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How I store my Lego
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lugnet.storage
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Tue, 5 Oct 2004 17:07:34 GMT
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I thought I’d tell people about my Lego storage system... Because I can and
because it might be useful for people if they want to make their own. My
storage system is probably more expensive than yours. It cost about £87
(c.$156) (Including boxes). Here’s a breakdown of the cost:
Cool 9 drawed tallboy (for basic brick colour sorting): £79
Small plastic boxes for special pieces (16... perfect size): £4
Minifig parts sorting boxes (2.. perfect size): £1
Set of 7 progressively smaller boxes for special pieces: £3
Cost of labour had I been paid for sorting out my Lego: A fairly large sum
Categories:
Tallboy:
Grey,
Green, baseplates and colours not already covered.
Instructions,
Yellow,
Red,
Blue,
Technic,
White,
Black.
That probably tells you why most of my MOCs are monochrome (Actually, I’ve only
posted one, but my next one is too): When you’re sitting on the floor, it’s
easier to get to the black and the white.
Small plastic boxes:
Circular pieces over 1x1
Movement (hinged)
Movement (non-hinged)
SNOT
Equipment and decoration
Tiles and flags
Printed pieces (that aren’t flags)
Minifig Furniture
Curved
Arches
Special Technic
Non studded and complex slopes
Plane bases
String stuff
Panels
Inverse slopes
Shoeboxes:
Basic Slopes
Quarantine (Clones)
Set of 7 plastic boxes. Small to large:
Transparent (that aren’t already covered)
Clips etc.
Foliage
Lateral Slopes
Wheels and Wheelbases
Windows/Doors
Big, Ugly pieces
Minifig Sorting boxes (Each box has 3 sections):
Box 1: Torsos, Large and Small Minifig Accessories
Box 2: Legs, Heads/Hair/spare hands and wearables
So there you go. Sorry if that wasted 5 minutes of your day.
Peter
P.S. As a very rough estimate, I’d say I probably have about 6,000 Lego
pieces. P.P.S. As a strange fact, my dad has more books than I have lego
pieces... A lot more in fact
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Heh, I dunno, I bet most people spend a good chunk of change on storage systems. I've easily tallied up over $700 worth just now out of curiosity. I've got 28 slotted slotted sorty-bins worth about $230, 43 tupperware bins worth about $363.50, (...) (20 years ago, 6-Oct-04, to lugnet.storage)
| | | Re: How I store my Lego
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| Here are some pictures of my storage system (post mod.) to reward your efforts of looking through them, I thought I'd chuck in a preview pic. for my upcoming moc. Sorry if the pictures are a bit large. (URL) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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