Exposing Dishonest FAKE LEGO Sellers! (Online LEGO Scams)
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In this video, I examine multiple dishonest and manipulative Fake LEGO Minifigures listings on eBay and explain how YOU can identify whether the LEGO Minifigures being sold are FAKE or REAL! Watch this entire video to learn about how to protect yourself from being scammed into believing misleading claims by FAKE LEGO sellers!
Fake LEGO Sellers typically focus on these LEGO Set themes:
LEGO Ninjago Minifigures
LEGO Super Heroes Minifigures ( Marvel and DC )
LEGO Star Wars Minifigures
Keep in mind official LEGO Minifigures are usually worth at least $2-$3. If the price seems too cheap, (Ex: 20 LEGO Minifigures for only $22) they are probably fake LEGO minifigures.
Around movie releases, be even more careful. Fake LEGO Marvel Avengers minifigures were everywhere when it was released.
Be careful buying fake LEGO. It can be dangerous and misleading. Buy fake LEGO at your own risk.
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I feel as if a fake seller is watching this and taking your tips..
Plot twist: I’m selling a ninjago set that’s called Ninjano newbies at sittingjitzu for 1.99 with terribly printed figs
*U*
Hephaestus
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@@ElectricPeaPlayz I feel like you're a fake LEGO seller
@@professionalnoob2688 pretty lazy assumption
@@master9x3r4n_2 how?
I saw a listing that was from a US seller, and said “It’s LEGO, but doesn’t have the LEGO logo.” I reported him, for false advertising
Yo good job
Good job
Thank you for doing some eBay cleaning
Maybe it was just some kid that was super confused about it
@@ScottTice1971 May be a good idea to follow eBay guidelines of being 18 then
Friend: Why do you throw away fake LEGO minifigures in the recycle bin, but keep the weapons?
Me: You wouldn't get it.
lol true
I DO THE EXACT SAME THING LMAO
i only buy fake legos and keep accesories and sometimes police man cus they look better sometimes
There is actual proper custom weapons out there, use them for my lego swat
Idiots, don't give scammers money
When it comes to buying Lego from eBay, if its minifigures just get them from bricklink, I tend to look for real pictures, and always *always* read the description.
Lego : releases a good ninjago set with great minifigs
China copy the minifigs and add a dinosaur
Lol that’s so true
Yeşil Ninja Lloyd Dine-saw! Grrr!
@@dombomb64 turkish??
Yeşil Ninja Lloyd LOL
For a third of the price 🤣
I think these are just things to buy for kids who are obsessed with legos to have more characters to play with and make pretend with.
Exactly I got them for my 6 year old sister and she loved them. Kids like to play not collect
@@thierryhandry373 Yeah.
I'll be honest, I buy fake lego sets because it's cheap and some alixpress sets are from moc builders and buying instructions and parts from bricklink can cost alot and some sets that are 500 cost about 120 on fake sellers with parts and instructions. I do understand I should support the moc builder but still cheaper.
I buy fake sets because they are usually harder to get, like the star wars ghost ship that is official lego is crazy expensive because it's old, but on aliexpress I can find one with parts and instructions for about 50 bucks.
@@Equalsundew Or that too.
The reason they are weirdly named is because they try to get the listings out as far as possible
That's why you should buy on Bricklink. If a seller gets 5 complaints on Bricklink they are permanently banned.
Ye but was my package lost at sea coz I ordered a minifig from bricklinck and I never came😭
Not to mention, obvious D.C. heroes mixed in with the "Marvel" listing.
All of those dislikes came from these fake sellers.
It is clear that they are not real, you just have to look at that "Chokun"
Lol so true
What’s chokun
@@Prozakc.O its a constrictai warrior
Look at superman’s head 9:33
(Count Dooku voice) I've been looking forward to this.
Sheev Palpatine: Good Good Good
BUY it Buy it now
@@TDK_JK I shouldn't, they are not original legos
@@richiboy6546 Yea ik i really just wanted to say that line really bad
@@TDK_JK I shouldn't it is not the Lego way.
@@facelessphoenix6123 Dewit
I like to think that the sales are from parents buying cheap legos for there son, and not taking enough research to prove they're real
Son or daughter
Honestly when it comes to mini figs unless I find real ones in real life at a collectible store near my house then I’ll just buy the sets you get more value not only the figure but customisable bits and a cool vehicle or building too
I bought these before just because I didn't care if they were real, so long as they looked good enough for my mocs.
Agreed buddy! Some of the fakes are actually really good
I agree
I once bought a nockoff lego bigfig at a mall it fell apart in like 3 days
@Liam Roberts because I was young and didnt know any better and it would have been my first big fig
knockoffs are bad but they chip apart not fall apart
did you take it back and get your money back if you didn’t then you should of
Uno! Uno!
Liam Roberts it was fake
Thanks for looking out for us!
Your a great person!!!
😊👊
All I know is that if a “LEGO” mini figure is under four dollars each, it’s prb fake
Frost Bytes or mighty micros
Actually there’s some people who sell custom things
There's plenty of real lego minifigures that go for $2 if you know where to look
also star wars battle droids are pretty cheap
Another giveaway can be to check what they're selling. If it's some weird combination like hardware and clothes it's definitely sketchy.
Obviously private people use sites like Ebay too, and should be excepted from this rule.
could also be some general second hand store, which in fact sometimes don't know what their stuff is really worth. But overall if somebody sells a specific minifig (or a group of them), they'll ALWAYS know at least some of the value - they might mistake a 50$ fig for a similar 3$ fig, but never under 1$. Combining the cheapest four parts (blue pants, some "racing" torso, 90s sunglasses head and a black knit cap) from my inventory would still result in a 1,20€ fig.
One thing I DO like about knockoff figures is there are some hilariously weird ones lol. The weirder they are the more I want them. Also, one question, ABSOLUTELY everything Lego makes (down to the 1x1) says Lego on it. But not the figures, why???
Nils Nyman I’m pretty sure the figures have it but in hard to notice places (the other side of the arms and the top of the neck and the inside of the stud hole on the head)
@@liamkavanagh4150 And between the studs for the legs. Also every printed torso must have that mark on the neck (it's required for assembly). However between around 1990 and 2010 Lego used heads with an open stud; those in fact did not have any mark.
I have actually seen a lot of these Fake Minifigures showing up at comicons and other conventions. I was surprised that many of the sellers would argue that they are actual Lego. Though once I point out the non Lego Stamped components, they change their tone. Though it does not stop them from selling.
One time, I went to a Flea Market and there was a guy selling LEGO Minifigures, what the seller told me was that the figures were customs as they had a more lot design than your average minifigure
The moment he said those bikes were fake they popped up on my eBay 😂
Hi SpitBrix, I wish you could do a second series of buying a cursed Lego brick, it was fun seeing you discuss about it, I watched your channel for about 4 months now and I enjoy your content very much
I think a lot of these knock-off sellers have dozens of accounts to buy from themselves to help up their legitimacy. Get all those sales under an account and suddenly you look reputable.
a dead giveaway is the fact that there are marvel Minifigures with dc minifigures in the same set
True
This is extremely sad. It's very rare to find Lego minifigures, especially Ninjago minifigures in my country. So more than often I have to order online.
Thank you for spreading this message.
And another amazing video! Also please stay safe and wash your hands!
What country are you in?
Thanks
You got it
I actually Hate when that happens...
I Hate Knock Off Lego too...
That's why I Check More than 10 times before buying
@@SpitBrix yes and I'm starting to know how to differentiate between Real Lego and Fake Lego 😸
@@Deby_Bumblebee but the people who sell them make that bag
But sometimes people cannot afford the official ver.of lego as well
It makes me very angry how anyone could make lego or even anything fake, now every time I shop online, I’m afraid everything is fake
Yet they can’t sit down
I didn’t noticed this when I got it but I got a fake Darth Vader and his head was glued on
Darth Vader falls to his knees:
“NOOOO!!”
While I do not support fakes, however, it's true LEGO priced their minifigures way too expensive.
Let's compare them to hotwheels. For hotwheels, they are made up of metal and plastic parts, together with licensing of the various car brands. They also have top designers designing new castings. It's also bigger than LEGO minifigure in 1:64 scale. Their cost in the US? $0.94 at walmart (I don't live in the US so I do not know the exact pricing. But, a mainline typically cost $0.94)
Meanwhile, LEGO also have designers designing the minifigure, however, they are all plastic AND no bigger than a hotwheels car. Their cost? $3.49 to $4.99.
I don't really justify the price point of minifigures. Yes, I understand there's a gold chase Mr Gold that can go up to $100. However, hotwheels have chases as well (Known as super treasure hunts), and depending on the model, some go as high as $200. I do like LEGO, however, I find myself collecting more die-cast these days...
P.S Plastic cost way cheaper than metal.
The reason they are so oddly named is because those are tags. So when people search up “infinity” those listings will appear
I think there are two schools of thought here. 1) You have the shameless knock offs where they are just like existing products. That's wrong. Whereas 2) you can get figures that aren't knock offs but rather figures that have been customized that aren't based on existing sets. I feel like there is a separate place for those (Brickmania for example).
I have ordered a few of the fake Lego character sets off of Amazon over the years I always knew they were fake I just liked it because it was a good way to get rare minifigures and Minifigures that came and sets that I couldn't afford when I was younger for cheap I got a whole bunch of the serpentine figures with tails and even though they were fake most of them look pretty good and were compatible with Lego s
hi，i have lego
No true lego fan would fall for this, they bought enough lego sets to know what's real and what's fake
Yes dude! Great vid! My friends have been scammed from eBay a lot and I almost on Aliexpress.
2:36 As a New Jersey local in behalf of my state, I'm sorry for this cheap crap being shipped here
I've run into this a lot on Ebay trying to buy Lego dinosaurs.
9:25 my mom bought this on Amazon and we were sad that it did not came with the weapons. :'(
I feel bad but dont worry next time buy the real lego if you have alot of money in the future
This literally happened to me in a harsh way. I wanted to buy Ninjago City, I found it on eBay, and the seller put the original photo for the set, and I checked out the brand, the country, and I made sure that it is original and I ordered it with a price of 490 dollars and it arrived after 2 months and when I got it, it showed me a Chinese fake Ninjago set and it wasn't even a fake Ninjago City it was a fake Star Wars set! I looked up the original price for the fake Star Wars set and it was only ten dollars, so not only it came the wrong set and not original but the seller stole from me 450 dollars!!!
So the buyer stole from me 490 dollars!!! Sorry I wrote 450 it was a typo.
I hope you got a refund! I also hope eBay banned that seller for scamming!
I hate these fake lego listings because some people are just trying to get a gift for their child, and they don't know it's fake, so they end up getting ripped off.
Thx for putting your time in this for us love dude
Wait I can buy a ton of battle droids for cheap and have a massive droid army? Even if they are not Lego quality, it's not like the separatists made them to that level of quality.
Ah yes, Infinity War was also well known for having Batman, Superman, and Wolverine in it.
What do you mean?
How fake looks like:
1. The coloring are too bright.
2. The plastic quality is too smooth and too cheap.
3. The shape are dispropotion.
Great work! Keep it up!
I know one of the fake LEGO company is Lepin if that’s right?
I'm pretty sure LEPIN doesn't make sets anymore
TheGalaxyStudios no back then used to copy the LEGO Star Wars kits like BACK THEN
Liam Roberts oh ok
Liam Roberts thanks for letting me know about that
Liam Roberts any time
What about custom minifigs that aren't real Lego minifigs in the first place.
They're fine
I searched up Lego Ninjago every double bikes set and the first thing on shopping that came up was a fake ninjago motorbikes set with seven mini figures but it only went for £10
I went to a anime convention years back when I didn’t look at minifigures for the LEGO branding and these people were selling “LEGO” minifigs, calling them actual LEGO. Think it was $15 for 3 and I saw at the back of the stall a lady putting the arms off from those individual wrapped bags. I bought a few because I was really excited but didn’t know better. Only a year or so later I realize l realized they weren’t real. Don’t know if that couple selling them didn’t know better but still, was disappointing.
A friend of mine got that marvel figures pack from his parents. It is a shame that these scamers get money for stealing other peoples ideas.😡
Another giveaway that you didn’t mention really was that if the mini figs are with different mini figures from different universe such as at 9:20. Marvel doesn’t normally go with DC!
Thorsj7 or something like that is an eBay scammer who sells the Death Star Lego set then cancels it wasting your time.
There is an entire stall at a local flea market that sells ONLY fake Lego and claims that everything is real. Even things like Lego DBZ minifigures, aka something that doesn't even exist to begin with.
When I was younger I thought I saw a deal with ninjago minifigures for £20 but when I got them they were fake ( I also got them on amazon)
Well good for you for exposing them SpitBrix!
This helped so much thank you!
I think I've seen some of those Ninjago ones but thanks to your vids on this stuff I know what to look for, especially in pictures.
Fake Lego: where do I belong in your collection?
Me: the trash can
wtf 3rd party lego can be very quality I have a lot in my collection
@@Mmadore32 what are the odd? I ordered a few before and the quality control just straight off bruh
@@evereliminator1453 I just think its wasteful and generally not a good thing to just buy something to throw the m away, plus I have some 3rd party minifigures that are just as good as the official legos
I get your point but when you really want to build armies im not spending 15 a pop just for a real one screw that. Also some are unique builds that are done pretty well. Like the galactic marines, doubt that lego will make that one.
Well then you are lost.
Exactly, I highly agree
I buy bootlegs one and even though they're not LEGO quality
They're still pretty high quality
POGO is quite decent with their plastic
Sheng Yuan has silky and shiny smooth plastic texture while LeLe has lighter feel and rough
It's good for building army and to buy decommissioned legos such as Castle and Kingdom (which I collect personally)
@@Cortesevasive at least we are not missing out on unique figs
They're actually quality believe it or not
But oh well, to each their own
That’s why I use eBay for military LEGO’s. Though they aren’t official legos, it’s still good
Spitbrix you know the fake LEGO you showed at 0:52? Well I bought it thinking it was real lego.I spent all my pocket money (14 pounds)! I like how you are exposing these sellers because I don't want other people to buy this thinking it's real lego and being disappointed once they realise it's fake!
Love your channel! Don’t stop with TouTube Dude!
MiltonMaster Studios um, not to be rude but ya spelt “youtube” wrong
@@EternallyDoomed really, never heard of TouTube?
@@aceanimations12 sadly no 😅
@@EternallyDoomed for real?!? TouTube is epic
Thanks for this guide, I've had a few run ons but managed to spot the fakes sooo yeet
Yeet
Ok, funny story.
So one time at a mall during christmas time I got a present from Santa (It was my dad's anual work holiday party). I shook it a little and was exited to hear the rattle of those little bricks. But I opened it up and found out that it was a knockoff lego set from a company called KREO. I will admit that it had sharks and a little rumbling platform so the sharks would move around, which was cool.
But the minifigures had CHEEKBONES. Also, the rumble platform turned off after like a minute (there was only an on button) and every time it turned of a pre-recorded voice shout ethusiastically "KREO!"
If you want to call Kre-O a knockoff… because, that's Hasbro ;)
fun fact: this also happens with transformers. (especially the combiner wars toyline) if you go in ebay and search up combiner wars, there are loads of knockoffs that you could see that follow the same rules of the lego fakes.
I Brought The Superion One On Aliexpress But It Didn't Came Because It Take Too Long To My Location So I Canceled It...
9:57
Every fnaf fan:BonBon go get 'em!!!!
SL
I hate knockoffs
I have received a few fake sets in my childhood through Christmas and Birthdays. The most expensive fake I have is a huge Transformers Bumblebee lepin set.
Lepin aint terrible though
Question: if i want to get the cheap knockoff legos, and i dont care about quality, is there any reason why i shouldn't buy it anyways?
Ebay always tries to sell lepin.
I feel really bad for the child that asked their parents for Lego ninjago and got this crap.
These people are messed up.
And they use lead posioning.
Happened to my little cousin. I went and bought him a real set from target to cheer him up
edge lord Me and the boys getting lead poisoning
I came as soon I saw the notification
Same
; )
I’m a big eBay shopper for marvel minifigures and luckily I’m always able to tell if it’s fake in the description and if they say the set numbers. But it’s so annoying everything I search more than half of it is bootleg.
Thanks for the heads up!
I bought 6 ninjago minifigures on ebay and when the minifigs were delivered there wasnt a nya minifigure
but a c3 po minifigure!
10/10 Quality
Pleasw someone tell me where can i wach season 11
Watch on UA-cam after searching for them I did that and it worked
I admit, I've bought some of the Ali express Bionicle g2 and Marvel figures, as a MOC creator, the ones that try to be original are handy when you need parts in colours that Lego did not officially release, CCBS shells in green, dark blue and dark red for example...
Bro you are right but honestly not everyone can afford a 56 dollared sensei garmadon. I wish the pieces were a little cheaper though😢
They are not fake, they are "Replica" 🤣
unlicensed stuff is FAKE
9:57
*hey bawn bawn go get'em! YEET*
What I do is buy fake lego that's listed as real lego and then when it arrives, I complain to the seller and then they usually give my money back and I get to keep the 'lego'
I actually buy fake Lego, actually quite a lot of it. But I only buy it when it’s really cheap. And the only reason I do it is because I like to set it on fire, blow it up, and I just straight up enjoy destroying it
8:17 waht hapnd whith you spek
Thx for telling us i wont make that mistake then (olso can u do more ninjago cards)
Thank you,you really help me with choosing on a Lego mini figure's
Bootleg or fake products are bad for Lego ...TLG buying up the secondary market or used elements and derailing
a business similar to BrickArms is harmful to the hobby and every collector.
Lego : makes a cool minifig
Chinese sellers : LeTs AdD dInOsAuRs tO iT
Or just add coronavirus
kumkum Sing bruh that’s pretty racist
@@brandonposadas6053 its a joke, get over it
Brandon Posadas Wtf do you know what racism is?
Sorry didnt mean to be racist
@@MrPyroViper you weren't being racist, dude got offended over nothing. Don't apologize, you did nothing wrong. Brandon just can't take a joke
Im the 30 liker and the first commenter thats cool
I go to Ali Express specifically looking for the Enlighten brand knowing their quality is quite high compared to their low prices, but Ali Express sellers will sometimes put other bootlegs like Lepin or the like up and put "Enlighten" in the tags to catch my searches. Same principles apply.
Since Lego is tracking down on fakes now, the fakers have switched to stealing designs from legit Chinese brands or from MOCs.
0:38 DIShonest lol. Great video boih
no reason to hate lmao
@@bruh-lw2in he is my fav youtuber lmfao
Buying battle droids is always risky they are usually $0.99 unless you use bricklink
I remember back in 2015 or so, I bought a pack of MCU ones cause I was convinced somehow. And yeah, they're crap. Vision and Scarlet Witch are fine, the rest have their faces printed way too low, half their torso print just faded off, etc.
I accidentally got a fake thunder raider set and it fell apart when I placed it down
One day I was looking for a Lego Chima set, and the description said "it's used but every piece is here" except the one I wanted the most...Eris' HEAD!! so you could say she was a...bald eagle??
@Cristian Gottschalk hmph
That Chokun is really cursed looking, LOL.
Fake lego dinosaurs are also very common, but are extremely easy to spot.
Every fake LEGO minifigs comes with at least one of these: 1. Star Wars rifle 2. Motorbike 3. Dinosaur
Thank you for doing this video
I just got a fake Lego knowing it was fake but didn’t really care but the head was already on the torso but backwards and wouldn’t move
I sometimes get the knockoff figures. I mostly get them at local comic cons.
Thanks I was going to try and get some ninjago mini figures for my collection and it turns out some of the ones I was looking at were fakes thanks spitbrix you saved me a good amount of money