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Kris, as long as the baseplates are LEGO brand and come with standard LEGO studs, yes, they will accommodate all LEGO elements. All LEGO elements have been compatible from the very start of the company. That is the beauty of LEGO. 🙂

Keep in mind that LEGO has a larger brand called DUPLO, that is for younger kids. DUPLO also has baseplates with much larger studs. I would suggest that you stay with the standard LEGO baseplates with the smaller studs because kids pretty much grow out of DUPLO by the time they are 3 or 4.

Eileen, are you asking about getting packs of regular minifigs, or Friends minidolls? Regular minifigs are available in packs – usually four per pack – especially in the LEGO City line. You can also get extra LEGO Friends figures in small packs. Also, LEGO stores have a build-your-own-minifigs section where you can put together your own minifigs from bins. And of course you can get plenty of loose minifigs on the secondary market. 🙂

Fun intro video! In my experience custom items like this may work well with the general public, but not so much with dedicated LEGO fans. Sure, you can let us know about the KickStarter campaign, but LEGO fan communities like ours may not be the best audience for your product. I think social-media would be a better choice. Wishing you the best with your project. 🙂

Zion, it really depends on what you are planning to advertise. It must be specific to the LEGO hobby, excellent quality, and helpful to our readers.

Jose, thanks for letting us know. I have linked to your listing in the preview of the set.

Rebecca, you can certainly make a play-surface with regular LEGO plates, but you would need to layer them to give it strength. Think of it like landscaping; you can use different colors, build roads, small elevations, some forestry (for those warring minifigs to hide in), etc. If you layer the plates well, you won’t need to glue anything.

In general, gluing LEGO is a bad idea. It means that those pieces can’t be used for anything else, and pretty much loose their purpose as a building toy. Also, if/when your son grows out of LEGO, you won’t be able to sell his collection. It is best to use LEGO as intended; for creative, ever-changing play.

If you don’t have enough plates to create a surface, you might consider buying a couple of larger baseplates and then expand them further with plates. I know you said you don’t want to spend any more money, but it may still make better sense that keep buying bulk lots that may or may not have the pieces you need. There are even third-parties who sell LEGO-compatible baseplates and play-surfaces that are cheaper than the original and can cover a large surface quickly. See some examples here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/node/12728586011/143-4158774-9514857?_encoding=UTF8&field-lbr_brands_browse-bin=Strictly%20Briks&linkCode=sl2&linkId=936914c8fb535a250feb109d43514a56&ref_=as_li_ss_tl&tag=thebriblo-20

As far as organizing your collection, there are different ways to do it. Since this is your son’s LEGO, I would suggest that you make him part of the process of coming up with a system, because if it doesn’t make any sense to him, he won’t be able to keep it up. You can organize by color, or type in drawers, plastic bins, ziplock bags, tackle boxes, etc. In general, organizing by type is what most LEGO fans do with a large collection (so bricks here, plates there, wheels here, minifig parts there, etc.), but if he wants to organize by color, and that makes more sense to him, then do that. You can buy all kinds of plastic containers and organizers very cheap at dollar stores.

Also, since it seems your son prefers to play with minifigs rather than building with bricks, why not just get him minifigs in bulk, rather than buying a bunch of LEGO parts and sets that he doesn’t need or want. You might even consider selling the LEGO pieces he doesn’t use right now, and then reinvest the money in minifigs. You can buy bulk minifigs and even specific bulk lots with army-builder minifigs on eBay.

This is a bit more involved, but another thing minifig collectors often do, is buy LEGO sets, keep the minifigs, and just sell the rest of the sets on eBay as sets without minifigs. There is a great market for minifig-less sets, as many builders don’t care for the minifigs, but do want the parts. This way you can also self-fund the hobby, so you don’t have to spend money that should be going for other expenses. As your son gets older, he can even learn to manage the business on his own. 🙂

Paul, use the North American version of the PDF instructions. It is much better quality. So go to LEGO’s website here: https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/buildinginstructions/search#?search&text=7784%2520The%2520Batmobile%25E2%2584%25A2:%2520Ultimate%2520Collectors'%2520Edi%2520Batman%2520TM. Then select BI 7784 NA 2/2 for the second booklet. 😉

An, we do accept articles from guest bloggers, as long as they offer value to our community. Let me know what you wanted to write about and we can go from there.

The book looks fun. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

Not sure what you mean by that. 😀

Stephanie, you could easily add the new Powered Up #88009 Hub and #88011 Train Motor. They are very similar to the old Power Functions, but completely eliminate the IR receiver and thus save space. I would also recommend getting the #88010 Remote if you prefer a more traditional way of controlling your train, or you could just use the Powered Up app that you can download for free. Hope this helps some! 🙂