Gold Hoards

wlister · Post by **wlister** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:17 pm

Good luck getting that much from someone, Aiden and I both have large hoards, but the price range you are looking in is probably less than what we paid to get our hoards.

Very soon the gold tubs with the gold brick will be available, so that could help you make a hoard look bigger than it is.

Will

Bloody Jay · Post by **Bloody Jay** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:41 pm

How many coins are in your hoards, and are there any pictures? I know there's a hoard on Brickshelf, is that one of yours? I'm trying to figure out how many coins I need for the size I'm looking for, and I haven't been able to match up numbers with sizes yet.

Lord_Of_The_LEGO · Post by **Lord_Of_The_LEGO** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:43 pm

wlister wrote:Very soon the gold tubs with the gold brick will be available, so that could help you make a hoard look bigger than it is.

What tub is this? Do you know it's number?

Sir Terrance · Post by **Sir Terrance** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:36 pm

I think it's the new 50th anniversary tubs LEGO is releasing. I remember seeing pics (toy fair?) and they have gold lids, there are also Duplo ones

! Not sure on numbers... maybe a bit of searching on brickset.

~Chris Perron

De_EmU · Post by **De_EmU** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 12:40 am

Sir Terrance wrote:I think it's the new 50th anniversary tubs LEGO is releasing. I remember seeing pics (toy fair?) and they have gold lids, there are also Duplo ones ! Not sure on numbers... maybe a bit of searching on brickset.

~Chris Perron

Is that like the the old silver tub that came with a chrome silver 2x4?

Aidan · Post by **Aidan** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 3:30 am

Well since you asked

....

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=923197

I am ashamed to say that the hoard has almost doubled since the photo. I got a great deal once of $0.18 for a four coin set and really went a little crazy.

The lowest I have every seen them is $0.15 if you buy in bulk. You will not beat the price anywhere and I have been buying them for years.

LEGOFREAK · Post by **LEGOFREAK** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 3:34 am

Aidan wrote:Well since you asked .....

droooooooool...
wowsers. thats a great hoard!

Bloody Jay · Post by **Bloody Jay** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 3:45 am

Aidan wrote:Well since you asked ....

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=923197

I am ashamed to say that the hoard has almost doubled since the photo. I got a great deal once of $0.18 for a four coin set and really went a little crazy.

The lowest I have every seen them is $0.15 if you buy in bulk. You will not beat the price anywhere and I have been buying them for years.

Ahh, so that WAS yours! How many coins are in there?

Lord_Of_The_LEGO · Post by **Lord_Of_The_LEGO** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 3:46 am

Aidan wrote:Well since you asked ....

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=923197

My new desktop background! Seriously, I barely have enough coins to fill a single chest!

Now, honestly, is all of that coins down to the floor, or are they just a 'coating' of coins on top of a layer of bricks?

And, sorry, Jay, for completely hijacking your thread. Time for a splitting.

Aidan · Post by **Aidan** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 3:59 am

Bloody Jay wrote:Ahh, so that WAS yours! How many coins are in there?

I think there were about 4500 in my hoard at the time of that photo. The pile is solid coins, no filler underneath, except for the swords, helmets, and chests that you see.

All the coins are broken off the sprue unlike earlier versions of the photo. I think that leaving the coins on the sprue makes a hoard look at least twice as large as just coins. But it just doesn't look quite as nice

Post by **Athos** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:20 am

I should gather all my treasure together to see how much I have. If you throw in all the jewels and other chrome and gold pieces you can make a mighty horde.

As to the bucket, I saw one at K-mart a few weeks ago for $19.99. It has 1000 bricks, so the price per piece is pretty poor... (try and say that three times fast

)

Steve

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 1:51 pm

Knowledge is power, power that is greater than power from wealth.

*calls in Kahilawayan transport/bomber to beam up their hoards of golden treasure*

Behold the power of technological knowledge! Isn't cool how technology can be used to achieve "magic"...

Merlin of Lego · Post by **Merlin of Lego** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:05 am

I always broke my coins of the spruce but kept it as a gold bar. So I have several of them in my gold store.

wlister · Post by **wlister** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:59 pm

Bloody Jay wrote:How many coins are in your hoards, and are there any pictures? I know there's a hoard on Brickshelf, is that one of yours? I'm trying to figure out how many coins I need for the size I'm looking for, and I haven't been able to match up numbers with sizes yet.

My hoard is currently sitting in a plastic tub up on a shelf. I currently have about 100 Coin sprues with the coins still attatched and about 4000 loose coins. A little less than Aiden. I also have 250 gold bars and an assortment of over 1000 jewels. 10 of the gold Belville plates and an assortment of crown, gold dragon helms etc... Once I finally build a castle with a treasure room, it should look quite impressive. A decent looking hoard needs about 1000 coins. Before I had 1000, I was never happy with what I had. Of curse we are truly never happy with what we have.

Will

Graynar · Post by **Graynar** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:10 pm

Hi guys!

This truely is not funny! I don't even have enough gold coins to fill 10 treasure chests. And you guys are unhappy with having 1000's of coins!

I need to buy some more LEGO...