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Loose or Clumps?
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lugnet.storage
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Tue, 6 Jul 1999 17:01:00 GMT
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I just started experimenting with a somewhat different way of storing
bulk Lego pieces, and I was wondering if anyone out there has any experience
with this -- connect bulk pieces together into larger "slugs" when storing
in bins.
For example, take a bin of 2x4 bricks. Start making little towers (say,
5 bricks high) of a single color per stack. Then stack (or toss) the slugs
in your ordinary storage tub. Depending on the container I usually have to
try a few different slug sizes to get good utilization of my storage space,
and sometimes it helps to mix-n-match slug sizes to fit a particular drawer.
I've found that for some types of elements (longer beams especially) that
this can compact some drawers down to about two-thirds (!!!) their original
volume. Also, this makes it much easier to store many colors in the same
compartment, since you can easily grab or count slugs of a particular color
easier than you could find individual pieces in the same bin. And when I do
accidentally drop a tiny piece into the wrong drawer, it is much easier to
get it back.
The downside is that slugs don't fill irregular storage space as
naturally as loose pieces do. I've found that this technique isn't good for
every drawer, mainly those containing medium-sized pieces.
There's also something aesthetically pleasing about a big old bin of
Legos that gets lost when they're all huddled in conformity like this, but
I'm going to try it out for a few weeks at least to see if I like it.
Does anyone else out there do this, or will I be ridiculed and shunned in
public?
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Message has 7 Replies:
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| (...) I used to store my LEGO this way when I was a kid about 25 years ago. Then my kids got a hold of it.... Surprisingly, there was little or no "creep" effect. This means that the bricks that were stacked for ~10 years hold just as well as new (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| I've done clumps but it's more work. Also I had read that there may be some weakening of gripping power after many years kept assembled. I had some clumps of 2x4s that had been clumped together for 25 years. They don't grip very well. That is (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) Actually, I have a bunch of the storage cases from sets 545 (6 bin) and 565 (9 bin). They hold "slugs" of bricks perfectly - 2x4 stacked 8 high - they hold 21 "slugs" in each bin = 168 2x4 in one little bin. (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) <snippage> (...) I use clumping as a sorting method, in combination with ziplocs & drawers. As an example, in my brick storage, I keep bricks in purple tubs and have found that I can find pretty much anything in there by having the 1x1's and (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) I do this for pieces I don't have a large enough quantity for like brown. Hmm.. that sounded bad. -Tom McD. when replying, do not Scotchguard spamcake: a large caustic cloud ensues. (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) snip... The upside to stacking is that it not only looks neater and takes up less space, but it allows you to quickly inventory what you have and retrieve certain pieces when you're building. The downside is that I've found small cracks in (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 17:01:00 GMT, Chris Phillips uttered the following profundities... (...) I have a box into which fits perfectly columns of 2x4's, 25 bricks high, two to a level. Also, 1x4's, same height. (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.storage)
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