Hello brick fans!
I bought a bootlego replica of the Lego 60290 Skatepark set from Aliexpress and I'm here to tell you all about it today!
Here's the set details:
Set Name and Number: Lari 60053 Skatepark
Replica of: Lego 60290 Skatepark
Number of pieces: 217 pieces
Minifigures: 4 of them
Stickers: Yes
Printed Pieces: Yes
Numbered bags: Yes but they don't correspond to the building instructions.
Price paid: $13.91 CDN or about $10.24 USD
I ordered the Skatepark set from a store called China Iwonders Store on Aliexpress. I've never seen this particular clone of the Lego Skatepark set 60290 on Aliexpress before, and the price of about $14 CDN was fairly decent So I decided to take the plunge.
I bought the set on March 28 and it was immediately shipped, with subsequent delivery to my porch in a mere 11 days.
Here's the packaged building block set with the 16 page instruction booklet.
This sticker sheet was taped to one of the pages inside the manual.
I found four bags of parts and one of the newer baseplates. The bags are numbered 1 thru 4 but I soon discovered that the parts of bag 1 did not correspond to the steps in the instruction manual.
Since there are only 217pcs in the set, I just opened up all of the parts bags and dumped them on the table.
Here's all of the minifigure parts I picked out from the pile.
And here all all of the printed pieces, consisting of 6 soda/pop can lids, a cell phone and several signs for the fictional product Vita Rush.
There are a total of 4 minifigures that come with the Skatepark set. There's a female who looks to be the product marketing rep for Vita Rush, and a young lady with a purple skateboard and matching helmet. The hair is part of the helmet and she doesn't get any extra hairpiece. She does however have an alternate face.
The other two minifigures are male, with the younger lad riding a bmx style bike and the older guy in a wheelchair. Both minifigs are wearing bike helmets and they don't have any additional hairpieces either.
Here's the back printing on all four of the minifigures.
Accessories for the Skatepark set include this baseplate and some ramp pieces. It's up to you how you want to arrange the equipment on the baseplate.
More ramps and guard rails to keep the atheletes busy.
This offroad vehicle is included in the set and it's probably used by the marketing rep to travel to all of the different events. There are a couple of pylons with flags to promote the Vita Rush product. Also included in the set is a small palm tree.
Regarding the quality of the bricks, I found them to be overly plasticy with that feeling that maybe Lari cheaped out on the type of plastic used to mold this set, and their clutch was a bit tighter than I would have liked. It's an easy set to build for the younger crowd but I think they will have fun creating new adventures in the skatepark.
I was going to add a link to the store on Aliexpress, but unfortunately, it looks like all of the products in the store have been removed. A search for this copycat Skatepark in the Building blocks section of Aliexpress only yielded this result, which looks like customized version of the newer Lego 60364 Skatepark set.
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DkA2i1x
Maybe the fakelego clone of the Lego 60290 Skatepark set will reappear in a few weeks time, who knows? Hope you've enjoyed this quick look and review of the Lari 60053 Skatepark building block set! Thanks and see you next time!
