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Update!!! The table is awesome, kid loves it, and it's filling up faster than I expected. Anyway, if anyone plans on building something similar, I recommend going with a 8x4 pattern instead of the 7x4 pattern I went with. There is definitely not enough water, I should've made the table another row l...

Thanks!

Thanks guys.

It's a nightmare. I'm currently in the same process, and once rebuilt, the sets will each have their own container, or at least there will be containers for specific types; Marvel Super Heroes, DC Super Heroes, City, TMNT, Bionicle, etc.... I hope to keep them sorted by category. Right now though, s...

So, here it is, all finished and being played with. This was a little bit bigger of a project than I originally thought it would be, it was also more expensive than I thought it would be as well. All told, it's somewhere from $650-$700 total. Its well worth it though, the Lego's now have a home inst...

Next, I installed the corner trim on the edge of the top. I used a simple PVC trim, easy to work with and clean. I attached it with some countersunk screws every foot or so. I then laid out the baseplates again to ensure I had enough space, and, I didnt. I had to pull the trim off again and remove m...

Alright, I now have the top positioned on the cabinets. I decided against my original plan to bolt all the cabinets together. Instead, I would just bolt all of the cabinets to the tabletop. It was a much easier way of fastening the whole thing together, and will make the table much easier to move in...

Now that I had the tables layed out, I started working on the table top. Instead of Oak, I went with a Maple plywood. The oak veneer was very thin, and seemed very prone to splintering. The Maple cost more, but was way more solid with a thick veneer. I laid out the piece of ply in the garage, I had ...

So this was the weekend for buying the rest of the Lego table stuff. First up, Ikea. I went with the wood version of the Trofast tables instead of the vinyl wrapped particle board. This was an expensive project, and there was no reason to cheap out on its foundation. Plus, the wood was on sale for $...

Road plates arrived, now a trip to Ikea is in order. That will be happening on the 21st of January.

Just ordered eight 7280 Straight & Crossroad, and two 7281 T-junction & Curve baseplate sets. Ouch. Total cost for just the baseplates, over $330. So, I suppose that works out to around $11 per baseplate that I will be using. I'm going to have a bunch of Crossroads left over though, I suppos...

Blue plates arrived!

First batch of baseplates arrived today!

That is a good idea, I could always change the layout later now that I'm going to use carpet tape to hold the plates down instead of adhesive. I like the Lego Pirate stuff, and want to get a couple of those play sets to stick out in the water. I just purchased 11 green baseplates and 2 sand baseplat...

Just bought 4 new blue baseplates on bricklink. I found and American store selling them for $13.50.

dr_spock wrote:You could bricklink 4 blue base plates. Don't wait too long, they are slowly going up in price.

I found some 620's on ebay for $17 a piece, I haven't checked bricklink.

A couple of thoughts: Do you really need to use oak plywood if the entire top of the table is going to be covered in baseplates? If money is no object, then go ahead, but if the top of the table is always going to be covered in baseplates I'd choose a less expensive material for the top. I have had...

Hello all, newb to the forum and need some assistance. I plan on building a Lego table for my 5 year old boy after the holiday. I will be using Ikea Trofast cabinets as a base, and will be using a 4' x 8' x 3/4" sheet of oak plywood cut down to allow a 4x7 32 stud baseplate layout. I have all o...