I once bought a Mr. Gold for $50. The description said it was genuine and the photos were definitely of a real Mr. Gold. When I got it, it turned out to be a definite fake. The printing on the torso and head came off very quickly and the paint got under my fingernails. In hindsight, I never should have thought a real Mr. Gold would go for that low.
I once bought a bunch of lego gold coin pieces online for a too good to be true price, and when I got them, I immediately knew they were fake the first I saw them. ( the words lego that were supposed to be printed on one side of the coin were missing)
When I searched for Mr Gold on the Internet several years ago, many offers about 600€ and more popped out. But one of them caught my eyes: 5€. By this point of time, I was about 9 or 10 years old probably (don't remember) but I still came to the conclusion, that this figure must be fake.
If you look on the side of a Lego box, it says some of the parts of the product are made in China. Lego shops are also in China. Doubtful Lego themselves would ship from China to another country, as they keep it regional in China's case, but my main point is it's not a given that Lego sets from China are fake.
Nice, comprehensive list! So, fake LEGO (i.e., Lepin) and non-LEGO (i.e., Megabloks) are two different things, the former coming from a rip-off company and the latter coming from a genuine, legitimate manufacturer! P.S. Why do you think the video showing bricks melting has disappeared from the web?
I have a misprint Lloyds mask from the lego ninjago movie. Was kind of annoyed considering I spent £50 on the set but I'm not too bothered now cos I have a one of a kind piece.
I wave a marbled ptan piece molded with a gun metal grey piece, i dunno if you can call it a missprint but it had to be tan and it has gmgrey molded with it, it is a 1x2 modified tooth piece
A lot of exagerated statements. Are you trying to inform or scare people?? 1.Illegal, you have to understand the different laws in different countries and the most important part is to tell in which specific case it is or would be illegal. By using fake lego its not clear what you're refering to. Any company that isnt Lego could go under that line. 2.Their plastic, depending on which company we're talking about should be the same, this goes for a lot of legit brands too. Almost no copy of minifig will break in your hands (never heard of any). The minifigs are one of the biggest problem because for many its hard to tell if its fake or not especially if you don't have a copy of the real. 4 looks accurate. 5 Lego uses big boxes for their sets. It is common for sellers to include one only when asked to because of the extra shipping cost (also the used set that no longer have the box). 6 If you get some residue on your hands after touching bricks (no mater which brand) I'd seriously ask questions too but I never heard or seen something like that. The colours and finish CAN be different(not will) from the real. The quality nowhere near... what you will notice is that its missing the lego on the studs and its what people should look at first. The quality is close enough that a lot of people would never notice it. Number 7, nothing to say about that. Point 8 is also great. 9. Always learn about import laws in your country no matter what you're trying to import. There are also safe ways to import these. 10. Lego does have great quality control and will replace every missing part. Keep in mind that missing parts in other brands especially the fakes will most of the time be caused by the seller and not the brand itself. Even if you buy Lego pieces, any third party seller can make mistakes and it happens very often. You don't have to be scared to buy online. My recommendations would be to double check every minifigure and simply look at the lego logo on the other pieces and if you have doubts make sure that the website offers refounds. Please take this comment as constructive criticism. I felt like it was misleading and I tried not to name any brand by respect to the channel.
I personally have never bought a lepin set so I don’t really know the difference, but seems ur explanation is good. Just a suggestion, this is the type of video u need to make, better than those hater comments video. Not saying hater videos are bad, but if u really wanna convince others, show good arguments like this in lepin comments video instead of making fun and fighting haters, that just gonna generate even more hate. And I find these type videos more informative, the last lepin comments video I find lack of information that at least convince people not to buy lepin
Although I do love Lego and it is FAR better then any other brick building company, you must admit the price of Lego is out of many people’s budget. I’m just a kid who wants to reenact Star Wars battles, and it’s hard to do so when Lego is so expensive and I only get 100 dollars a year for birthday. In my opinion, I buy fake legos for their price. But I think Legos are awesome.
Damn boy I never got that much for my birthday. You are wasting your money on those fake sets, I know I have bought several and they do not come close to the build experience, quality and sense of satisfaction when buying the real thing. Just save your money and buy the real thing.
I know right. +Darth Bane I totally agree with you too but it is just out of my budget. Mark my words, if I get a good job that pays well, I'm going to buy only the real thing. I don't care that the set says for ages 8-12. I'm going to play with Lego even as a full grown adult.
What's the point of buying real lego when it's more expensive & you don't care about the brand or value? If you just want it for some fun there is no harm in that.
You get a hundred dollars wow you are so lucky i receive nothing i just have to choose a lego sets but every set in the shelf is my favorite but in a hundred dollars you can buy two or may three sets or more than that. NICE DUDE!!!
I've bought a number of lepin sets and regret it, stuff like the falcon slave ssd and death star 2. I've since bought the lego brand and havent bothered opening the lepin sets.
I am not a fake lego fan, but Lego lost its way as well. Sets get more expensive while quality gets less. I have quite a lot of parts getting hairline fractures after one time use (2014), colours are off in some parts (2020). I even got a mangled part as well. I don’t endorse blatant copyright infringement, but Lego does not own the building system. They didn’t invent the studded brick themselves. I am perfectly fine with some brick building systems coming up with original parts and models and ‘lending’ standard parts from the Lego design. I don’t like how Lego screws small specialised Lego stores by power playing on them, while favouring the big concerns.
Is there any Fake LEGO with the LEGO Logo on the Studs? I’m a LEGO Noob, who just wants to build landscape MOCs with real LEGO. I just bought some individual pieces from BrickLink (Awesome Fun!) but see cheaper Plant bundles on EBay. If they come with the LEGO Logo on the Studs, are they definitely genuine LEGO?
In reference to #10, Lego will replace that missing part for free! You just provide proof of purchase and can order your missing piece on their website. We've had to do this a couple of times. It's such great customer service!
@@galanthusnivalis788 out of all the hundreds of Lego sets we've bought over the years, it's only happened a few times. Quality control is never perfect.
I have to agree. I decided to buy some fakes. Bad idea. On the "minifigures" one of the arms was screwed on backwards (actually they don't even screw it on for you, but they gave me two identical right arms, and no left arms) The quality also seemed terrible, especially the print. I will only be buying from lego from now on.
Reminds me of a t.v. show years ago where this guy would blindfolded recognize minifigures by putting them in his mouth. This really happened, no joke. (Dutch tv show)
One look and I can tell if it's lego or not so I never buy fake lego, I do have one exception (military minifigures) cos I need loads of minifigures to make an army its not about price but lego dose not sell in bulk. Other than that all my lego are 100% real lego.
At one of the points you say there was a missing brick you had once, I have had the opposite! Once I bought a Lego Pirate set and it had a random airtank backpack thing in it
sometimes my little brother gets fake lego from our grandma..and when he destroys the set later he just puts that bricks in my box with original legos without me even knowing :/
Is it wrong to but someone else’s LEGO sticker sheet that’s the exact same as the original stickers. Because I brought the LEGO Batman the video game jokers icecream truck however the trucks back sticker was ripped so I brought a sticker sheet from someone that felt rougher then the original stickers did I do something wrong?
I've bought thousands of sets over my life and have had quite a few of them with missing parts and defective parts. I contact Lego customer service and get the replacement parts.I've had sets with 2 of the same door, I've had a set with defective windows, I've had a Star Wars set with a melted R2D2 head and the Spiderman Bridge Battle with 2 sets of leg for green goblin and no torso. I've had other sets missing parts. Lego is far from perfect but I agree that the knock offs are inferior to Lego. I've never bought fake Lego myself but have tried to build it for my nephews and some of the bricks are so poorly made they won't even stick together.
I have an Indiana Jones minifigure, and I can tell from the body and legs they are real but his hat and head might be fake... Hat marked with (C) and head has a tri cross in the top of the head. Please explain this half ass product.
Would be interesting to see a review of Webricks from you - apparently most today's Chinese producers do source their bricks from that producer, so the situation has changed quite a bit in recent years.
A probably fake brand i have come across called "The Lego Group" while I was organizing my lego that brand company was on one of my bricks Another fake company name-Mega Bloks
Something I learned to differentiate fake vs real Lego minifigures is that if you take off the head, on the top of the neck is the Lego logo. If it's not their, *it's fake*. Also, I hate it when fakes say "compatible with other brands". It makes my just, 😖.
I bought a Star Wars Praetorian Guard set. It's weird because the packaging didn't have the set or part numbers on the front, was white cardboard instead of brown and the plastic bags were resealed. However, the actual Lego pieces seems completely legitimate. They're the same weight, same size, great quality, have the logo on every part. So I think it was repackaged but I'm not sure
Watching this and I probs just bought a fake LEGO UCS Slave 1 it didn’t say LEGO said building blocks but has right piece count and set number and boba has arm print idk maybe I just can’t see LEGO lettering on dots
For some reason I have like OCD about real and fake lego like it annoys me if I have a little bit of fake lego in my collection without knowing but at least I know that 99% of my collection is real I never by fake on purpose
Hi. Great video. Maybe you can help me with an issue. I recently bought some bulk random Legos and in it there are some fake bricks. I've separated most of them, but there are some I can't tell appart. Bricks like the round 1x1 open stud (3062b) or the cone 1x1 with top groove (4589b). How can I tell these ones appart from the fake ones?
I just authenticated my Orient express I just got and yes the parts did have the Lego logo on each stud thank you for the heads up this is my first Lego kit ever I’m glad it was not a scam
used lego toys are the way to go. very reasonable prices especially if they are not limited edition or licensed products. no need to go to fakes. remember you can just buy stars wars or harry potter stickers online and paste them yourself on the bricks. that's the genius way to "license" a product at a bargain basement price. i did that with a $10 lego red racer car after putting some porsche stickers on it. the racer car is this (lego actually modeled it off the porsche if you notice the lights, hood, and overall shape/curves including spoiler): images.brickset.com/sets/images/31055-1.jpg?201611300919
I got a fake lego ship from online by accident and didn't realize that it was fake lego until I looked at where the lego symbol should be on the pegs. Of course that was a week after I had gotten the legos and I had already mixed them with real legos. It's come to a point that I have so much fake lego that I don't really care if I get more. Although, the fake lego really hurts to put together and take apart. Took my hands weeks to heal. Also I was confused when he started talking about fake lego having instructions. I didn't even get instructions when I ordered my "lego" ship. I just built it my own way. Surprisingly it actually looks really cool. Still don't like that it has fake lego in it though.
But i saw a lego set on ebay and it said “Lego star wars” but it was going to be shipped from China. It also says you can’t send it back to the seller. Should i buy it?
What is the problem with fake lego? Lego is very fun to play with but so expensive, so why not buy fake lego. They sell little plastic bricks for a low price what is the problem with that? And it is 2019 so most fake lego is actually very high quality. I love fake lego because of its fair price. I buy lots of kazi lego from aliexpress. It is a great way to get high quality fake lego.
My grandma got me legos. Most of them were real legos but sometimes she would get me fakes. I figured out which ones where fakes because there wasn’t the name Lego implanted in them somewhere
I recently found out a set I got years ago was counterfeit. It was very convincing, but had glaring quality issues. Is there any way I can trade it in for the real thing?
Meh.. I bought a fake Lego MOC set knowing it was cheaper. $35.00 vs trying to buy real Lego MOC for 250.00... and that is for 99% of the parts.. not even a full set... F-that. Allot of Lego stuff is OVERPRICED. The fake market exists because A-holes charge waaay to much for the real deal. That's a fact! Rebrickable for example... Geezus!
What about custom LEGO minifigures and accessories ? You should make a video about custom LEGO minifigures and parts for example brickarms which are custom LEGO weapons
very cool video. But I have a problem: When I was sorting my LEGO, I noticed the little LEGO-Logo between those holes in the LEGO technic bars. But sometimes there wasn't a Lego-Logo, but a "c" in a circle. So my question is: are they real LEGO, or not. Cuz they feel like real Lego.
was looking at ebay listings for the Modular Brick bank and there were a bunch of ones $300-600 and then there were a couple at 170 and I thought it was a steal until I looked closer
I love my Sluban sets because its cheap and its easy to build with it rather than Lego but i dont care about is its Lego or whatever other companies. The have same concepts anyways First:You open the box Second:You build it Third:You appreciate
Well on ebay I BOUGHT A fire temple form ninjago for 170 cad and it when it arrived it was something called lele and the seller said he said I will not return your money so I am sad the minfigure of samukai and kruncha had white armor and white boots instead for black the fire dragon could not should its fire ball and kai's head was molded very badly and did not have face scars ,nya had wrong hair ,but zane was fine very dissapointed.
What I like about the real legos is that they click properly I actually compared some fake legos to real legos and the fake legos don’t really stick together like the real thing
My mom accidentally bought a fake lego. On the box there was a picture of it and it was really fancy. Then when I opened the box it wasn't like on the picture and there was missing parts.
1:33 So, lets say you have a $100 LEGO set new that you can typically find secondhand for $80. If you find it for $20, he's saying that it is probably a fake. OK great, but what happens when these companies start sellign the fakes for ~$80?
Well here in the Netherlands where I live, they give these ripoff legos for free in the supermarket for ever 15 euros. So now I can sort my Lego to get that trash out
i didnt know this one lego ninjago set was an offical set. i thought it was offbrand because i couldnt find the real lego version. but then one day at school i did
It means that the factory where these bricks are produced is located in china. I suppose the development process like designing LEGO models and minifigures and the marketing still takes place in Denmark. Companies like LEPIN are of course also located in china, but they are completely different companies and have absolutely nothing to do with LEGO. That's the difference.
Well, it’s your loss for destroying your own property, dumbass😂😂. If you bought lepin, you already supported it. You’d think lepin would care what you do with their products?
He said his friend bought it for him, please use better reading skills dumbass. I would have just told your friend to keep it, you dont want a fake brand.
Darth Bane and you think it’s a real story? This kid is obvious lying, if he destroyed it and his friend payed for it, wouldn’t his friend be upset? I doubt this idiot don’t have the gut to do it. You’re the dumbass over there.
I dont support the fake Lego companys that just copy an already existing set. But i think companys like Oxford with the Titanic and such, have thier right to exist. Lego is clearly overpriced. Some sets are rediculous expensive for not a lot of parts. They clearly use thier monopol to get as much money as possible. While i think its not ok to buy current fake Lego sets, i think it is fine to buy set copys that are no longer available. There are so many cool old sets that are just so expensive for no good reason. 1000 € for a Star Destroyer. Just why. If Lego dont want people to copy thier shit, give me options to buy it for a reasonable price. Who cares about collectors. Man Lego is for playing and if a kid wants a Star Destroyer because its the only cool Empire Ship then give it to them.
Well lego is rather pricy but you are getting quality product. It's not for people making poverty level of income. I get what your saying but it's really not worth the cheap price, because the build experience sucks and you are getting crappy quality bricks, I know from experience it's just not worth it. For example the ucs star destroyer I was building almost a week ago...the magnets were too strong and when I had to use a tool to pry them apart from each other the clips ont he ends of hte magnets all broke very easily. I threw everything away. The only lepin set I actually like is my ssd it turned out pretty good and it looks amazing but If I could get the lego one for at least the original price that they sold it for I would. I havent bought anything on ebay in years because at one time products were sold for cheaper than brand new but now it's the other way around.
The reason Lego sets are expensive is because Lego designed the sets and use quality material. Other fake Lego brands are cheap because they did not have to design the sets and their material is rather shitty.
FullPerfektionist I don’t consider “LEGO” with another brand name is fake, I consider them as copy cats as they copied LEGO once the LEGO brick Patton expired so company’s started flooding in with cheaper and the same bricks.
