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Offline Knight Train

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Starting to organize.
« on: February 04, 2012, 19:36:41 »
Things have gotten somewhat out of control, so my new year's resolution was to inventory and organize all the playmobil that scattered about.  I bought some 36 inch wide x 72 inch tall wire racks and put wheels on them, so they can be moved.  Here's my first effort:





Lots of trains and tracks  :)

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Offline Tiermann

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Re: Starting to organize.
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2012, 00:34:55 »
OOooh, so many nice trains. I would love to see a closer view of the box side immediately under the house in the second photo, looks great
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Offline cardensb

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Re: Starting to organize.
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2012, 01:09:05 »
so many boxes... drool... are they still sealed (please don't tell me that klickies are trapped in dark, lonely places)
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Re: Starting to organize.
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2012, 01:12:52 »
 :o :o :o
Awesome collection, Knight Train! Argh, I'm very jealous right now... :love:
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Offline Bill Blackhurst

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Re: Starting to organize.
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2012, 01:35:22 »
Magnificent collection, & great storage solutions! Many collectors here will become very jealous of those rare items in your care!
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  Forget about all of the other stuff,....all we need is the reintroduction of the 3526 Fire Engine!

Offline Knight Train

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Re: Starting to organize.
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2012, 01:37:17 »
Most of the boxes have been opened, but the sets are kept together (as best as possible).  The boxes of specials are unopend (mostly).

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Re: Starting to organize.
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2012, 01:46:42 »
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OOooh, so many nice trains. I would love to see a closer view of the box side immediately under the house in the second photo, looks great

http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=2873.msg33253#msg33253
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Offline Indianna

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Re: Starting to organize.
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2012, 16:41:00 »
Looks great, Knight Train!  You have some excellent items in your collection.  I love those metal shelves - I have a bunch of them in my attic.  What a great idea, though, to add the casters for mobility!   

A question - do you have a particular method for maintaining an inventory list?  An excel file, perhaps, or some other software?  I am about to re-inventory my stuff so I'd love to hear more about what other folks do to keep track of everything (especially loose bits.)   :)
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Offline Wolf Knight

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Re: Starting to organize.
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2012, 16:48:59 »
Excellent organisation, and a very interesting collection  :lens: Thanks for sharing!!!
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Offline Knight Train

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Re: Starting to organize.
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2012, 18:24:04 »
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A question - do you have a particular method for maintaining an inventory list?

I use an excel spreadsheet that has columns for set number, location (bedroom closet, attic, garage...), condition, completeness.

For example:

3666 | no box | bedroom closet | no klickys, 99% complete
3790 | no box | bedroom closet | no accessories, in box with 3935, 3041
3730 | no box | garage             | in plastic bag
5788 | NIB      | bedroom closet |

The I use playmodb.org to create a list of sets by location.

http://www.playmodb.org/cgi-bin/your_set_list.pl

which gives us something like this:

http://www.playmodb.org/cgi-bin/your_set_list.pl?setlist=3666%0D%0A3790%0D%0A3730%0D%0A5788

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