Comments on: Box4Blox: Sorting made Easy [Review]

By: Nirdian

Nirdian — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:23:10 +0000

Ooh… this looks usefull!

I should get me one of these.

By: strider_mt2k

strider_mt2k — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:28:41 +0000

I’m sorting by color now and it occurs to me that doing a size sort per color wouldn’t be a bad thing at all when the initial sort is finished.

Yay. More sorting. :|

By: Norro

Norro — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:24:17 +0000

How does it do colour ; )

God Bless,

Nathan

By: TooMuchDew

TooMuchDew — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:24:56 +0000

from the FAQ: “for you real mad keen Lego enthusiasts, you will find the BOX4BLOX invaluable just as sorter” I probably have 250 lbs of unsorted LEGO from summer garage sale & Craigslist finds so I guess I qualify as a real mad keen LEGO enthusiast. Based on Josh’s review I’ll probably pick one up now for pre-sorting.

By: ozlbkilo

ozlbkilo — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:52:43 +0000

I agree with Josh’s statement as to pre-sorting. I got one several months ago when I stumbled on a 150 pound unsorted lot at a yard sale. You gotta pull them 1x plates and long pieces out before you start shaken it and a large PAB cup is the perfect amount to pour in each time. Great review, Josh.

By: David

David — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:25:09 +0000

I rather buy a set for $40. :)

By: rknum

rknum — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:44:19 +0000

To me this is a luxury item, I first saw these several months ago and they looked good, but I couldnt justify the cost, not to say they are overpriced but I would rather spend the $35 on brick at this point. I spose once I accumulate more parts I might change my mind.

Has anyone considered making something like this? I had the thought when the “sifting kitty litter boxes” first came out. hadn’t seriously considered trying it though. I had thought of taking 3 dish pans and then drilling different sized holes in a grid pattern those dish pans are about $3.50 a piece.

By: Peppermint Pig

Peppermint Pig — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:32:51 +0000

This is a nice tool, but pricy for what it does. And it doesn’t have enough of a fine filter for 1×1 plate rounds and other tiny elements it seems. If I want something more exacting, I may just have to build it myself from wood. :)

By: JD Luse

JD Luse — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:52:29 +0000

That actually pretty neat, though I would store the boxes apart from my collection after sorting the bricks. Personally, the only reason I’d buy this is for the easy sorting, (which is what it’s for) not the storage. I’ve got cooler looking drawers for that. =)

By: Bill Ward

Bill Ward — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:29:03 +0000

I tried sorting by color for a while, but I got tired of looking for small parts among the other parts of the same color. It’s a lot easier to spot a piece of a particular color among a bunch of pieces of the same size/type than it is to spot a piece of a particular size/type among pieces of the same color.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:09:03 +0000

As I sort my bricks by color, it would be pointless for my to get one of these, but I appreciate the review.

By: Bill Ward

Bill Ward — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:30:57 +0000

I got one of these as a freebie from somewhere a few years ago, and I tried it out. My biggest complaint, which I don’t see mentioned anywhere, was noise. It made such a huge racket to shake the thing to make the pieces fall down. Much louder than normal LEGO raking.

But really I felt it was pretty useless. Long plates and bricks tended to fall through and clog, as described above. It only generates about 4 levels of resolution, and those were so inaccurate as to be of little use. I can get the same effect with my bare hand, scooping bricks out of a tub of unsorted parts, by varying the space between my fingers. That’s much quieter and free.

I ended up giving my box4blox to a fellow LUG member but I don’t know if he ever had any luck with it. I would very strongly NOT recommend this product.

By: Benjamin P.

Benjamin P. — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:13:10 +0000

Interesting. I had been lenient, but if it works for you, then that’s great!
Nice review.
Happy building!

By: Raxor

Raxor — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:25:29 +0000

I have two of these, they are pretty good at sifting too.

By: Denis

Denis — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:28:02 +0000

My bad ted, thought you we just talking about one…