MoonCheese Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 Did anyone else do this? When I was obsessed with Pirate sets as a kid, I would use more than just the gold coins for treasure. I would use the thing in the centre that the coins are attached to as a gold piece, and steal headlights from vehicles and such to use as jewels. (Of course, now Lego makes actual jewels...as I was putting together my new Castle set today, I remembered this aspect of my childhood when the instructions showed the jewels going in the chest.) Around Xmas, my dad cut up some tree tinsel which I used as gold and silver chains. I would also use those yellow goblets as highly valuable golden cups, and I had an Admiral minifig who almost always held one yellow (gold) and one grey (silver) goblet. Then, for a while I referred to just about anything yellow as "gold", even in patently ridiculous situations, like calling yellow 1*1 cylinders "gold cannonballs"! What kind of things other than the coins did you use for pirate treasure? Quote
Shadows Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 I also used the coin sprue as treasure, I just imagined it was either a lump of unminted gold, or a small golden object taken from a local tribe. Eventually they introduced a golden idol type of piece in the Adventurer's line that is basically what I used the sprue for before. I used any trans coloured 1x1 round plate as a jewel, and yellow ones as lids to those fancy yellow goblets. Square ones could be a different cut of jewel. Piled together, it looked pretty good. Now you can get 1x2 chrome gold tiles that look like gold bars to go along with the jewels and coins. Aquaraiders includes a golden plate in a set, along with various pirate parts to signify a sunken ship. I also used to put 1x1 rounds in the back of the window panes (the lattice kind) to make them look like stained glass from the outside. Then again, white classic-space minifigs were stormtroopers in my world, so there is no telling what I did. ;-) Quote
legotrainfan Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 I did none of the things that have been mentioned. I usually threw the coin sprue away. But I was more creative with Playmobil cowboys. The choclate brand I prefer used to pack the chocolate bars in aluminium foil and then in paper. I used the aluminium foil to make little silver nuggets by pressing a bit of foil together forming little balls. I had to be careful. I didn't want nuggets with chocolate on or in them. Can't remember if I sometimes washed the foil. Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted April 1, 2008 Governor Posted April 1, 2008 Did anyone else do this? When I was obsessed with Pirate sets as a kid, I would use more than just the gold coins for treasure. I would use the thing in the centre that the coins are attached to as a gold piece I did this for sure. I imagined it to be some kind of Incan artifact or something to that effect. I would also use those yellow goblets as highly valuable golden cups I always presumes they were made of gold, or at least some form of gold alloy hence not having the same luster as the coins X-D Quote
Athos Posted April 1, 2008 Posted April 1, 2008 For a while, certain yellow things were meant to depict gold. Like the 1x1 round plates and gold goblets that were in Castle treasure chests. So I used lots of yellow things to represent gold. Following TLC precedent, I also used 1x1 transplates (both square and round) as jewels. Now we've got a lot of truly gold treasure pieces (i.e. goblets, coins, plates, armor, helmets, swords, crowns, tiles, etc.) and actual jewel pieces too. Steve Quote
MoonCheese Posted April 2, 2008 Author Posted April 2, 2008 Whoa, I just learned a new word, "sprue". I had no idea that that was what those were called. I had a silver-coloured shiny sprue too, of a different shape, that I think some knives or something were originally attached to, and apparently in the 80s those "headlights" (1*1 round plates) came attached to sprues too. Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted April 3, 2008 Governor Posted April 3, 2008 Our friend Dictionary.com defines a sprue as: 1. (Founding) (a) Strictly, the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold. (b) The waste piece of metal cast in this hole; hence, dross. So imagine what the mold for coins looks like... Quote
Wes Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 (edited) Recently I've seen the gold peruvian idol statue from the Indiana Jones set selling for nearly $10...I'm thinking of getting one anyway for "treasure." It got me thinking... We all know gold coins are the main "treasure" for our pirates. But what other "treasure" have you used in addition to gold? By treasure I mean stuff for your pirates to steal and/or hoarde. Some treasure I've used: - Chrome gold 1 x 2 tiles as gold bars - Minifig gems (such as the red on found in the mummy sets) in various colors - Belville chrome gold plates - A chrome gold crown and broadsword from castle sets - The 1x1 "antique brass" round plate (HP golden snitch) - but mainly as a ship ornament - A rare chrome silver 2 x 4 brick - Misc 1x1 transparent plates as gems - Trans-clear blocks as crystal - Barrels, large barrels, chests, and boxes as stolen cargo - Large piles of minifig accessories, eg musket pistols - Chrome gold sun disc - Stolen Inca gold! What have you used? Edited August 10, 2008 by Wes Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted August 10, 2008 Governor Posted August 10, 2008 I Scream Clone used gold and copper/bronze crystals in his Rum Trade MOC. Quote
Capn Frank Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 People put treasures on their pirate MOCs?! Why?! I don't think i have yet to put a treasure in my pirate MOCs that i've posted on EB. Just cargo. I do keep all my treasure together though and use the sprue that the coins were connected too. Quote
Tenorikuma Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 It appears you've covered nearly all the "fun" pirate loot, Wes. I think good old bullion and gems are standard booty/treasure stock. The Peruvian idol does make for a nice-looking prize — I guess that could be some pilfered native relic, although I think a conquistador is more likely to have these in his cargo hold than a pirate is. Other valuable cargos from the Golden Age of Piracy would include guns and gunpowder, kegs of ale or wine, tobacco, sugar, and chocolate. These last three were significant cash crops grown in the New World and primary targets of piracy. (Most pirates did not actually go around looking for pieces of eight or buried trasure.) Seizing European goods to sell to the New World colonies would have been lucrative as well. Basically, a pirate is interested in most of the same things a legitimate merchant is. On a side note, while many regular merchants sold slaves in the New World, pirates had a reputation for freeing the slaves they captured. Occasionally, however, a useful civilian like a doctor might be forced to serve aboard a pirate ship for a while. You might consider him a sort of booty. Quote
Wes Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 I found a similar thread: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16575 It seems like a lot of use kept the chrome gold sprues as gold nuggets! It occured to me that statues and armor could also make good booty. They'd be valuable historical items! Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted August 11, 2008 Governor Posted August 11, 2008 Yes, many times there is a similar thread. They could be merged if this thread isn't popular but we'll see where it goes first. I like the graphic you made though, so that should definitely always be in the first post. Quote
Dreamweb Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 the sprue that the coins were connected too. I used that quite frequently as gold tabs. It's funny how useful may be something which is not even an "official" Lego piece. Many parts may be used as valuable statues, one example being the yellow bird (Caribbean Cliper's figurehead), and the other example being this: Quote
Axle Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Gold keys, anyone? Also yellow cups, like the one Broadside uses for drinking and falling overboard with. Quote
Dreamweb Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 How about the cup from this set? Looks like a nice loot if you ask me... Quote
Chuck Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 This is what I use as treasure, despite the castle fig beside it. -Chuck Quote
Athos Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 There is lots of stuff: crowns, the new gold goblets, the new gold armor, the dwarf helmets... Steve Quote
Manta Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 armor, weapons, gold chrome and regular chrome stuff, and anything else. Quote
Hinckley Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 Bricklink search results: Chrome Gold parts... and Metallic Gold and Pearl Gold... and Pearl Light Gold I always have one of these handy myself: Quote
Dovchenko Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 Four cheap castle sets in 2000 released "Chrome" armour and swords to make the ultimate "Chrome Bull" warrior/general. Weird gimmicks but awesome armour pieces, could be usable on figs as well as for treasure. Lost Helm of Eurobricks anyone? http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=4818-1 Quote
Wes Posted August 14, 2008 Posted August 14, 2008 http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=48647 - Whoa, didn't know about this part. I guess the Duplo pirate ships never attracted very much attention from me. http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=4909 - Gold mirror would fetch a high price! Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.