Best way to flatten art colorful line mode?

Hi all! You do not know how well explain it... but if I have an illustration I created where objects are overlapping eachother, what is the best way to get just the oulines with a large number of copy/paste/knock-out? It takes a while and it seems to me that there should be an easier way. I've attached a picture to explain what I mean.

Using CS5 Windows 7

Thank you!Untitled-1.jpg

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Object > decompose the appearance (if available)

Object > expand

Pathfinder > merge

Draw a no no fill, no race rectangle and then choose the command selection > even > background & outline

Click on delete

[At this point the work should appear identical to where you started, even if it is built differently.]

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Apply stroke and fill (or remove the fill if you wish)

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