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Here are some suggestions: - Viking burial at sea - Set the box aflame and push it out onto a lake or pond. It's not the most ecologically sound (or safe) way of doing it, but a big box, like the Silver Champion is sure to attract a crowd. - Flatten (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Hi Kevin, I can definitely relate. I think I have some silly idea that if I ever need to sell my sets they'll be worth more with the box, but I also know that I'm never going to sell them. Of course, if anything ever happens to me my family (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) I just had to deal with this. I also keep an inventory in a spreadsheet. I am forced to update it every once in a while because the input to the inventory is the pile of boxes on the living room couch. I decided to save at most 4 copies of (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) I am in a similar predicament. There are two reasons why I keep the boxes: 1. To be able to take inventory of my LEGO collection. I haven't tallied everything in several months, but I maintain a spreadsheet that tracks the number of pieces in (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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I am getting buried under empty set boxes. Yet I am reticent to throw them away for some reason. Right now I cut up the small ones and store them in the larger ones. Unfortunately, I am running out of space to store the large ones too. (Actually I (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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Stopped in at my local Wally World and found a "gift pack" of storage bins on sale. The gift pack contains the following: * 60-drawer unit (each drawer 2 1/8"W x1 1/4"H x 5 3/4"D) * 23-drawer unit (3 sizes of drawer: - 16 small drawers: 2 3/4"W x 1 (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.storage)
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(...) (moved to .storage, which is where I believe it belongs) I sort by: 1-brick type 2-colour So, I have oodles of 2 sizes of tubs (about 45 total, so far). I mostly sort by part type, so for example, all my windows are in one tub, my normal (non (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.storage)
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They are found at outlet malls (US, Canada?). Our local store (at the outlet) is called Toy Liquidators. I have found that our KB toys store found at our local mall carries a lot of the same items. KB kids is the website for these stores and there (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.storage)
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Rose Regner writes: Hello Rose!! Where is KB Toy Liquidators? Is there a web site?? Thank you!! (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.storage)
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I bought several Erector set storage containers at KB Toy Liquidators. They were 4.50, they have 25% off Erector sets. They are about 14" X 18" X4". They have an inner tray that is removable and a bottom compartment. The lid has a place to store (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.storage)
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Cross-posting to .storage Jude (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Do you have Woolworth in Holland? In Germany, Woolworth doesn't offer the full LEGO product line, but they often have special offers and are in general cheaper than retailers. (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Any ideas for countries that don't have Walmart, K-mart and the likes? Especially Holland, as that's where I live.... Duq (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.storage)
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"Steve Bliss" <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:in33qsguiell491...4ax.com... (...) Lucky b******s! Here in Holland they're $0.40 each! Duq (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Adam, I just started reselling these great units from Gould plastics called Slide-n-Lock. I didn't want to mention them until I got our website up for them, but they are the units that I use myself. Gould doesn't have any resellers that sell these (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Well I think I've settled on my storage medium. Gladware. The stuff is really cheap (about $0.75 for a 64 oz. container), stackable, and pretty gosh darn durable. Well now the sorting begins (ugh!). Adam (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) For the small bits, (and some larger bits) I use fishing tackle boxes. A bit more expensive, but very flexible. (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.storage)
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The most inexpensive storage unit is the resealable plastic bag. You can buy these in snack, sandwich, quart and gallon sizes, usually 50 or 100 in a box for several bucks. You can store smaller bags in larger ones, so your gallon bag might contain (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Here is my problem. I currently have four 18 gallon rubbermaid bins filled with PBB's. Unfortuantely, bulk rubbermaid storage makes small parts (and sometimes larger ones) a pain to find. So today after looking for a computer piece that I had only (...) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.storage)
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I have just bought my first set since my DA, an 8448 supercar. I also have some smaller technic sets like the speed slammers red car and I want to know what I should put it in. I got myself a plano tackle systems 2 tray tackle box which will be good (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.storage)
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