Continued from nyah:
http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=292025

I have a rather...strange, way of sorting my Legos. I buy these:
http://www.sterilite.com/Category.html?Section=Storage&ProductCategory=43

About a buck twenty five for the two smaller ones and about two twenty
five for the larger ones. They stack real well on top of one another,
my current stacks go up about 10 high and they're still real solid.

First, I have a variety of subcategories...like translucent/light
parts. Most of those go in the bigger bins. I also have a category
for town minifigs, space minifigs, castle minifigs, pirate minifigs
and eventually I might add a Viking category. Now, the minifigs are
headless, but I do keep their pants all on. The heads go into yet
another, smaller container, separated into two plastic bags...one for
plain heads, the other for decorated heads. Then there's another
small container that has hair pieces and town people hats, again
separated into plastic baggies. Then I've got another small container
that has space helmets, space jet packs and helmet visors all together
(separated by plastic baggies).

I mean...what were they thinking...
http://www.backwater-productions.net/_images/_Lego/Lego_Stupidity.jpg

And there's *SO* much of that too. Like curved river plates that
never had straight counterparts and that didn't line up. I mean,
honestly, as a graphic designer it's really not *THAT* difficult to
create a seamlessly tiled image. It would have taken *SO* very little
effort on their part and said little effort would have such a drastic
impact on the playability and range of creative designs that could
then be derived. You could create an entire beach front to yer Lego
city, or even make the city one giant island resort. Or with the
river plates, you could have a river running through your city...but
alas, they don't line up and there are no straight plates for any of
the river plates...and even the curved river plates don't line up very
good.