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Re: the evolution of lego sorting
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lugnet.storage
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Tue, 9 Jan 2001 05:42:39 GMT
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In lugnet.storage, Remy Evard writes:
> On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, William Brumbach <willbrum1@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > About 25 lbs from a yard sale from last year of Classic Space and Town.
> > Some built, much of it missing pieces. Lots of doubles, missing some
> > manuals, using Brickshelf to build. More stuff on the bookshelves.
> >
> > A recently aquired eBay lot of 25lbs. More doubles on some sets, missing
> > pieces, dirty, teeth (see "What's in your LEGO posting").
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> > Another eBay lot from almost years ago. Sorted out non-LEGO stuff and put
> > into 11 gallon Rubbermaid container. No baseplates, auctioned in another
> > lot and I didn't have the funds to get them also.
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> Yep... I also have quite a pile of collections I've picked up on Ebay
> and in local garage sales.
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> I actually sort those independently of my main pile, and only integrate
> them once I've either completed all the sets that I can from the collection
> or else determined there are none left to build.
I am still undecided about comingling pieces. I have mixed some smaller
elements together in Akro but have kept apart larger bricks. A 20 year old
yellowing white brick is in stark contrast to something from 3033.
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> So the way that I actually sort is far more complicated than the way
> presented in my posting about the evolution.... (which is nuts.)
I think it is for everyone.
> But at least I don't have this problem:
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> > And about 10,000 die-cast vehicles in the bedroom closet also yet to be
> > inventoried and sorted. And then there are the Lionel trains in the attic
> > back home...
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> Wow.
Almost seven years of 10-20 Hot Wheels here and there buying at retail plus
some collections from ebay earlier this year. The worst part is that I have
no idea what I have because it is all in boxes. And I REALLY miss my
Lionels. They'll be back soon hopefully.
junior
> -r'm
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> Remy Evard / evard@mcs.anl.gov
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