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This was quite cool. Seems to be a pretty accurate description of the average LEGO-phile. I'm currently sorted by piece type (all 1x2s together), with pieces that I either don't have enough of and sort of seem congruous kept together ("plants", (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Wow. It's suprising how similar it's been-- granted I'm somewhere between 16.5 and 21 (I've got 'overflow' bins, but haven't yet rearranged my apt to fit it all) Actually, I almost forgot that I once tried sorting by color! And on that note-- (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage)
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[...] (...) Dear Remy, great article! Every single word is 100% true and I'm still laughing about our shared experience. BTW: I just reached more or less step 22. Leg Godt! Ben (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I think I started doing that when I was 9 years old. May be earlier (...) Never done that since it was obviously wrong. (...) I used big plastic ice cream boxs. Those cheap plastic boxs are all broken now, while the ABS LEGO pieces are still (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Ouch. I hit this stage about a week ago. (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage)
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Since we're giving testimonials... After the dark ages, living at home with no room for sorting/playing/ making $$$ to buy lots of LEGO I have: 5 gallon Rubbermaid bucket with my stuff, now mostly built and sitting on my bookshelves in new (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Ahh, the old denim bag. I think I still have mine around soemwhere... (...) Soothing, isn't it? (...) I never actually went through this stage - when I started sorting, it went by type. I realized very early on that it was *far* easier to (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) My evolution was: 1. sorting by size, I forget what I did with the non-bricks 2. sorting bricks by size and color, same color grouped together, still not sure how other parts were sorted 3. realized it's a pain to find the bag of yellow 1x2s (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Woops, I always get the two mixed up. (...) Yea, you're probably right. Even if I keep up my rate, it would be 7-8 years, and presumably I won't keep up the rate (in theory I've dropped my rate quite a bit). (...) Yea, I'm starting to run into (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) I have it sorted mostly like that, I did a big sort between xmas and new year. I have my lego kept in my 6 roboriders canisters, a 2 litre icecream tub (for my 8448 wheels) a 2 tray tackle box for parts like my large collection of angle beams (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage)
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