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I will be moving within the next couple of months and would like to dedicate all or part of a room strictly to my LEGOs. I am currently using an old antique desk for building models and holding my storage bins. I can just see my mom cringe everytime (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) You spent how much to save how much? *confused* Why didn't you just get someone to buy some sets for you and send them to you? SOme of us have our own Costco cards for other reasons. Sarah Heacock Sarah@eskimo.com (26 years ago, 22-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) The situation you describe needn't be the case. You mention two problems. If empty bin-space is a problem, you are suffering from one of two difficulties. Bins too large for your collection. Or a collection too small for your bins (see my (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I hear you. My kids are really bad about building from sorted bins. For about a week after I've done major sorting, they'll come up with creations made from all 1xN plates, or only round pieces. Thought about sorting by colors vs sorting by (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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What I have done so far with the pieces I have sorted is: 1. Put all pieces which currently have a classification in my system in one pile and all unclassified parts in another. 2. Sort all of the classified pieces into three catagories a) bricks b) (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) What works best for me is to use lots of Chinese carry-out soup containers and paper plates. I set up 10-20 soup containers (depending on the size of the set). I sort by brick size and element category (windows, tools, plants, etc.). I sort on (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Yes, but I feel that using too many sorting bins is a waste of space because there's always going to be a lot of bins that are nearly empty. And if you have too many bins, you cannot stack them all in front of you when building, so you need to (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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> Ah, the canonical sorting debate has arisen. There is a camp > (myself among the adherents) that feels that sorting by color > is a total waste of time (except for green :-)). Far more > important to sort by size and type. Yes, yes, we've all (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Ah, the canonical sorting debate has arisen. There is a camp (myself among the adherents) that feels that sorting by color is a total waste of time (except for green :-)). Far more important to sort by size and type. When rooting for a part, (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) eliminating the (...) This is the key insight to sorting fast, I think. When I am trying to digest a big set (or sets) I look through the bags before opening, looking for bags that are similar (or exactly the same for multiple set copies). (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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