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(...) Gary....Gary..gary.....gh>...come to a meeting and you can meet your neighbors from MichLTC :-) Chris (...) (18 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.storage)
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Steve, although I don't think we've ever met.... welcome home neighbor! Gary Istok St. Clair Shores (18 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.storage)
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Hi all, My move to North Carolina last year was short lived. 18 months later I am back in Detroit where I belong and back at my previous employer. Things in North Carolina did not go as planned. The friend I went to help has worsening health (...) (18 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) ...and after more than a year, so have I. The Office Depot by me finally had a few of these in stock (I grabbed two). They fit a grey baseplate wonderfully: (...) Cons: the price was $14 at the store, but at least the product still exists. (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) You can't take your whole collection, and if you did- why go on vacation? (18 years ago, 5-Aug-06, to lugnet.storage)
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Hi, I have lot of legos pieces (almost technic - about 10.000 items) an I have a major problem. When I am at home, it´s ok i have all my legos near me, but when I go travel for a weekend, for instance, obviosly I can´t take it all with me. So the (...) (18 years ago, 5-Aug-06, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Anna, I neglected to offer this solution at first, because any "liquid" cleaner could potentially ruin your box, but since you have gone the acetone route, which is fairly harsh, even when trying to be slow and careful... I would instead (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Thanks for the tip - unfortunately the box is bigger than my freezer! at the moment i am trying to remove it using acetone (nail varnish remover). It is working but is very slow as i don't want it to soak into the box so i'm being very (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Freezing it may make it loose its stickiness, but you would have to keep the cardboard dry to stop it getting soggy when its defrosted. Danny (18 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.storage)
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Hi there I was wondering if anyone could offer some advice on how to safely remove masking tape and packing tape from old lego boxes? I seem able to remove the tape without tearing but am left with a layer of extreamly sticky stuff - anyone got any (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.storage)
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Greetings, Earth Mortals! Have you seen these: (URL) ? Sorry that's the only picture I can find right away; I'd have posted my own pics, but our home computer system is not operating within normal parameters. For you new Parent-FOLs, Gerber has a (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.storage)
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So this weekend I went through a flurry of cleaning in my Lego domain, the result of which is that it's finally clean enough to show. I've been meaning for a while to document the extent of my sorting system, so people can see how a collection of (...) (19 years ago, 1-May-06, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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Doh! I wish you would have told me then! Odds are they just pitched the tubs, and I could have packed at least some of them in my car. The new tubs suck, as the lids don't clip on very securely, and the studs sticking up take up a bit too much space (...) (19 years ago, 20-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.storage)
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(...) <sigh> I remember when the GMLTC displayed at the Kidvention in LLC way back in '99. I bought 40 tubs from the BIG store. Gave the tubs to some MCs [1] and packed the rest into a rather large box-- thanks to the light-traveling Abner Finley (...) (19 years ago, 19-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.storage, FTX)
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I usually have to sort Lego that I've bought while in Orlando just so I can fit it in the car ;-) Though since Bley, the amount of Lego compared to other things bought on vacation pales to the past. Gone are the days of heading home with 50 tubs (...) (19 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.storage)
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(...) We flew Northwest; the baggage weight limit is 50 pounds each. (...) Well, in my home, having 10,000s of UNSORTED LEGO in the basement is grounds as well.... :-) JOHN (19 years ago, 17-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.storage, FTX)
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(...) 50 pounds? The airlines didn't charge you extra to ship? Or did you drive? I think in some states, sorting Lego on vacation is grounds for divorce... :) --Mike. (19 years ago, 17-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.storage, FTX)
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(...) No, I would have the trays they are to be sorted into with me. Gahd but I'm so sick of sorting. I've devoted scores of hours just trying to sort out about 27 gallons. Partly because I have to juggle stack on trays and such when one category or (...) (19 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.storage, FTX)
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I'm often forced to sort just to compact the Lego even further than just pulling bags out of tubs/boxes, but that's Lego bought on the vacations. Though since the Bley change, I don't buy anywhere near as much. Now I usually have to compact it to (...) (19 years ago, 14-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.storage)
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(URL) We do!> If you have a large LEGO collection like we do, and if you like to build A LOT but not clean up after so much (like we do), then you are probably like us in that you have A LOT of unsorted bricks around (like we do). And who has the (...) (19 years ago, 14-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.storage, FTX)
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