/pbbg/ and the chainsword of destiny

Anyone familiar with Star Diamond?

I've been curious about them so I have two sets coming tomorrow, supposedly, will post a little review.

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I'm still out two orders, one of them they said to wait a week and if it's not here they'll start the refund process, there's 6 days left on the extension they gave but if it's not here tomorrow I'll just get that going I guess. It's the three Banes order, don't know if I'll try and re-order from them or someone else at this point, I really want a freaking movie Bane but I'm tired of being disappointed 5 days a week.

The other order has 26 more days on its extension, guess it'll appear in the mail randomly sometime over the summer if it does at all. I don't understand how I get such bullshit luck with three different orders from three different sellers. The only bright spot is I finally did get the third one and it had the right Captain Hydra at least.

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Frustrated ranting aside, I really like my new Captain Hydra, here flanked by Captain America and the other Hydra variant.

>>6365959
Huh, the one on the right does look really good.

don't lose hope anon, one of my missing orders appeared on US tracking yesterday, I might actually get Hitler no.2 on Monday.

But yeah. You have shit luck.

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>>6365964
The last time tracking was updated on either order was two months ago, between lousy China mail and lousy Canada Post I'm doubly screwed I guess.

My local source for bootlegos hasn't gotten anything new in a while either, plenty of sets on the shelves but I've got all the ones I want by now. The last find I really liked was this 3 dollar helicopter with happy Chinese soldiers, went back and bought two more and built a larger one out of the parts, I'd take a pic but I don't feel like digging it out of a stack of containers right now.

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>>6364468
imgur.com/a/Afj3t

>>6365970
Have to be honest, I'm not sure the triple dose of n_n outweighs how awful the chopper looks.

>>6365985
Any chance of minifig pics?

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>>6365995
What do you mean? Aren't the pics loading? I use imgur because I don't want to spam the new thread.

If you mean back pics they only have front printing and don't have dual side faces.

>>6366015
>What do you mean?

oh, I completely missed the URL because I'm a retard. Nice pics, thanks, I actually really like the elfs and their cats.
Might have to get a couple of these sets.

>>6366024
haha thanks

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>>6365909
i really like the ship design in guardians i only bough the ravager attack so i could have all the guardians.

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the new Kazi theme is Nàníyǎ Chuánqí

... aka Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

>>6366015
is that middle guy Richard Branson?

>>6367072
I think it's meant to be Omniknight.

>>6366867
Weren't they going to release some sort of Steampunk theme, too? Haven't seen or heard anything about that in a while.

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>>6367094
>Steampunk theme

Mechanical Beast, yes that too

and also the super sentai theme

>>6366015
>>6365985
>>6365970


You think with all the money you save not buying genuine lego you could get a better camera or phone, hell, you might even light things properly.

>>6367148
>super sentai theme
More on this, please!

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>>6367275
based on the last season of a chinese super sentai CGI cartoon seemingly popular with other licensed toys

besides the minifigs there are also these sets of the mechas which can combine (phoenix with white tiger, and dragon with whale and lion)

for now they're only listed on the official Kazi store on alibaba (not aliexpress or taobao)

Will lepin retire strw wars sets ?

>>6367396
They did.

It's star wnrs now.

>>6367398
My brain keeps reading the new packages as "Star Winners".

>>6366288
Sorry friend, real LEGO goes here: >>6367697

>>6365945
Mine got delivered to a wrong address. Thankfully I got a successful refund dispute.

>>6365943
What about it?

For now, better choice than most.

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>>6366015
Where are these sets up for order??? I've been wanting to get some but i havent seen them on aliexpress

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>>6367689
Lele's Star Wart is still the best.

>>6367888
Where are they even sold?

There's a very few on ebay, even less on aliexpress. I'm thinking of asking ebay sellers in HK if they can source some.

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>>6367995
I could have sworn there was a Star Warj also, or maybe that's it.

>>6367971
there are 10 sellers that have them

searching "Enlighten War Glory" lists all the sets (but with mixed results of the bootleg minifigs from King of Glory, the chinese MOBA app)

>>6367689
Funny, I read it as "Star Wieners."

>>6367995
>>6368089

Anyone else pissed that we rarely get any custom Star Wars figures? We get a bunch of Marvel figs that don't exist, but the Star Wars ones are just copies of existing figs.

>>6369059
Thing is most Star Wars characters of note now exist in Lego form and it's easier to copy them than to dig into the EU for more material, but yeah it'd be cool to see more come out. I'd be all over a Gilad Pellaeon myself, or Talon Karrde.

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First Hitler, and now ISIS. What will those crazy bootleggers do next?

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$2.50 shipped to my door from China. My first KO lego product and I have to say, the quality is actually pretty damn good. Plus that MAGA hat piece is the greatest thing ever and makes me want to put it on all of my minifigs.

>>6369868
Fuck that teacher, that's cool as fuck.

>>6369868
Gosh, it's good he took a picture of his finger pointing to the flag. I could have looked for hours and never found it otherwise.

>>6367148
>>6367381
These are amazing! I need them now.

>>6371372
That black outline around the letters makes it look dumb.

I suppose that the printing quality couldn't reliably be visible if it was just white text, though.

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>>6371372
You got one too eh.

>>6371372
>>6371634
That mouth makes him look retarded.

>>6371603
>>6371911

Kek. Found the salty Hillary voter.

>>6371372
>>6371634
They made his hands too big.

These knock offs contain chemicals beware

>>6372040
you contain chemicals. you know what to do now

>>6371932
But you're not disagreeing.

>>6371372
>>6371634
Holy shit that looks like garbage.
Like not even good. It's meme tier trash. You wasted $2.50.
The hat isn't even worth saving.

>>6372155
>>6372164
I didn't expect this level of meta in the knockoff general

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>all that impotent salt

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Gonna dump a bunch of pics of some new bootlegs, since nobody else is doing it,

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>>6372461

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>>6372462

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>>6372466

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>>6372470
Constantine

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>>6372472
LOL

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>>6372476
Star Trek Enterprise

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>>6372485
X-23

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>>6372488

>>6372485
These uniforms actually look pretty decent.

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>>6372495
Not sure what's going on here, but I'm intrigued. The Lego Atlantis theme died too soon imo.

>>6372499
Pretty sure they're just digital renderings though, it might be a good idea to wait until we have real photos.

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>>6372508
I'm curious to know what these wings are actually like.

>>6372476
HULK SPLASH!

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>>6372514

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>>6372519
not sure if this was posted last thread or not

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>>6372523
Not sure if The Colonel has been posted either.

Ronald McDonald when?

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>>6372536
Anyone know who Katrina's Boyfriend is supposed to be?

Unless it's referring to La Calavera Catrina, i am clueless. Someone on another site thought it could be a Jack Skellington variant, but I highly doubt that. My first thought was that Book Of Life movie, but I haven't seen it, and I couldn't find anything resembling it from a Google Image search.

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>>6372544
That guy wasn't in Book of Life as far as I remember.
Speaking of:
>Knoe

>>6372488
>vagina bones on a lego/bootlego

Well this is a weird boner.

>>6372523
I haven't been keeping up with the bootleg minifig game, but has anyone made the sweet looking Gentleman Ghost from the movie yet?

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The saga continues with my missing aliexpress orders. After waiting out the extension on my three Banes order I messaged them that it still hadn't come, the guy said to open a dispute and he would get me a refund so I did that and now I just got a counter-proposal from the seller. No refund, just this:

>please go to your local post office, the parcel should have arrived now, and when you get the package, please cancel the dispute, thanks

I'm rather annoyed but I guess I'll go through the motions and visit the post office tomorrow, I don't believe at all that it'll be there, hell I don't even have any info to provide other than a chinese tracking number that hasn't updated since it supposedly left the country two months ago.

I just want to move on from it all, I've taken a gamble on the store that had my order here in one week, they just so happened to have the Banes I wanted so we'll see if the lightning strikes twice.

>>6374036
I bet the plane with your package crashed with no survivors.

>>6372508
I agree
And it would be nice not to pay out the ads for crab man

>>6374184
I always knew it was the next step of their master plan.

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So, sometimes I drop figs in my order just because they look interesting. Pic related. Who is this supposed to be?

BTW, only get her for the shoulder piece: The skirt brick and the torso really don't want to stick together. Otherwise I guess it's okay.

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>>6374745
Magpie from The Lego Batman Movie

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>>6371932
>this printing quality is pretty poor
>LOL LIBTARDS!

Now that you've gotten that out of your system, I'm sure you'll agree that the printing quality is pretty poor. It would really be better if it was just plain white printing, like the actual hats.

>>6372536
Why didn't they use an actual (KO) lego chicken

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>>6374765
>overpriced daneshit

REEEEEEEE

>>6374770
It's pretty ugly overall. I'd get one for posing alongside my two Hitlers, but it really does look kind of crap.

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Crazy ass coincidence but my Banes order was in the mailbox today with maybe a day left on the extension.Eventually I'll have a seven Bane army when my other order gets here, CIA planes beware.

>>6374832
>please go to your local post office, the parcel should have arrived now

okay that's kind of creepy.

He's got people watching you. And the postal people.

>>6374868
Never made it to the post office, had planned to but checked the mailbox first and it was there. But yeah, kinda spooky.

Looks like Facebook shut down Customize Minifigures Intelligence following a complaint from Lego.

https://customizeminifiguresintelligence.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/customize-minifigures-intelligence-facebook-page-gone-for-good/

I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody. Still, I think the guy would still be reviewing chinkbrinks if he hadn't been so eager to show people how they could buy knockoff sets on AliExpress.

There's a guy in my area selling "LEGO compatible figures" on the facebook marketplace for $15 a pop. They're very clearly chinkbricks. Pokemon, Toy Story, DC movies/comics. It'd be funny if I didn't know he's making 10x profit on them.

>>6373731
Nope, the only "original" LBM stuff they've done have just been variants of existing characters such as all the Batsuits.

>>6375139
So get him back. Buy a bunch of the ones he's selling from China cheap, then undercut his price by $5-6 apiece, force him to meet your price.

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Got these for my wife. She's a horror film fan.

>>6375811
And when she will be in the hospital, dying from lead poisoning, you will pull those out and say
>"It was me, Mary! It was me all along!"

Is there anything more sad than whiteknighting for a souless international corporation on the internet?

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Hanging with my niece and nephew today. Built a little kart for Batman out of garbage bricks I had lying around. Not enough black elements, so it's the Bat-kart Batman tools around Gotham investigating arson cases.

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>>6367094
"Mechanical city" Machinarium

Any news on the CCBS theme?

>>6376279
I love the little autogyro with a houseplant on the dash.

>>6367148
are these up online to purchase anywhere? a search came up with nothing

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KAZI is a building block, KAZI is a good building block! Do a good job of every product, let KAZI be a part of your happy life. KAZI, we keep moving forward, we

>>6375937
They don't have lead, dumbass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHIWOG_iujQ

>>6372508
Sets? Looks intereinteresting.

>>6376599
Oh man the mold imperfections in those flat pieces are so uniform, it's incredible and only matched by Megabloks.

>>6376599
I brought their Panzer 4 kit earlier this year, unnumbered bags and a few missing small pieces aside it wasn't a bad kit at all. My only gripe with it is that you build interiors for the main body and the turret but then you cover them up and there's no easy way to get at them again without taking it apart.

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it's okay
better than old Cobi I had back in the day(still have them actually)

>>6377233
In all fairness, that one looked pretty bland even on the box, 1988-era Lego quality. So "okay" is pretty kind to it.

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I got KO Angel today! Pretty slick with the trans-orange neck bracket, wings and blonde hair piece. Would recommend.

Red Ranger not included. Shown just because they have similar color schemes.

>>6377720
Fuck you, auto-complete. I said trans-CLEAR neck bracket.

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>>6375937
Are you retarded?

>>6378513
Pickaxe Saber?

>>6378513
Looks like one of those crazy angry faces from Harry Potter!

>>6378631
Are you?

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>>6372536

>>6380096
Kind of want. Especially the restaurant and the delivery truck/cycle.

Anyone know what kind of quality is Sembo Block? I've never heard of it before.

>>6380563
Keep in mind that is a 4-in-1 set. You can't display all four models at the same time.

Sembo is manufactured by the same company that makes Sheng Yuan sets, so quality should be above average. I recall reading a review of this set somewhere, and there were some problems with the design from what I can remember.

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I'm going to be building and reviewing this, hopefully alla y'all'll enjoy this magical adventure

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>>6380776
top marks for packaging. It's a pretty big box for 337 pieces. Contains a bunch of bags, some loose plates, rubber treads and gun assembly, a pretty crappy sticker sheet I'll be ignoring, instructions and an advertisement sheet for DEFORMATION SOLDIER series.

Also forget the robot, I'm not building the robot, it's ugly.

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>>6380793
ugly is an ongoing theme with this theme. I've got two other sets and look at this

The red one isn't so bad, the yellow just screams merciful God grant me oblivion I have truck wheels for buttocks and yearn for the sweet touch of the brick separator.

>>6380776
>>6380793
>>6380802
Never been a fan of the extreme partsforming sets. I like the gimmick to be built in. I'm okay with having different builds for the same set of pieces, but don't call it a Deformation Soldier.

>>6380776
>>6380793
>>6380802

make me wish i had my own knockoff Block Toys company, i woudl hire that guy from AndroidArts and stuff

>>6380776
>>6380793
>>6380802
I appreciate the review but why is there a sickly yellowish tint to your photos? It looks like your Lego spaceman has jaundice.

>>6380815
Pretty sure they're using "deformation" in the mechanical sense, not as a synonym for "deformity."

>>6380815
Yeah, I'm not a fan either, it just looks like both designs suffer. Badly. But the parts selection is pretty good, there's some interesting non-Lego bits and, with the last one, nice army green.

>>6380824
got a link by any chance?

Here's the Star Diamond catalog page, they CAN make decent looking sets:
http://www.lhtoys.com/en/detail.aspx?id=169

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>>6380829
I think my camera's on its last legs. I just can't seem to get the white balance right.

speaking of colors

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>>6380840

Here's all the non-lego legos included, the rest being standard plates and bricks.

Wheels and axles are identical to Lego size, hinges are also compatible. I didn't expect minifigs, this wasn't on the box. Not complaining!

The Sunglasses Guy's glasses are worn off a little on one side, so okay, complaining a little.

>>6380840
Why would you compare various bootlegs olive green with Lego's green/dark green?

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>>6380901
Why not?

>>6380882
Here're the minifigs. I hope the tank's got decent headroom. The prints are only on one side, and pretty simplistic, but the part quality... honestly, feels as good as Lego.

I know I've seen that handgun somewhere before but I can't remember where.

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>>6380911
The instructive instructions. It's a simple build, a greebly box with slopes on the tops and corners. Uses a metric ton of simple bricks, which is just what I wanted out of this thing; I'm already thinking of getting a second one.

Quality feels just as high as Lego.

Pity about the rubber tracks, I'll rebuild it into a hovertank or something.

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No interior, there's some empty space but it's all bricked over.

These tracks are even worse than they look, holy hell they're shit. But I am liking these armor skirts.

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The end. Got a tank, got some leftovers, I'll mod it once I deal with my sleep deprivation thanks for reading my blog /pbbg/

The tracks make me want to cry, but except for that, I'm fucking impressed, it's Lego quality. Best clone brand.

>>6380834
its a drawfag from the Netherlands, i think, he has many neat concepts.
https://androidarts.com/legoproject/

>>6381021
Thanks, anon. I was always curious about this set, but stayed away mostly because I somehow knew they would use rubber tank treads. Where are you buying these sets? Online? Local source?

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Look what was on my doorstep when I got home from work: a giant orange cardboard box that may as well have had "STEAL ME" printed on the side. Lucky for me all the neighborhood thieves are on vacation, stealing from other tourists.

Let's crack it open and see what kind of blocky goodness we find...

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>>6381126
I'll be honest: I no longer have any interest in professional wrestling. WWE was still known as WWF when I began growing out of it. I recognize Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vince McMahon, though.

I only picked up this set to check out the weird minifigures.

$5

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>>6381147
Speaking of things I have no interest in, here's a Halo thing. The parts looked useful for spaceship building.

$7

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>>6381156
Horsies!

$8

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>>6381160
Cowabunga! Don't know what I'm going to do with monochromatic Turtles, but they were cool enough for the price.

$3 each (except Leo who was $2)

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>>6381164
I got these sets mainly for the pirate girl, the foliage, the animals and the skull.

$4 each

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>>6380776
I bought a couple Star Diamond Kung Fu Panda sets a while back.The larger baseplates were slightly warped, which causes some stability issues, and some of the leaves on the tree have a hard time staying attached. Other than that they weren't too bad though.

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>>6381172
... and I got this set to use with the pirate sets. I'll find another use for the speedboat and the crummy minifigure.

$7

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>>6381164
Those are inspired by the original comic series. Back then they weren't a kids franchise yet, so they could actually use their weapons for there intended purpose.

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>>6381183
I got this one for the polar bear and Siberian tiger. I'm one step closer to having my dream of building that one Rumple Minze print ad come true.

$7

>>6381194
That's "haul" for now (Please kill me). Overall, I'm satisfied with my transaction. The shipping was a bit sluggish, but the prices were right.

>>6381185
Oh I know about the original series, anon. It's just that I'm wondering how I'm going to utilize these figures.

>>6381183
this especially looks hilariously awful.

>>6381063
From an HK seller on Ebay. I think I'll be getting a couple more sets.

It looks like those Brickmania tracks might fit here, but I don't have any to check. Widening this thing to take standard Lego tracks is probably enough of a pain that might as well build a new tank.

>>6381180
I'd been eyeing those, the village looks really comfy.

>>6381194
I think those animals are originally from Character Bulding, the guys who did the Doctor Who Lego before Lego, it was a blindbag line based on the BBC documentary series 66 Deadliest Animals (or something like that).

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>>6381534
I dunno. If you ditch the speedboat and minifigure, you have a decent start to a pirate island. The direction of studs changes at some point during the build of the skull formation, so it will be interesting to see how it comes together. Finally, you don't see enough Moai builds in sets.

Beats paying aftermarket prices for pic related.

>>6381750
I'm pretty sure Cobi and Character Building are pretty much the same company.

>>6381750
>>6381787
Yeah, they're the same company. I think Character Building is just one of their sub-brands or something.

>>6380815
Not the guy who bought or photographed the deformation sets, just commenting.

I know that "deformation" is the word usually used for transforming toys (robots) from browsing TaoBao.

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Got KO Luminara Unduli in the mail today! Pretty good figure. The printing is correct and the head is two-sided.

>>6372462
Shazam, with the power of gun!

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Now with quick and lazy hovertank conversion.

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>order Mr. Kentucky and a few other figs
>ships friday
>it's in the mailbox today
>mfw

And I'm the guy with the Banes ordeal, go figure.

>>6380793
I like it's dog-style rows of nipples

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Oh no! My Jiangshi came without arms to hold up his lantern!

Oh well. It cost like 60 cents. I'm not fussed. I'll just order another one. Of the dozens of minifigs I've ordered from AliExpress, this is the first one I've gotten that's missing pieces.

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Picked up one of the War of Glory Warcraft-esque sets from AliExpress, will post a couple shots.

Packing wasn't anything special, no box and it was just wrapped up and put in a non-bubble mailer. Seemed secure enough though.

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>>6388863
The manual was on the outside with two bags; one with stickers and the little cape, the other a large back with loose pieces and two smaller bags inside.

The cape was a notable one for me because it features just one hole instead of the usual two that most Lego figures end up having. But it worked out pretty well in the end.

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>>6388866
The figures were extremely well detailed. It's seems kind of weird that the night elves are apparently fighting the humans in this one, but oh well. The saberstalker look-alike is a really neat mold. The hair pieces on the night elves are a rubbery plastic that seems to stay on okay, but may not be as viable long term.

Admittedly, one of the "selling points" that made me want to buy this was the one night elf woman seemingly running around in her panties with armor on. Unfortunately, the "skin tone" of the printing isn't quite that of the head, but it's still not bad.

One other odd note: humans have yellow skin, and elves have normal flesh tone. Huh.

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>>6388870
FFS, why the hell is that upside down when it's right side up on everything else?

>>6388872
Oh come on, I edited the image to flip it over and it's STILL upside down. This only ever happens on 4chan, how the hell do I make it right side up again?

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>>6388874
Fuck it, moving on. This shit had better not be upside down.

The little night elf building seems to be an armory of some kind, with a ton of weapons of all kinds. The target and wolf emblem are stickers, as will be the knight's shield. The roof is kind of a neat design, but also lifted pretty much from the Elves line. There's a ladder to the roof and plenty of bows of various kinds, so the knight probably isn't going to get anywhere in capturing even this small place. There's no real "play features" of note, but it all looks good for display.

>>6372462
Fuck me, that's not just Hal Jordan, that's from the one-shot that Tom King wrote.

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>>6388876
Fuck.

Here's the final thing with everything. Not sure why the barrel is there, the instructions just have it rolling along like this was the Stormstout Brewery or something. In the end, for a couple bucks it wasn't a bad set at all, though better for display. The knight is a little boring I guess, if he was going to attack then he probably should have brought some kind of siege weapon.

>>6388870
yeah, I love the elf outfits. Pity about the skin tone mismatch, guess I'll be skipping these sets

thanks for the review, mate

>>6389043
Yeah it sucks because it's not TOO far off but it's just enough to be off-putting. The photos don't really show it perfectly but the skin tone on the body printing is paler/whiter, like not quite undead but definitely not the same as the hands and head.

With that said though, quite frankly this set was worth the price just for the bevy of pieces and for the saberstalker and elf hair pieces. But to each their own, I can understand the disappointment about the skin tone thing.

>>6372470
>Jacket Spidey
That's amazing! I love that design so much.

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Anybody know who the manufacturer of this series is? I've been seeing sets begin to pop up on AliExpress, but no clue what the brand is. They appear to be related to Elephant in some way.

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Looks like there was an update to Sluban's website. There's a second series of the "Girl's Dream" theme (mostly designs taken from Lego Friends). More interesting, there's a "Legend Warriors" theme which I guess is their "techno-fantasy theme, I guess. Ninjas in Medieval Europe! Mechs for everybody!

>>6394581
More and more off-brands seem to be making mixel joints.

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I can scarcely believe it, my long-lost arms shipment was in the mail today, the better part of 3 months in transit... Still, no regrets, it's a pretty varied and awesome amount of weapons, lots of melee as well as firearms of all kinds. Pic related isn't very good but I'll try and do better later once I've sorted it out some.

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>>6395372
The end result, there's rather quite a few more ninjago throwing stars and blade things than I have use for but there's lots to like.

>>6395457
>beretta 93r

niiiice

Nice haul anon. glad it managed to reach you, in the end.

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>>6395492
Heh thanks, yeah I was pretty pleased to see those particular pistols, didn't have any yet in my tiny plastic arsenal. I got so pumped I actually went ahead and ordered another, slightly different batch of arms (from another store of course) as well as a sweet combination set I've been eying for a while, I upgraded from free shipping to epacket though, it was like 4 bucks but if it saves me another 3 month wait it's a small price to pay eh.

I'm a sucker for mini-build helos and humvees.

>>6381172
and how is the pirate girl, good quality or shit stuff?

>>6395556
That looks pretty cool. Requesting a review please when you have it.

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>>6395589
Sure thing. I got a similar combination set from the liquidation center here, can't find any brand identification on the instructions but it's probably from the same vintage. The pieces quality is overall pretty good, some of the mini builds were a bit silly but I got the set just to build the combo (pic related). Every minikit's instructions had a page each of the tilt-rotor build, more than the one other combination set I've come across (from COGO) that just had a picture of a large warship on the box. The one negative is a common enough problem with China bricks, their technic pins don't work very well and I substituted a couple for Lego ones so the rotors would stay in place. Can't seem to find this set anywhere online, I'll dig up the instructions sheets in a bit.

>>6395557
Haven't opened it up yet. I'm planning to merge a few sets into one diorama, and I'm waiting for some time to and put it all together. I'm also debating whether or not to pick up other pirate-themed sets from other brands for diorama parts, so that's pushing things back.

It's Cobi, so I'm not expecting quality.

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>>6395683
Here we go. The only minibuild I liked was the helicopter, got an extra one to have alongside the combo.

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"Y-ya gotta turn into a bootleg, Morty!"
"Oh geez"

>>6393115
>cheap tentacle legs
im curious as well, but the rest looks shit

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>>6397399
Oh, i don't know. They don't look that awful to me. How many aquatic animal builds do you see in sets these days? You can find the just the minifigures if the sets don't float your boat.

Are enlighten, lepin, and kazi bricks safe?

>>6397440
chance to get those crab pieces i guess

>>6397440
I couldn't even tell what the build was supposed to be
But cheap crab parts and recolored piranha heads? Count me in

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>>6397764
They're mostly safe. Just keep the small pieces away from toddlers in their swallow-everything stage and don't cut yourself on the extra sharp edges and corners.

>>6398637
Wait what happens if I cut myself with a kazi brick ?

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>>6399226
Blood, blood...

>>6397440
I still can't find this anywhere. Link?

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honk honk

>>6400138
Thinking of picking this up as my 4th Cobi tank.
I've got the IS-2, Tiger 131 and S-Tank :D

>>6399498
THEY GAVE YOU MORE THAN YOU COULD TAKE AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN ENOUGH

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>>6400241
it's quite nice - comes with side skirts but they look terrible (they don't cover the entire wheel/track part, so feel a bit wasted).

I really wish they'd make a Churchill.

>>6400600
eww, those bright injection marks everywhere.

Is there a way of getting rid of those?

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>>6399731
I forget who the seller is, but do a search for either "GonLei pirates" or (I kid you not) "Joy-Joytown pirates." Chinese sellers have this annoying habit of listing any set having to do with water "Pirates of the Caribbean." I have also seen some sets listed under "Amazing fortune teller."

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Looks like sets from Enlighten's new theme are beginning to pop up on AliExpress. Although it's based on a Chinese classic, it looks awfully similar to their War of Glory theme. I think I'm beginning to suffer from fatigue.

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Found acoupla cool dudes hiding in the Lego box.

>>6400657
You can "get rid" of most by turning bricks/plates so they face inside/bottom.
But it really is the problem with COBI. Still it looks like they're learning as the long bricks have injection points on one of the studs.

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So these sets have been showing up on AliExpress. Looks like a post-apocalyptic/dystopian theme with tactical FPS elements. Does anybody know if it's based on a comic or a video game?

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>>6402925
I dont give a rats ass for military modern warfare but the minifigs look cool

>>6403147
That they do. Note the sleeve on the the black-haired guy in >>6402925; that's a different-colored plastic attached to the flesh forearm.

>>6403147
are these original characters or from some franchise?

I want to know the hook-hand-guy's story, what's with his chest and or shirt.

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>>6403169
>that's a different-colored plastic attached to the flesh forearm
That's if the render is to be trusted.

>>6403174
>I want to know the hook-hand-guy's story, what's with his chest and or shirt.
I would like to find out, too. Looks sort of like Frankenstein's monster. He and the skull mask character are both wired with explosives, so I think they're partners...? Maybe they're being forced to work together or something.

Just curious, is it recommended to use a prepaid card on Aliexpress? I'm looking at a couple of the war of glory sets and unsure if I want to risk it.

>>6403278
Use one if it makes you feel comfortable. I'm pretty sure most people just use a credit card.

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$5.19

Do I /lg/?

>>6403599
I wouldn't. No parts I want.

/lg is that way btw >>6403001

I'm ready to sin. I want some bootlego capeshit, but I don't know what to get.

>>6404211
http://downtheblocks.blogspot.com/ could be good for checking what's available.

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>>6404211

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>>6403220
I wish I have a better camera, but hopefully this is a clear depiction of how the two-part arm is designed.

Can some kind anon tell me about the customs procedure for bootleg Lego? Specifically the customs in germany. I want to get into Lepin&co, but i've ordered chinkshit before and had a hard time paying taxes afterwards.
Anyone here from germany know something about it?
Thanks in advance!

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>>6404287
If he didn't have the beard he'd look just like Carl from that one episode.

>>6404295
Not from Germany but if you buy from Aliexpress the sellers usually mark the package as "free sample" if it's a small packet or appraise it under the actual value so the buyer avoids customs.

>>6404295
As someone who used to deal with shipping product from Burgerstan to international buyers for a living, I will say that what the sender has declared is inside the parcel has a lot to do with what gets taxed. We would occasionally get foreign buyers who would contact CS and ask if we could declare a purchase as a gift on the customs form, because gifts generally are exempt from taxation and other fees. Technically, both buyer and seller could could get into trouble for misrepresenting the contents of a package to avoid paying duties. I'm sure it happens, though. On the flipside, I've received parcels from the Land of Many Chins that have been declared "commercial sample" or something along those lines.

Bottom line: read up on customs declarations on the Deutsche Post website, then contact a seller before they ship your order to see if there's anything they can do to help you. Keep in mind that there's only so much they can do.

>>6404606
>>6404617
Thanks a lot, anons. I guess i play it cool by not ordering the 5000+part sets right off the bat, and see how it works with the small fry. cheers!

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Looking here! It's medieval knight Batman!

This is a knockoff of the minifig from the Dimensions set. I got it for 78 cents, shipping included.

One thing wrong with it is that it wants to fall apart at the waist because of the utility belt piece. It's not so loose that the top falls off if you turn it upside-down, though.

As one might expect, the metallic stuff is hit-and-miss: It looks like they tried to make the helmet pearl grey, which doesn't match the metallic silver printing on the body OR the plain grey (bley?) shoulder piece. The sword is also not metallic, but they did include the trans red things for the sword hilt.

I like it. But then, I have low expectations.

>>6405939
Looks pretty nice, except the off-gray hat that doesn't match anything else.

How does the gray compare to lego bley?

>>6405983
>Lego bley
I have no idea. I have trouble seeing the difference between greys that are at the same saturation level.

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More adventures in toddler-minding tonight. Tried building a palm tree, but help me if Ankyo blocks aren't some of the weakest bricks I've ever built with. I would still rate it somewhere above Best-Lock, but clutch still sucks.

>>6406352
Sorry, posted from phone, not sure what's up with the image rotation.

>>6406352
The bottom leaf on the top/right side looks weird, any chance of more pics of that part?

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My BELA "Space Wars" First Order Tie Fighter came in finally from Ali today (after a fucking month of chasing the seller for a tracking number), threw a couple images together on it during the build.

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>>6408010
Part count ended up being exactly what was needed, with no extra pieces. There was one missing piece however.

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>>6408012
I think the biggest surprise was that they included a brick separator. I've never seen one in a bootleg before. It worked too.

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>>6408015
Figures were actually pretty good, no printing issues. However, one of the pilots was missing a hand. This is easily replaced from my collection.

More disappointing is that the spring-launchers do not work at all in this set, no matter how you attempt to load or fire them. This SUCKS, because in my BELA Hailfire Droid they fire perfectly. Oh well.

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>>6408020
The main "torso" build went fine and came together solidly, except for one problem: the bar that became the left antennae was too thin, and would just fall out of the pin every time.

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>>6408022
I made my own "fix" for that, with a grey half-pin-with-stud, a black round stud, and the thin bar included with the set.

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>>6408025
While I was at it, I made one other addition and snuck a light brick into the back pilot seat, since with the addition of one stud to the driver panel it could be locked in...

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>>6408028
...which gave off some pretty neat red backlight in the cockpit.

With that MOCing out of the way, back to the set itself:

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>>6408030
Wings came together sturdily. I have to say that these sets have come a LONG fucking way from what they used to be. I noticed no difference at all in strength between these and normal Lego, aside from a few "tails" coming up from studs, which were easily ground off by just rubbing the stud against the table once.

>>6408034
The set stands up without issue, and looks just like the normal Lego set would have. Main difference is that I paid $20 on AliExpress for this instead of $70 or whatever the real one cost.

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>>6408037
Captcha ate my picture.

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>>6408039
And last photo on the shelf and with flash.

Overall, this ended up being an excellent buy. The issues were negligible, the set is 99.5% the same as the main Lego one, and it's a fourth of the price. The only complaint was the shipping taking forever and the seller being a stingy fucker about a tracking number that actually worked, but in the end, all is well. Can definitely recommend this one.

>>6408040
That shelf looks distressed

>>6408045
Formerly grandparents' house, it's about as old as they are. Not where it's going permanently, just for now, getting a proper glass case for some of the larger sets/figures in my collection.

Okay, so I recently got my hands on some commie lego. Like, actual, honest to god, made in the soviet union lego. It's.... less than good. Would anyone be interested in pictures?

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>>6409831
Absolutely

>>6409831
Fuck yes.

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[angry spanish in chinese]

>>6410243
I'm no edgelord and not crazy at the game, but I kind of want that

>>6409831
>Okay, so I recently got my hands on some commie lego. Like, actual, honest to god, made in the soviet union lego. It's.... less than good. Would anyone be interested in pictures?
I want to see this yes please

Do you have packaging too?

>>6404582
>If he didn't have the beard
That's an easy fix

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>>6410260
Yep. According to a friend it says something like "truck building toy"

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Here's that commie Lego I promised. It's less than good. I shit you not, these pieces are so badly molded this is probably counts as an illegal build. Minifig for scale.

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>>6410626
Had a bunch of bits left over after making the three trucks so I turned one of them into a MRL. This took three hours due to the low part quality. At several points I had to file down sprues to make the parts fit properly.

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>>6410630
>file down sprues

good christ

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>>6410630
Here's all three of them in front of the box.

>>6410638
Yeah. It's actually pressure from the sprues I left behind that keeps the rockets at that angle instead of just sliding down like they would with the real thing. (There's no connection between them and the truck, and by all rights they ought to just flop down.)

>>6410639
>>6410630
>>6410626
>>6410621
Thanks for posting these anon!

>>6410639
JESUS
THAT QUALITY
IT'S SO BAD
I MIGHT PUKE

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>>6410630
Wow, even Best-Lock is better...

>>6410621
>>6410626
>>6410630
>>6410639
These pictures sort of make me feel thankful that we live in a time when acquiring high quality building block sets from around the world is at our fingertips. I'm sure the child who originally owned that set probably got much enjoyment from it, though. Is there a year printed anywhere on that box, anon? Anything to indicate when it was manufactured?

>>6410775
nope. At least, nothing I can see.

>>6410775
>>6410829
Found it! 1975, apparently. It's weird having a toy older than me.

>>6410839
Where did you even find these?

thanks for posting them by the way.

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>>6369868

>>6410906
No damn clue, they were a present from my dad.

>>6411213
>Box art model differs from posed model
Lol

I think this might be around the same size of the genuine set, when it comes out (will be brick built and not CCBS) but it's funny that china decided to beat TLG to the punch

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>>6411372
On the subject of box art versus actual kit inside...

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>>6411384
Honestly I ain't even mad.

>>6411372
> china decided to beat TLG to the punch

They just made a retarded looking version of Evo's XL Machine with a manji on it.

>>6411405
Oh oops. I didn't pay attention to Hero Factory so I had no clue this was already a knockoff.

>>6411213
>dat swastica

Is Ninjago set in an universe where Japan and nazi germany won the war?

>>6411385
The minifigs actually look better in the finished version than they do on the box.

>>6411555
Not a swastika. Manji was a symbol of peace and luck. Hitler turned it around sideways and changed the meaning, but for China it still has the old one.

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>>6411658
They sure do.

>>6411555
neither, Finland now has flamethrower mechanized ninja infantry.

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>>6411846
A pity they're too little too late to affect the outcome of the Finno-Korean Hyper War.

>>6411663
Even so, it's still a bit of a risky move for Lego to use it. Most people aren't familiar with the symbols origins, and there is bound to be some outcry from some people.

>>6412137
>Lego
That isn't the real set, it isn't even the same build as the real set.

>>6412145
Whoooops

Missed that part, nevermind then.

>>6411384
>>6411385
Ze fuq? That's a Block Tech set on the box. Is that a bootleg Block Tech set? Fucking Block Tech is getting bootegged? What a strange world we live in.

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>>6406366

>>6413459
thanks. Kinda neat.

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>>6413459
That's a Mega Bloks piece originally.

>>6412401
All the shitty bootlego makers seem to steal from each other like crazy.

>>6414016
Yeah, but why Block Tech? Why not someone actually good?

>>6414229
Block Tech probably stole it from somebody else.

>>6411908
What IS this?

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>>6414481
It's history as you've never seen before.

>>6414481
Shitposting. The joke is that lots of nationalists refuse to shut up about past glories, so they made some up for finland and korea.

>>6410243

O man I hope this means we're getting all the heroes, although the ones that require a bunch of new molds might be difficult.

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Damn I wish this was a minifig

So, how does this work? First time using alie express
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Red-Dragon-Knight-Medieval-Castle-Light-Armor-Knight-with-Weapons-Figures-Building-Blocks-Mini-block-Bricks/2945133_32802941138.html
I can really just buy 10 figures for 0.80? Am I missing something? I feel retarded.

>>6416070
never mind, it's not like that. but 8 dollar for 10 is still super cheap no? What's the catch?

>>6416073
The catch is when you choose the free shipping option it can take its sweet time getting to you. I've found that the best option for buying notlegos is to find a store that charges a bit less per fig but for a small shipping fee on top so it basically adds up to what you're paying everywhere else with the free shipping on top. Somehow this equals faster shipping, at least for me, worked all three times I've tried it to date.

>>6416073
>What's the catch?

slow-ass shipping like the other anon said, with a minor possibility that it will never get there at all (happened to me once; Aliexpress processed the refund with no problems, to their credit)

they may be overpriced for the quality you get

may contain chemicals and/or atoms

>>6416148
I'd like to follow up on this and also point out you should never use any battery set from Chinese online stores unless you're alright with starting a small fire and destroying your new set. Chinese made batteries that you get off of these sites are notoriously bad, and have a high failure rate. Plus, you also could risk serious injury by ingesting whatever chemical they've put into the battery, sometimes can be toxic depending on the materials used. They don't follow health and safety standards, and at this point I'm surprised someone hasn't found something in the plastics of these bricks that can kill people.

>>6416083
The one time I bought bootleg minifigs from Ali, I went with free shipping and it arrived in Minnesota in about a week.

>>6416148
>Warning product may contain atoms

>>6416303
There are tons of YouTube videos people who have tried and failed to find anything toxic in China bricks. Also, why the fuck are you eating batteries?

>>6416303
>their batteries sometimes can be toxic depending on the materials used
He he he I like this pasta

>>6416303
without going all into it will murder everything you love territory, I've seen enough stories about garbage knockoff electronics that I wouldn't bother.

by the way, getting replacement parts from aliexpress can involve mailing the item back, which usually costs more than it did in the first place. have fun with that!

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My arms shipment arrived today, I'll have no shortage of various flavours of sniper rifle now heh. The four packets at bottom left were multiples of the sets indicated, three of the four were in gunmetal grey instead of black for some variation.

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>>6417581
I also got that set of minikits with it, in the form of sixteen bags of parts with sixteen instruction pages and one oversized instruction page for the combination build.

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>>6417591
Most of the bags have a number code printed on them that matches with their respective instruction page, I built them in the random order they happened to be stacked.

I was pleasantly surprised to find the tan colour darker than advertised, would've been fine with it but this tone feels more military.

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>>6417619
The variation in vehicles is pretty sweet, as is the level of detail for such small builds. There are a handle of parts that weren't originally Lego, some being MB while others I'm unable to identify.

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>>6417620
Each instruction page has an alternate build on the reverse, shown in every left photo of the pile of parts while the primary build is what I went with every time on the right. A few of the alternates were fairly good but none to me were superior to the primary, understandable as they were likely cobbled together out of principle.

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>>6417622
Overall the parts quality is what one can now expect from notlegos, there were a couple slightly loose pieces and the technic pins for the Chinook-style copter are too tight on the rotors but otherwise everything fits together very well. A couple of the builds are a bit flimsy and would partially collapse of the parts weren't up to snuff, the submarine's front and rear bits don't stay on very well but this is more from design flaw than inferior parts.

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>>6417628
This little series really impressed me and I'm loving these builds overall, I can see potential for large-scale warfare setups with multiples of each (with a few modifications to account for non-lego parts), even wargaming.

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>>6417631
I like the mini builds just a little too much to dismantle them and combine into the railway gun superbuild, I plan on attempting it with my own parts and will share it whenever I get that done. I hope this has been a satisfactory review, kinda regret posting this now as the thread is about capped but it'll be around a few days yet I guess.

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A quick post-script (incidentally hitting the magic 300), found this foursome shrink-wrapped together at Canadian Tire of all places, $20 Cdn. The receipt said I'd saved $50 which was pretty sweet, these haven't been on shelves anywhere here for a couple years now I think but somehow CT had some and was deep-clearancing them hard. Haven't opened any yet but I'm already kinda tempted to go back for a few more and combine them into as much of a castle as I can get the parts for... but I really shouldn't, space around here is already at a premium and I have a keep made out of old MB Dragons parts getting dusty on top of a bookcase, heh.

>>6417640
The two big sets have been repackaged and sold in the US at discount chains for $10-$12 USD each, so that's a good deal. What is Canadian Tire? From the name, it sounds like an automotive parts store or auto service center. I seem to recall they partnered with Mega Bloks for a promotion and sold a completely transparent pickup truck.

>>6418796
They started out automotive and it's still a big part of what they do, they also have a lot of sporting goods, home and garden and now toys I guess, probably cuz this particular Crappy Tire is the largest in the world, gotta fill that second floor with something heh. Nice to know I scored big, just might go back if I can.

>>6365909
Where do you guys get your ww2 stuff?

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>>6418892

Goldhitler's from Enlighten set 1708
The other one's from Duo Le Pin DLP9016.

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It appears Customize Minifigures Intelligence has quietly started another page on Facebook and has posted factory tour photos of Sembo (formerly Sheng Yuan?) and Pogo.

... it's sort of what you would expect to see.

Starting a custom build (hopefully) soon, but I was curious about something: how well do Chinese brands' OD green bricks match up with one another? Are they all different? Do they pair well with Cobi?

>>6424044
Enlighten and Star Diamond are not the same but pretty close. No idea how they match Cobi since I haven't got any.

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Bravo, Cobi. Bravo.

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Got this guy today and put it together right away. One thing I can say about it: It is big. A lot bigger than I expected after seeing the Lego version on the shelf. I expected it to be parts-sparse and rickety and flimsy.

The parts felt sturdy enough and went together smoothly. The figure doesn't crumple under its own weight, which I expected, being completely made out of ball-joints. We'll see how those joints hold up over time, I guess.

At any rate, I declare this a good buy at $11.86 (including shipping).

Pic related, with minifig for scale.

In case anyone asks for sauce:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/KSZ-Star-Wars-Minifigures-Darth-Vader-White-Storm-Trooper-General-Grievous-Figure-Toys-Building-Blocks-Compatible/32687940439.html

>>6426057
I've got the lego version of that and it IS a really cool build.

If you replace the gray bone at the ankle with two shorter ones, it helps poseability quite a bit.

>>6426063
I think you're right.

Speaking of such things: There's a bit in the instructions where if you do it correctly, the legs lose almost all posability and want to cross/hold the feet together.

I found that just leaving out one piece on either side leaves the legs in a much better position, with some motion forwards and back.

Did you find this with the Lego version?

>>6426074
Sorry, I don't recall, it's been a while since I put it together.

but I did end up making a bunch of little tweaks to help articulation, so, possibly.

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Got some more china bootLego to review here, AliExpress has been feeding me cheap stuff.

To start with LELE brings us the "New Phantom Ninja Series Ninjago" blah blah, it's a pirate ship.

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>>6426159
This guy was $3 and some change, free shipping, and is one of a set of four total.

Never understood why Lego hasn't done more small sets like these. I'd have willingly paid $5-$6 for this guy, as he's very comparable to the $6 sets they were putting out back in the 90s, or even a modern day polybag. Instead, China pulls ahead on the neat stuff, like the guard tower and these little pirate scooters.

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>>6426161
Pilot's mustache doesn't come up as high as it should. This doesn't show with his glasses down however, so it's easy to miss.

Otherwise, he seemed fine at first...

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>>6426163
One thing I've definitely liked about some of these seemingly unique China sets at times is the amount of detail involved. Maybe the designs were stolen from places on the internet with better ones? At any rate, the bricks went together well, without any weak connections or leaky pieces.

>>6426165
Bugger me, 150 is the image cap here? That's a lot less than I'm used to, whoops.

When a new thread gets made I'll get the rest of these in.

fuck, I don't have any ideas for a new one.

NEW THREAD

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