>>6148997Some autists will probably yell at you for not posting this in the Lego General
>>6149024>the baseplates are manufactured in a different facility due to their being too big for the molding equipment they use in their usual factories. Since every baseplate would have to be manufactured separately and shipped to the facility where the rest of the set is assembled and packed, the costs add up, to the point where it would make set prices higher than a lot of customers are willing to pay in this era of high plastic costs.This anon is correct. The actual baseplates are made by Bayer. Lego still includes baseplates in the modular Creator line for the $150+ sets.
>>6149032>They could sell raised base baseplates separately like they do with the regular ones at TRU, but that's just wishful thinking.They could, but the profit margins aren't enough to justify the effort. The Lego Group almost went bankrupt in the early 2000s because they were too free with plastic (the large raised baseplates being one of the chief offenders).
>>6149068>Speaking of, why can you only get sand and gray baseplates? I remember seeing water, grass and road baseplates in most stores back in the dayThe Lego Store typically carries green, gray, and tan baseplates, and gray roadplates. Blue baseplates were taken off the market a couple of years ago.
If you're familiar with the website Bricklink, you can usually get baseplates for about $10 each, which is only a couple of dollars higher than their retail price, and you can get them in different colors like red, brown, etc. that came from the modulars.
