Oh man, why did I read 'Tidy' as another word...

Tidy treasure? What are you talking about, it's spilling everywhere!

That Pirate's golden coins are definitely not tidy. Makes him a real target to the other pirates looking for treasure.......

The treasure does not look very tidy.

Of all those tiny little pirate 'islands' this is the smallest, at only 4x4 studs. And most of it is covered by the rock, so if one imagines this as the whole island (Which I do), then Tiny Tim here doesn't have much room to pace on.

Oh, I miss those shiny gold coins.

It’s treasure. Tidy.

Oh my word, I own this one. Hahahaha. Nice. Those gold coins sure are great. I need to BrickLink more of them.

You guys are misunderstanding. It’s supposed to be *tide-y* treasure, as in it washed up on the tide. Like a lot of treasure does. Obviously.

It’s not even tidy, is he going to clean it up? Seems like a nightmare getting the coin pieces in there without spilling them again

I really like that torso print. Come to think of it the entire minifig is really cool, and I would argue one of the most realistic looking pirates Lego has done. He just looks like a regular 18th century sailor (which is what most pirates were), rather than a cartoon or 'Disney' style 'pirate.'

As for his tidying up, maybe he could use that palm leaf to sweep up all the coins!

Ok, so according to Merriam-Webster, "tidy" can also mean:

2: LARGE, SUBSTANTIAL
"a tidy profit"
3: adequately satisfactory : ACCEPTABLE, FAIR
"a tidy solution to their problem"

Which means that this treasure is either worth a substantial amount of money, or just "fair."
Maybe the map that pirate has had "tidy treasure" written on it, and he's just hoping it's definition 2 so his journey will be worth it...

Purple is the color I associate with pirates the most.

@NatureBricks said:
"How do we know this is the true name when it's not on the polybag?"

I have always thought that this set's name is a typo and should be "Tiny Treasure."

@TomKazutara said:
"I don't remember ever seeing those polybags .
Where those exclusive to big toy chains or other countries ?"
From my recollection there were never any four-digit numbered sets beginning with a "1" available over here in stores or mentioned/shown in the catalogues of the day. Our four-digit set numbers usually started with a "6" for LEGOLAND sets or "8" for Technic. Fabuland was "3" I think, ships were "4" and trains "7".
Perhaps it was a regional exclusive.

Arrgh! That be some tidy treasure matey

I have the more common boxed version of this set, 1747-1 "Treasure Surprise" instead of the polybag.

@PurpleDave said:
" @CarolinaOnMyMind:
I think that only works with ambergris, and I very much doubt your average pirate will recognize it as being valuable."

I'm pretty sure they were joking. Relax. You don't have to correct and fact check everything.

In case you are wondering the orange slug like alien creature hiding in the corner is a not very golden goblet.

@Binnekamp said:
"This is a fun set. The rock can hinge close to hide the treasure, which is a lot more fun tham a regular treasure chest or coins just setting there. 6232 just has a barrel of them.

As for the coins... why don't we have them anymore? They were great and look super pretty!"

Chroming - there's a pretty good discussion of why they stopped making chrome parts on the UCS Naboo Fighter review. Basically they're really expensive to make because they need custom moulds, and it's harder to maintain quality. As much as I love chrome parts, a printed 1x1 round tile is the best we're likely to get now.

@MisterBrickster said:
" @Binnekamp said:
"This is a fun set. The rock can hinge close to hide the treasure, which is a lot more fun tham a regular treasure chest or coins just setting there. 6232 just has a barrel of them.

As for the coins... why don't we have them anymore? They were great and look super pretty!"

Chroming - there's a pretty good discussion of why they stopped making chrome parts on the UCS Naboo Fighter review. Basically they're really expensive to make because they need custom moulds, and it's harder to maintain quality. As much as I love chrome parts, a printed 1x1 round tile is the best we're likely to get now."

But the coins were only made in chrome, and they didn't connect to anything so the tolerances (margin of error in a molded part) isn't as important. I think that's why they came on a sprue- it was the cheaper more old-fashioned option of "cold" injection molding. In fact, I think not needing a mold is why the earliest chrome parts were the coins and Homemaker faucets - clutch power was a non-issue and the budget for the new part could pay for the chrome electroplating (I assume that's the process used as it's the most common). Of course, today LEGO isn't as small as it was back then and could easily produce chrome parts- they just don't care about it and would rather cut corners.

@loftmanukjnr:
I’m pretty sure I was joking, too. But, you know, feel free to fill the role of wet blanket.

@Binnekamp:
In this case it’s probably simply due to the fact that they have been shifting away from chrome-playing any parts. That process alone is expensive. Maybe 20 years ago I watched something where they were showing how Delta faucets get chromed, which might be the same process used for LEGO parts (you can’t exactly electroplate non-conductive plastic). It involved lining the walls of a chamber with racks full of parts that had been coated in a paint that stays tacky, loading aluminum rods into hooks running up and down two tungsten poles in the center, pumping most of the air out of the chamber, and running enough current through the tungsten poles to vaporize the aluminum rods. They then coat everything within line-of-sight with a layer of aluminum, but the back of the parts is hidden from view. It takes at least 2-3 turns in the chamber, oriented in different directions, to get full coverage, and the whole process is incredibly labor-intensive. Or you can just mold the parts in metallic plastic.

They also molded the chrome coins on a sprue that shipped with the set, which is a lot of junk plastic going out the door, and something they have shifted away from in recent years.

Another issue, which was not resolved with the ingot/coin packs, is that minifigs can’t even hold them. Really they need to design a coin that’s just thick enough for a minifig hand to grab onto, but both style of molded coins were too thin to hold by themselves, and too thick to hold in pairs.

@MisterBrickster:
In this specific case, variant molds was never an issue. There was one mold that was used for chrome-plates coins on a sprue, and that was it. When they transitioned away from those coins, they went to a style that was only molded in pearl-gold, with no alternate mold for chrome-plated coins. And how they just use regular 1x1 round tile molds with print added afterwards.

@lynels said:
"Oh man, why did I read 'Tidy' as another word..."

I thought pirates were usually more into 'booty' but I suppose there are always exceptions.

Well, actually it's just an abbreviation of 'Tie-dye Treasure', and the worthless coins are simply a decoy from his stash of t-shirts.