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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> Does anyone know the best way to clean legos? I have a better question: does anybody know the best way to clean an ALREADY ASSEMBLED lego set, short of disasembling it? I have very large buildings in my collection (1000s of pieces each) none of (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Hmm. Interesting. Never thought of draining them. Usually I shake the bigger drops out with my hand. (...) Definitely. Air-drying and cotton, the only ways to go. I use towels. Never used a blow-dryer for that though. Anyone ever tried (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I use Palmolive and warm water. One thing I also do is I have a large wire seive (basically like window screen only finer) that I place in a larger pot of water and soap. That makes draining them much easier. For drying, I air dry them. I have (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Beer. (sorry couldn't pass it up! :) No, but seriously, I just use plain water for 80% of cleaning, water with mild dish soap for 19%. Any other solvents or solutions can be hard on the plastic. Some folks say rubbing alcohol, but don't let it (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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Well, it sounds like your LS likes to build more sets or subset MOC's rather than more supraset MOC's. Try this and see what she says: go ahead with the new storage, but let her arrange it. Probably not a good idea, but worth a try. If she doesn't (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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Wow, I never would have thought there would be anything like this on the internet. Speaking of storage for the anal retentive, I have set up my own private building area in the study of my townhouse. I set up a system of about 10 chest of clear (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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James Beerman wrote in message ... (...) Check the RTL FAQ. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) What makes the "archival quality" sheet protectors so special and why do the other kind mess up the catalogues? How would I recognize an archival quality sheet protector, anyway? Fredrik (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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Does anyone know the best way to clean legos? ======== Posted via the LUGNET discussion group web interface ======== (URL) Search, Read, Post, or Watch Traffic (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Well, you could sit down with her and have a long drawn out discussion, both explaining their points of view, the pros and cons, and reach a mutual understanding like civilized adults. THEN you leave them in the original boxes and sleep on (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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Sean M. Kenney wrote in message <361E1921.90293618@r...rs.edu>... (...) My trouble is the battle between organisation and accessibility. A don't se the point of trading "sorting through general bins" for "finding the right bin" time. So I have (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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Hi, all, I've got a bit of a problem, and I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar one. My wife and I are both Lego fans, though I do more building than she does. All our sets are currently in their original boxes. I'd like to make one great (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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Sean M. Kenney wrote in message <361E1921.90293618@r...rs.edu>... (...) I love those things. As soon as I get a real place to live I'm going to get a bunch of those. I used to use a fish tackle box when I was younger and had fewer pieces. Jesse (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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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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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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