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Post by melanell on Jun 3, 2015 20:03:03 GMT
He also sorts tiny pieces by type in partitioned boxes with lids (weapons, hats, tiny connectors and gears, etc.). We used to use the plastic drawer systems sold in hardware stores for screws, bolt, nails, etc. We'd put cardboard backings on them so nothing could fall out the back and to reduce the ability for them to get dusty. But they made it easy to sort the real tiny pieces.
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Post by scrapsuzy on Jun 3, 2015 20:04:42 GMT
I tried different methods, a few different times during the Lego years (which lasted more than a decade). It never lasted, and finally my 3 boys were able to articulate that they didn't like them sorted, that part of the fun was digging through the big pile/bin for just that perfect piece.
I don't know how old your kids are, but talk to them about whether they even want them sorted, and then about how they want them sorted.
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Post by melanell on Jun 3, 2015 20:05:55 GMT
Legos that go to sets are stored in their original boxes when they are disassembled. Misc. legos for building are all in 1 big tub. What is this "disassembled" word you all keep tossing around? The vast majority of DS's favorite legos (Star Wars mostly) are kept & stored in their assembled form, as he wouldn't hear of doing otherwise. If we had a basement, my kids would probably have a set-up like in the Lego Movie. But with no glue (kragle)!!! But since we do not, we just don't have space to keep them all assembled. But even if we had the big set-up, my kids love to make up their own things too much to just leave the sets always assembled. They love to take them apart and remake or "improve" them.
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Post by melanell on Jun 3, 2015 20:09:45 GMT
I visit the Lego store very frequently, it's rare to see kids in there. My son reports there's a whole sociology to the age thing. Some of the adult builders (there's an acronym for them I can't remember) are covert, but he can always tell which ones are truly "shopping for my nephew." The hardest nuts to crack are the teens who claim they're just there 'cause their younger siblings wanted to come. If my son mentions that he owns the set the teen is oh-so-casually looking at, they often come out of the closet. The store is near a lot of hotels and he meets a lot of men who are on business trips, both American and international. It's fascinating the (non-Lego) conversations he reports getting into with these guys. (Some women, but mostly men.) There are are still oodles of kids. All the sales training stresses selling to the mom, not the dad. Duh. We hit the store once or twice a year. We definitely always see oodles of kids at the ones we visit, too. It's normally a madhouse in the store. Now that DS #2 is old enough to get the look, don't touch thing, we're going to take them to their first Lego convention. They've been to temporary displays and museum shows before, but an actual convention is something new for them. They're pretty excited.
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Post by melanell on Jun 3, 2015 20:14:37 GMT
My nephews have an insane amount of Lego bricks. Insane. Three 10 drawer Iris towers. Some things are sorted by shape and some by color. Type drawers include: one stud pieces, plates, long thin pieces, two stud pieces, etc. Also separate drawers for minifigures, trees and flowers, doors and windows, accessories, wheels, etc. All of the miscellaneous pieces are sorted by color. I'm one of those adults who love Legos and buy them for myself. I personally have over 100 minifigures and several tubs of bricks. I really like the Friend sets (except for the people) and all of the new colors they are making. Yeah, I wish the Friends sets used regular minifigs. And I dislike the bows.
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Post by georgiapea on Jun 3, 2015 21:41:44 GMT
I keep reading what seems like maybe the majority of people mix all the pieces together. I guess I must be kinda OCD about Legos because I want to keep each set intact so it can be built in it's alternate version when one is presented. A new Lego catalog arrived yesterday but I haven't checked it out yet.
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Jun 4, 2015 4:25:14 GMT
whipea, we need to see pics of your new Lego room. Sounds like a great retreat.
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Post by whipea on Jun 4, 2015 11:28:22 GMT
whipea, we need to see pics of your new Lego room. Sounds like a great retreat. I will see what I can do about pictures this weekend. Just ordered a table top photography lighting setup to enhance this Lego obsession. I have been doing some green screen photography with minifigures and sets but this will make it much more efficient. The setup comes in tomorrow and I am sure I will be engaged in this activity but will do my best to get photos of the room.
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Jun 5, 2015 0:55:04 GMT
whipea, we need to see pics of your new Lego room. Sounds like a great retreat. I will see what I can do about pictures this weekend. Just ordered a table top photography lighting setup to enhance this Lego obsession. I have been doing some green screen photography with minifigures and sets but this will make it much more efficient. The setup comes in tomorrow and I am sure I will be engaged in this activity but will do my best to get photos of the room. No hurry. Play with your new toys lighting! If you find the time down the line, just resurrect the thread.
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