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Re: Storing for Growth and Storing Long-Term
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Thu, 10 Feb 2000 03:29:47 GMT
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I can't answer your second question, but as to your first, there is one
right answer as to how to sort your Legos: whatever works best for you.
My personal preference is to sort everything by size, as I easily see the
different colors and pick out what I need. This is what works for me, but
others may sort by color, or by some combination of the two. My best advice
is to experiment some with different sorting criteria, and then stick with
whichever one you find the easiest to manage, and the easiest to find the
piece that you're looking for, in the right color (provided of course that
piece is in your collection to begin with <g>).
--
William A. Swanberg
CPT, SC
Commander, 229th Signal Company (TACSAT)
swanberg@msn.com
"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message
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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 I'm running out of drawers in my thirteen
> chests of drawers (various sizes--four 60-drawer, five 36-drawer, and
> five 16-drawer) and my three hardware sorting boxes. Argh!
>
> Here's my question: What do you use as the rule of thumb for
> dividing storage? When is it better to divide pieces out by colour, and
> when is it better to rely on the colour standing out? I finally pulled
> all of my grey bricks and put them in a separate tub; I have a much
> smaller tub (all Rubbermaid Fashion Clears) that I use for my tan,
> dkgrey, purple, torquoise, tan, and brown bricks. Plates are divided,
> on the other hand, by width; 1xN in one large tub, 2xN in a second tub,
> and 3xN or larger in a third tub--colours are mixed together. It's a
> very haphazard and fluid system, and I can't seem to think of what a
> *logical* division would look like. Is it really that subjective (as
> I'm inclined to believe), or does someone out there have a sure-fire
> hierarchical method for breaking up parts and colours?
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> Question two: I'm moving to Europe and then to Africa over the next two
> or three years, and my LEGO must go into storage (save a small amount I
> will doubtless purchase to play with in situ, and some I will buy and
> ship home of course ;) ). What is the best way to ensure that LEGO will
> survive, say, two or three years in a storage unit? Will plastic
> storage bins be adequate, or should I try to buy lots of Silica-Gel bags
> and other dessicant? (If it helps, this collection is going to be in
> the neighbourhood of 90,000 pieces or more by then, not exactly the sort
> of thing I can send "home" to the folks.) Likewise, what is the best
> way to store unopened sets long-term in a storage unit, to avoid warping
> of boxes or moulting of the surface?
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> Any help would be greatly appreciated, either on-list or via email
> (preferably the former, because it may help someone else out there).
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> best wishes,
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> Lindsay
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> ---
>
> Lindsay Frederick Braun (Mr)
> Department of History
> Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
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| (...) I recently found a great way to sort LEGO by both color and shape. My experience has been that it is much easier to find a particular color in a bin of same-shape parts than it is to find a particular shape in a bin of same- color parts, so if (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-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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