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Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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lugnet.storage
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Mon, 10 May 1999 22:05:23 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Jonathan Little writes:
> How does everyone sort their pieces?
> -Jonathan
I'm in the middle of changing from a color-based storage system to a
shape-based one. I used to just separate small special pieces (tiles, windows,
minifig tools, etc) from the big one-color only bins (wthe single color looks
impressive). Now, I'm ignoring color and sorting by shape in the following
categories:
small 1x plates: 1x1, 1x2, 1x3, 2x2 L-plate
large 1x plates: 1x4 - 1x10
2x plates
large plates: 4x, 6x, wing plates
small 1x bricks: 1x1, 1x2, 1x3, 1x1x5, 1x2x5
large 1x bricks: 1x4 - 1x16
33 degree slopes
45+ degree slopes
inverted slopes
tiles
tires, wheels
plates w/ wheel holders, airplane wheels
& various other small categories, still to be defined
Right now, there is a huge pile in the LEGO room, covering much of the floor,
and the black, white, and gray bins have not been added to the pile yet! When
I build, I try to sort a bit and use only pieces on the floor or in the color
bins, but it still hasn't progressed very far :( (It is much easier to build
with the new sorting system, though :)
--Bram
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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| Bram L wrote/: (...) When I first read about doing this it sounded like a great idea and I resorted all my sorted-by-color bricks into sorted-by-size, mixed colors. But when I tried to build, I hated it. The problem is that I mostly do stuff which (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
| | | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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| (...) windows, (...) I agree! I use almost the same system: 1x2, 1x3 and 2x2 L plates 1x4 - 1x10 plates 2x2 - 2x16 plates 4x X plates, wings, etc. everything 1x1 (plates and full-hights) everything with no studs on it 1x2, 1x3 and 2x2 L bricks 1x4 - (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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| (...) Actually, I have thought about using the sort-by-original-set method, since getting all the new SW sets. Before that, I used to sort by color, but with all the older space sets I have, I have two big drawers for black pieces. I had white (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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