10) Storing / sorting / using LEGO
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This article is from the Lego FAQ, by Tom Pfeifer pfeifer@fokus.gmd.de with numerous contributions by others.
10) Storing / sorting / using LEGO
One of the greatest ideas was:
Keep them on a bed sheet: spread the sheet for playing - fold it
together to tide up in seconds, and put it in whatever container you
like.
Per K. Nielsen" (pnielsen@image.dk) remembers a bag LEGO used to sell
in the good old days in Denmark, which could also made by yourself.
The bag was big and blue, similar stonewashed jeans. It was really
nothing but a large circular piece of cloth with holes around the
edge, enforced with brass rings. Through them went a piece of thin red
rope. Whenever you wanted to play, all you did was open the bag wide
and sit on it. When you were through playing you just pulled the red
string and the blanket turned into a bag. Convenient!
Most netters strongly object sorting their pieces and enjoy sitting on
the floor having their pieces all around them.
The variety and size of technic elements may still demand some
sorting. Hardware stores sell storage units with 18-60 drawers,
intended for sorting nuts and bolts and the like. The transparent
plastic drawers (which can include transparent dividers) allow one to
see the contents of a drawer without opening it.
Rick Clark (JRClark@aol.com) highly recommends Brookstone's #177956
Flipper Parts Boxes (phone 1-800-926-7000 (24 hrs)).
Franz-Michael S. Mellbin (fischer-mellbin@fischer-mellbin.com)
recommends not to sort by color but by size: Collect all your blacks.
Stir well. Now find that 2x1 black with a hole through. Then, try to
collect all your 2x1 with holes through. Stir well. Now take out two
black, three white and one red. Get it?
Sort big and small pieces together. Who has space for 69 different
boxes? By mixing big and small together, you can easily find both as
long as there are not to many big pieces. Sort only what you need to
find.
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