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Categorizing your instructions.....

Posted:
Thu Feb 03, 2011 6:19 pm
by NTESHFT
I've seen on the forums where some collectors have their instructions in binders and it gave me the notion to do the same. Now I got a question- how do you categorize them? For some reason or another I'm kind of stuck on how to do so. Can anyone shed some lite on my subject?
Re: Categorizing your instructions.....

Posted:
Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:13 pm
by S4_NE
I do mine this way:
G1 bots and then cons
secound one is classics/generations/TFA
3rd is Armada and miss...
Hope this helps.
Re: Categorizing your instructions.....

Posted:
Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:16 pm
by NTESHFT
I started with my G1 reissues, and then moved on to my third- party and club and con exclusives. The problem i'm having is figuring out how to place all the classics, RTS, generations, etc. I think I have found a solution, though. Thanks....
Re: Categorizing your instructions.....

Posted:
Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:34 am
by SJ21
I try to keep them by how they are displayed.
My G1's,Classics/Generations/RTS,Movie figures are together, Alternators/Binaltech, and Animated are together. Any other figures that don't fit in those categories go in the misc. pile.
Re: Categorizing your instructions.....

Posted:
Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:04 pm
by Skyfire77
I've been scanning (or collecting scans from others if I don't have them) instructions and card art and Tech Specs. The hard copies are going into my filing cabinet more or less unsorted, but the scans are sorted thusly:
Series - Faction - Sub-Faction (Seekers, Triple Changers, Leaders, etc.) OR Pricepoint (Legend, Scout, Voyager, etc.)
Re: Categorizing your instructions.....

Posted:
Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:50 pm
by robofreak
I fold all of mine out as far as they can be to take up as much room as possible in a plastic archive sheet which then goes into a binder.
After that, they are all sorted by set.
I also have archive storage binders that store all of the cardbackers, packing inserts, and cut up boxes.
And to top it off, a spreadsheet organized by series telling me everything that I have.
Yes... I'm that anal-retentive.
Re: Categorizing your instructions.....

Posted:
Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:04 pm
by alternator77
robofreak wrote:I fold all of mine out as far as they can be to take up as much room as possible in a plastic archive sheet which then goes into a binder.
After that, they are all sorted by set.
I also have archive storage binders that store all of the cardbackers, packing inserts, and cut up boxes.
And to top it off, a spreadsheet organized by series telling me everything that I have.
Yes... I'm that anal-retentive.
you may be but i like that method ill be working on that during my spring break.
thanks for the spreadsheet idea that should help me keep it updated in the future.

Re: Categorizing your instructions.....

Posted:
Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:05 pm
by G1 Smoketreader
I go by alphabetical order, one Autobot file, one Decep file. Whenever I have repaints or customs, I repaint the photo as well and change the name on the sheet, and stick to alphabetical order again.
Re: Categorizing your instructions.....

Posted:
Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:14 am
by Editor
One Bot binder, One Con one. Each one is first arranged alphabetical, then multiple versions of the same name are arranged G1/classics/generations then BW/A/E/C/Animated/sublines.
Re: Categorizing your instructions.....

Posted:
Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:35 am
by RK_Striker_JK_5
By series, mostly.