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
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1Does this include special one-off bricks? I have seen some giant things that could be considered "one brick" in the Lego Store at the Mall of America, for example, but they're not things you could ever buy.– user23Oct 25, 2011 at 20:50
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4Must be a baseplate. Waiting for the ?x? count to come in...– LunatikOct 25, 2011 at 20:50
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10Note that DUPLO isn't really an affiliate of LEGO, DUPLO is LEGO.– LegoSonicBoyOct 25, 2011 at 20:53
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3By "no affiliate", I think he wanted to exclude things such as playtables or other furniture pieces, which would easily win.– JoubarcOct 26, 2011 at 7:46
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The "Extra Large" grey baseplate 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):
Tim offered up the following, also with a base size of 32x48 studs, 6 bricks high (15"x10"/38x25cm) (it came in a few other colours too):
Peeron also lists a 48x48 Raised with Staircases and Pits:
As well as a very old "Giant Base Plate" and a "Road 3-way Curve with Gray Pattern", both at 50x50 studs.
Joubarc suggested the "Boat Hull Floating 74 x 18 x 7":
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:
Made this CW to allow others to add their contenders
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It's still pressed from a single sheet, so the volume of plastic is probably less.– fredleyOct 25, 2011 at 21:03
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1@fredley Techincally I believe they're injection moulded rather than pressed, and the thickness is usually consistent across the part... Oct 26, 2011 at 14:16
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3This is getting silly - I need someone to get all these pieces and weigh them, or measure their volume via displacement ;) Oct 26, 2011 at 15:35
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2@Zhaph it's my understanding that baseplates are vacuum-formed. There is a mold involved but the sheet of plastic goes in whole. Nov 4, 2011 at 6:49
this brick has always annoyed me, when sorting my bricks
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if you're just counting the basal area, it seems to be the gray 48x48 baseplate:
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2man, this was a beast of a baseplate. Also game in green as half of the lego football field. Oct 25, 2011 at 21:07
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3Before that, the extra-large gray baseplate was 50x50, but nowadays only the 48x48 can be bought.– JoubarcOct 26, 2011 at 7:45
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1Also in Blue, plus some rare ones that were never in sets: bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=4186– gevFeb 13, 2014 at 3:00
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.
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2Good 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... Oct 26, 2011 at 15:12
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I think there's two categories: Single plastic-only piece and Single Lego element.– pcantinOct 26, 2011 at 15:22
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1There you go, Electric Technic Control Centre with Yellow and Red Buttons ;) Oct 26, 2011 at 15:29
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Yes, and there's one sitting in a box in my loft. Was one of my brother's sets, lucky so and so ;) Oct 26, 2011 at 15:37
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1I found this video (youtube.com/watch?v=yJXPkhjGwkg&feature=related) with the Electric Technic Control Centre in use– pcantinOct 28, 2011 at 10:24
@Zhaph :
(from my sister's LEGO collection)
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