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Re: Minifigs and their accessories?
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Date: 
Mon, 6 Aug 2001 17:54:52 GMT
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> > I find the whole tub full of bags full of accessories to be a but
> > cumbersome... i was thinking of perhaps separating townie
> > helmets/figs/hair/accessories into a tub for easy transport to a
> > display/show... since it's unlikely i'll need a harpoon or a magic wand,
> > or a giant halberd at a train show - but i'm not sure that's really the
> > best way to do it.
> 
> yeah, making it transportable is tougher.  Have you thought of using a
> toolbox with compartments?  Some of them have interchangable trays, too.
> Then you could choose what type of parts you need and then just take those
> along for the ride.

That's not a bad idea - though, i'd love to be able to keep *all* my
towny type things available.. ie: not a separate "travel pack" but that
would be the final sorting destiation... might not expand enough
(eventually) :/

> > plus, sorting accessories in a huge pain - i've got a bucket full of
> > unsorted accessories i'm slowly going through now - it's what's pressing
> > the issue.
> 
> I'd have to agree that accessories are a pain, but there is one thing worse:
> sorting technic pins and small bits by the hundreds... I have a shoebox
> sized bin that has been tormenting me for a couple months.  I can only sort
> it in short bursts because grabbing all those little parts starts to stress
> my fingers pretty quick.

lol!  Technic?  That's Dan's job :)  he sorts those into these cases
with small pull out cubby sections... I think he wants to make a travel
pack though :)



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  Re: Minifigs and their accessories?
 
(...) One of the reasons I can't figure out how to seperate them is because I use torsos and heads from different themes all at one time. If I seperated them I'd be searching lots of different places just to put one fig together. (...) yeah, making (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.storage)

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