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(...) Welcome, Aimee! People have found many different ways to store their LEGO collections. Methods are often based on the quantity of pieces, their building style, and space constraints. I'm sure a lengthly FAQ could be written about this (I've (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jul-01, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Wow. I own a House. It has a Basement. I see a monster LEGO setup in my future
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(...) My dream setup for a Lego room would have a large permanent wood table in the shape of the letter 'U' The width would be 3 or 3 1/2 baseplates across (the 32 x 32 stud variety). The edges would have a slight upward lip to hold the baseplates (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) It all depend how big your collection is. If you do not know what to do, go and read this (again). (URL) will find out, that sorting your collection is a neverending process. Regards, Ben (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.storage)
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(...) I sorted by color for many years, but I don't think it's a good idea. I recently switched to sorting by type of element, and find it to be much more useful. The main problems with sorting by color are: 1. It's hard to find the right element (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Thanks for replying! I was going to do color.. now I definately will.. but I'm afraid I have to delay this project, 'cause I'm going to camp tomorrow, and I'll be gone for about a week.. but, to all who are interested, I'm gonna put a couple (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.storage)
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(...) It's all a matter of choice. Your choice. I've found that as my collection expands, my sub-catagorization has grown too. Exponentially. I sort brick out first. Some do it by color, some by size. I do color. I used to have regular brick and (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.storage)
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Hi, me again.. I'm going to attempt the difficult task of sorting my collection.. where do I start? how do I sort? what goes where? please respond.. <<Joel Dobbins>> (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Surbiton Micro Fest - Sunday 1 July 2001
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Jon D Hayward (<GF9uKt.FAr@lugnet.com>) wrote at 08:36:03 (...) I use some other ZAG products - the upright chests of drawers, which come with two depths and can be divided into any number of compartments between 1 & 6, and the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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2 litre ice-cream tubs... very handy for bits and fun to empty of their original contents :) Ditto for those little sealable tubs you get chinese take-aways in (mmm... Friday Take-away night) Steve (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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The ZAG boxes I use come from B&Q - see (URL) site doesn't show the £10 one I use most. It has 6(?) fixed long compartments, into which you can slot a number of dividers making up to 20+ (or 30+ ?) smaller sections. Great for all manner of parts, (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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You may laught but here are the stuff I use to organised my parts : * Wooden box (old wine box, large one). * Clover butter boxes (2 size, small and midddle). I just add a sticker on the Clover cover. It doesn't look to bad, easy to stack. (...) I (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Is there any space left? I would love to come if I may. (...) One of my problems at the micro-fest will be lack of budget because I have just sorted out my storage: I have just bought some Araven Mobel 303 A4 drawers... (URL) Homebase. They (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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I use drawers with items sorted by type and then by colour if needed. I love it, it saves me so much time in digging. Building becomes a pleasure. That being said, It works with my very modest collection. Plus a lot of my collection is on display. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Thanks for the input. Ill take a squiz around and see what works the best. We've got a buffing wheel downstairs so I might give that a go. ZaC Soden ---...--- www.ozbricks.com/battlespace (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I think that would take a steadier hand than my Coke-addled brain can summon. I wonder if a fingernail buffing stick would work (though, I expect, a little bit more slowly!) (...) Rubbing alcohol is similarly effective! I've had limited (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Awesome idea! (...) Zac - Brasso is a smelly, ever-so-slightly abrasive polish for - you guessed it - brass! It will take the decals off of bricks that you would like to be plain, too. (very slowly) You have K-mart in Australia? Try finding (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) What exactly is Brasso? I live in Australia so I don't know any of these American brands. Zac Soden ---...--- www.ozbricks.com/battlespace (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) My mom refused to buy me one. She made me one instead. Except she used really cheap cloth instead of denim and the grommets she used came out very easily. I use an old sheet nowadays when I want to play on the floor, and pour the contents into (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Gee, I didn't think anyone else had one of those.... Matthias Jetleb VA3-MWJ (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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I used Brasso and a cotton rag and buffered all my scratches out. however some of the deepier ones were a pain. the improvement for me was still to use the Brasso however I am using a small buffing wheel on my cordless dremel tool. Works great. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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