There are five basic dimensions: As one can see, dimensions have even numbers after the decimal point. These five basic dimensions are not "fundamental". Most dimensions are even multiples of 0.8mm. All measures are even multiples of 0.1mm except where they are derived. E.g. the width of a brick wall will be 1.5mm: 8.0mm (basic pitch) - 0.2mm (0.1mm play on each side) - 4.8mm (size of knob) = 3.0mm = 2x wall thickness. All other measures are derived from these. From this follows that normal bricks have horizontal dimensions that are multiples of 8mm, and then minus 0.2mm. 4 knobs brick: 4x8 - 0.2 = 32.0 - 0.2 = 31.8 6 knobs brick: 6x8 - 0.2 = 48.0 - 0.2 = 47.8 16 knobs beam: 16x8 - 0.2 = 128 - 0.2 = 127.8 A plate is 1/3 the height of a normal brick which therefore is 9.6/3 = 3.2 The other side of bricks: The cylinders under the classic bricks provide extra hold on the knobs. Their diameter therefore is computed by:
These have the bearing holes for Lego axles. The smallest Technics brick has one knob and is special: Normal Technics bricks have the holes in between the knobs: Used & new (19) from $13.95 LEGO 626 Green Building Plate (10" x 10") (Discontinued by manufacturer) LEGO Green Building Plate (10" x 10") This handy 10-by-10-inch LEGO base plate, made of sturdy green plastic, is the perfect building surface for your LEGO creations. The plate's textured surface is designed so that you can attach your LEGO pieces to it and create all sorts of scenes: castles, fortresses, farms, towns, or anything else you can imagine. With the base plate, even your more elaborate creations will hold together and be easy to transport and display. (LEGO pieces are sold separately.) 10.1 x 10.1 x 0.1 inches 13 - 5 years #20,622 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) #663 in Toys & Games > Building & Construction Toys > Building Sets 5 star75%4 star14%3 star7%2 star2%1 star2%See all verified purchase reviewsTop Customer ReviewsDuplo Legos fit too!!!!!
Good size for one builderNice and large, but... Plates are very helpful and I wish they had a better variety of colors.I have a tough time giving most Lego items five stars but that's mainly based on "bang for the buck". All Lego brand items tend to be over priced in my opinion. That being said they are still great fun. Building plates are not essential for all builders but they can be very helpful especially if you want to create larger Lego scenes. This green plate is obviously colored to be a lawn or nature type base and that will work for many projects. These also come in blue LEGO Blue Building Plate (10" x 10"). Its a shame they don't come in other colors especially tan, grey, brown or other natural colors. There is a larger 15' x 15' grey plate available but it's about three times the price of the 10" x 10" and therefore not as good a valueLEGO Bricks & More Building Plate 628.The plate itself is rather thin but its sturdy enough for its intended use. You can definitely use multiple plates together as long as you have a flat surface.
You could glue a bunch of these together on a table top or other flat surface if you wanted to make a larger, firmer surface. I glued four of these onto the top of a child's wooden table which is now a great Lego table. I may experiment with Velcro next time so I can change individual plates. I'll update this review if I decide to try it!A must addition to a Lego collection Basic must-haves, plenty of them! Yet, flimsy and pricey.Great stabalizer, finishing platform and buy multiples to make a pseudo lego table on your dining room table.Best used to save your child's amazing structures See and discover other items: cabin gamesFlatiron Building13 ReviewsFIND MORE PRODUCTS LIKE THISArchitectureBuildingsRecreate the historic Flatiron Building skyscraper in LEGO® bricks! Flatiron Building Reviews - page 2A Baseplate is a large flat plate in many colors, on which structures are often built ontop of. They can be bought as sets like 628 X-Large Grey Baseplate or come in sets that contain buildings.
Compared to regular plate elements, baseplates are much more thinner and flat and their undersides cannot be connected to other studded pieces. Baseplates are usually sized in multiples of eighth studs, although there are occassional exceptions such as 10x16, 14x14 or 50x50. Most baseplates are completely covered with studs, while others have large entirely flat sections on their surfaces that are printed with various different patterns to act as roads, waterways etc. A common variant of the baseplate is the so called "raised baseplate". These elements are large plastic pieces that are stretched out in the third dimension to form various landscapes. Raised baseplates usually represent hills and feature recesses that can serve as basements or caves for the structure built on top of them. Studs can be found on sections on the ground level as well as on the top or intermediate levels of the landscape.Christmas came quite quickly, and if you are still in need of a last-minute or belated gift idea for a Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts fan, LEGO might come to your rescue!
Rated E for Everyone, and recommended for players ages 10 and above, Harry Potter fun packs and team packs are a delightful addition to the LEGO Dimensions multiverse, and the Fantastic Beasts story pack is perfect for family fun. In order to play any of the Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts packs, you must have the LEGO Dimensions starter pack. Both the LEGO Dimensions starter pack and the Fantastic Beasts Story pack come with a gateway build to add to the LEGO Toy Pad. These LEGO sets contain roughly 300 pieces–including a bunch of really, really tiny pieces–and take a while to build (roughly 30 minutes for those familiar with LEGO building and good at following directions). These sets are a little more difficult, and even though the video game itself could be played by Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts fans younger than 10, the LEGO sets require the attention spans of older fans. It is also best to not have pets (especially cats) or small children in the room when building the gateways, lest some pieces wander off, and small pieces get pushed under the couch or into mouths.
It is a good thing that LEGO provides extras of some small pieces. The LEGO Dimensions starter pack opens up the whole multiverse world that you can introduce Harry and Voldemort into, along with the Weasley’s Enchanted Car and the Hogwarts Express. You can unlock Hogwarts and Hogsmede, known as the Harry Potter Adventure World. It is extremely entertaining to see characters from other popular films popping up into Harry’s universe. Placing Voldemort and Harry on the LEGO Toy Pad launches them into the multiverse world. Harry Potter fans can play as their favorite hero, and use Leviosa, Stupify, and Expelliarmus to solve puzzles and mini games, as well as fight off Death Eaters. If players are feeling particularly Slytherin, they may choose to play through the universe as Voldemort, and have access to Dark Arts spells. As a part of game play, players are invited to build the Weasley’s Enchanted Car and the Hogwarts Express. For younger players, sometimes new vehicles are the most exciting add to the LEGO Dimensions mutliverse, and these Harry Potter adds will certainly not disappoint.
Both the Hogwarts Express and the Weasley car are fairly easy to build and are entertaining pieces on their own, outside the virtual game. With working wheels, the train and car scoot quite easily across a flat surface. The train and the car come with their own special effects, and can be reworked and rebuilt (if one chooses to actually physically rebuild the pieces) into other special weapons and battle vehicles. The car can be transformed and rebuild into a Shark Sub and Monstrous Mouth. The steam engine can be transformed and rebuilt into Steam Warrior and Soaring Steam Plane. The coolest part of adding the Harry Potter Team Pack is bringing the LEGO Wizarding World to the multiverse. Most players know that LEGO isn’t to be taken too seriously, and it’s jokes and quirkiness are vastly entertaining and the liberties they take with the Wizarding World to fit it into the LEGO world work really well. The game is rated “E for everyone” for ages 10+ but can be played by younger, well experienced video gamers.
Adding characters and vehicles with the LEGO toy pad is fairly simple and easy. The Fantastic Beasts Fun Pack is fairly similar to the Harry Potter Team Pack. Players can build Tina, add her to the LEGO multiverse, and then, during game play, will be prompted to build the Swooping Evil. Both character and creature come with their own unique features. Tina can cast Aguamenti and Protegoto help solve puzzles and keep her safe from “enemies.” The Swooping Evil comes to her rescue–like in the Fantastic Beasts film–and can also be rebuilt as a Brutal Bloom and Crawling Creeper. In the Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts extension packs you add characters, creatures and vehicles to your collection in the Lego Dimensions universe (multiverse), rebuild the multipurpose Swooping Evil, Niffler, Flying Car, and Hogwarts Express to create new creatures and vehicles for battle, and launch them into the multiverse. Players also unlock new levels of the Adventure World and add the Wizarding World to the the LEGO universe.
However, the Fantastic Beasts Story Pack is a little different than the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts team and fun packs, respectively. It does all of this and more. In the Fantastic Beasts story pack, players play through the whole Fantastic Beasts movie (though there are some changes–examples include: the absence of an Occamy, and Queenie mentions Jacob was dumped by his fiancé, which is now a deleted scene from the film), in addition to playing in the LEGO Dimensions multiverse, Adventure World and Battle Arena. The character of Newt and the Niffler are included in the Fantastic Beasts Story Pack. Newt can use a variety of spells, such as Diffindo, Reparo and Lumos to play through the story and throughout the LEGO Dimensions multiverse. Though other creatures appear throughout the game–Swooping Evil, Bowtruckle, Demiguise, and more–the delightful, cute thieving Niffler gets his own Lego build. The Niffler can also be rebuilt into a Sinister Scorpion or Vicious Vulture.
There are six levels, or chapters, to play through in the Fantastic Beasts Story Pack. These levels are titled: 3. A Walk in the Park During the Game, LEGO narrates a LEGO version (which is quite humorous) of the Fantastic Beasts film. Each of the chapters has one major area of game play. Cleverly named, Accruing Interests game play takes place in the lobby and vaults of a New York bank, while Newt is trying to catch his Niffler. The Grand Opening brings players to Tina and Queenie’s apartment and into Newt’s Case (which is just as amazing to play in as it is to see on screen). A Walk in the Park brings game play to Central Park, and still hilariously includes Newt’s mating dance and the Erumpet’s love for Jacob. Playing through A Trial with Style, players must help Newt and Tina escape the MACUSA execution room and battle Gnarlack in the Blind Pig. Players then find themselves playing through Macy’s department store, in Demiguise Double-Cross, in attempts to catch the last creature (Demiguise).
In Obscurus For-Sure-Us, players run after Credence in the streets of New York and follow play through puzzles and challenges set up in the New York subway. All throughout the game, there are Harry Potter references for fans to catch. Newt enchants a car to fly and says “that better not catch on,” referring to the Weasley car generations later. Newt’s LEGO character also says the Blind Pig “can’t be any worse than Knockturn alley.” The Wicked Witch of the West and Gollum appear in the Blind Pig, and Newt’s LEGO character offers Gnarlack the One Ring, to which Gnarlack replies “I’ve got five.” One of the best parts of the Fantastic Beasts Story pack, and my opinion, the very best part, is the gateway build mentioned at the beginning of this article. Even though it is composed of hundreds of tiny pieces and is rather complicated to build, one feels quite accomplished upon completing it. With its working gold-colored, winged doors, and moving elevators that hold in position on their own, the gateway is beautiful and thrilling.