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Re: Some silly uses for all those extra treasure chests
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Date: 
Mon, 6 Mar 2000 16:43:02 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Eric Kingsley writes:
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Ugh... I only have barely enough coins to fill up one treasure chest (not
anywhere near how much I want). OTOH, I have much more facet gems than the
average AFOL... (collecting belville is excellent!)

Don't forget.  Don't throw out the spur that holds the gold coins together when
you open the set.  This makes for a cool little gold nugget and helps to fill
up those treasure chests.

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.

This is not to say that I'll be trading away my hoard of gold...8)

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...

J



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  Re: Some silly uses for all those extra treasure chests
 
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)

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  Re: Some silly uses for all those extra treasure chests
 
<snip> (...) Shiri, Don't forget. Don't throw out the spur that holds the gold coins together when you open the set. This makes for a cool little gold nugget and helps to fill up those treasure chests. Another idea is to fill the bottom of the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)

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