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Monday, May 30, 2016

Lepin Not Lego Modular Buildings List - 2016

Earlier this year, I heard a rumour that Lepin would be copying the original Lego modular building sets. Certainly that was an ambitious plan, even for a bootleg company. Then, around the end of April 2016, images of the Lego Brick Bank set 10251 surfaced, but with Lepin logo in place of Lego.
Then, in May, Asian brick forums started to buzz with actual Lepin set pictures and reviews.

For the most part, the Lepin set is about 98% accurate with some minor changes on a few bricks and minifigure hair. There have been some reports about missing pieces.

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The Lepin Creators set 15001 Brick Bank, 2413 pieces

The Lego Brick Bank set currently retails for $219.99 CDN, $169.99 USD. On Aliexpress, you can find the clone set for under $70 USD or $90 CDN. That price includes shipping via DHL. That's about one third of the Lego retail price. Use the Search function on Aliexpress and look for "Lepin 15001" to check availability and pricing.

Update Jan 24, 2017: I've made a list of the cheapest Lepin Modular building sets on my blog post here.

Here are the Lego modular sets that have been copied by Lepin that are currently for sale on Aliexpress. So far, there are 14 sets that have been made or scheduled to be released. In terms of pricing, the following Lepin sets can be bought for under $100 CDN shipped: Brick Bank, Cafe Corner, Fire Brigade, Market Street, and Green Grocer. The rest of the sets are about $120 CDN and above.

Lepin #	Name	Lego # and Status

15001	Brick Bank	10251
15002	Cafe Corner	10182 - Retired
15003	Town Hall	10224 - Retired
15004	Fire Brigade	10197 - Retired
15005	Grand Emporium	10211 - Retired
15006	Palace Cinema	10232
15007	Market Street	10190 - Retired
15008	Green Grocer	10185 - Retired
15009	Pet Shop	10218
15010	Parisian Restaurant	10243
15011	Detective's Office	10246
15012	Ferris Wheel	10247
15013	Grand Carousel	10196 - Retired
15019	Assembly Square	10255

I probably won't be getting the Lepin 15007 Market Street, just because it doesn't look like that interesting a build. If the price of this set drops below $50 CDN, I might pick it up for it's parts.
I'm also not that into the 15012 Ferris Wheel or the 15013 Grand Carousel.

That makes ten modulars that I want. I only want to pay on average $80 CDN for each, so I'm looking to shell out about $800 CDN. Wow, I guess I will have to live on instant noodles, TV dinners and Mac and Cheese for awhile.

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Here are some of the pictures I found on Aliexpress.

Lepin 15002 Cafe Corner, 2133 pieces

Lepin 15003 Town Hall, 2859 pieces

Lepin 15004 Fire Brigade, 2313 pieces

Lepin 15005 Grand Emporium, 2182 pieces

Lepin 15006 Palace Cinema, 2354 pieces

Lepin 15007 Market Street, 1275 pieces

Lepin 15008 Green Grocer, 2462 pieces

Lepin 15009 Pet Shop, 2082 pieces

Lepin 15010 Parisian Restaurant, 2418 pieces

Lepin 15011 Detective's Office, 2262 pieces

Lepin 15012 Ferris Wheel, 2478 pieces

Lepin 15013 Grand Carousel, 3263 pieces

Lepin 15019 Assembly Square, 4002 pieces

I decided to order a couple of the sets to review their quality. Look for a future post in which I review one of the modular sets by Lepin.

Aug 20th Update:

My Lepin modular build reviews can be found here:

15002 Cafe Corner, built June 2016

15003 Town Hall , built July 2016

15004 Fire Brigade, built August 2016

15010 Parisian Restaurant, built September 2016

15011 Detective's Office, built October 2016

Nov 28 Update:

I created a new set list of Lepin Movie themed building sets and have moved the Ghostbusters and Simpsons buildings there.

More set reviews to come! As always, thanks for visiting Its Not Lego and See you next time!

Friday, May 6, 2016

Bela Not Lego Urban Arctic Set List - 2016

Lego retired the original City Arctic series in 2015 after a very short run of only a few months. Consequently, the seven Arctic sets are very hard to find and very expensive on the secondary market.

Bela brand has cloned these sets in their series called Urban Arctic and can now be had for a fraction of Lego's original price.

Set: 10443 Arctic Icebreaker

760 pieces

clone of Lego 60062

Set: 10438 Arctic Helicrane

273 pieces

clone of Lego 60034

Set: 10437 Arctic Snowmobile

50 pieces

clone of Lego 60032

Set: 10440 Arctic Outpost

394 pieces

clone of Lego 60035

Set: 10438 Arctic Ice Crawler

119 pieces

clone of Lego 60033

Set: 10441 Arctic Supply Plane

391 pieces

clone of Lego 60064

Set: 10442 Arctic Base Camp

783 pieces

clone of Lego 60036

Friday, April 1, 2016

Leyi 3810 Not Lego Star Wars Snowspeeder Set Review

While searching for X-wing bootleg lego on Ali Express last month, I happened to come across this Star Wars Snowspeeder knockoff. It's made from a little known bootleg bricks company called Leyi.

The Star Series is their version of Star Wars and features about five or six different spaceships, some loosely based on Lego design, such as an X-wing fighter and others of their own designs.

There are 178 pieces to this set according to the skimpy two sided instruction sheet pictured below.

You get a sticker sheet for the snowspeeder which I've not yet applied.

It comes with a fairly generic figure with space suit and bike helmet. The pilot's visor is a bright orange.

It's a tight squeeze for the pilot figure and the canopy just closes snugly on top of the pilot's head if you lift both arms up.

The Leyi Snowspeeder model 3810 most closely resembles the Lego Snowspeeder set 4500, however this model does not have the rear winch. Build-wise I would say this bootleg ship is closer to Lego's 7130 Snowspeeder set.

The front and rear canopies can be opened, but there isn't any other interior features to this ship. No seats or controls. Braking flaps move but are loose.