Answers.Body: <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/dvP6j.jpg" alt="Plastic Playscape Soccer Field Base 72 x 46 x 7"></p>
  
  <p>this brick has always annoyed me, when sorting my bricks</p>
  
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Answers.Text: ooo, soccer stadium base. nice.
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Answers.Body: <p>if you're just counting the basal area, it seems to be the <a href="http://shop.lego.com/en-US/X-Large-Gray-Baseplate-628" rel="noreferrer">gray 48x48 baseplate</a>:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/bfpKQ.jpg" alt="gray base plate"></p>
  
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Answers.Text: Also in Blue, plus some rare ones that were never in sets: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=4186
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Answers.Text: man, this was a beast of a baseplate. Also game in green as half of the lego football field.
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Answers.Text: Before that, the extra-large gray baseplate was 50x50, but nowadays only the 48x48 can be bought.
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  <p>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. </p>
  
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Answers.Text: Good 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...
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Answers.Text: I think there's two categories: Single plastic-only piece and Single Lego element.
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Answers.Text: There you go, Electric Technic Control Centre with Yellow and Red Buttons ;)
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Answers.Text: Yes, and there's one sitting in a box in my loft. Was one of my brother's sets, lucky so and so ;)
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Answers.Text: I found this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJXPkhjGwkg&feature=related) with the Electric Technic Control Centre in use
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Answers.Body: <p>@Zhaph : 
  (from my sister's LEGO collection)
  <img src="https://i.sstatic.net/5Fnad.jpg" alt="lego fairy castle base"></p>
  
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Answers.Text: @Joubarc And we all know how many 'sisters' *you* have.
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Answers.Text: What set was this from? Possibly a Belville one?
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Answers.Text: @tombull89 Yeah, my sister's: Bellville 5862
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Answers.Text: Your sister's, yeah, right :-)
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Answers.Body: <p>The <a href="http://shop.lego.com/en-US/X-Large-Gray-Baseplate-628" rel="nofollow noreferrer">&quot;Extra Large&quot; grey baseplate</a> is 15&quot;/38cm square, with 48 studs to a side.</p>
  <p>Alternatively, the moulded castle baseplate had a greater volume (with height), and a base size of 32x48 studs and 6 bricks high (15&quot;x10&quot;/38x25cm) (<a href="http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/30271" rel="nofollow noreferrer">in other colours as well</a>):</p>
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/cHtuJ.jpg" alt="Baseplate 32 x 48 x 6 Raised with Corner Pits and River Pattern (30271px1)" /></p>
  <p><a href="https://bricks.stackexchange.com/users/105/tim">Tim</a> offered up <a href="https://bricks.stackexchange.com/a/161/563">the following</a>, also with a base size of 32x48 studs, 6 bricks high (15&quot;x10&quot;/38x25cm) (it came in a <a href="http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/44510" rel="nofollow noreferrer">few other colours too</a>):</p>
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/5Fnad.jpg" alt="Baseplate 32 x 48 x 6 Raised with Steps and MdBlue/Green Garden Pattern (44510px2)" /></p>
  <p>Peeron also lists a <a href="http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/33214" rel="nofollow noreferrer">48x48 Raised with Staircases and Pits</a>:</p>
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/arJTi.jpg" alt="Baseplate 48 x 48 Raised with Staircases and Pits with Yellow Cobblestone and Ivy Pattern (33214px2)" /><br /><a href="http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/33214px2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Peeron.com</a></p>
  <p>As well as a very old &quot;<a href="http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/782" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Giant Base Plate</a>&quot; and a &quot;<a href="http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/078-1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Road 3-way Curve with Gray Pattern</a>&quot;, both at 50x50 studs.</p>
  <p>Joubarc suggested the <a href="http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/57789" rel="nofollow noreferrer">&quot;Boat Hull Floating 74 x 18 x 7&quot;</a>:</p>
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/YTVde.jpg" alt="Boat Hull Floating 74 x 18 x 7 (57789)" /><br /><a href="http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/57789" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Peeron.com</a></p>
  <p>Stretching the definition of &quot;Single Piece&quot; somewhat, the &quot;Electric Technic Control Centre with Yellow and Red Buttons&quot; from the Technic Control Center was a beast of a part:</p>
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/88Dmn.jpg" alt="Electric Technic Control Centre with Yellow and Red Buttons (2840c01)" /><br /><a href="http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/2840c01" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Peeron.com</a></p>
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  <p>Made this CW to allow others to add their contenders</p>
  
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Answers.Text: @Zhaph it's my understanding that baseplates are vacuum-formed. There is a mold involved but the sheet of plastic goes in whole.
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Answers.Text: @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
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Answers.Text: It's still pressed from a single sheet, so the *volume of plastic* is probably less.
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Answers.Text: @fredley Techincally I believe they're injection moulded rather than pressed, and the thickness is usually consistent across the part...
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Answers.Text: This is getting silly - I need someone to get all these pieces and weigh them, or measure their volume via displacement ;)
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Body: <p>What is the largest single LEGO piece ever produced? This does not include LEGO affiliates like Duplo.</p>
  <h3>Clarifications</h3>
  <ul>
  <li><p>It must be a purchasable block.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>By largest, I mean largest by Volume/Weight of Plastic</p>
  </li>
  </ul>
  
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Comments.Text: Must be a baseplate.  Waiting for the ?x? count to come in...
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Comments.Text: Note that DUPLO isn't really an affiliate of LEGO, DUPLO **is** LEGO.
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Comments.Text: By "no affiliate", I think he wanted to exclude things such as playtables or other furniture pieces, which would easily win.
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Title: What is the largest single LEGO piece?
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ThreadText: # What is the largest single LEGO piece?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2011-10-25)
  
  What is the largest single LEGO piece ever produced? This does not include LEGO affiliates like Duplo.
  
  ### Clarifications
  
  * It must be a purchasable block.
  * By largest, I mean largest by Volume/Weight of Plastic
  
  **Tags:** piece-information, size, records, weight
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Must be a baseplate.  Waiting for the ?x? count to come in...  
  > **username_2**: Note that DUPLO isn't really an affiliate of LEGO, DUPLO **is** LEGO.  
  > **username_3**: By "no affiliate", I think he wanted to exclude things such as playtables or other furniture pieces, which would easily win.  
  
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  ## 5 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_9 on 2011-10-25. Score: 41 | Accepted answer
  
  The ["Extra Large" grey baseplate](http://shop.lego.com/en-US/X-Large-Gray-Baseplate-628) 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](http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/30271)):
  
  ![Baseplate 32 x 48 x 6 Raised with Corner Pits and River Pattern (30271px1)](https://i.sstatic.net/cHtuJ.jpg)
  
  [Tim](https://bricks.stackexchange.com/users/105/tim) offered up [the following](https://bricks.stackexchange.com/a/161/563), also with a base size of 32x48 studs, 6 bricks high (15"x10"/38x25cm) (it came in a [few other colours too](http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/44510)):
  
  ![Baseplate 32 x 48 x 6 Raised with Steps and MdBlue/Green Garden Pattern (44510px2)](https://i.sstatic.net/5Fnad.jpg)
  
  Peeron also lists a [48x48 Raised with Staircases and Pits](http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/33214):
  
  ![Baseplate 48 x 48 Raised with Staircases and Pits with Yellow Cobblestone and Ivy Pattern (33214px2)](https://i.sstatic.net/arJTi.jpg)  
  [Peeron.com](http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/33214px2)
  
  As well as a very old "[Giant Base Plate](http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/782)" and a "[Road 3-way Curve with Gray Pattern](http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/078-1)", both at 50x50 studs.
  
  Joubarc suggested the ["Boat Hull Floating 74 x 18 x 7"](http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/57789):
  
  ![Boat Hull Floating 74 x 18 x 7 (57789)](https://i.sstatic.net/YTVde.jpg)  
  [Peeron.com](http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/57789)
  
  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:
  
  ![Electric Technic Control Centre with Yellow and Red Buttons (2840c01)](https://i.sstatic.net/88Dmn.jpg)  
  [Peeron.com](http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/2840c01)
  
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  Made this CW to allow others to add their contenders
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: It's still pressed from a single sheet, so the *volume of plastic* is probably less.  
  > **username_9**: @fredley Techincally I believe they're injection moulded rather than pressed, and the thickness is usually consistent across the part...  
  > **username_9**: This is getting silly - I need someone to get all these pieces and weigh them, or measure their volume via displacement ;)  
  > **username_0**: A **LARGE** bounty will be awarded to anyone who does that!  
  > **username_12**: @Zhaph it's my understanding that baseplates are vacuum-formed. There is a mold involved but the sheet of plastic goes in whole.  
  > **username_9**: @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  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2014-02-12. Score: 15
  
  ![Plastic Playscape Soccer Field Base 72 x 46 x 7](https://i.sstatic.net/dvP6j.jpg)
  
  this brick has always annoyed me, when sorting my bricks
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_5**: ooo, soccer stadium base. nice.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2011-10-25. Score: 12
  
  if you're just counting the basal area, it seems to be the [gray 48x48 baseplate](http://shop.lego.com/en-US/X-Large-Gray-Baseplate-628):
  
  ![gray base plate](https://i.sstatic.net/bfpKQ.jpg)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_7**: man, this was a beast of a baseplate. Also game in green as half of the lego football field.  
  > **username_3**: Before that, the extra-large gray baseplate was 50x50, but nowadays only the 48x48 can be bought.  
  > **username_5**: Also in Blue, plus some rare ones that were never in sets: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=4186  
  
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  ### Answer by username_8 on 2011-10-26. Score: 11
  
  ![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/BnWij.jpg)
  
  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.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_9**: Good 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...  
  > **username_8**: I think there's two categories: Single plastic-only piece and Single Lego element.  
  > **username_9**: There you go, Electric Technic Control Centre with Yellow and Red Buttons ;)  
  > **username_9**: Yes, and there's one sitting in a box in my loft. Was one of my brother's sets, lucky so and so ;)  
  > **username_8**: I found this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJXPkhjGwkg&feature=related) with the Electric Technic Control Centre in use  
  
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  ### Answer by username_10 on 2011-10-26. Score: 5
  
  @Zhaph :
  (from my sister's LEGO collection)
  ![lego fairy castle base](https://i.sstatic.net/5Fnad.jpg)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_7**: What set was this from? Possibly a Belville one?  
  > **username_10**: @tombull89 Yeah, my sister's: Bellville 5862  
  > **username_3**: Your sister's, yeah, right :-)  
  > **username_11**: @Joubarc And we all know how many 'sisters' *you* have.  
  
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