Hsanhe 6853 Not Lego Tanker Truck Set Review

Hey boot Lego fans!  Welcome back to Its Not Lego.  I finally got a Hsanhe tanker truck to go with my Lepin Gas Station 02047.  This set number is 6853 and consists of 250 pieces.  It's my first Hsanhe set that isn't a modular building. I guess they are branching out with their set offerings.

This tanker truck bears a striking similarity to the Lego City Tanker truck 60016, especially in style and colour scheme, but I discovered after building the Hsanhe version, the pieces that make up the tank differ from the Lego version.  

I got my set from Aliexpress and it arrived in about 3 weeks.   The instructions to build the tanker truck are printed on a large two sided folded sheet.

There are five bags of parts and a small sticker sheet, but nary an Octan logo to be found.

Time to start building!

Making good progress after completing the steps on the first page.

And here's the finished product.  The clutch on the bricks is excellent.  This thing feels solid.  

This near copy of the Lego set even includes a gas pump but the Lego version has a wheel on the pump where it's been replaced by what looks to be a fire extinguisher in the Hsanhe set.  

I'm not really impressed with the minifigure.  The leg portion doesn't match the body.  That's probably why the minifig is scowling.  Of all the Hsanhe sets I've built, this is the worst minifigure.

Another peeve of mine is tanker cab's cloudy windshield.

No issues though with the rear of the truck and attached ladder.

A view of the right side.

Overhead shot.

On the Lego tank truck there's a hose and spool on the left side, but  on the Hsanhe version it's been replaced by a storage compartment.

Also the last difference is that the Lego truck has white coloured mirrors vs the Hsanhe silver mirrors.

Here's the Hsanhe tank truck pulling up to the Lepin gas station to make a delivery.

The Hsanhe tanker truck is a nice addition to my Its-Not-Lego town.  It's a solid build and looks great.  The misses are the cloudy windshield and the sad looking minifigure.   Thanks for visiting and see you next time!

Lepin 15039 Not Lego Roller Coaster Set Review - Part Two

Hey there!  Sorry it took so long to post my build of the Lepin Roller Coaster 15039.  I bought the set from Shenzhen China (see more about that here) during my vacation to Hong Kong.  After the trip I got sick for a couple of weeks and then I got busy with other things and then just took my time on the build.  

Anyways, here's the pics. Warning!  This is a massive picture dump, so I hope you have some decent internet speed.

Here's the goods, lots of parts bags and the huge raggedy manual.

The sticker sheet looks pretty good, although I haven't applied any of them yet.

Just a glance at the manual, the instructions are probably lifted directly from the Lego version.

Good assortment of minifigs.  The yellow and blue ones have Lepin logo on their back.

The popcorn vendor.

No wonder it took so long to build the roller coaster, there's only a small crew working on it.

This black piece wouldn't fit into the studs, but luckily I had another piece to replace it with.

The gears are really problematic on this set.  Especially the ones in the middle of the pic, and there's three sets of them.   They don't turn very well at all.

Same two guys now working on the other side of the roller coaster.

Almost all done with the signage.

A sudden realization, that this thing is huge.  It's pretty much occupying my whole build table.   Not sure where I'm going to put it after I'm done building it.

A couple of track pieces need to be hoisted in using the Tower crane.

Unfortunately, one of the workers took a tumble, but Emergency services responded right away.  Let's hope he makes a full recovery.

This set comes with a ticket booth and a concession stand.   After building it the first time, I decided to remove the booths.  I mean who eats ice cream and stuff right before you get onto the roller coaster?

Almost done!   Just need to attach the last few pieces of track and hook up the chain.

Big opening day crowds.

Go see the clown to get your tickets.

I moved the height check to the coaster entrance.  It was originally near the steps leading up to the waiting platform.  I figured by that time you had already bought your tickets for the ride that it would suck if you failed to meet the height requirements.  In my build, you would check your height before buying the tickets, to avoid being disappointed.   In the above pic, the roller coaster staff (dressed up as a unicorn), would check to make sure you were tall enough to go on the ride.  If you pass, she opens the gate to let you in.   The brown refuse bin is for patrons to toss out all their food and drink before getting on the roller coaster.

Woo!   Actually my Lepin coaster cars don't glide so easily on the track.

Here's a couple of roller coaster employees showing up for work.

All employees have to wear costumes.  Here are a couple of them in panda bear outfits.  The waiting girl is not impressed.

Heard some strange sounds coming from the gears, maintenance crew going to check it out now.

Another staff member shows up to help with the crowds.  Walkie-talkies let staff give each other help and status.   I put in some yellow barriers to direct patrons back out after riding the roller coaster.  The old way let too many people sneak back in for free.

 There you have it, my Lepin roller coaster build.   I had to rebuild parts of the roller coaster a couple of times because some parts would fall off, especially the gears under the platform where to get on and off.  Some pillars would not stay together so I used longer technic pins through the centers.

At this point I can manually crank the driveshaft and it will drive the chain to move the coaster cars up the track, just not smoothly.  The wheels at the top turn and help to move the cars along, but I think they are the major source of friction on the drivetrain.  In future, I might replace the gears, but for now the Lepin Roller Coaster still makes a nice display model. 

Thanks for spending the time to look at all the pics!  If you have any questions or comments please leave them below.

Set:  Lepin Roller Coaster
Model:  15039
Lego set: 10261 copy
Number of pieces: 4619
Number of minifigures: 11 (construction workers, mascot staff and and extra patrons not included)

My rating score:  3 out of 5 - some parts needed replacing, doesn't function like the real Lego set.  Displays ok though.