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Re: Attic Heat
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lugnet.storage
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Thu, 6 Jun 2002 00:14:01 GMT
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In lugnet.storage, Thomas Stangl writes:
> Almost all of my Lego from my childhood was stored in an attic for 10 years in
> Northern Virginia, which can get pretty hot in the summer. The attic had a
> fan, but if you went searching for something up there in July, you found it
> FAST, or you came down for a break to keep from sweating to death.
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> It all survived fine.
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> Maggie Cambron wrote:
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> > In lugnet.storage, Bert Waters writes:
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> > > If anyone has either stored their Lego in the attic for years without
> > > noticing damage or has melted bricks from the attic, I would like to hear
> > > about it. It is so tempting to store some of the collection in the attic...
> >
> > I've never lived in a house with an attic, but I can tell you I used
> > to keep a gallon ziplock bag of used and abuse pieces behind the seat
> > of my NLS's pickup truck to play with, and they were none the worse
> > for wear, even after baking in 100F+ summer heat. The only reason
> > I stopped is because a gallon of miscellaneous parts wasn't enough
> > to really create anything I wanted and it was too frustrating not to
> > have the right parts on hand.
> >
> > Maggie C.
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> --
> Tom Stangl
Here's an update:
It was 101 degrees here today and when I found my first melted crayon of the
year in the car, it reminded me to check on some stray LEGO pieces in the glove
compartment. They were fine.
Maggie
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