Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Lepin Not Lego Star Wars Set List - 2016

Back in June 2016, I prepared a list of the many Modular buildings that Lepin has mass produced. Since that time, Aliexpress has been flooded with Lepin Star Wars sets that are complete knock-offs of the Lego sets.  I can't understand how Lepin can quickly bootleg so many of the  large Lego sets, even the ones that have just come out for 2016.

Of course Lepin can't use the trademarked Star Wars name, so they have called their series Star Wnrs. Anyways, I was searching for a list of all the Lepin Star Wnrs sets on the Internet but couldn't find one, so I've compiled this list of all the ones that I know of here.




Set     Description Pieces   Lego Set  
05001   Rey's Speeder 206 75099
05002   First Order Snowspeeder   466 75100
05003   First Order Transporter 845 75103
05004   Poe's X-wing 748 75102
05005   First Order TIE Fighter 562 75101
 
05006   Kylo Ren's Shuttle 1053 75104
05007   Millenium Falcon 1381 75105
05008   Sith Infiltrator 698 75096
05009   Battle on Takodana 438 75139
05010   Resistance Troop Transporter   678 75140
 
05011 - 05016   Microfighters Sets 75028 - 75033
05017   Resistance Troop Battle Pack   136 75131
05018   Rebel Alliance Battle Pack 115 75133
05019   Galactic Empire Battle Pack 134 75134
05020   Obi Wan's Jedi Interceptor 222 75135
 
05021   Droid Escape Pod 219 75136
05022   Carbonite Freezing Chamber 253 75137
05023   Hoth Attack 257 75138
05024   Kanan's Speeder Bike 251 75141
05025   Homing Spider Droid 320 75016
 
05026   Death Star 3449 10188
05027   Imperial Star Destroyer 3250 75055
05028   Super Star Destroyer 3028 10221
05029   Resistance X-wing Fighter 740 75149
05030   Vader's TIE Fighter Vs. A-Wing   722 75150
 
05031   Clone Turbo Tank 933 75151
05032   Captain Rex's AT-TE 1022 75157
05033   UCS Millenium Falcon 5265 10179
05035   Death Star II 3803 10143
05038   Sandcrawler 3346 75059
05047   Ewok Village 1990 10236


Pictures below.


Lepin 05001
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Lepin 05011 - Lepin 05016
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I only have a few of the Lepin Star Wars sets, and the one I am saving up for is the Lepin Sandcrawler.   I can attest that the quality of the sets is comparable to Lego, however the minifigures in some of the earlier sets, like Rey's Speeder, Poe's X-wing, the Millenium Falcon and the Resistance Troop Transporter, were inferior to  the Lego versions.

Please note that bootleg brand Bela has also copied a handful of the Lego Star Wars sets under the name Space Wars.  You can find that list here.

Saturday, October 15, 2016

Not Lego Deals on Aliexpress


From time to time, I get asked how much I paid for a bootleg Lego set or where I got it from.  Well, I can say that most of purchases are from either Aliexpress or Ebay.  But these days, bootleg brick sets are getting harder to find on Ebay, so I check Aliexpress more often for the latest sets.

Once in awhile, as I'm looking at the newest listings, I can't believe some of the incredibly low prices that are displayed for some sets.   Sometimes I think the seller may do it deliberately to reel in potential buyers to their store, so they offer a really low price for a limited time and then jack up the price after a few sales or days.  Other times, new sellers don't realize that they've completely mis-priced their offerings, maybe due to foreign exchange rates and whatnot.

In any case, these deals are too good to pass up, but sadly I can't buy everything I see.  I'm sure that there are a lot of people out there also looking for a great deal on bootleg brick sets.  Which is why I decided to publish a new blog called altbrickdeals.blogspot.com.  Whenever I come across a really good building block set or minifigure deal, I will post a screenshot of the item and put a link to it.   Hopefully, some of you can take advantage of the deals I find.

Please be reminded that I'm not affiliated in any way to Aliexpress or the sellers stores.  I cannot vouch for the item quality or how long the deals will remain in effect, so please do use your own diligence and research before making any purchases.

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Hsanhe 6410-2 Not Lego Seven Convenience Store (7-11) Set Review


No modular town is complete unless you have a Seven convenience store.  Notice that Hsanhe  called it Seven, and not Seven-Eleven and that the logo is just a bit different.  This is one of the six small modular buildings in the Mini Street series.  There are 208 pieces in this set.


The Seven convenience store comes with a large sheet of instructions that is double sided.  You also get a small sticker sheet for the building logos.  This little modular is very easy to build and the clutch is excellent.  It will integrate well with your existing Lego or alternate Lego brick sets.


This building comes with two mini-figures, just like the rest of the other Hsanhe sets.  You always get one male and one female minifigure.  In this set we have a male employee and a female customer.


This set comes with a green recycle bin and a small light stand in the front of the store.  I found the light too small and chose not to include it here.  In the manufacturer's picture at the top, you can see the little light.  Instead I chose to put a trash can in it's place .

Here's the interior of the Seven shop.  You enter through the center door which has an air conditioner above it.  Hanging from the ceiling are two pendant lights. There is a counter with some product and a small cash register.  Behind the counter is another shelf with stuff.

There are even more items for sale on the other side of the shop. The shelves are jam packed with stuff.  Looks like they have fully restocked the merchandise.

There's so much stuff, that there's hardly any room to move.  Behind the counter there's even stuff on the floor.

So the owner of the Seven store just hired a new employee, and on his first day at work, he's getting robbed!

I think it is a very dangerous job to be a convenience store clerk, especially at night.  This robber is actually pointing a gun at the poor store employee.   Just give him the cash and hope he goes away.

I added a security camera (doesn't come with this set) for situations like this.  Sadly, the robber is a masked bandit (head courtesy of Batman Bane minifig), so I don't think any arrest will be made.  Just hope the poor store employee did not get harmed.



Finally, just some pictures of the Hsanhe convenience store next to some other modular buildings. I have some 16x32 baseplates coming in the mail. I plan on expanding and making the Seven store a full modular building like the KFE building next door.   I will also put a second storey on it in the near future.

Brand: Hsanhe
Series: Mini Street
Model: 6410-2 Seven Convenience store
Number of pieces: 208 plus two minifigures
Price paid: about $7 CDN, free shipping, Aliexpress.

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