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Re: Building habits
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lugnet.storage
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Wed, 4 Apr 2001 00:31:16 GMT
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> If you're going to sort them, DON'T do it by color. It's the most
> obvious choice, but it's a bad idea. Sort by size and type instead.
> Think of it this way: Say you want a blue 1x4 brick. Would you rather
> dig through a pile of blue bricks, or a pile of 1x4 bricks of all
> colors? With the latter, the color jumps right out at you. With the
> former, you can't tell a half-buried 1x6 or 2x4 from a 1x4 unless the
> angle is just right.
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> For years I sorted by color. And I finally got around to re-sorting,
> using categories of size/shape instead. And I love it!!!
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> Another problem with sorting by color that I had is that out of sheer
> laziness I would tend to build models that were all one color. To
> find the right piece of another color I'd have to rake through or dump
> out that color's bin. Why do that when you've already got all the
> blue pieces spread out in front of you on the floor? So the result is
> rather monochromatic and boring models. Sorting by size/shape makes
> it a lot easier to put interesting color accents into models, since
> it's no harder to find a dark grey whatsit than it is to find a blue
> one.
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> --Bill.
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> FUT: lugnet.storage
I think this will depend slightly on the size of your collection. As my
collection has grown, I have gone to sorting by color to sorting by color _and_
size. That way, I don't have to dig through anything! Exceptions are when a
piece is scarce enough so as to not warrant its own container, and then I sort
by either part type or by color, depending on the part (example: all my 1x1,
1x2, and 1x3 yellow bricks are in one bucket; but all of my antennae, of all
colors, are in a single "Plano" container section).
.Steve
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| (...) I have a big enough collection to do that, but I've resisted, because when I take apart a model I don't want to have quite so many places to put things. As it is I have only 21 bins in total - though I do use Plano boxes for the little Technic (...) (26 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) If you're going to sort them, DON'T do it by color. It's the most obvious choice, but it's a bad idea. Sort by size and type instead. Think of it this way: Say you want a blue 1x4 brick. Would you rather dig through a pile of blue bricks, or a (...) (26 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.storage)
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