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In lugnet.storage, Remy Evard writes:
> Here's a description of an evolution of lego collection sorting. It might
> be yours, at least in parts. It's certainly been mine.
>
> I might turn this into an essay some day, but for now it will have to begin
> life as a series of unsupported claims. If you have any comments or
> additions, toss'em in.
Great insight! One would have had to go through this to have been able to
write it so well. Thanks.
<Major Snippage>
> 24. You start looking for a new house. One with a large basement.
I got to this step about 6 years ago ;-) I now call my basement: "My Shop".
>
> 25. Vision recognition becomes interesting to you.
>
> 26. You begin to long for the day when you could sit at your desk and
> actually reach every piece you owned without getting up.
Step 26 is in the wrong order. It should have been somewhere around step 10
or 12.
>
> 27. You decide to keep a special set or two at your desk, away from the
> huge sorting system, just to play with a few great sets without having
> to sort them. And then you add another cool set. Pretty soon
> you're digging through 3 inches of bricks trying to find that 1x1
> transparent red plate and you think about sorting your bricks...
>
>
> Of course, somewhere along the way, you probably quit buying just sets, and
> started to do things like:
> - Buy lego sets in bulk, to the point where you have 10s to 100s
> of unopened boxes.
Been there, done that - oops, still doing that ;-)
> - Work on very large construction projects.
For many years. It gets harder and harder to think small :-)
> - Acquire other people's collections.
Working on this now :-)
> - Run large auctions over the net.
Just small ones so far, I want to keep my pieces!
> And those bring up entirely new sorting challenges.... but those won't
> be written about tonight, at least not by me.
>
> -r'm
>
> Remy Evard / evard@mcs.anl.gov
Just for info, I mostly use cardboard bin boxes that fold into shape (4, 6,
8 and 12 inches wide and 12 or 18 inches long), and have only recently moved
toward the Sterilite containers. I am definitely an Akron Mills supporter -
I have about 20 of their bin boxes (9, 18 and 23, 30 and 60 drawer types).
The advantage is being able to see those small pieces. Very important when
one cannot remember which of the separate containers may have the piece
wanted. My sorting has suffered (from lack of doing it) over the last year -
must be that cursed web ;-).
Wayne
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"Wayne R Hussey" <eskimo2@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:G6v1rF.F8H@lugnet.com...
> > 26. You begin to long for the day when you could sit at your desk and
> > actually reach every piece you owned without getting up.
>
> Step 26 is in the wrong order. It should have been somewhere around step • 10
> or 12.
Totally agree here! Although I must admit my own story skips completely
random around Remy's. I've never sorted by set or by color. A factor may be
that pretty early in my LEGO history my dad made me this big box with 10
compartments (still housing my basic bricks, my collection is pretty
moderate compared to some stories I've read here) and my mum made a copy of
the denim bag. Right now my LEGO is sorted by category and sometimes by
part. Nothing is sorted by color. It's housed in 1 big wooden box, 1 small
wooden box(wheels), 3 Rolykits (A few dozen compartments, and you simply
roll the whole thing up. See http://www.rolykit.com/original.html. Probably
unknown in the US, and impossible to get nowadays), 3 shoeboxes, 6 large
setboxes, 1 biscuit-tin. The denim bag is now my daughter's.......
Duq
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Duq wrote:
> wooden box(wheels), 3 Rolykits (A few dozen compartments, and you simply
> roll the whole thing up. See http://www.rolykit.com/original.html. Probably
> unknown in the US, and impossible to get nowadays)
Quite available in the US, and I've seen them at least within the past
12 months. I wouldn't swear that Rolykits is the brand their sold under
here, but they definitely are around (and the website confirmed my guess
as to what you were talking about). I looked at them, but they looked
more like one of those "Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time"
things which turn out not quite as practical as they initially appear
(my thoughts run to: how well and efficiently do they stack, how much
space is wasted by the "corners", do they actually hold your stuff or do
they sometimes spill [especially what happens before you understand the
way to open them up]).
Frank
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:3A5D30E2.B1878C6D@mindspring.com...
> Quite available in the US, and I've seen them at least within the past
> 12 months. I wouldn't swear that Rolykits is the brand their sold under
> here, but they definitely are around (and the website confirmed my guess
> as to what you were talking about).
I've been looking for them here, and have been sending them emails, but no
reply...
> I looked at them, but they looked
> more like one of those "Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time"
> things which turn out not quite as practical as they initially appear
> (my thoughts run to: how well and efficiently do they stack, how much
> space is wasted by the "corners", do they actually hold your stuff or do
> they sometimes spill [especially what happens before you understand the
> way to open them up]).
Maybe it's 'cause I grew up with them; my Technic stuff and all the minifig
junk has been in them all through my dark ages.
To answer the other questions:
They stack pretty well, but yes, you do lose space in the corners.
They hold the stuff very well, as long as you're gentle when rolling them
up. I can't remember what it's like to try and understand them, as I've had
them for over 15 years, but it really is simple.
What I like about them is that they take up little space when rolled up, but
give a good overview when open. What I mean is, they seem easier to me then
opening trays all the time. I guess there's a limit to the size of your
collection for their usefulness (or is there one s and two ll's in there?).
I've never counted mine, but it must still be under 25k bricks. I don't know
what they'd be like for storing 100k+...... allthough I could imagine having
a Rolykit per color for tiles, small plates etc. so you can just grab the
ones you'd need for the current project.....
Anyway, I'll try and post a pic of my stuff one of these days...
Duq
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