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Re: How I store my Lego
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lugnet.storage
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Wed, 6 Oct 2004 20:33:32 GMT
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> lessee...
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> first pics of my storage system--
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> http://sparky.i989.net/legop7.htm
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> 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 ;) )
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.
> The 3 sets of shelves were 19.99 CDN each... that's 60 bucks...
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> Few Rubbermaid containers for bigger storage options--think around 5-15 bucks
> per, and have about 10 of 'em. Probably 100 bucks for Rubbermaids...
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> For specifics--I sorted by basic pieces (1xN, 2xN, bricks and plates, etc) vs
> 'specialty pieces' (wings, tires, hinges, canopies, windows, doors, whatever)
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> 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.
Same as mine... But you already knew that. I'll try to get some pictures.
> Specialty pieces are sorted out by function--wings in a container, wheels in
> one, etc.
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> 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.
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> 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.
Smallish? Wha'? Everyone who sees mine says it's crazily huge and I'm
obsessed. The last bit's true anyway... Yours is many times the size of mine.
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