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Re: the evolution of lego sorting
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lugnet.storage
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Sat, 15 Jan 2005 05:03:02 GMT
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In lugnet.storage, James Simpson wrote:
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One of the parameters of my growing storage dillema is how to keep pieces
sufficiently separated such that scratching and scarring is kept to an
absolute minimum when I have to rummage around. My experience is that, in the
long run, if one has to scoop through the parts bin looking for that trans-red
plate one too many times, then visible and often unacceptable wear and tear to
the bricks can’t be avoided. This is a real issue for me when it comes to
storing pieces of which I have a lot, e.g., 1x2 bricks; if I’m working on a
big project that is depleting the reserves of, say, white 1x2’s, then it
becomes necessary to shuffle through hundreds of other colors until I find
that last white one that is inevitably at the bottom. Perhaps I’m just AR (my
wife thinks so), but I * hate* to scratch my bricks - my goal is pristine
pieces for life.
james
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I’m right with ya onboard the “I Hate Scratches” bandwagon.
Over the years, I’ve always thought scratches were caused only by bricks against
bricks. When I got the whole M:Tron™ collection for Xmas ‘90, I kept those
trans-neon-green pieces in a separate drawer, especially that quarter-dome piece
from the Multi-core Magetizer, and that payed off; it got only a few scratches
on it. Last fall, when I started buying brix like crazy, I started to find out
what causes scratches.
First, I tried scratching a new brick with a new brick.
Nothing happened.
Later, I got out the rest of my collection, which had been
gathering dust for a few years, and starting sorting out the old from the new. I
picked up a brick that had dust on one side, and dragged a new brick accross the
dusty side of that brick. Lots of scratches running in the direction that I
dragged that brick.
Question was answered. Dust is Enemy No.1.
Dust on bricks
is like sandpaper to other bricks.
Keeping your LEGO room dust free would help,
no doubt. So would regular baths for your bricks.
I keep a Swiffer® cloth
handy. When a bin is empty, I Swiff it.
scott “The Gaklander”
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