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Re: Does IRIS have a website and have their molds changed recently?
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Wed, 2 Nov 2005 22:00:56 GMT
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The biggest problem here is, we are Lego builders. We know uniformity,
modularity, flexibility and good moulding when we see it - it is
exactly what we expect from Lego. And no storage system comes close to
Lego in those terms, although Lego dont make large storage containers.
Now if some group/company could take a look at it from a Lego
perspective, they might end up with a really good, modular and well
thought out system, where improvements are backwards compatible. The
nearest I have seen is IKEAs IVAR system of shelving etc...
So are there any Lego people here, who are prepared to actually design
a storage system, using Lego like principles to get it as flexible and
adaptable as we like? Maybe even Lego themselves could have a market
there if they catch it right...
Danny
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http://orionrobots.co.uk - Build Robots
On 17/10/05, TWS Garrison <twBASSs@ismorbestfydd.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Oct 2005, David Simmons wrote:
>
> > Recently I've decided I must do another large-scale sort and must
> > purchase more shelving units to accomplish this. However, in my trip to
> > Target, I've found a new and possibly third iteration of the mold on the
> > shelves. I'm more than a little concerned that my desire to have a
> > shelving system that's 100% compatible and of a uniform color (all white
> > frames) may be impossible unless purchased all at once (EXPENSIVE!).
> > Does anyone know if the molds are changed every few years or is Target
> > just trying to mix it up style-wise? I want to be sure before I spend
> > any more moola.
>
> I know that Iris had a (mostly useless) English-language Website in
> January. I don't know what happened to it. But I recall that it said
> that Iris prides itself on coming up with [a large number] new molds every
> year (month?). They seem to be driven to constantly create new
> products---not compatible or even better, just new. Tom Stangl has had
> similar problems
> http://news.lugnet.com/storage/?n=1516
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> I would recommend being prepared for a major outlay (shop around) and
> being willing to expand later in an incompatible system. (Say, buy enough
> of one system to fill one wall, so if you have to go with a later
> incompatible system it will be on another wall and it should minimize
> aesthetic and practical issues.)
>
> Product stability seems to be a continuing problem with most Lego storage
> system manufacturers. I don't know that any of the core components of my
> storage system are still available[1].
>
> --
> TWS Garrison
> http://www.morfydd.net/twsg/
> Remove capital letters in address for direct reply.
>
> [1] See
> http://news.lugnet.com/storage/?n=1411
> Gracious Living drawers: large still available in white (Lowe's); small
> not available?
> Sterilite shoeboxes: new, incompatible design available
> Stack-On drawer units: compatible, semi-opaque drawers now---if I'd wanted
> those, I would have bought Akro-Mills. . .
> Keter boxes: continuously available at Wal-Mart, but in ever-changing
> colors, and with variations (mine, with all dividers removed,
> have vertical compartments; I think that the current model has horizontal
> compartments).
>
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