Hi brick fans! Ever wonder who has the cheapest Lego compatible base
plates out there, right now? I'm talking specifically about the 10"x10"
or 32x32 stud classic single sided base plates.
Here is a list of all of the places you can find base plates on-line and in
bricks and mortar stores in 2023. All pricing is in 🇨🇦 Canadian dollars
excluding tax.
Lego
The original Lego base plate from
Lego
costs $9.99. You can also find Lego base plates at all of the major
retailers like
Walmart (slightly cheaper at $9.83) and
ToysRUs ($9.99),
MastermindToys
($9.99) and Staples on-line ($9.99).
Amazon Canada
matches their pricing of Lego base plates with Walmart pricing at $9.83.
I was going to check pricing at Indigo Canada, but they have taken their
website off-line due to a cybersecurity breach at the moment.
Lego Compatible
Walmart has an exclusive toy brand called Play Day Toys which I think were
originally called Brick Tech. You can get the
Play Day branded base plate
for $7.97. They come in 4 different colours: Beige, Light Gray, Green and
Blue.
In Canada, we have a discount retailer called Giant Tiger. They have a
Lego compatible base plate called
Zuru Max Build More for $5.00 available in green and gray.
I checked BestBuy and Canadian Tire but they don't seem to carry much in the
way of toys. As a result, I didn't find any Lego or Lego compatible base
plates at these two retailers. Discount retailer Dollarama doesn't carry
any sort of Lego style base plates either.
Things used to be much cheaper on Aliexpress, but these days all of the Lego
compatible bricks and parts have gone up in pricing, with very few stores still
offering free shipping. The cheapest base plates I could find on
Aliexpress are from the
Apan Sapio store
at a total cost of $4.73. At least you don't have to pay any taxes on these
items.
On Amazon, there are various generic branded baseplates where you can get a
good deal if you buy them in lots of 4, 6 or 8. For example, currently
you can get a
6 pack of multi-coloured base plates
for $22.94. That works out to about $3.82 per base plate.
If you buy more, the price comes down even more. For example this 12 pack of
base plates from the
Strictly Briks Amazon store
costs $29.99 making the average cost of each base plate only $2.50 each.
But, by far the cheapest base plates available are through Dollar Tree for
only $1.50 each! Sold under the name Make-it Blocks. They don't
have a lot of stores where I live so I have to drive a bit to find one. And
not all stores replenish their stock regularly. I think that Dollar Tree
has different coloured base plates but I've only ever seen brown coloured
ones, which is fine by me.
So there you have it, Lego compatible base plates can range from $1.50 to
$7.97 whereas actual Lego base plates will cost between $9.86 and
$9.99. If you know of any other retailers in Canada selling 32x32 stud
base plates, please let me know!
