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0 pointsNeoTar3y ago0 comments

If you keep your LEGO sorted then many builders suggest sorting by part rather than by colour - its a lot easier to identify a pink vs. hot pink 1x4 brick, rather than to find the 1x4 brick in your hot pink box.

However, sorting by part can be frustrating. Imagine only 1x1 tiles/plates (i.e. the pieces which are 1/3 the height of a regular brick), to my knowledge there are:

* 1x1 square plates (i.e. with a stud on top), * 1x1 circular plates, * 1x1 circular plates, with a hole running through, * 1x1 square tiles (i.e. with a flat top), * 1x1 circular tiles, * 1x1 arch-shaped tiles, * 1x1 quarter-circle tiles, * 1x1 circular tiles with a nubbin on top

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PebblesRox3y ago

Yeah, sorting by color is a lot quicker than by part, though once you have things sorted by part (even roughly) it's easier to find placeholders that might not be the perfect color but still perform the same function.

All those 1x1s could go in the same place and it would still help a lot with locating them, just knowing there's a place that only has 1x1s.

If you're sorting to make it easier to build from instructions, sort by color. Otherwise sort by shape/size.

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0 pointsNeoTar3y ago0 comments

However, sorting by part can be frustrating. Imagine only 1x1 tiles/plates (i.e. the pieces which are 1/3 the height of a regular brick), to my knowledge there are:

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PebblesRox3y ago

All those 1x1s could go in the same place and it would still help a lot with locating them, just knowing there's a place that only has 1x1s.

If you're sorting to make it easier to build from instructions, sort by color. Otherwise sort by shape/size.

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