An inherent belief that sets aren't coming with baseplates is because they lack compatibility with newer box sets. To me, that makes no sense, as a LEGO is a LEGO; they’re made to go together. By my standards, as long as the brick clicks in it works. There was a rumor that LEGO was discontinuing baseplates, but that’s not the truth. At the time of publication, baseplates are sold separately 95% of the time, which is okay too.