Was looking for another classic baseplate, and seems like a decent price according to the camels for the green.
Gray also on sale for $12.75, but has been $12 in the past. Still good, and appears to be a 48x48 size (ignoring what the top description says).
CamelCamelCamel.
Note that this green is way brighter than the retired/'classic' 626 green base plate
The grass is greener
Stock up and cover your enemy's floor with this and lay some LEGO bricks around
I would buy a truck load at the 3rd party lowest price of $1.03 each .
Is it out of stock for others. Still appear to be able to add to cart for me.
It is still available on my end.
Cool. Got marked as OOS for some reason.
Why not buy wws start kit which also has a base larger than 32x32 studs or 10 inch (25cm) x 10 inch (25cm）. I think the start kit is 28cm25cm 3832 studs and has some other pieces for the wall.
Blue also for $8.50
Great for water builds
$8.
Whats the cost to make?
I'm guesstimating around 20c and doubt I'm too far off.
Depends what you're including in that cost. If purely raw materials you're probably way over!
3c for raw material
3c manufacturing
7c transport
9c marketing & admin
22c feels about right.
We talking short run marginal cost or long run marginal cost?
Production costs on Lego are about 20-30% of revenue, with distribution and marketing taking another 20-30% or so chunk.
Source?
Almost nothing, like a lot of consumer items. Eg an hdmi cable you’ll pay $25 for. Branded is hard to get a good deal, but good quality generic/unlabelled-branded are usually available somewhere on the internet these days. People who think dealing with China is “unpatriotic” should live in a mud hut because it’s pretty much impossible these days, whatever you think of their regime.
Mebbe I could tile my whole house with these and walk around in lego shoes.
Don’t forget lego compatible base plates are available from Kmart and Target, much cheaper. ($3 Kmart or cheaper in a pack) I’ve tried them, they’re hard, crisp opaque excellent quality and fit lego bricks just as great, they have a variety of colours and designs, they just don’t have the resale value. I won’t deal in fake lego pieces as they’re usually cheap n nasty & get mixed up & no resale value, but I make an exception for buying base plates, the kids always have heaps of projects on the go at the same time.
Thanks OP. Good alternative if I couldn't find the starter pack from Woolies.