New pirate Tan raised baseplate.

[Blackheart Brit]

I was a little curious how it was from looking at pix, but now that I have one I really like it. I can't wait to see what you guys all build on it. I have only seen one pic on the net so far of anyone building with it. Do you all like it or dislike it?

[Natman8000]

I hate it sooo much! Its dumb, not big enough and with out a vignette size piece, utterly useless.

[brickzone]

I'll have one shortly, but I think I'll want a second - you can fit two back to back seamlessly.

I think it's a welcome addition alongside BURPs etc.

[Svelte]

I'll have one shortly, but I think I'll want a second - you can fit two back to back seamlessly.

I think it's a welcome addition alongside BURPs etc.

I like the piece, and as brickzone says, they fit nicely together, as in this creation originally featured on The Brothers Brick:

I also like that they are not truly a baseplate but more a giant, hollow brick which you can put on top of a studded surface, again as shown in the above pic.

[SirNadroj]

If you've got a good imagination, no LEGO element is ever, ever useless. Except Galidor, of course.

I actually have a couple of these stored away, waiting to be used in a non-pirate MOC. I don't know when I'll get to it, though, but I like them, minus the seam when you put them together.

[Sir Dano]

Sandy

Large

Ugly

Rock

Piece

or SLURP for short.

I really haven't decided if I like the SLURP or not.

(Credit mhuffman for the acronym)

Edited January 14, 2009 by sir dano

[Derek]

I really like that piece, and I was wondering what 2 of them together would look like. Thanks for sharing!

[Ralph]

If you've got a good imagination, no LEGO element is ever, ever useless. Except Galidor, of course.

I actually have a couple of these stored away, waiting to be used in a non-pirate MOC. I don't know when I'll get to it, though, but I like them, minus the seam when you put them together.

Agreed Galidor is useless...

I have put a couple connected together to form a "sand bar" in the harbor for jet ski and small boats to circle around, still undecided as what I will put on the "sand bar" it's self.

ralph

[Erdbeereis]

I agree that it can be useful if you use your imagination. I've seen numerous MOCs that I love, which used the piece.

Sometime I might make a beach bar MOC or something...

[Ratshot]

I like it.It does look nice back to back with another base plate.

[General Armendariz]

Its not all that bad, if you have imagination you can make a Sand castle found in this thread

[Al7]

got 8 of those pieces today let's see what can be created with a some imagination

[Lorentzen]

I like it a lot. I think it's great that LEGO makes these kinds of baseplates

Even though we've seen numerous MOCs with homemade mountains, hills etc. I still think that these baseplates can be of very good use in addition to what MOC'ers can do with regular bricks

[Mister Phes]

Does anyone have close-up pictures of this new baseplate? Ideally pictures taken with a good quality camera.

[mania3]

Ugh, Galidor. Interestingly enough, Googling it just for misery's sake revealed they still have the homepage for it up on LEGO.com. Weird. But I've got to say, this baseplate isn't useless at all. I've seen a couple good MOCs using it already, and I think time will bring us several more.

Edited January 15, 2009 by mania3

[Shadows]

Does anyone have close-up pictures of this new baseplate? Ideally pictures taken with a good quality camera.

Conveniently, this was the last of the Pirate sets that I needed, and I picked it up tonight.

Will these do?

Front

Side

Back

Bottom

[Captain Blackmoor]

I only don't like the gap in the 'hill' on the centre. Maybe it's just to put your finger in and lift the plate up which is above the hole.

For the rest, it looks great to me.

[SlyOwl]

It makes it easier to do smooth yet curved sand, which is a plus. However, I would have preferred to have seen a system using bricks that allows this, to give variation; I'm guessing that after a while, most of the possibilities of this may well be exhausted.

I would like to see (not necessarily in a full MOC), 4 of these put together, to form a "floating island". 2 on top, 2 on the bottom, to give a big sandy lump, that would be most interesting to see

[Teddy]

Personally, I'm not really font of big rock/sand pieces. But this does give possibilities for smoother beaches.

Slyowl, what exactly do you mean with a floating island? Because, as far as i can see an up side down one doesn't fit under an upright one.

But i could just be misinterpreting what you are saying.

Kind regards,

Teddy

[Shadows]

However, I would have preferred to have seen a system using bricks that allows this, to give variation; I'm guessing that after a while, most of the possibilities of this may well be exhausted.

I noticed that the back edges are perfect 45 degree angles and had hoped to be able to use that fact to extend it with slopes. Attempting to do so revealed that it's 2 plates taller than a single brick, therefore you can't do it unless they decide to make 45 degree slopes that are 1 & 2/3rds bricks tall or you want to go to a great deal of effort involving cheese slopes, which won't look overly attractive.

It's really a shame, the chance to create a long island this way would have satisfied me enough to ignore the drawbacks, but they just didn't plan as well as they could have. If it was 1 plate taller at that lowest level, it would be nearly perfect, and certainly good enough to be very useful.

Perhaps someone with the time will figure out an elegant solution to this and prove me wrong, I certainly hope so.

[SlyOwl]

Personally, I'm not really font of big rock/sand pieces. But this does give possibilities for smoother beaches.

Slyowl, what exactly do you mean with a floating island? Because, as far as i can see an up side down one doesn't fit under an upright one.

But i could just be misinterpreting what you are saying.

Ah yes, my bad I forgot it wasn't a symmetrical shape. I was thinking of something like this, but I guess it won't work out

I noticed that the back edges are perfect 45 degree angles and had hoped to be able to use that fact to extend it with slopes. Attempting to do so revealed that it's 2 plates taller than a single brick, therefore you can't do it unless they decide to make 45 degree slopes that are 1 & 2/3rds bricks tall or you want to go to a great deal of effort involving cheese slopes, which won't look overly attractive.

You may be able to use a layer of cheese next to the the baseplate at each end to "rationalise" it, and then do what you will with general slopes in the middle section.

Or you could adjust the height of the back parts using cheese/wedges/tiles on those rear corner square holes, overlapping onto the 1x2 gap behind. The same goes for the two rear corner ones on the raised bit.

[Teddy]

Ah yes, my bad I forgot it wasn't a symmetrical shape. I was thinking of something like this, but I guess it won't work out

ah yes, the idea would be cool!

I guess I will use mine as a baseplate for a lighthouse in the sea at low tide.

Or maybe a small bastion guarding a port entrence, or a combination of the two.

[frogstudio]

I'll have one shortly, but I think I'll want a second - you can fit two back to back seamlessly.

No, you can't... :( The back of the baseplate is slightly angled, living a gap between them. If you look at the picture that someone sent of two of them together, you'll notice it.