Hello and welcome back to Its-Not-Lego, my blog that reviews the good and bad
of Lego knockoffs and alternate brick brands. In this post, we will be
taking a detailed look at the Bell Boeing V-22 tilt motor airplane building
set.
TL;DR
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Model: Bell Boeing V-22
Set Number: Decool 2113
Number of pieces: 318+
Number of minifigures: 5
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Fake Lego? No.
Missing Parts: Y/ Deformed pieces: N/ Scratched pieces: N
#itsnotlego Rating: 3 out of 5 stars. I wish the plane was bigger.
Intro
I bought my set from Aliexpress in late July and received it about a month
later. There are 9 bags of parts, of which 5 bags belong to the
minifigures. When I ordered the 318 piece set, there was no indication
that 5 minifigures were included, so this was a bonus.
The Build
Ok, let's start building! Although there are number bags for the parts, they don't correspond to the build steps, so I just unpacked all the parts into a pile and then sorted them by colour, more or less.
The aircraft fuselage consists of a cockpit with printed control panel.
There are some additional windows on the side, but the rest of the
interior is quite small. There's rear hatch but I don't think I
can actually fit the other minifigures through it. Brick clutch is good
though. I would like to be able to extend the fuselage and make it
taller so the minifigures will fit inside, but not sure how to do it
yet.
landing gear attached.
Here's a quick peek at the aft section of the plane.
Assembling the tilt motors.
So I ended up getting two plates the same, but they are supposed to be mirrors of each other, so I can't fit it into one of the engines. I don't have a piece like this in my stash, so I'll just leave it off for now.
And with the propellers in upright position. The tilting is simply performed by clicking the hinges up or down.
These are the extra pieces leftover after the build.
Final Pictures and Thoughts
So, in conclusion, I thought this was an ok build. The Decool tilt motor V-22 model is based on Lego's Cargo Heliplane set 60021, but the colour scheme has been changed to dark gray to reflect it's military purpose.
Play value is acceptable with opening hatch and cockpit and tilting motors.
The plane is very swooshable with very good brick clutch for the plane but
not so good for the minifigures. The minifigures are quite detailed
and you get a lot of accessories with them. I find the plane rather small
and not proportioned to minifigure scale, hence me giving it a rating of 3
out of 5 stars.
What did you think of this set? Do you agree or disagree with my
rating? Please feel free to leave your comments below! Thanks
for visiting and see you in my next post. Bye for now!
Update!
The knockoff of the 1636 piece Lego technic version of the V-22 Osprey is
showing up on Aliexpress. This is the version which Lego cancelled.
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