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Re: Has anyone...treasury?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:30:27 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
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> On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 20:59:11 GMT, "Robert M. Dye" <robdye@writeme.com>
> wrote:
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> > Hello to all.
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> > I was doing some anal retentive level sorting lately, and found that I
> > had quite a bit of LEGO money (coins, 7 silver bricks, 1x2 $100 tiles,
> > and assorted gems and crystals).
> >
> > I decided to put them together in one place, and constucted a 12X16 room
> > out of white 1x bricks. The money, with a couple treasure chests thrown
> > in, covers the floor pretty well, though I would like to have a LOT more
> > coins for it. A few bricks above the floor is the doorway, which looks
> > down on the money bin, and Qui-Gon is poised in the doorway, preparing
> > for a jump into the money, a la Scrooge McDuck.
> >
> > I'm waiting until I figure a way to "fake" some more coins to put in a
> > diving board and a depth gauge, so that a couple figs can swim in the
> > cash, again a la Scrooge.
> >
> > Anybody else evr do anything like this?
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> It sounds like you've got the basics. Also try:
> - yellow 1x2 tiles for gold bars
> - All chrome pieces as valuable artifacts (crowns, broadswords and
> hydrolator crystals especially)
> - Invert a few yellow antennae, and put opaque 1x1 round plates on the
> top to make sceptres
> - Don't forget the safes from the Wild West sets. Plain mailboxes can
> also work here.
> - Chains are appropriate. They always seem to show up in treasure rooms.
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> You could also make the room slightly smaller.
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> Or build a mound in the middle of the room out of bricks, and cover that
> with the actual treasure.
>
> Steve
Some trans-green and trans-red 1x1 flat rounds for jewels?
--
Paul Foster
http://reality.sgi.com/foster_stco/lego.html
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| (...) Try also some clear chalices to represent crystal, trans-clear 1x1 plate rounds for diamonds, some 2x2-ish concave reflectors from the Aquazone sets to use as silver bowls (chrome was mentioned above). And if you have any king crowns... -Tom (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) It sounds like you've got the basics. Also try: - yellow 1x2 tiles for gold bars - All chrome pieces as valuable artifacts (crowns, broadswords and hydrolator crystals especially) - Invert a few yellow antennae, and put opaque 1x1 round plates (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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