I have no problem with fake lego for retired sets, but if something is still in production, I’ll buy genuine LEGO. Screw the opportunistic scalpers that hoard sets for a massive rip-off profit!
I bought several Fakes now and never had issue with missing pieces, maybe one or 2. the quality gets better with each iteration. the older ones are so expensive now, it is insane. I wont pay 300-1000$ for a set. the off brand are just fine. I love building them. then I put LED insinde and the fun is great. look at mould king, forange, zhe gao, they offer modulars too. some are nicer to build than lego
Thank you for your authentic and honest review. You talked about the upsides, the downsides, showed us some examples of the quality, the packaging and the instruction manual that came along with it. 👍 I will always prefer buying the official LEGO sets over fake ones, but at some point older models become practically unobtainable for a normal price, so these copies are really not the worst thing in the world.
I was buying Chinese lego minecraft Knock-offs and they are pretty good except sprites are quite inaccurate,and bricks are littles harder to connect.but dude,they are like 2-6 times cheaper than the original! Rather gonna buy cheap unoriginal than expensive original.
I'm curious to where you live. I've had lose LEGO doors because the Mexico LEGO plant makes inferior bricks. I'd buy retired sets from knock off companies for $70-$100.
I got the same building from a third party. Going to review it soon. I think it’s worth it because the retired buildings are way too expensive for the casual Lego fan. And since it’s retired Lego isn’t losing any money. And even if you were to buy the bricks or a new current set, Lego has been overpricing sets for a the past few years and it’s getting ridiculous
I did a bag by bag review of the Treehouse from Ali Express, it’s amazing. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AlxIrbnUUxA.html&feature=sharea Technically since Lego provides the instructions and brick link even has the parts lists available for free all the resellers are doing is packaging the parts for you. Hell buying the windows alone (LEGO) for the brick bank is probably more expensive than an Ali Express seller 🤣 Something I’d like to start doing is buying legit modulars but using Ali for 2 sets when wanting to do the combined rebrickables.
If Lego only Produced the same quality today, It should be even better now but I feel like instead of taking 30 steps forward they took 25 back, The sets today just don’t have it, Some of them are neat don’t get me wrong and I would buy some of them but for the most part they downgraded
Yeah, I think I’m some aspects Lego has gone down in quality, I’ve noticed in some of the new sets I’ve gotten same color bricks are a tiny bit different in Shade. I think the worst part, is Lego only get more expensive.
I have 6 modular buildings alone, you can also check other videos of sets I’ve reviewed. I spent thousands of dollars in the on legos, even have a bricklink store in which I sell a ton of stuff. I just don’t see myself, just like many more people, paying over 800 dollars for a set that Lego no longer produces. When I can get this set for less then 100 and buy many more sets that are actual Lego.
The things are simple.if you see the lego as a value then you have to be purist,but if you want to make a large lego city without spending a fortune which you will never sell,just for awesome display you can easily buy lego copies or alternative brands with spectacular designs
Just like the cheap cotton produced in Xinjiang, Lepin or other brands ignore intellectual property rights and use cheap labor in China. If LEGO is greedy some consumers are even more greedy, they want to fill the house with bricks. These things are refined plastics, and a lot of resources are used to produce them.
Pretty interesting to see the old modular sets in present day. Like these videos and would be interesting if you compared this set to one of the fake ones to see how they differ from each other. Keep up the good work!
I have many different real modular buildings and thousands of dollars in Lego , this was to see if they are any good. Which by the comments alone, most people seem to actually like
There are a few problems with fakes: Quality is definitely lower, the chemical composition of the plastic is unknown and has not passed any first world standards. So I would ask about the safety profile of a plastic and you won't get answers from fakes. Is there BPA leaching out? Who knows. Besides, Lego spends a lot of time on R & D, chemical safety, packaging safety, art, marketing, sales. Counterfeiters are usually criminal organizations so buying from them supports them and their thievery. Same goes for counterfeit watches. It is not a victimless crime. Have some integrity and don't buy fakes anymore.
I bought a Chinese copy of the Lego Bank modular 10251, and it was great quality at a third of the price. However, be aware that a lot of the companies on websites are crooks - the first time I paid for the fake set it never arrived, so I had to buy again from a different site, so in total I paid £90 for a set that retailed at the time for £150 - still a £60 saving. However, the latest scam is to double the price buy adding a huge postage cost at the checkout (pre-covid the postage was free). What is useful is to buy some individual bricks for a smaller price, especially rare colour/rare bricks such as light yellow modified headlamp brick (difficult to get on bricklink).
Bro to say what is lego? If you saw Legos 1980s through now. You'd not know what was real or "made cheap". Honestly. Lego should make everything and cut corners lol 😆
I’m having trouble understanding what you are saying? I’m not saying Lego should cut corners, it seems legos prices keep going up. This is not something a lot of people like.
i got a lepin a couple of years ago. there was one lego that had caught my attention but when i saw the price it was out of the question. by chance i stumbled upon the lepin version of it which was about half the price so i got it. quality was perfectly ok and i was satisfied. i think Lego is ridiculously and unreasonably expensive so i dont feel bad about it.
I agree, I have bought many of the old modulars from China, the quality is good and the price is even better! For me it's about the fun while building and not what's on the stud. I know some people disagree, but I'd rather get 8 fake old modulars then 1 old real LEGO modular.
