Qiaoletong TS10100-05 Not Lego Security Guard Set Review

Sometimes you need to control access to your brick buildings, so here is a small set that contains a security guard and lift gate.  It's made by this unknown brand called Qiaoletong and has 27 pieces in total.

As you can see I already made some changes to the set.  I thought the security guard face was too tough so I switched to a friendlier face.  

The security guard has a walkie-talkie and a baton to wave traffic through.

The lift gate is black and yellow. I changed the base block also.

The lift gate stays up when you open it.

Here's the other side of the lift gate.

You get a little instruction leaflet.  This is the front.

And this is the back of the instructions.   You also get some stickers but I didn't put them on.

Brand: Qiaoletong

Set:  TS10100-05 Security Guard

Number of pieces: 27

Minifigs: 1

Would I recommend this set?  Yes but it's only worth about a dollar.  Don't pay anymore for it.

Wange 51013 Police Helicopter building block Set Review

Today's block set review is for the Wange 51013 Police Helicopter.  It comes with two and a half mini figures and a total of 206 pieces.  It's a 3 in 1 set which means you can build it 3 different ways.

This is the smallest helicopter brick set that I own.  It's only got room for one mini figure inside it, but they don't have any hatch or opening top to put the figure inside.  I'll talk more about the mini figures later.

The helicopter is white and blue predominately, with a turquoise windscreen.  The chopper blades swivel and flip up.

Here's the bottom view.

And here's the top view.

It comes with two ladders on the side and a searchlight on the bottom.  It also has a side mounted camera on the left side of the unit.  There are three printed pieces, the nose says Police, the tail says 03 and the cockpit instrumentation.

The set also comes with a mini car and an Indiana Jones like figure, don't ask me why.

You get a police officer and half a pilot. Yes, only the top half, although they could have given you the whole figure.  Pretty pointless.

Here's the two main figures.  The torsos are nicely detailed on both of them.

The figures are not lego compatible.  Their heads are square and the legs are molded differently.  

Plain backside of the police figure.

Side view of the Wange mini figure.

Here's the police figure in relation to the helicopter.

This is the version of the model that I built.

You can also build it as a police plane.

The third model is some kind of police snowmobile I would guess.

They give you a lot of spare parts to build the three different models.

Here's how the front of the instruction manual looks like.

I don't think this set is a knockoff of a Lego set because I couldn't find any Lego police helicopters that look like this model.  Build quality is decent enough.

Brand: Wange

Set: 51013 Police Helicopter

Number of pieces: 206

Mini figures: 2 and a half.

Would I recommend this set?  Yes, except for the mini figures.

 

Wange brand 32052 Villa Building Block set review (not Lego)

 Horrible, just horrible.  That's how I feel about this Wange Villa set number 32052.

Here's the instruction manual.

The manual and the 458 pieces.

The base plate is really flimsy and the house won't stay on it.

The bricks won't stay together very well, especially the roof tiles.

See how crappy the roof looks?

I don't like how yellow the bricks are either. I was hoping that they might be more of a tan colour.

The two gray cylinder poles are useless.

Definitely not impressed.

I didn't either bother finishing the set.  I'll probably tear the villa down and reuse the pieces somehow.

Here's the other villas in the Wange Creation series. There's a total of six buildings.  I ordered two other villas from this series around the same time, so I guess I'm stuck with them.  I don't recommend these Wange villa buildings unless you have too much hair or really want to test your patience.

Brand: Wange

Series: Creation Villa

Set: 32052

Number of pieces: 458

Would I recommend this set?  No way. Save your money.