Name for a "piece"

[Minifig Lecturer]

What do people call the name for the "pieces" that hold coins, flower petals and lights together when you buy a new box of lego. Some people might call them useless pieces but I find they are good for products, fish and similar things but do they have a recognised name?

Another similar piece is the rings used to hold plums from the Castle and Pirate themes.

[xenologer]

in the model kit building hobby, I believe it is called the 'sprue'

dunno if theres an official lego term for it tho

[Starwars4J]

Not sure about an official name, but like you I always keep the ones that hold the coins together. It still looks like currency to me ;-)

[Sir Dillon]

Not sure about an official name, but like you I always keep the ones that hold the coins together. It still looks like currency to me ;-)

Same here. I don't tend to keep the ones that hold other pieces together, though. Mostly because I can't find any uses for them, and don't really have a place to put them. It really depends, though...

[Optimax X]

I just call of my collection "bricks" ;-) It makes life a whole lot earlier IMO

[hewkii9]

Bricklink lists whole collections [like 2 silver knives together] as being on a sprue.

[Minifig Lecturer]

Not sure about an official name, but like you I always keep the ones that hold the coins together. It still looks like currency to me ;-)

Well I keep every piece that comes with a LEGO set as I always find uses for them. The shiney ones that hold coins together I used to use as

[captaintau]

Okay, spruce it is for the time-being anyway. Thanks *y*

No, "sprue", not "spruce". A spruce is a tree. A tree capable of inflicting damage is a Spruce Lee!