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Re: How I store my Lego
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Wed, 6 Oct 2004 04:22:30 GMT
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In lugnet.storage, David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.storage, Peter Roberts wrote:
> > 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).
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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, shelves worth $100, and 3 filing bins for about $30 (actually, the
> filing bins may be more, I dunno). So $723.50 (about £403) in storage, plus
> about 53 Lego boxes that I use for sorting which I didn't really pay for
> directly, but use anyway for storage.
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> Wow. Now I feel like a sucker for having spent nearly $1000 on storage alone.
> (and I guess I do shell out more for having a 2-bedroom apartment instead of a
> 1-bedroom) But then again I suppose I should feel like a sucker for spending as
> much as I do on Lego to begin with.
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> > P.S. As a {very} rough estimate, I'd say I probably have about 6,000 Lego
> > pieces.
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> Wow, that makes a big difference-- certainly on a cost per piece basis yours is
> more expensive, since I've got roughly 350,000 pieces (I'm just under the 350
> mark, ever so close). $1 per 40 pieces versus $1 per 480 pieces.
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> DaveE
lessee...
first pics of my sotage system--
http://sparky.i989.net/legop7.htm
I use plastic containers that were once holding ice cream--I eat the ice cream
so I dunno if the container could be considered free... but I have 40+ square
plastic ice cream containers... (lotsa ice cream ;) )
The 3 sets of shelves were 19.99 CDN each... that's 60 bucks...
Few Rubbermaind containers for bigger storage options--think around 5-15 bucks
per, and have about 10 of 'em. Probably 100 bucks for Rubbermaids...
What else... oh like Dave E, I use the 3033 and other basic LEGO containers as
storage, but those came with bricks--dunno if you want to include costs in
actual containers.
I probably spent tops about 200ish dollars on storage to date. I will probably
have to get another shelf set in the near future, but 200 bucks for my
100,000ish piece collection I think is pretty good.
For specifics--I sorted by basic pieces (1xN, 2xN, bricks and plates, etc) vs
'specialty pieces' (wings, tires, hinges, canopies, windows, doors, whatever)
Then I sorted by colour for the basic pieces--when each colour overran more than
3 ice cream containers, I subsorted into specific sizes. If specialty pieces
can't be stored in one small Rubbermaid, then I subsort by colour--red doors and
windows are put into their own container and the container is placed on the
'red' shelf.
Specialty pieces are sorted out by function--wings in a container, wheels in
one, etc.
Other interesting notes--separated all transparent pieces into their own
container for no real reason other than a container full of transparent pieces
looks neat.
All Technic/Mindstorms pieces are not part of this storage system--they're
stored in Plano containers and these containers are kept in toolboxes so I can
take 'em to robot competitions.
That's about it, really. Works pretty well right now for my smallish
collection.
Dave K
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| (...) I was wondering if anyone used those. That was my original plan for storgae back when I was about 10 and tried sorting it. I never got very far though... I had a lot less Lego then. (...) Same as mine... But you already knew that. I'll try to (...) (20 years ago, 6-Oct-04, to lugnet.storage)
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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)
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