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Adam Howard wrote in message <362FEBE4.A5DAE522@m...ne.net>... (...) really like it (...) stuff (...) bought (...) my best (...) The room (...) would be (...) move over (...) parts bins. (...) I wonder how much a room like that would cost. I mean (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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I bought a solid wood kitchen table from SAM's. It is about 3'x5'. I really like it because it gives me a lot of room to work on. I can also store a lot of stuff underneath. I then got a small put-it-together-yourself desk from Target, bought some (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) 40 bucks. How much is the least I could get this set for elsewhere? I got 4 copies of it, 2 of the sharks and 2 of the Dark forest set. I also got 100 bucks worth of food and a laser pointer for having fun after dark (1). (...) No one else on (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) So THAT's why my collection is so big! I sort into Sterilite shoe boxes (1) and no matter how hard I try, I haven't yet filled a shoe box with Technic 1x1 beams. :-) OR silver bricks. :-) :-) Gotta buy more sets, I guess. (...) Finally, a (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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I got a dedicated room in the garage for something other than Lego, however it seems Lego is taking over. After careful review of my wife's kitchen, were she spend lots of time it seemed like the right heigth etc etc. So one day I went to Home Depot (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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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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