Sel

Actually I beileve what ever you choose to do with your bricks is as valid as it could be, but I can understand what you are really asking and here is the proof you might be searching for: http://www.peeron.com/scans/310-3/4 310 is a floating boat set from 1973. Note the radar antenna thing on top of the cabin. That does not mean it is common, though. I was using it frequently in the long past, when the diversity of the pieces was only a fraction of what it is available today and creating alternatives to studs-on-top kind of building (the dominant design method at that times) was not possible using regularly available special purpose pieces of modern times. Yes, I'm talking about 70s and yes, I'm old..so what?..:-) Regards,

I was keeping all of mine. I even had the boxes from my childhood (8860, 8841, 8845, etc...). But I live in a small flat, and my "lego room" is right now invaded by a surprize and welcome guest for the last 9 months (my baby daughter..:-) ) and I throw them away (every single one of more than 400) to make room for the new member of our family. Cutting and keeping back sides of the boxes (the ones showing alternative model ideas) would be a very nice idea, which, unfortunately, I didn't realize at that time. Regards, Sel

Yeah, that's sounds like an idea... as long as you don't have "several tens of thousands of pieces". And sorting by color is not a good idea at all, believe me. I can't imagine putting all sorts of black parts into the same bin and searching for a rare piece in it, this will certainly be "taking too long"..:-) regards, Sel