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"Road Plates earns a Recommended BrickScore of 78.2 as a versatile, well-designed system upgrade that looks better and builds more interestingly than old flat baseplates, but the sharp split between casual buyers (4.8 on Amazon) and dedicated City builders (2.73 on LEGO.com, 45% recommend) is a clear signal to check your existing city layout for height and width compatibility before committing."
Expert reviewers from The Brothers Brick and Rebrickable broadly support the LEGO City Road Plates system as a long-overdue modernization that integrates properly with the LEGO building system, looks better than the old baseplates, and opens up creative layout possibilities. However, owner sentiment is unusually split: Amazon buyers rate it 4.8 out of 5 across 3,522 ratings, while LEGO's own platform rates it a stark 2.73 out of 5, with only 45% saying they would recommend it, suggesting builders who care deeply about system integration are far less satisfied than casual purchasers.
Where they split: The sharpest divergence in this set is between Amazon and third-party buyers (4.8 average across 3,522 ratings) and LEGO.com customers (2.73 average, 45% recommend rate). Expert reviewers land in the middle, acknowledging the system's merits while noting real limitations. This split most likely reflects the difference between buyers new to the system and veteran City builders who encountered the height and width compatibility issues directly.
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"I fell in love with the road plates"
Rebrickable Reviews
"The finished result looks splendid. With the crosswalk and speedbumps, the road looks better than baseplates ever did."
The Brothers Brick"the new modular road plate system. Instead of baseplates this new system is based on regular LEGO plates or tiles."
RacingBrick"I fell in love with the road plates"
"The finished result looks splendid. With the crosswalk and speedbumps, the road looks better than baseplates ever did."
"the new modular road plate system. Instead of baseplates this new system is based on regular LEGO plates or tiles."
Owners are sharply divided: young families and creative builders praise the modularity and visual appeal, while existing LEGO City collectors reject the new road system as incompatible, overpriced, and inferior to the discontinued original plates.
Amazon4.8Walmart4.2Target4.2LEGO.com2.7
