lately have gotten into bootleg lego.. owned only Decool so far as the brand has been very satisfactory (no missing parts, very minimal fitting issues)
so far i have the Tumbler, the Ferrari and the Hulkbuster.. how does SY compare to Decool? any instances of missing pieces? I see SY actually do a lot of releases especially the latest Marvel ones.. how about Bela?

since the Ferrari I have also been hooked to lego Technic style releases.. have always dreamt of owning those since i was young, and really love how they have gimmicks of different kinds.. any other releases of those? some brands which don't have problems of fitting and missing pieces i can look into? feel like looking for the lego technic F1 car from Decool now

guys, i noticed this brand i have never seen before and wondering if anyone had any experience with them? these Star Wars ones i really feel like getting

this Lepin brand.. anyone know if they are any good?

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This post has been edited by HxiiiK: Jan 3 2016, 04:44 PM

woah, such care in the packaging, i thought i could let this one go but it seems it'll be a buy for me to go with my old enzo ferrari

I'm quite amused at the effect Lepin is having on the market

Remember last time when GBHQ was released scalpers were pouring and filling their trolleys with boxes and boxes? now I can see some in Box of Bricks for 1799 (the original RRP, i believe)

Sucks to be the scalpers now, I hope they never sell it or forced to sell at a huge loss

yup, I recently picked up the Porsche 911GTS and I'm EXTREMELY happy.. I have been eyeing and dreaming of owning technic sets like these since I was very young, I'm glad to have an affordable option

maybe their business plan is to throw out all the sets at once, earn a ton of money, then close shop and run before lego have time to stop them

maybe even start under different company after that.. you never know, china is the land of possibilities

Started on my Porsche 911gts over the week since I'm sick and on MC, first thing i noticed when I opened the box, was that "wow, lepin even copied and separated it all into different boxes for different parts! amazing!"

Then I opened it up and the parts were still jumbled and not sorted as per the boxes labelled at all, like all of lepin's other releases. Ah, Lepin, you break my heart

As for the car itself, fantastic. Almost done with the inner portion and all the Technic parts and no complaints so far. Though one thing I want to ask, how do you all sort your blocks for easy building? I realize i spend more than half the time not actually building but flipping through the parts to find the one i need

This post has been edited by HxiiiK: Sep 23 2016, 05:16 PM

Quite frankly I think LEGO sets are "priced appropriately". It is just out of reach for some people who are unable to spend so much for a single LEGO set. You need to remember that LEGO is a company, and that they do R&D and pay people to work and design and in the end they need to see profits.

That being said, what I DON'T support is the so called "investors" a.k.a. scalpers. The fiasco of GBHQ is one of the latest one that comes to mind. Scalpers pouring into shops at release date to buy boxes upon boxes just to make some quick money. I always find this practice quite ridiculous and I will support LEPIN like hell if it forces scalpers to not be able to sell back their stocks.

However, as above, I'm quite torn but as someone who just wants to relive his childhood while at the same time not too rich, I will continue to support LEPIN simply because it is cheaper. Sorry LEGO, but I need to care for my wallet as well. Though to be fair some designs I would never have bought if it weren't for LEPIN. I know some might say if you can't afford the hobby you shouldn't be having it. But LEPIN offered a good alternative without ripping a hole in my wallet and I am, of course, grateful

to be fair we can't really fault them for doing a legitimate business. but we can laugh at scalpers who dry up the supply expecting to earn a huge profit at the expense of fans.

like westthen said, lepin is still stealing designs, and turning it into profit for themselves. That, in definition, is still breaking the law

let's not forget to acknowledge that, though we still can buy and enjoy the lepin sets, we can't really justify ourselves in that way.

if i'm not mistaken, wasn't this just announced only?

omg, thanks for the heads up.. I was observing this set hoping to buy it because i love technics
will avoid for now.. shame though, i finished my Porsche 911 gt3 and it was pretty good.. sure there are some tight parts but it didn't hinder the overall model too much.. and a few non essential missing pieces so overall pretty okay with the price i paid

lepin was CRAZY fast this time.. already saw at a shop for about 800 as well.. was tempted but no space to display it.. will hold off purchase for now

do 2nd hand lepin sets (built) hold any value? I got the lepin voltron, built it, and found i have no space to display it.. kind of thinking of letting it go

Been trying to clear out some of my old lepin stuff which I never built, like Ghostbuster HQ, Batman Tumbler and SHIELD Helicarrier but so far like no response.. guess hype died down haha

So far haven't seen much new KO lego stuff in terms of the bigger ones as well