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@pierceplaysstudios245

Жыл бұрын

I completely agree! I think a lot of the time when people think of off-brand lego they think of terrible Minifigures and weird-looking sets. But If you go looking for just parts, you'll find that their actually on par with Lego. Even dollar tree sells small lego piece packs that are good quality

@pierceplaysstudios245

Жыл бұрын

@Honne there are two different types of second-hand lego. Yes there are companies that sell pieces that don't fit into Lego's catalog, but a lot of knock-off brand lego sticks to what Lego makes in the exact same shape, size, and design

This is why I think it's important to avoid being a LEGO snob/purest. If the quality is high, and the colors match, people should always at least try it out. We need to do this to remind LEGO that we have other options. Behaving like LEGO is all there is gives the company clearance to act however they want.

@hoarder66

Жыл бұрын

So very true

@edwardlees4585

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. I've bought loads of second-hand Lego over the years and discovered plenty of off-brand bricks mixed in with the hauls. Rather than throw them away I've always used those bricks for structural supports in unseen places and as filler below real Lego bricks.

@Boaz_963

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@JessicaJones-ko9zo

Жыл бұрын

I use dollar tree baseplates for my kids and for my MILS. Their windows are just as good as Lego too.

@JessicaJones-ko9zo

Жыл бұрын

I use dollar tree baseplates for my kids and for my MILS. Their windows are just as good as Lego too.

This is exactly where Lego gets things wrong, I can understand the additional cost for highly designed sets, or licensed sets (which I avoid anyway due to crazy prices), however basic pieces and baseplates that facilitate city building should be way cheaper!👍🏻

ONE word of caution before you buy Strictly Briks: the studs aren't perfectly distanced. If you line 2 LEGO baseplates next to 2 Strictly Briks baseplates, you will see the studs don't align at all once you get to the end of the 2nd baseplate. The more baseplates you line up, the greater the error. Just something to keep in mind before buying.

@tredworthngaugemodel2753

11 ай бұрын

Good to know thank you

@TheRealSealStudios

4 ай бұрын

Good to know, but I am pretty sure when you put a brick connecting two Lego brand baseplates together, there is a slight gap between the two so I'm not sure if this is what your talking about or not but just some more info ❤

The ones at the link are not base plates. They call them Baseplates but they are actually plates. They call them Stackable. Which means they have holes on the underside that you can attach bricks, other plates, etc. to the underside. They, Strictly Briks, do have both types. Regular 32x32 Baseplates and 32/32 Stackable Baseplates (actually plates). The non-stackable baseplate ones are a bit thinner. I buy the stackable ones. They work perfectly. If you do buy these just make sure you get the ones you want. James 😁

when i did my lil lego village i got alt brand train tracks, was able to make a complete loop for about 25 bucks or so. wayyy cheaper than actual lego track

I’ve been using these for a long time in my city and love them. So happy to see someone talk about them because they are amazing! Love your channel!

Thank you for the new idea with this product. I am one that has been frustrated with Lego and the way they have gone away from base plates. I was not a big fan of the other non Lego bricks you guys used but I am definitely very interested in this one.

I recently have been getting into MILS plates. And I found these exact same plates at my local used LEGO store and they are a HUGE money saver. I am also thinking about switching over to the new road plates for my MILS roads, as the brick build ones. As nice as they looks, and SOOOOO expensive. Thank you for sharing these, and now I can buy them off Amazon. Looking forward to seeing the city expand. Also thank you for getting me into MILS.

For the last two years, I have been using these to build a massive skyscraper. they work so much better than lego plats too. They are definitely worth checking out.

Way ahead of you! I’ve been using these “baseplates” for a while now and they are great! Everything else in my city is official Lego.👍😃

I have been enjoying the world of alternate brands for quite some time now. I have to say it is a lof of fun for lot less money!

@ka1631

Жыл бұрын

Gudi,Enlightenment are the best bootlegs ive ever bought. Kazi too but some of their specific sets the bricks are too hard to put😂

@micabryant4513

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't touch anything apart from ...maybe those plates one day in the future. Lego is absurdly priced though so I see the rationale. I've yet to experience a good quality non Lego bricks though.

@boonamai8926

Жыл бұрын

@@micabryant4513 Bluebrixx from germany is almost the same quality as Lego for 1/3 the price

@wrathfully48

Жыл бұрын

@@boonamai8926 no bootleg lego is as good as lego

@boonamai8926

Жыл бұрын

@@wrathfully48 I said almost as good, not as good 😉 Yeah sure but I can buy a huge Bucket of Bluebrixx bricks for the price of a small lego set and build an entire MOC with it

Thank you for your great ideas and your honesty!

That really does look like a great product, hopefully I could get some as well!

@AFOLTV

Жыл бұрын

You should!

I am in a similar boat. I like keeping most of my creations out of LEGO parts, but will often use off brand parts for filler bricks, since they are not ever seen.

Great for saving when going MILS. I still ordered some 4x4 plates in case i wanna make depth with rivers, path, tunnels etc. but these are perfect if you're just converting a modular onto a MILS plate.

Just bought some In have been eyeing these up for awhile and you sealed the deal. Used the link thanks for your honesty on the porducts.

i will definitely check them out! the only thing is the quality of the pieces, as a lot of non-lego products don’t have the best quality plastic, i’m wondering how the quality of these will be. altho i’ll definitely check them out, thanks for the video!😁👍

Just received these and made my first Mils base. Love them for the cost! I don't like that they are slightly oversized. One or more sides will need sanding if you planning to but it against another plate lest you end up with them bowing.

I’m so glad I found this video towards the beginning of starting my LEGO township (I can’t call it a City…yet 😂). I immediately started with MILS and I was shocked at how much I was spending on the conversion. Thank you!!

Thanks for introducing me to this alternative. A great win for my pocket.

In the process of creating MILS plates. This option will certainly make that more affordable!

@j0ntsang

Жыл бұрын

Not only more affordable, but also quicker.. because as much as I want to order from Pick A Brick, I can't wait more than 2 days

Nice thanks for sharing, I have been using the Max baseplates from Walmart to build on, a 32x32 is about 5 bucks.

Thanks for the tip! Amazon Sweden had these.

I just purchased 36 Lekebaby baseplates and happy to say, I have never purchased an individually packaged LEGO baseplate in my life. With that said, I think I'm going to buy some of these so I can top my remaining MILS plates

I love the road plate design demonstrated at the 3:46 mark. Do you have a build video and/or parts list for that design?

@fireflysparks1105

4 ай бұрын

Interested in that too

Thank you for the advice

This is really great to know; thanks for sharing! We just started filming stop motion again, so we're gonna need to invest in some of these. Really helpful for the small guys like us 😅😅

I will be ordering some!!! Thanks for the idea!

I was saying this only the other day! £29.99 on Amazon UK and they do various greys as well! First purchase made - thanks for the heads up! 👍🏼

Higher lego prices sucks, definitely will be spreading out my orders a lot more, kinda hard though when you want GWP that appeals to me. I only work a part-time "minimum wage" job, I did " " because I've been there long enough to make more then the base wage. So if I'm ordering sets every month or 2 it adds up

I have 1 question. Will minifigure legs crack if you place them on the studs, as that tends to be a huge problem with 3rd part bricks and baseplates?

I'm part of a small club of partially and totally blind Lego builders, and I have a few questions that I'd like your help with. I'm looking to get a launch tower for my Lego set 21309. Do you have any suggestions? Also, do you know if these Strictly Bricks plates come in a 48x48 plates like Lego offers now? Do you have any recommendations on what exact color of gray flat tiles would work best for a concrete color for my launchpad for set 10283? Thanks!

I have recently gotten into building the Lego Super Mario sets with my young son and bought a few base plates because the 2xWhatever size bridges they provide to connect the modules are laughably flimsy. And speaking of flimsy, the thinness of the official Lego base plates was definitely a concern for me, so thank you for sharing this. We will definitely be trying some of these. Now if only I could figure out a good solution for attaching diagonally lined pieces onto the baseplate...

These look like an excellent brand if you want 32x32 plates you can build down from. Dollar Tree often carries 16x16 for $1.25 in their Make-it-Blocks brand, which is very high quality for the price. But watch out for warped ones. The Max Bricks 32x32 down-buildable plates from Wal Mart are nice too. They are around $5 each when they have them. But if all you need is the baseplate, and not the extra thickness or the anti-studs, Dollar Tree occasionally has 32x32 baseplates in a wider variety of colors that Lego for $1.25 each. But the last time they actually had them in stock, i paid a dollar.

I'm definitely going to check these plates out. We have some local non Lego plates that have worked well but these may even be cheaper. Being on Amazon, shipping is free to Canada too 👍

I find that some of Dollartrees bricks are actually decent quality.

i cannot find a replacement for either 16x16 or 32x32 white plates in the uk

I literally just ordered one of these to try out that arrived today

Do they latch on to normal baseplates?

I got some of their road plates and the new LEGO Roads fits well as smaller sideroads. Also i got dark blueish grey plates from a company called "Besttoys" but i don't know, if those plates are available in your Country. Greeting from Germany and thanks for this cool Video

I love these Vidoes , You must spend much time and Money making these.😀😁😁

@AFOLTV

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

I like looking for off brand lego at the Dollar stores. Dollar Tree has 32x32 baseplates for $1.25. They come in brown, grey, green, and blue. You can spend $20 dollars and cover a whole large table.

I use offbrand baseplates for MILS because they're hidden anyways and can buy 4 of them for the price of 1 lego BP. Also offbrand baseplates come in a wide variety of sizes which lego doesn't offer or are hard to find/expensive

in my mind, you could argue that the baseplates can be part of the table rather than part of the build, and that means the build is still 100% lego

I’ve used these in my city. They are great

Yes sir 3rd party bricks here I come. Been pretty happy with Bluebrixx designs.

Im also using these plates for my City to build some of your buildings on it, or for my beach in front of the City.

Years ago, I bought second hand legos and it had some large non lego plates mixed in, something like 14x24 etc, and they basically just crumbled to jagged shards when you tried to use them. These kind of things we'll only find out later, I guess its the same for some Lego colors as well.

thanks you prob saved me aloooooottt of money

I haven’t seen this product in Australia but it looks great. If it is as you say it is then three plates on top of each other equals one brick height whereas you can never get that perfect formula with base plates. So with this solution you can place ordinary plates alongside base plates and have a perfectly horizontal city, or build rivers below the main ground line etc and it all works out perfectly. It is for this reason that I have been holding back from mills plates. They require every inch of your city to be on base plates or that rare commodity, half base plates, and nothing else.

Price is currently at US$14.99 in Amazon US. It looks like it doesn't warp on the edges like the other makeshift brands. I'll try to get hold of these. Thank you!

Lego is definitely missing these in their catalog... And honestly, no one is going to bad an eye. It's the same as multi colored bricks under a build as spacers. My OCD is going NUTS when I see that but once they all get joined up no one is the wiser.

Wait - do these connect on the bottom unlike Lego base plates ?

I ordered some three years ago and the fit with large lego plates were not good at all. Hopefully they improved over the years.

If their prices weren't high enough already...

@AFOLTV

Жыл бұрын

Exactly... so frustrating

@BrickHQ

Жыл бұрын

Most lego sets are already overpriced, lego should not be raising prices

@truejedistudios

Жыл бұрын

@@BrickHQ That's exactly what I'm getting at! For example, the mid scale star destroyer from 2010, was asking about $125 US dollars! The set also only has 423 pieces, which is just insane.

@animeguygaming4803

Жыл бұрын

@@truejedistudios rip off

@truejedistudios

Жыл бұрын

@@animeguygaming4803 You're right. Sometimes it is a rip off.

do they make 16x16 plates or any size of bricks?

@AFOLTV

Жыл бұрын

They have several different products on their site - we went with the 32x32 plates!

this will be great to display minifigs!!!

I have always been a purist but that is because I only collect StarWars and I refuse to purchase Lepin's StarPlan or the like. However, recently I have been checking out some 3rd party StarWars figs that Lego still hasn't made and some r really high quality printing and r on real Lego so I'm about to buy Admiral Trench and since I'm gonna do that I feel like I might as well check out some of these 32x32 plates. Thanks a lot for the info. These will definitely save money in the long run and I'm all for that.

Nice vid! Totally agree, but My city is too late, can't change it :/

Here in Australia, you can buy Anko plates in packs of 5 32x32 plates for $12! (AUD) from Kmart. If you're building MILS plates and need a standard baseplate for the bottom of your MILS plate, these are definately MUCH MUCH cheaper!! (Especially since you don't even see them!)

Larger Official LEGO plates tend to be over priced but you can usually get smaller sizes like 4x4, 4x8 and 4x12 at much cheaper per stud prices you need to support them with 49 2x2 bricks anyway so it doesn't really matter that you are using more plates to cover the same area.

Can i get it in Australia?

2016 The Lego Group moves production to China. 2018 Dozens of Chinese sellers on Ali Express selling unbranded Lego/Technic elements. You can find double sided 32x32 baseplates and single sided 48x48 baseplates for just a few dollars each. I have purchased several of each, as well as many many specialty Technic parts. Colors are sometimes a bit off but the material (ABS) seems to be of the same quality.

I already have like 30 of these. My dad found them for me like a couple of months ago

I don't use them, but its a very good trick. If I want to buy them you gave me help!

LEGO gone crazy with prizes! I had plan tu buy 3 of 10305 anniversary castles but now I'm gonna buy just one!

W video

do agree with you on this.

Do those plates have anti-studs on the under side so you can connect to the bottom?

@ov_079

Жыл бұрын

yes

@Eidolon1andOnly

Жыл бұрын

@@ov_079 Thanks

@cityofabscissae

6 ай бұрын

"Acceptor" is so much easier to say.

We’ve bought some of these. Unfortunately hot or miss but my son uses them for his Minecraft scenes.

In Australia the 16x16 plates are $4 for 1 of the 16x16 plates

Can you cut them up?

Thank you. I am starting my brick built city. I was a Lego purist. However, thanks to information on other brick makers that are good quality for a reasonable price. Vs Lego which is ridiculously priced and especially considering Lego is full automated when it comes to making their product. So they are not employing hundreds of people, PEOPLE. EVERYTHING is automated. There is no reason why their prices should be so high. As I am just starting out, the lower the price the better. Thanks AFOL

I use these in my city. It's a considerable saving and you can't tell the difference.

i never buy baseplates from lego. i used to use the mega blox brand that i find in the dollar tree. HOWEVER, i just bought the "baseplates" from strictly as recommended here on afol, I am a STRICTly bricks buyer from now on. these things are a serious upgrade froom regular baseplates. I HIGHLY recommend them!

I've been using Strictly Briks plates since 2021 March. It was the cheapest & easiest way to line up my modulars in my city against the new road plates. BTW, there is no "C" in their name (Briks) :)

Probably the first thing besides minifigs I've thought about getting off brand

So you don’t use MILS? Just a plate-plate, a brick, and a plate on top? No baseplate at the very bottom?

I think you can still create MILS Plates from old used Lego and plates cheaper if you use different parts.

Base plates were my first liminal space

i have in my asian town only strictly plates. ^^

HOLY SHIT they have road plates just like that too. now i can switch to mils without switching to the new roads!!!!

I've always been OK with the aftermarket baseplates as long as the quality is equivalent. Since Lego doesn't make their own baseplates and outsources them, what's the difference really?

Welcome to the club .... they already raised prices in UK earlier this year. We are paying more than £1 per $1 when $1 is worth £0.82

Mouldking is your friend Sluban also

These would be great for MILS plate tops; they are too thick for bottoms.

Thanks for telling...... Best lego channel........ And also proud to be indian

i just realized i have these-

To those who need just one or two baseplates I recommend dollar tree as they sell a veriety of basic colors but you have to shop around dollar tree in your area but at a dollar there great for young builders and afol display and I use them myself for my Star Wars scenes in my display and I have nothing bad to say for a budget display board or young builder

This is why i buy bootleg lego ahaha they are so much cheaper and pretty much the same quality, like Gudi is my top alternative to my old LEGO right now.

First and I love the videos

@AFOLTV

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

How to build caseoh, get 9 Lego baseplates and arange them in a square, that’s it

Is there something else? These are expensive now

i love legos

Plastic is always going to be cheaper from India/China from a resource and labor POV. While I think buying non-Lego branded plastic block building items is completely fine and should be done, I don't think you can necessarily make this an apples to apples comparison. Maybe Lego is raising prices because Labor and materials are more expensive in the places they do business since they don't want to outsource to an India/China? All of this could be wrong since I know they do outsource to some other countries and LEGO could probably stand to be cheaper but I don't think its fair to say "hey Lego should be the same price as this place that outsources everything to India"

Hello! I’ve bought these, and I don’t recommend buying them. They don’t fit regular legos, they won’t get pressed on and I’ve got several splinters trying.

I like this because you can't connect the original baseplates to Lego underneath but with these it's good

Well I was excited for these but checking prices now these have now become actually MORE expensive than real lego base plates.

Ugh finally more people show lego that is not okey what they do. And that competitors have really good products. Living in asia other brand's are the norm and lego is just a scam for their prices