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Having recently done some moderately frustrating builds for the first time since my age was in single digits, I discovered that a small amount of pre-sorting ra
by regularfry 4y ago
Having recently done some moderately frustrating builds for the first time since my age was in single digits, I discovered that a small amount of pre-sorting radically improved this situation. And it doesn't seem to matter what parameter you index on: colour, size, type - anything to reduce the search space seems to work. Nor does the sort need to be complete. Just reducing the size of the unsorted pile also helps.
- dr_dshiv 4y agoOh man, nowadays, presorting is one of my main ways of Lego play. I never knew I had such ocd tendencies. But if I can change maximal entropy into neat stacks of color and shape, I feel like god.
- vidarh 4y agoWhen my son was still interested and I was building with him, I did not have the patience to pre-sort, but I used to casually sort while searching for a piece, and so the search time for subsequent pieces would gradually drop.
- lupire 4y agoThen kids play once and wreck your presort.
- regularfry 4y agoTeach them how!