Friday, December 1, 2017

Lepin Not Lego Movie Themed Building Set List

The Lepin factories must be working all day and all night to churn out as many Lego bootleg sets as they can.  In this post, I've made a list of all the movie themed building sets that are available right now on Aliexpress.  This all started with the giant 4695 piece Ghostbusters Fire House, and was soon followed by the Simpson's Kwik-E Mart knockoff set.

I'm hoping one day that Lepin will knock-off the other Lego Ghostbusters sets namely the  Ecto-1 21108 set and the newest Lego Ecto-1 and 2 set 75828.

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I'll post pictures of the sets after the list.



Set  DescriptionPieces   Lego Set and Status 
16001Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters 469575827
16002The Lego Movie - MetalBeard's Sea Cow 279170810
16003Wall-E68721303
16004The Simpsons Kwik-E Mart223271016
16005The Simpsons House252371006
16006Pirates of the Caribbean - Black Pearl8044184 - Retired
16007Monster Fighters Haunted House214110228 - Retired
16008Disney Castle408071040
16009Pirates of the Caribbean - Queen Anne's Revenge  11514195 - Retired
16010Lord of the Rings - The Tower of Orthanc  243010237 - Retired
22001   Imperial Flagship171710210 - Retired


Pictures below.
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Lepin 16001 Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters





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Lepin 16002 Lego Movie Metalbeard's Sea Cow


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Lepin 16003 Wall-E

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Lepin 16004 Simpsons Kwik-E Mart

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Lepin 16005 Simpsons House

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Lepin 16006 Pirates of the Caribbean - Black Pearl


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Lepin 16007 Monster Fighters Haunted House


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Lepin 16008 Disney Castle


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Lepin 16009 Pirates of the Caribbean - Queen Anne's Revenge 


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Lepin 16010 Lord of the Rings - Tower of Orthanc 

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Lepin 22001  Imperial Warship

I don't have any of these epic sets in my collection yet.  Maybe one day.  

If you are looking for a list of the Lepin modular buildings, you can find on my blog http://its-not-lego.blogspot.com  here.

Sunday, October 8, 2017

Lepin 05111 Not Lego Jakku Quadjumper Set Review


Welcome! Here is another picture show and review of my latest acquisition, it's the Lepin 05111 Jakku Quadjumper.  This set is a knockoff copy of the Lego Quadjumper 75178 set.


The Jakku Quadjumper was only in the Star Wars VII The Force Awakens movie for a few seconds.  


The Lepin version of the Quadjumper building set has 482 pieces.  Despite it being one of the newer Lepin sets, this one doesn't come in numbered bags.  There's several bags of parts which you have to manually sort through.


The Instruction booklet.


The sticker sheet which I won't be using.



Funny that the instructions are a complete copy of Lego that does have numbered bags.  You can see the ever present orange brick separator in one of the bags.  I have so many of these now.

The Minifigs



The set comes with four Star Wars character minifigures and a BB-8. The faces and hairpieces on the minifigs are kinda yucky,  especially on Finn and Rey.  You might want to consider replacing the minifigures, especially Rey and Finn.

 Side view.

Rear view.

 The alternate faces on Rey and Finn aren't any better.

The Build


The quadjumper build after Step 10.  The fuselage, so to speak.


Step 20.  The landing gear.


Step 30.  The storage compartment.


 Step 40.  Starting the cockpit.


Surprise!, the cockpit canopy glass is actually decent and not scratched or milky.


Step 50.  The Engine exploders installed.


Step 60.  Completing the cockpit.


Step 70.  Closing off the cargo compartment.

It's a double jointed cargo door for easy access. Inside the cargo area, there's room to seat a minifigure and there's also a gun mounted on a pivot.


The completed canopy is also double jointed.  Seating for two.  Not liking the giant gap between the canopy and the ship though.


Lower Engine one completed.


Lower Engine one installed.



Lower Engine two completed.


Lower engine two installed.


A look from the rear.

 Side view.



 Top Engine completed.  Clutch of the dark orange bricks to each other felt a bit loose to me.


Top Engine installed.

 Final engine #4 completed.  I'm short two little light gray 1x1 tiles.  But there are two extra orange 1x1 tiles so I subbed them for use on the engine cladding.



Last engine installed.


Front view of the completed Quadjumper.


 Rear view of the completed ship.

Rear view with cargo door open and view of the gun.


Front view with cockpit exposed.



Minifigs standing next to rear of quadjumper for scale reference.


Some Extra looks



Minifig sits nicely in the cargo area.



 Lower guns pivot outwards.



Cockpit with Finn  and Rey inside.


Canopy closed with minifig inside.


Size comparison of the Jakku Quadjumper to the Resistance X-Wing Fighter (both Lepin models).


Size comparison of the Quadjumper to the First Order Tie Fighter.

The Verdict

I totally enjoyed building the Lepin Quadjumper.  The brick clutch was good for most pieces, except the dark orange pieces that make up the cladding on the upper engines.  Bricks were not scuffed, nor was the canopy.


These were the extra parts leftover from the set, but as I pointed out earlier, I was missing 2 1x1 tiles, not really a big deal.  Probably the most disappointing part of the set was the look of the minifigures.

I would recommend this set to any Star Wars fan who wasn't able to get the original Lego 75178 set.  It's virtually identical except for the minifigures.  I would give this a 4.5 out of 5 rating.

A big thank you to Jeremy, a private seller on Reddit, who sold me this set at a great price.  My set arrived, super quick, in just over two weeks.

Sunday, October 1, 2017

It's Not Lego Modular Town - October 2017




 Hi folks!  It's been awhile since I cleaned up my display of Its-Not-Lego town, so, tada, here it is.  Pictured above are some of my modular buldings (but not all!).  Anyone who is a fan of modulars will already be familiar with many of the buildings.  Let's take a closer look.


Pictured above from left to right:  Hsanhe KFE (heavily modded), Lepin Fire Brigade, Lepin Green Grocer, Lepin Cafe Corner (substantially modded).


Pictured above from left to right:  Cafe Corner again, Hsanhe Fast Food Restaurant (modded), Lepin Town Hall, Hsanhe Convenience store (modded), Lepin Brick Bank.  Underneath the buildings, Lepin Horizon Express and a MOC newspaper stand.


Pictured above from left to right:  Lepin Brick Bank again, Lepin Detective's Office,  Hsanhe Coffee shop (heavily modded), Lepin Friends Pizzeria (heavily modded), MOC flower shop.


Rear view of the MOC flower shop, Lepin Friends Pizzeria, and Hsanhe Coffee shop.

Not pictured:  Lepin Parisian Restaurant modded, Lepin Parisian Restaurant #2 (more modded), Lepin Market Street (totally modded), Hsanhe Apple Store (heavily modded).

Not built yet:  Lepin Palace Cinema, Lepin Pet Shop, Lepin Grand Emporium.

Hope you enjoyed the tour and let me know if you have any questions. Bye for now!