What is the largest single LEGO piece ever produced? This does not include LEGO affiliates like Duplo.
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It must be a purchasable block.
By largest, I mean largest by Volume/Weight of Plastic
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1Does this include special one-off bricks? I have seen some giant things that could be considered "one brick" in the Lego Store at the Mall of America, for example, but they're not things you could ever buy. – Oct 25 '11 at 20:50
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4Must be a baseplate. Waiting for the ?x? count to come in... – Lunatik Oct 25 '11 at 20:50
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10Note that DUPLO isn't really an affiliate of LEGO, DUPLO is LEGO. – LegoSonicBoy Oct 25 '11 at 20:53
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3By "no affiliate", I think he wanted to exclude things such as playtables or other furniture pieces, which would easily win. – Joubarc Oct 26 '11 at 07:46
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The "Extra Large" grey baseplate is 15"/38cm square, with 48 studs to a side.
Alternatively, the moulded castle baseplate had a greater volume (with height), and a base size of 32x48 studs and 6 bricks high (15"x10"/38x25cm) (in other colours as well):
Tim offered up the following, also with a base size of 32x48 studs, 6 bricks high (15"x10"/38x25cm) (it came in a few other colours too):
Peeron also lists a 48x48 Raised with Staircases and Pits:
As well as a very old "Giant Base Plate" and a "Road 3-way Curve with Gray Pattern", both at 50x50 studs.
Joubarc suggested the "Boat Hull Floating 74 x 18 x 7":
Stretching the definition of "Single Piece" somewhat, the "Electric Technic Control Centre with Yellow and Red Buttons" from the Technic Control Center was a beast of a part:
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It's still pressed from a single sheet, so the volume of plastic is probably less. – fredley Oct 25 '11 at 21:03
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1@fredley Techincally I believe they're injection moulded rather than pressed, and the thickness is usually consistent across the part... – Zhaph - Ben Duguid Oct 26 '11 at 14:16
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3This is getting silly - I need someone to get all these pieces and weigh them, or measure their volume via displacement ;) – Zhaph - Ben Duguid Oct 26 '11 at 15:35
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2@Zhaph it's my understanding that baseplates are vacuum-formed. There is a mold involved but the sheet of plastic goes in whole. – Erik Olson Nov 04 '11 at 06:49
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@erikolson Fair enough :) that would have some impact then, and I imagine their automated factories wouldn't leave the plastic heating up long enough to sag into the middle for added thickness on the sides – Zhaph - Ben Duguid Nov 04 '11 at 08:03
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if you're just counting the basal area, it seems to be the gray 48x48 baseplate:
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2man, this was a beast of a baseplate. Also game in green as half of the lego football field. – tombull89 Oct 25 '11 at 21:07
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3Before that, the extra-large gray baseplate was 50x50, but nowadays only the 48x48 can be bought. – Joubarc Oct 26 '11 at 07:45
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1Also in Blue, plus some rare ones that were never in sets: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=4186 – gev Feb 13 '14 at 03:00
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If you go by Volume/Weight. This is heaviest single-element I've ever seen. It's not just plastic but it's one element made and sold by LEGO.
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2Good call, I didn't think about "multipart" single bricks, although I think I can still trump that one with a different Technic controller hang on... – Zhaph - Ben Duguid Oct 26 '11 at 15:12
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I think there's two categories: Single plastic-only piece and Single Lego element. – pcantin Oct 26 '11 at 15:22
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1There you go, Electric Technic Control Centre with Yellow and Red Buttons ;) – Zhaph - Ben Duguid Oct 26 '11 at 15:29
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Yes, and there's one sitting in a box in my loft. Was one of my brother's sets, lucky so and so ;) – Zhaph - Ben Duguid Oct 26 '11 at 15:37
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1I found this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJXPkhjGwkg&feature=related) with the Electric Technic Control Centre in use – pcantin Oct 28 '11 at 10:24
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