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I have sorted out my bricks in a boxes by color

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

I don't; I just know where everything is.

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

I sort mine by size and shape.  I have the basic bricks in one bin, the plates in another, and all of the specialty pieces (vents, control sticks, steering wheels, chairs, et cetera) in bins that I got from Hobby Lobby.  Those are really helpful for organising.  I also have another bin for all the pieces that make up the minifigures and another for the objects that they can hold (swords, spears, cups, screwdrivers, and whatnot).

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

I sort mine by shape, size and colour cause I got a lot of LEGO now 14 KG

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

I've got my minifig pieces in one box, accessories in another and then I have most of the remaining bricks sorted out into size and shape, and then there's some models built up which I keep on a shelf separately.

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

I sort mine by lego, and other.

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

fib12345 wrote:

I don't; I just know where everything is.

same here

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

I don't sort mine AT ALL.

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

blobstudios wrote:

I've got my minifig pieces in one box, accessories in another and then I have most of the remaining bricks sorted out into size and shape, and then there's some      s built up which I keep on a shelf separately.

Same here.

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

Shouldn't this go in the Bricks section. Anyway, I keep my minifigs together, special pieces (wepeons, cup, levers, animals, tools, etc.), and then all my basic building bricks.

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

I like keeping my minifigs put together, so if I use:
A) Ike's hair
B) A Knight's head
C) Morris's torso
D) A Policemans's legs
I'll bring all 4 up and leave them by the set.

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

I have minifig parts in a box. Accesories, vehicles(bikes atvs) In a bag. Then the rest is either in my closet or on a shelf

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

I've been meaning to sort my bricks for a while, but I've been too lazy to do it. Right now I just have a mess of random pieces around my animating room, and a few bins with other stuff in them.

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

I use fishing tackle boxes for the small, specialty peices, and zip lock bags for basic bricks. I'll get a photo of the bags later, but here are the tackle boxes:

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

goldenbrick wrote:

Shouldn't this go in the Bricks section.

I thought this would fit more in the Technique section because I think people could maybe learn some good technique sorting system here (people like me mini/tongue )

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

no i dont because my bricks are all in tubs

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Sort?
What is this thing you call "sort"?

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

Sean wrote:

Sort?
What is this thing you call "sort"?

Exactly.

When my collection was 'managable', I used to sort it by color. Then, during the very first THAC, I quickly found out how bad this idea was when looking for one certain small piece.

Currently, I'm trying the size/type route. But, with the more common bricks (2x4, 2x2, etc.) being sorted by size/color.
It's completely overwhelming. I feel like outsourcing this this headache job. mini/tongue

Has anyone purchased one of those brick sorter tray things or found a better/faster way to sort?

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Well, there's always the Box4Blox.

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Re: How do you sort out your bricks ?

I'd go with Maron. Mine is sorted a bit like that.
Minifigs in those sorts of boxes. Minifig accessories in another box.
All outdoor type pieces ie wooden fences, trees, rocks etc in a big box. Then I have tubs for colours of bricks and within those tubs the little useful/modified bits are in zip lock bags within the boxes.

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