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1. How to Avoid Losing Pieces?

   

   Discussion by Brickchap · June 2022 · Home› Building and Techniques

   It's happened again. That thing that plagues us all when building. You put down a piece and it disappears! Or it is accidentally bumped off the table and you can't find it, or you push something together only for it to explode, the pieces go flying and also disappear. This just happened to me and like Samuel L Jackson's…

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   Comment by andhe · June 2022 · Home› Building and Techniques

   Until you lean on the lip and catapult all the pieces... :D Also build barefoot (not with your feet...), you will instantly step on any piece you drop.

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   Comment by CCC · June 2022 · Home› Building and Techniques

   Maybe all pieces should be glow in the dark. I remember my son dropping a little piece off the Monster Fighters train years ago. That was easy to find by turning the lights off.

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   Comment by CCC · June 2022 · Home› Building and Techniques

   How to Avoid Losing Pieces? Don't open the boxes!

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   Comment by Huw · June 2022 · Home› Building and Techniques

   Cover the table with felt so pieces don't roll or bounce.

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   Comment by Fizyx · June 2022 · Home› Building and Techniques

   
 I'm a giant, weird nerd, so I love (LOVE) glow in the dark pieces, and actually have a collection of just glow in the dark pieces in a large gallon bag just in case I need them. (The collection contains about 30 skeleton horses, so I'm about ready to expand to a 2 gallon bag...) Anyways, I really just wanted to…

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   Comment by autolycus · June 2022 · Home› Building and Techniques

   I put all the pieces in small organizer bins. I also often do all of the building inside of a shipping box that has 3" high sides and no top. Works like a tray but with extra-tall sides. Hardwood floors definitely help because you can hear which direction a piece bounces if it does end up off the table. Catapulting of a…

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   Comment by MaffyD · June 2022 · Home› Building and Techniques

   I employ my children to look for pieces. Their eyes are closer to the ground, so it makes sense.

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   Comment by PDelahanty · June 2022 · Home› Building and Techniques

   When I drop a piece on the floor (or, more likely, my son does), it helps to use a flashlight (or "torch" for you Brits) to find it. Put the light as low as you can and sweep it across the floor like a lighthouse. The piece will cast a shadow that makes it easier to find. This is especially useful when I'm looking for…

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    Comment by Brickchap · June 2022 · Home› Building and Techniques

    All good suggestions! Strangely although the floor is wooden I never heard the piece drop. One moment I was taking it off a headlight brick, the next it had just disappeared. Currently I'm working with all sorted pieces however naturally you start to have random pieces lying around as you work on the MOC. (in my case…

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