Gudi 9209 Not Lego Fire Fighting Truck Set Review

I had a good laugh when I opened my latest Its Not Lego brick package.  The Gudi 9209 Fire Truck manual almost seems to encourage arson, because it's called Light A Fire Truck.  Maybe you drive this truck around and set fires instead of extinguishing them.

I bought this small set from Aliexpress for around $5 USD.  It has 156 pieces and is recommended for children ages 6 and older.  This will be my second Gudi brand building block set.

My first Gudi building set was the Police pickup which I reviewed here.

In this set, you get a small instruction booklet, a sticker sheet, one fireman minifigure, a brush fire and a fire truck.

The Gudi Fire truck has a water cannon mounted on top.

I like that this truck is 6 studs wide so there's a nice sense of proportion.  If you recall the Gudi Police pickup truck didn't look right being only 4 studs wide.

The fire truck has lots of play features.  The top mounted water cannon rotates 360 degrees and can be positioned up and down.  There are opening doors on both sides of the truck for easy access to equipment.

The rear door of the truck swings up for more play value.  Here's the door in closed position.

And here it is in the open position.

There are hooks on either side to hang two fire extinguishers that are included with the set.  Inside the truck there's a steering wheel and a seat for the driver.

Overall, the brick quality and clutch is identical to Lego.  The truck rolls well and all the pieces fit together without any issue.  There were no missing parts.  

This is one set that Its Not Lego can recommend for it's play value, quality and price.

Brand: Gudi

Model: 9209 Fire Truck

Number of pieces: 156

Price paid: $4.99 USD, free shipping from Aliexpress

Gudi 9306 Not Lego Police Pickup Truck Set Review

Today's set review is the Gudi 9306 Police Pickup set.  It comes with a police offroad vehicle and a policeman minifigure.  There are 84 pieces in this set.

Here's how the contents of my package. It has two bags, one manual and one sticker sheet.

All the pieces from the two bags.

The police man minifigure already came assembled so all I had to do was put together was the police truck.

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The bricks are comparable to Lego quality and I didn't have any missing pieces from the set.

The build design was not as sophisticated as Lego builds.  There were a lot of same pieces to be stuck together, especially the pieces making up the truck chassis.

I find the truck to be a bit on the narrow side.  I think it would have looked better if it was six studs wide instead of 4 studs.

I only paid $3.60 USD for this set, but I wouldn't pay any more for this set. It's not really that special.

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Sluban M38-B0563 Not Lego Scooter Courier Set Review

At 28 pieces, this is probably the smallest building set that Sluban puts out.  Set M38-B0563 basically has one minifigure and one scooter and that's it.  The price of this fancy set is a whopping $1.52 USD shipped for free.  The postage probably costs more than this set.

My set arrived in a small plastic bag.  Inside was another transparent bag with the parts, instruction sheet and stickers.  I've been pretty pleased with the quality of the recent Sluban building sets. Clutch is good and the bricks look to be clean.

The Sluban delivery guy looks happy to be freed from all that plastic.

His scooter is still attached to the plastic sprue.

These are the main scooter pieces.

The delivery guy is happy to see his new ride assembled.

Here's our courier going out on his first delivery.

This guy looks like he's having too much fun.  I like that the Sluban minifigures can be easily posable, including their heads.

Ok quit smiling, we're not gonna pay you that much.

And off he goes!  See you!

Almost forgot to show you the sticker sheet.  One of the packages he would be delivering is the Sluban M38-B0555 construction crane set!

Brand: Sluban
Model: M38-B0563 Scooter Courier
Number of pieces: 28