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            | Subject: 
 | Re: Some silly uses for all those extra treasure chests 
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            | Newsgroups: 
 | lugnet.castle 
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            | Date: 
 | Tue, 7 Mar 2000 02:55:55 GMT 
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 |  | In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes: > In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes:
 > > The LEGO purist in me has risen up on occasion and lamented that the gold
 > > coins even exist...what was wrong with using yellow 1x1 rounds like they
 > > used to? Not only are they close enough to be gold coins, but they could
 > > be used for other things as well.
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 > Yep, that's true...
 > When I was little (well, littler :-) I used the yellow transparent 1x1 rounds
 > (dots) - my cousin and I had a currency system we used for our games. 2 red
 > trans. dots - rubies - were equal to one clear dot (a diamond). Trans yellow
 > dots were gold (OK, we didn't think about *solid* gold ;-), trans greens were
 > emeralds, trans blue were sapphires, and so forth...
 
 I always (and still do) use the trans-yellow as topaz.  :)  Now that there are
 cut gems, I use them as uncut, or rough, gems.  :)
 
 > > This is not to say that I'll be trading away my hoard of gold...8)
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 > Too bad :-)
 
 Darn, I need a lot to cover the floor of my Dragon's lair...
 
 > > If you wanted treasure chests full of stuff I'd add some of the yellow
 > > goblets (I know *I* have a bunch of these), maybe chrome knives if you
 > > have any, 1x1 rounds or faceted gems as has been suggested...there's
 > > always the Adventurers 'Golden Bedpan' too...
 >
 > A bedpan... so THAT'S what it is... ;-)
 
 Yup, that face on it is the maker's seal.  :)
 
 Jeff
 
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 |  | (...) Yep, that's true... When I was little (well, littler :-) I used the yellow transparent 1x1 rounds (dots) - my cousin and I had a currency system we used for our games. 2 red trans. dots - rubies - were equal to one clear dot (a diamond). Trans (...)   (26 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle) 
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