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It's been a long, hard road. I've probably spent in the neighborhood of 100 hours or more (total) getting it done, but I get so much satisfaction fondling all the parts. ;-) We would love to have you guys over some time. The kids could play, and we (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Here in sunny Mareeba, Far North Queensland, I've noticed that a local toy store has some Duplo sets that come inside of a fairly big storage container - I am only after the containers, but the sets are included with the containers. I was wondering (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.storage)
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I'm from Australia, Mareeba, Far North Queensland, to be more exact, and I was wondering if anyone in the Cairns region (Which I'm close enough to so it'd be worth the hour long trip down and back.) knows of any good and cheap container storage (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.storage)
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My Lego is stored in the living room (small place with limited storage locations and no Susie Homemaker-type to complain). I wanted something that looks good (yeah, even I attempt to have some sense of the aesthetic) but with plenty of capacity. I (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Wow, thats a pretty organized bunch of bricks you have there Greg. You'll have to invite me over so time and share your methods. I can't ever seem to get my stuff sorted in a way that I like. I seem to always end back up with a big pile on the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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I love that drawstring bag. I still use mine. It is mostly for all the unsorted, special parts from my childhood collection.... "Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:FwLDtn.5y0@lugnet.com... (...) was when (...) Lego (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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That picture comes back as a broken link. Page cannot be found, says MSIE5 - what happened? Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde Ben Erwin <berwin@tufts.edu> wrote in message news:384EC116.C02310...fts.edu... (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Is that Goop anything like that Walther's Goo the Americal Model Railroad hobbyists use to stick practically anything to anything else with the exception of styrene foam, because that gets melted by Goo? I've got some magazines and they seem to (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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yippee, it's the 2000 Storage Census! I became a storage junkie after the Big Part Growth of 1998. I tried it all... Plano tackle boxes, nuts-n-bolts hardware drawers, snack bags, Silver Tubs, shoe tubs, even test tubes (as far as I know nobody else (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Shiri Dori wrote in message ... (...) Well, you've had lots of good responses, and I've talked about how I store my LEGO before, but like Larry, I like to hear myself talk so... People have suggested the Plano boxes. These are nice, but go to (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) They aren't compartmentalized, but I use Rubbermaid "SnapToppers", the 12 and 18 qt sizes for bricks and large pieces. For all the smaller parts I use Rubbermaid "Servin'Saver" rectangular 1.5 pt boxes. Both stack nicely inside each other when (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) In the computer room! Hehe... (...) Oh, they want me to get rid of it, but they wouldn't dare suggest that. ;-) And anyway, lego is the only thing keeping me in the U.S., that and the fact that it would be hard to live alone at 16. My parents (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Where do you live in all that?:-) (...) If storage is the biggest complaint from your parents, you are not doing too bad compared to parents who say, "Maybe you should get rid of your Lego." (...) Overall, I prefer shoebox sized Rubbermaid (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Pretty much the same - I have a bunch of always-built 'figs, and the rest... it depends. Sometimes, I seperate them, like this: (URL) times, they are just thrown - whether assembled or not - into the nearest bin(s), but certainly NOT mixed (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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I store my minifigs in one piece. Observe: (URL) Greg (...) <snip> (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Well, the minifigs I will use for my castle creations, they stay whole. The rest of the bunch I toss into organizers. -Chris (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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I went to a similar problem and I found a solution at Office Depot. It's a plastic cabinet monted on caster 30" high x 15" depht x 12" large. It contain 6 drawers 4" high. Cost about $25. Into each drawers, I used small boxes (from 4 to 40) to store (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) This comment, and similar ones from others, brings a question to mind... How many people store their minifigs assembled, and how many break them down into parts for storage? Me, I break my minifigs down and separately store torsos/arms/hands, (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Shiri, Here's a few pics of my building area: (URL) use Plano tackle boxes for storing my specialty parts. Technic stuff goes in ZAG containers (the blue and red ones on the table). I also have my mini-figs in one drawer of the larger ZAG (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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I agree with Eric. I use a fishing tackle box for my minifigs, a thing with divided drawers that was originally intended to hold stuff like screws and bolts, and a another thing similar to that except it is @ 9W x 15L x 2H has movable compartment (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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