Product Description

The LEGO System Extra Large Baseplate is the foundation for hours of building fun! Measures 15" x 15". Bricks not included.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1037 in Toys & Games
• Brand: LEGO
• Model: 1033196
• Released on: 2006-06-12
• Dimensions: .10" h x 15.00" w x 15.00" l, .75 pounds

Features

• Measures 15"
• Attaches firmly to either top or bottom of the plate
• Start building castles and skyscrapers depending on your creativity
• LEGO pieces snap easily onto the textured surface of this flexible plastic board
• Light gray platform

Editorial Review
This light gray 15-by-15-inch LEGO base plate makes a great foundation for all kinds of fascinating LEGO creations. LEGO pieces snap easily onto the textured surface of this flexible plastic board, which is large and sturdy enough to support even your more elaborate scenes: space stations, launch sites, castles, forts, and cities--whatever you can imagine. The base plate holds your LEGO creations together and makes them easy to move around and display. (LEGO pieces are sold separately.) --Elisabeth Fredrickson

Customer Reviews

It's not what I remember.....
Yes, it's a grey 15" square Lego plate. But I seem to remember the "baseplates" being the same thinkness as a regular Lego piece. ...the base plate is a thin (1/16"?), flexible Lego baseplate that will allow you to build really big stuff, but it's tough to use on the "living room carpet" because it is so thin it flexes into the carpet when you try to press a "house" onto it. The result is that either only one corner of the house sticks, or it sticks fine, but all the other structures you've put on, flex off.

Anyway, it's a vital item in any kid's (or adult's) Lego set....

glue it to a piece of wood
If you're worried about it flexing glue it to a piece of wood. If you get the right thickness of wood you can match the height of the board to the height of a regular brick (ie: 3 flats high). I've got two of them expoxyed to the center of a 2' x 4' piece of MDF (~ $3 + epoxy) and it works great on the carpet. There's extra room around the plates for building or running cars on, etc.

A big blank canvas always presents a challenge
And this is the biggest one Lego offers. I still have mine from childhood, so it does last if you are careful with it, but any child old enough to play with it could snap it in half without too much effort.