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(...) I recommend sending them to me, in Cincinnati. i guarantee that no mold will develop, no dust will have a chance to settle ;) Chris (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Hi everyone, Well, it's finally happened. My collection is growing by almost 30% this month--I'm parting out over 180 unopened sets. This means that my bin system is now completely inadequate; I've bought larger bins, I'm running out of room, and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) This is the first thing i do when i bring home new ones from Kmart. Highly recommended, as the lids tend to get in the way when you are building. Troy (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Storing bricks at low temperatures
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(...) Actually, you'll have a different, less annoying problem. Alot of water condenses on cold lego. I forgot and left a bucket of pieces in my trunk for about a month this winter and when I finally brought them inside, there was about a half inch (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Lego storage with good availability in the UK
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...and the last time I was in TRU they had boxes like these (no compartments). (URL) shallow boxes, which make searching a dream. The only problem was they only had dark blue. Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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David, Plan for exponential growth in your collection. Make sure that what ever storage method you use can be expanded. I lost track of the amount of times I've had to re-think my policy. It now seems crazy that I once thought acquiring the lego (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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Focus/Do It All have some flat boxes, unfortunately you will probably need a number of them as they only have approx 15 compartments. I got all my mindstorms/technic in three and a small tool box. The are also a bit pricey but worth looking at. Tony (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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Cross posted to lugnet.storage and lugnet.loc.uk I am looking for a storage solution which is readily available in the UK which is similar to the plano tackle much endorsed by our US lugnuts i.e the flat tackle boxes with the adjustable dividers (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Storing bricks at low temperatures
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, John Neal (<3886C3EE.DC3BA722@...west.net>) wrote at 08:15:01 (...) Cool! (literally :-) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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I once posed this question to Consumer Affairs. They told me that not even is LEGO fine in cold weather, but that refrigerators are made of the same material as LEGO bricks. That's what they said... YMMV< John (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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mnementh@nacs.net (Troy Cefaratti) wrote in <FoLC5F.BAq@lugnet.com>: (...) I use a bookshelf for mine. Each shelf conveniently holds 2 stacks of five next to each other. A cabinet like you're talking about would be great as well. One hint with these (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I have a ton of these as well. Almost all of my Lego is in these, and they work great for me. (Some stuff is just to big to fit in them, and some stuff, like standard bricks and plates, I just have too many of to put in them) I'm thinking of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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I use Sterlite (sp?) containers (very similar to Rubbermaid). I have ten shoebox size containers for various specialty pieces (and use 25th Anniversary tubs for my basic bricks). Like Rubbermaid, Sterlite containers are transparent, they stack well, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Color Frequency? (oops)
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Tough to say -- my older stuff is in pieces, while my post-Dark Age stuff is mostly built. In my bins, consisting mostly of old castle and space, I have the following frequencies: 1. black 2. grey 3. white 4. blue 5. yellow 6. red 7. green 8. other (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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I myself use simple Rubbermaid storage containers. They come in several sizes, I use one of the medium sizes. They are shallow enough to be easy to look though, they stack well, and the lids are snug but not hard to get on or off. The container is (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I've got some of these MOPPE things too- they work quite well for storing parts but are a little stiff as it's a case of 'wood against wood'. Not Ideal! Mine are quite new but I suspect that the bare wood finish will begin to look a little (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(Crossposted to lugnet.build because this is more about building vs. collecting than storage issues.) (...) I take care of inventorying the sets I've bought by cutting the UPC bar code (which contains the set number) from the box before I flatten (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.build)
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Selçuk wrote in message ... (...) sized (...) Now I wonder how many people have been embarassed by storing their "adult" toys (nudge nudge, wink wink) in LEGO (or any other "kids" toy) boxes? (and having a visiting child discover them "um, er, um, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.storage)
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May I suggest trimmming the followups down to just storage at this point? I'd say we're off topic for most of the rest of the groups. (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.storage, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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As it is now, all my sets are in their respective boxes, piled up in my closet at my apartment. Lack of room to set up my town being the main reason. Once I do get the room I will set up my town again and probably just pile the empty boxes (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.storage, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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