It. Has. Been. 5. Years. LEPIN just keeps getting better and better (now at 95% quality of real LEGO) meanwhile, the price of LEGO just keeps skyrocketing
Hello. You can call "copy" not "fake". A copy is a product very similar to another but with its own brand. A fake is a product copying another one and using same brand
There is a reason for the low price, missing pieces, and pieces does not fit properly. I even have one that was so stuck I had to go at it with a hammer. I mean if you're seeking for a good building experience go for Lego, it's worth the price
As you said there are companies selling lego compatible bricks. Is it legal to sell lego size bricks with their dimensions without their logo on it ??? And is it legally right to produce and sell your own design with exactly same lego size bricks
Yes, selling lego compatible bricks is legal as those patents protecting them have expired. You just can’t copy lego mini-figures because those are trademarked. An example of this is the company COBI that design their own original sets legally.
Glad you have never bought a LEGO kit with parts missing. I bought 3 kits in the last month, the ROS Millennium Falcon (missing chair part), 40th anniversary AT AT (missing head part), and Kylo Ren's Shuttle (missing cockpit part). I have not miss placed or lost them, did not accidentally use them in the build in the wrong place, etc. The kits came without the necessary parts. So like I said, pleased you have done well. Not so for me.
I have never bought a set missing a piece in almost 40 years. As a kid I thought I had but found the piece later in the car, and another time it was stuck in a bag...and if it actually would be the case, Lego would replace it without any problems...just call the customer service.
Well, the cost doesn't come first when you actually think about almost any product (if you can afford it at all). General advantages are quality and support. If you don't get desired number of bricks of desired quality, you can contact support or local retailer. And in case of any product of any Chinese "brands" - you can't. Lego is RESPONSIBLE for their product. And any fake - don't. This is besides that some sets needs almost industrial engineering, manufacturing and logistics processes etc. And all this things cost money. Fake industry gives no warranty, no quality assurance, no retail network and no support. If they did, their product would cost almost the same as the original. BUT! Fakes are good to get missing sets (as I did with my BMW R1200 GS, because original was discontinued) or get some spare parts. Or get loads of parts for your own project. Everything has it price, quality and function.
@@spliish But its not legal in other countries. You do know that stealing brand sets and designs like DC and Disney is illegal, right? Just because it's "legal" in China does not mean Lepin and other companies like it have the right to copy design sets!
BlueToadTheBulbous it’s illegal in other countries to MAKE them and sell them. it’s not illegal to buy them. in china it’s not illegal to copy brands. what are you trying to prove? lepin is still better.
@@spliish It's illegal in China too. LEGO won lawsuit against Lepin's mother company in China. Chinese police confiscated bricks, boxes, molds, instructions etc.
I completely agree with #11 - buy Lego. However In case of buying vastly overpriced Lego models second hand I would say Lepin is an ok substitute if you don't mind it being a fake product.
I've been wondering what's more expensive, the entire Lego starwars sets or Lego molding machines. It might be cheaper to invest in making your own bricks than buying from Lego
I have been a Lego fan since 1989. never knew there was a company ripping on Lego. I know that there are other building brick sets out there, and they do a good job with their lines, but I only want GENUINE Lego. I accept the price, they were always worth it. And yes, I too have never bought a set of Lego that was missing a piece. You pay for quality with Lego.
Same here, but I bought a submarine U-48 from Cobi since Lego will never do that. I was surprised by the quality of Cobi, and since they are not making knock-offs I consider to buy more from them.
thinking of the star destroyer.....not paying £1000 plus here in the uk for it.thinking of geting a lepin.i have plenty of parts so i can soon iron out any problems with it.i love lego and have tons of the stuff ,but as of late i feel they are starting to rip people off a bit.
My Lepin Ghostbusters Firehouse is awesome. Really happy with it and it looks exactly like the Lego one. No missing pieces and the brick quality is good too and they all fit really well. Overall quality is fantastic after i've finished building it last year. Saved me from spending so much on the original one. One year on and it still looks good. Goes well with my genuine Lego Ecto-1 vehicles 😊
Imran Becks And yet you gave money to a company that just blatantly identically copied the hard work of other people. Lego not only paid licencing fees they also had experienced and passionate designers putting in hard work to develop it, and Lepin just copies the parts with lower quality materials and the instruction book. It's obviously up to you, but whether it looks the same or not, doesn't really change that it's a copy that is probably only allowed/legal because of the country it's made in - but legal or not, they don't deserve the money in my opinion.. cheaper or otherwise. Every dollar people give to Lepin is a dollar less to Lego (and then less reason for them to make the kits in the first place)... Competition is great... say Mercedes vs BMW.. but this is not competition, they are not developing their own product at all.
Valid points. But perhaps not everyone is willing to spend the amount of money Lego is selling the original one for. Which is basically the reason why I chose the Lepin version. Sorry Lego. Had it been slightly lower, I'd be all over it!
I´ve heard that the Lego family who owns the company are the richest in Denmark and on Forbes Top-100 over the richest families in the world!!! The good thing about Lepin is that prices on both new and used Lego sets are now crashing which gives people from poor countries the opportunity to get access to real Lego. And that´s great because we shall all help the poor.
I agree to buy original, but sometimes a retired set price is too crazy expensive. For example lepin pirate of caribbean, although the quality is bad but i can complete my collection.
Good unbiased assessment, thank you! I have had a handful of genuine Lego kits with missing, damaged or discoloured components but they are very rare. Lego have a peerless customer service system to replace any missing parts so you are always well supported.
leakycheese leakycheese unbiased? LOL I don't think you are using that term correctly. He is completely biased, which is ironic because he used to review LEPIN... in fact he had over a hundred thousand views from them which equates to hundreds of dollars from ADSENSE. This guy is one of the biggest hypocrites I've seen in awhile. He's one of those guys that doesn't practice what he preaches.
TT Travels I think you are overestimating by at least an order of magnitude on the money people make from UA-cam adverts. The reviewer presented both sides of the story and highlighted the pros and cons in a factual manner. While unbiased works for me, if you have a semantic issue with the wording please substitute that term for balanced. For these reasons I return your challenge on use of terminology and put it to you that you are using the word hypocrite incorrectly. Please can you explain just how the reviewer is a hypocrite? Thank you.
leakycheese simple... he shames people for buying LEPIN, while he makes/ made LEPIN reviews for profit ( what you think he does this for free?), in recent comments he states that he can't wait to buy new Lepin sets. Whilst telling other people that they maybe supporting terrorists, and slave labor if they buy LEPIN. That's why he's a Hippocrate. He supports LEPIN by continuing to buy their sets, but damn the torpedoes if anyone else buys them. These are his words, that he's stated, not conjecture.
TT Travels Well, I have not seen his recent comments or other reviews so can't comment on those. In this review he points out that the entire Lepin line is based on IP theft from Lego so that seems fair. If he has made shaming comments elsewhere about people buying Lepin then that would compromise his position as he seems to be a keen collector himself, and regardless of what he says the video clearly shows him buying the sets. I don't see him making any profit though as his ad revenue will only be a fraction of what it costs to acquire the sets unless you know he is being supplied review copies for free?
leakycheese I don't know, if he gets them for free or not, nor do I really care, but it's been nice chatting with you. With eight thousand subs and over a 1.7 million views he may not be making hundreds of dollars per video, but surely he's making some money.
great video, thanks!! 1 more difference though - Lego have great customer service!! I have had on occasion some lego pieces that came slightly malformed with a new Lego set. I emailed Lego customer services. They were very apologetic and posted me the replacement parts for free straight from Denmark with free postage and asked if they could help me in any other way!! I've also emailed them with both suggestions and questions and they were very helpful. When I've ordered "bricks and pieces" from the company, over the phone, the staff took a genuine interest in what I was building and asked me to email them with pictures of my MOC so they could see how customers are designing their own creations! My summary: Lego customer service - AWESOME!! :)
I agree it's nice that there VERY cheap ways to get outdated lego sets but if I bought a lepin set I just couldn't look at it the same way I look at lego and it would really bug me so no lepin for me, I don't wanna give them money that should be lego's
I'm glad I'm not as into lego as you are. I don't mind an inexpensive knock off especially when the alternative is thousands of dollars because of some greedy lego hoarder.
@DartVader. But it's NOT Lego's money when the set is retired and you have a bunch of sellers on ebay who are trying to make money for THEMSELVES and purposely overcharge for these Lego sets because they know that people can't find them anymore. So, I don't feel bad AT ALL by buying a Lepin version of a RETIRED Lego set. The only people I would be depriving money of by not buying these retired Lego sets are the ebay sellers. So my conscience is clear because I know I'm not doing anything wrong. And THAT is THAT.
Nice idea in principle, but Lego takes a different view on Lepin. Stolen artwork and stolen designs are how they see it. No one is doubting that the bricks themselves are free to copy, but Lego pays a lot for licensing and development whereas Lepin pays nothing.
I had one Lego set with one missing lego brick but that was 10 years ago in a Lego Mars mission set, but so far I've not had that problem happen to again between now and then.
I completely agree except for the whole "Lego won't have missing or wrong pieces ever" argument. It's very, very rare but it happens. I collect (or rather collected) Mixels and the Lunk set I bought included the wrong type of joint (a hinge instead of a ratchet), I had to find the piece from one of my old Lego sets or else I couldn't have completed the model. That said though, Lego is always the better option. Plus, there are many other building brick brands, like Nanoblocks and Mega Construx, that are of high quality.
Hello Jake(or anyone who would be kind enough to reply)! I was wondering, when buying Lepin products, what is the chance of having a rare piece not being in the box? Is it the same as a small common piece that most people will have in their collection? If the chance is high, do Lepin pieces work with Lego pieces if I am forced to use lego pieces due to missing lepin elements in my build?
I've never had missing pieces in a Lepin set. Even the 4000+ piece ones. Lego has had a bigger issue with missing pieces for me. Also, many of the "bendy" issues was true with the older ones, newer sets are much better quality.
I think you hit the nail on the head on that last point: Lepin is a godsend for discontinued sets (I really wish they did a version of the *original* X-Wing UCS...always wanted that since I was a child haha), but for ones that exist it does in a sense defraud people who are paid to create Lego (the details of which, pricing, etc, can be argued separately) :) nice video though!
The sad thing is that when I bought the 2008 version of the Lego Star Wars Gunship a part was missing from the right openning door.Thanks God I had another same part from another set to fit in.
I have been playing with lego for 40+ years (big fan) and everything described here about lepin (never even seen a lepin myself) - discoloration, bending, missing pieces, misfit, perhaps except country of origin - applied to virtually every set Lego I have bought when I was little.Every technic bushing I have had a crack on it; half of my gray (not bray) bricks have yellowed into a different shade than the other half from the same castle set. 90% of my minifigs cant stand up anymore (loose joints) and half of them have cracks on them (and I am not talking about the chin straps on their helmets). I know Legos have gotten much better since the turn of the century... but consider these are plastics, I still expect higher quality plastic, especially for the price (think pick a brick buys). And I just get so upset when I hear people tell me how lego brick quality was better back in the days when they were manufactured in Denmark - I am pretty at least some of your broken ones were not made in China, cause I have a bucket full of broken bricks that came from Billund. Oh the lego logos on the studs? No thanks, its a dirt trap. Despite all my complains, still a big fan - too much fun to play with to hold a grudge.
The missing or damaged pieces from a Lepin set is the only real worry I have about buying from them, especially a big set like the Death Star, where just a few missing pieces can stall the whole build. But I guess you can always find extra leftover pieces in your collection or buy the missing pieces on BrickLink And a funny thing is that I have an official Lego set were a piece was damaged. The 2007 Naboo Starfighter, one of the side panels was mangled at the end, like someone twisted it with a pair of plyers.
Love lego and had plenty of sets growing up. I can see an argument for the lepin or other knock off sets simply due to the cost. Specially in the mini-figs department. I just found out about this "brand" and they have some cool figs and sets. It's tempting.
I've had missing bricks. In the 42043, 3 pieces missing and 1 piece wrong color + a lot of spares (total brick count of the set is 2799 = 0.1%). Lego customer service was astounded, but sent me the missing bricks via international post, a week later and it was solved. At no cost whatsoever. Bet lepin doesn't have awesome customer service.
Actually i had a lego set once that didnt include all pieces. There were around 10-15 bricks or things missing such as a few cups and helmets. It was the old lego city firestation from around 2011 (?) i think. But of course lego sent me within s few days these bricks
on the cars (I have the police lego and the lepin police truck) is the numbers.. the lego highspeed chase starts with 60 I have the high speed chase set number 60138 while the lepin police truck is looking so similar to the lego police truck this one here in my police truck mobile of lepin is 02017
when i saw that LEPIN first order trooper at the end i screamed, tunes off my phone and agent outside. we live in a last world full of bright colors, friendly neighborhoods and lovely sounds. i just spent 5 minuets of my life looking at ducking LEPIN
I have this thing where I outright refuse to purchase fake lego. The only thing that can tempt me are non-standard colours or, if I see some old bionicle set counterfeit, a new kanohi mask.
Hello sir. I'm a new subscriber. :) Something to add on the difference of Legit and bootleg, when the instructions of both Lego and bootlegs gets wet, you just have to dry the LEGO instructions, and its good again, although crumpled. But the LEPIN ones are forever ruined. The pages of LEGO instructions don't stick together once you've sun dried them or with a hair dryer. But lepin no mater how hard one's try, I'll never be 100% readable. I got them wet by accident, when a pipe in the bathroom of my collection room broke. It was a sad day for me. Thank you sir for the wonderful video. :)
Dr Jake's Very British Reviews LOL you just got done shaming everyone for buying LEPIN and here you are saying you can't wait to buy another set! LOL What are you a DR of DR JECKLE and MR HYDE! Hypocrite.
but if you compare decool and lepin, lepin is much stronger than decool because decool always has loose bricks and bendy but lepin doesnt bend sometimes
Lepinnis a cheap variante but I as an exemple buyed the Lepin Imerial Star Destroyer and Millenium Falcon UCS but even by the Star Destroyer I had to order many parts from original LEGO especially the very expensive parts for magnet holders which often costs in online shops more than 25€ per part its incredible-.-'... But I found an internet page in which they where gladly 3 CHF per piece so I saved a lot of money;)
SemiBlue I've been building for forty years and only had missing pieces once; funnily enough I had three parts missing and twelve pieces over all from the same kit, the new Scout Speeder.
The minifigure too, Lego brand minifigure print that always can hold the print for many years, but lepin always got miss printing minifigure and print will miss after a few month
I dont care where it comes from, who makes it, if its a knock off or not, if i can get something thatll just collect dust for 50 dollars vs say 200... the choice is obvious
Fast & Loud Cars Remembering that these aren't cheap because Lego is ripping us off... it's cheap because they didn't have to pay licencing fees.. didn't have to pay quality designers, passionate people and artists who feel like they had their work stolen.. or quality manufacturers of parts.. Instead, they just copy it and send it, so of course it's cheaper. But I get your point about you buying the cheaper option, but also in this world there are many things we can do that are both 'cheaper' but also might not be 'right' to do .. Personally I just feel that it isn't right that these companies are allowed to continue, and if I can't afford the product from the designer then I can't afford it.. but I wont give my money to a company that does what Lepin does.
No instructions? That's a first. I often think that if Lepin released these kits without the instructions then Lego would find it very hard to sue them, but they insist on copying the instructions and stealing the artwork
I like the idea of remaking retired Lego sets/kits, I don't like the idea of ripping off the company and scamming the customers, like Lepin is doing. I've been wanted the 10221 Executor Class Super Star Destroyer for what I can remember being 5 years. I found one for $40 on Ebay, not knowing it's not even Lego, I thought it was just Lego under a different name. The description said the box didn't come with it to make it cheaper, which already made no sense. Instead of 'STAR WARS', the box in the picture showed 'STAR WNRS'. They even used the same serial number as Lego did, 10221, alongside their serial number which was less advertised. I think Lego prices are outrageous now, but I just can't imagine giving Lepin any money for what they are offering.
Another point to note lego holds its value if you keep instructions and box you can sell sets a few years down the line and make a profit. Lepin on the other hand your be binning it or car boot sale for cheap. So yeah lego is expensive but it holds its value well.
Just as well people can afford the big sets, I cant I have been thinking about buying lepin because of the big price tag... So I have to save for one modular set every few years.
I prefer LEGO more than Lepin, but I've only one model from Lepin. I love the "Super Star Destroyer" but LEGO didnt produce this set anymore and the price goes higher and higher. That was the reason, why I ordered it from Lepin. About copies of LEGE made by Lepin. LEGO is only a patent. Every patent end after some days and everyone can use it without permission. Some people hate Lepin for there copies, but these are allowed!
Stainless Pot head I don’t buy things to collect them pointlessly. There is no accomplishment in spending money on a product. I buy a product because I like the product, and if I’m willing to get it for cheaper, so be it. Brand loyalty is not a talent, and it doesn’t make you cool.
quite alot of lepin is getting stopped by customs in various countries and getting a refund is proving difficult for some people, personally i dont buy it as the quality is shite and it will never increase in price so its just dead money. if you collect lego makes no sense to buy a fake
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It. Has. Been. 5. Years. LEPIN just keeps getting better and better (now at 95% quality of real LEGO) meanwhile, the price of LEGO just keeps skyrocketing
im waiting for the lepin movie lmao
Lol it will def be trash
Cheap version and Asian version of Lego 😂
the lepin bricks
Lego is expensive, even tho i have enough money to buy the legos i want.
Hello. You can call "copy" not "fake". A copy is a product very similar to another but with its own brand. A fake is a product copying another one and using same brand
4:47
that stormtrooper looks like it has been hammered and it has seen some things
Rule number one no copying LEGO sets rule number two no fake LEGO
As far as i prefer lego their prices are horrendal sometimes... Its sick that bricks can cost 6000 pounds
There is a reason for the low price, missing pieces, and pieces does not fit properly. I even have one that was so stuck I had to go at it with a hammer. I mean if you're seeking for a good building experience go for Lego, it's worth the price
As you said there are companies selling lego compatible bricks. Is it legal to sell lego size bricks with their dimensions without their logo on it ??? And is it legally right to produce and sell your own design with exactly same lego size bricks
Yes, selling lego compatible bricks is legal as those patents protecting them have expired. You just can’t copy lego mini-figures because those are trademarked. An example of this is the company COBI that design their own original sets legally.
I only buy Lepin...if I really have too.
Glad you have never bought a LEGO kit with parts missing. I bought 3 kits in the last month, the ROS Millennium Falcon (missing chair part), 40th anniversary AT AT (missing head part), and Kylo Ren's Shuttle (missing cockpit part). I have not miss placed or lost them, did not accidentally use them in the build in the wrong place, etc. The kits came without the necessary parts. So like I said, pleased you have done well. Not so for me.
I have never bought a set missing a piece in almost 40 years. As a kid I thought I had but found the piece later in the car, and another time it was stuck in a bag...and if it actually would be the case, Lego would replace it without any problems...just call the customer service.
Lepin to me is like if you want lego but are not rich then lepin is for you.
Very good the toys lego for children
Lepin shall be sued and chucked to jail
1. Inconsistent quality
2. Color inaccuracy
3. Cheaper and flimsier bricks
4. Not original
How much did they pay you for this video haha
Well, the cost doesn't come first when you actually think about almost any product (if you can afford it at all). General advantages are quality and support. If you don't get desired number of bricks of desired quality, you can contact support or local retailer. And in case of any product of any Chinese "brands" - you can't. Lego is RESPONSIBLE for their product. And any fake - don't.
This is besides that some sets needs almost industrial engineering, manufacturing and logistics processes etc. And all this things cost money.
Fake industry gives no warranty, no quality assurance, no retail network and no support. If they did, their product would cost almost the same as the original.
BUT! Fakes are good to get missing sets (as I did with my BMW R1200 GS, because original was discontinued) or get some spare parts. Or get loads of parts for your own project. Everything has it price, quality and function.
lepin is still better 😉
Not when you consider its quality and IP stealing, which is illegal.
BlueToadTheBulbous
quality is almost exactly like lego, so ion know what you’re talking about. and it’s not illegal in china so ❤️
@@spliish But its not legal in other countries.
You do know that stealing brand sets and designs like DC and Disney is illegal, right? Just because it's "legal" in China does not mean Lepin and other companies like it have the right to copy design sets!
BlueToadTheBulbous
it’s illegal in other countries to MAKE them and sell them. it’s not illegal to buy them. in china it’s not illegal to copy brands. what are you trying to prove? lepin is still better.
@@spliish It's illegal in China too. LEGO won lawsuit against Lepin's mother company in China. Chinese police confiscated bricks, boxes, molds, instructions etc.
lego is the name more not lepin is number 1
Sounds like you're a stan for lepin.
Ironically my WALL-E Lego kit has a missing piece in it for me, also another in a wrong colour. first time that's ever happened for me though.
I hope you got in contact with Lego. I hear their customer service is fantastic.
I completely agree with #11 - buy Lego.
However In case of buying vastly overpriced Lego models second hand I would say Lepin is an ok substitute if you don't mind it being a fake product.
I've been wondering what's more expensive, the entire Lego starwars sets or Lego molding machines. It might be cheaper to invest in making your own bricks than buying from Lego
Ya but its more work
I have been a Lego fan since 1989. never knew there was a company ripping on Lego. I know that there are other building brick sets out there, and they do a good job with their lines, but I only want GENUINE Lego. I accept the price, they were always worth it. And yes, I too have never bought a set of Lego that was missing a piece. You pay for quality with Lego.
Agreed!
I only want Lepin, OMG Lepin is so cheap!
Same here, but I bought a submarine U-48 from Cobi since Lego will never do that. I was surprised by the quality of Cobi, and since they are not making knock-offs I consider to buy more from them.
Great video!! You pointed out some nice differences that I missed in my video. Keep up the good work!
Cheers Gillybricks. Looking forward to more of your reviews!
thinking of the star destroyer.....not paying £1000 plus here in the uk for it.thinking of geting a lepin.i have plenty of parts so i can soon iron out any problems with it.i love lego and have tons of the stuff ,but as of late i feel they are starting to rip people off a bit.
Better to wait for re release.
i know i am 4 years late but why not part the set out on brickworks and get it cheaper?
Loving these video series ! :)
My Lepin Ghostbusters Firehouse is awesome. Really happy with it and it looks exactly like the Lego one. No missing pieces and the brick quality is good too and they all fit really well. Overall quality is fantastic after i've finished building it last year. Saved me from spending so much on the original one. One year on and it still looks good. Goes well with my genuine Lego Ecto-1 vehicles 😊
Imran Becks And yet you gave money to a company that just blatantly identically copied the hard work of other people. Lego not only paid licencing fees they also had experienced and passionate designers putting in hard work to develop it, and Lepin just copies the parts with lower quality materials and the instruction book.
It's obviously up to you, but whether it looks the same or not, doesn't really change that it's a copy that is probably only allowed/legal because of the country it's made in - but legal or not, they don't deserve the money in my opinion.. cheaper or otherwise.
Every dollar people give to Lepin is a dollar less to Lego (and then less reason for them to make the kits in the first place)...
Competition is great... say Mercedes vs BMW.. but this is not competition, they are not developing their own product at all.
Valid points. But perhaps not everyone is willing to spend the amount of money Lego is selling the original one for. Which is basically the reason why I chose the Lepin version. Sorry Lego. Had it been slightly lower, I'd be all over it!
I´ve heard that the Lego family who owns the company are the richest in Denmark and on Forbes Top-100 over the richest families in the world!!!
The good thing about Lepin is that prices on both new and used Lego sets are now crashing which gives people from poor countries the opportunity to get access to real Lego. And that´s great because we shall all help the poor.
4:47 that stormtroopers face looks hilarious!
I agree to buy original, but sometimes a retired set price is too crazy expensive. For example lepin pirate of caribbean, although the quality is bad but i can complete my collection.
It is true. All depends if you're comfortable buying a fake product!
I hope Lepin goes to jail no matter what I wanted retired sets so I saved my money and got them
Nice video !
Good unbiased assessment, thank you! I have had a handful of genuine Lego kits with missing, damaged or discoloured components but they are very rare. Lego have a peerless customer service system to replace any missing parts so you are always well supported.
leakycheese leakycheese unbiased? LOL I don't think you are using that term correctly. He is completely biased, which is ironic because he used to review LEPIN... in fact he had over a hundred thousand views from them which equates to hundreds of dollars from ADSENSE. This guy is one of the biggest hypocrites I've seen in awhile. He's one of those guys that doesn't practice what he preaches.
TT Travels I think you are overestimating by at least an order of magnitude on the money people make from UA-cam adverts. The reviewer presented both sides of the story and highlighted the pros and cons in a factual manner. While unbiased works for me, if you have a semantic issue with the wording please substitute that term for balanced. For these reasons I return your challenge on use of terminology and put it to you that you are using the word hypocrite incorrectly. Please can you explain just how the reviewer is a hypocrite? Thank you.
leakycheese simple... he shames people for buying LEPIN, while he makes/ made LEPIN reviews for profit ( what you think he does this for free?), in recent comments he states that he can't wait to buy new Lepin sets. Whilst telling other people that they maybe supporting terrorists, and slave labor if they buy LEPIN. That's why he's a Hippocrate. He supports LEPIN by continuing to buy their sets, but damn the torpedoes if anyone else buys them. These are his words, that he's stated, not conjecture.
TT Travels Well, I have not seen his recent comments or other reviews so can't comment on those. In this review he points out that the entire Lepin line is based on IP theft from Lego so that seems fair. If he has made shaming comments elsewhere about people buying Lepin then that would compromise his position as he seems to be a keen collector himself, and regardless of what he says the video clearly shows him buying the sets. I don't see him making any profit though as his ad revenue will only be a fraction of what it costs to acquire the sets unless you know he is being supplied review copies for free?
leakycheese I don't know, if he gets them for free or not, nor do I really care, but it's been nice chatting with you. With eight thousand subs and over a 1.7 million views he may not be making hundreds of dollars per video, but surely he's making some money.
great video, thanks!! 1 more difference though - Lego have great customer service!! I have had on occasion some lego pieces that came slightly malformed with a new Lego set. I emailed Lego customer services. They were very apologetic and posted me the replacement parts for free straight from Denmark with free postage and asked if they could help me in any other way!! I've also emailed them with both suggestions and questions and they were very helpful. When I've ordered "bricks and pieces" from the company, over the phone, the staff took a genuine interest in what I was building and asked me to email them with pictures of my MOC so they could see how customers are designing their own creations! My summary: Lego customer service - AWESOME!! :)
I agree it's nice that there VERY cheap ways to get outdated lego sets but if I bought a lepin set I just couldn't look at it the same way I look at lego and it would really bug me so no lepin for me, I don't wanna give them money that should be lego's
I agree with you DartVader
I'm glad I'm not as into lego as you are. I don't mind an inexpensive knock off especially when the alternative is thousands of dollars because of some greedy lego hoarder.
@DartVader. But it's NOT Lego's money when the set is retired and you have a bunch of sellers on ebay who are trying to make money for THEMSELVES and purposely overcharge for these Lego sets because they know that people can't find them anymore. So, I don't feel bad AT ALL by buying a Lepin version of a RETIRED Lego set. The only people I would be depriving money of by not buying these retired Lego sets are the ebay sellers. So my conscience is clear because I know I'm not doing anything wrong. And THAT is THAT.
Nice idea in principle, but Lego takes a different view on Lepin. Stolen artwork and stolen designs are how they see it. No one is doubting that the bricks themselves are free to copy, but Lego pays a lot for licensing and development whereas Lepin pays nothing.
Peace and love everyone. Please shake hands and forgive each other
I had one Lego set with one missing lego brick but that was 10 years ago in a Lego Mars mission set, but so far I've not had that problem happen to again between now and then.
I completely agree except for the whole "Lego won't have missing or wrong pieces ever" argument. It's very, very rare but it happens. I collect (or rather collected) Mixels and the Lunk set I bought included the wrong type of joint (a hinge instead of a ratchet), I had to find the piece from one of my old Lego sets or else I couldn't have completed the model.
That said though, Lego is always the better option. Plus, there are many other building brick brands, like Nanoblocks and Mega Construx, that are of high quality.
Hello Jake(or anyone who would be kind enough to reply)! I was wondering, when buying Lepin products, what is the chance of having a rare piece not being in the box? Is it the same as a small common piece that most people will have in their collection? If the chance is high, do Lepin pieces work with Lego pieces if I am forced to use lego pieces due to missing lepin elements in my build?
I've never had missing pieces in a Lepin set. Even the 4000+ piece ones. Lego has had a bigger issue with missing pieces for me. Also, many of the "bendy" issues was true with the older ones, newer sets are much better quality.
I think you hit the nail on the head on that last point: Lepin is a godsend for discontinued sets (I really wish they did a version of the *original* X-Wing UCS...always wanted that since I was a child haha), but for ones that exist it does in a sense defraud people who are paid to create Lego (the details of which, pricing, etc, can be argued separately) :) nice video though!
4:48 the storm troopers face 😂
The sad thing is that when I bought the 2008 version of the Lego Star Wars Gunship a part was missing from the right openning door.Thanks God I had another same part from another set to fit in.
Thanks jake this really helps I was gonna buy a whole lot of lepin products but now I won't
Good! Glad I could be of help!
DEW IT. They are a lot better and we good quality
I have been playing with lego for 40+ years (big fan) and everything described here about lepin (never even seen a lepin myself) - discoloration, bending, missing pieces, misfit, perhaps except country of origin - applied to virtually every set Lego I have bought when I was little.Every technic bushing I have had a crack on it; half of my gray (not bray) bricks have yellowed into a different shade than the other half from the same castle set. 90% of my minifigs cant stand up anymore (loose joints) and half of them have cracks on them (and I am not talking about the chin straps on their helmets).
I know Legos have gotten much better since the turn of the century... but consider these are plastics, I still expect higher quality plastic, especially for the price (think pick a brick buys). And I just get so upset when I hear people tell me how lego brick quality was better back in the days when they were manufactured in Denmark - I am pretty at least some of your broken ones were not made in China, cause I have a bucket full of broken bricks that came from Billund. Oh the lego logos on the studs? No thanks, its a dirt trap.
Despite all my complains, still a big fan - too much fun to play with to hold a grudge.
The missing or damaged pieces from a Lepin set is the only real worry I have about buying from them, especially a big set like the Death Star, where just a few missing pieces can stall the whole build. But I guess you can always find extra leftover pieces in your collection or buy the missing pieces on BrickLink
And a funny thing is that I have an official Lego set were a piece was damaged. The 2007 Naboo Starfighter, one of the side panels was mangled at the end, like someone twisted it with a pair of plyers.
Love lego and had plenty of sets growing up. I can see an argument for the lepin or other knock off sets simply due to the cost. Specially in the mini-figs department. I just found out about this "brand" and they have some cool figs and sets. It's tempting.
I usually get extra pieces in LEGO kits, but that's for the small parts such as studs
been really unlucky and was missing six plates from my UCS TIE fighter. I emailed LEGO and they sent through the replacement parts.
you had me at number one!! im buying Lepin
I've had missing bricks. In the 42043, 3 pieces missing and 1 piece wrong color + a lot of spares (total brick count of the set is 2799 = 0.1%). Lego customer service was astounded, but sent me the missing bricks via international post, a week later and it was solved. At no cost whatsoever.
Bet lepin doesn't have awesome customer service.
Actually i had a lego set once that didnt include all pieces. There were around 10-15 bricks or things missing such as a few cups and helmets. It was the old lego city firestation from around 2011 (?) i think. But of course lego sent me within s few days these bricks
2:45 "This is them trying to save mummy."
I think you'll find I'm saying "money" not "mummy" :P
on the cars (I have the police lego and the lepin police truck) is the numbers..
the lego highspeed chase starts with 60
I have the high speed chase set number 60138
while the lepin police truck is looking so similar to the lego police truck
this one here in my police truck mobile of lepin is 02017
when i saw that LEPIN first order trooper at the end i screamed, tunes off my phone and agent outside. we live in a last world full of bright colors, friendly neighborhoods and lovely sounds. i just spent 5 minuets of my life looking at ducking LEPIN
I'm sorry it offended you so much! :D
I have this thing where I outright refuse to purchase fake lego. The only thing that can tempt me are non-standard colours or, if I see some old bionicle set counterfeit, a new kanohi mask.
nice job on the list and explanations, but only problem was most of the stuff that looked pretty crap in this video was not Lepin. =)
Hello sir. I'm a new subscriber. :)
Something to add on the difference of Legit and bootleg, when the instructions of both Lego and bootlegs gets wet, you just have to dry the LEGO instructions, and its good again, although crumpled. But the LEPIN ones are forever ruined. The pages of LEGO instructions don't stick together once you've sun dried them or with a hair dryer. But lepin no mater how hard one's try, I'll never be 100% readable.
I got them wet by accident, when a pipe in the bathroom of my collection room broke. It was a sad day for me.
Thank you sir for the wonderful video. :)
You should take a look at 10195 (05053 in lepin) it's a really good set!
Dr Jake's Very British Reviews LOL you just got done shaming everyone for buying LEPIN and here you are saying you can't wait to buy another set! LOL What are you a DR of DR JECKLE and MR HYDE! Hypocrite.
Thank you. I will!
@@jpbeck825 Wait wot
I subscribed
What’s the original meaning of LEPIN, compared to LEGO?
Is lepin plastic is safe?
A to get a lepin horizon express so hyped
4:45 Looks like Kylo Ren went with that Clone Army idea after all.
Interesting
Arent you supposed to break off the frame around the leaves? 1:17
So is the quality good?
comming next spring lepin dimensions
I bought a set that came with a second flash head
LEGO is LEGO...the only one 4ever ^^
NANO-Nils LEGO? You are paying 70% less for the same, the only difference is the appearance of the figures and the quality of the plastic.
JuanmaZomberYT no license fees and having workes that gets payed shit.
I brought lego nexoknoght last month and it missing 1 piece
i got a wall.e set from lepin and its just the same on the original lego set. its not just lepin that has the same sets but also decool
but if you compare decool and lepin, lepin is much stronger than decool because decool always has loose bricks and bendy but lepin doesnt bend sometimes
Lepinnis a cheap variante but I as an exemple buyed the Lepin Imerial Star Destroyer and Millenium Falcon UCS but even by the Star Destroyer I had to order many parts from original LEGO especially the very expensive parts for magnet holders which often costs in online shops more than 25€ per part its incredible-.-'...
But I found an internet page in which they where gladly 3 CHF per piece so I saved a lot of money;)
I have brought hundreds of Lego sets and only once has a piece been missing
Just a week ago I got a lego set missing a piece
I have made lego builds for so many years, and only once there was 1 missing piece, i think once in 9 years.
SemiBlue
I've been building for forty years and only had missing pieces once; funnily enough I had three parts missing and twelve pieces over all from the same kit, the new Scout Speeder.
Does Lepin hurt as much as Lego when you step on them!? 😣
If you don't want to pay huge money for a UCS set, you can always source the bricks yourself from Bricklink
4:47 Stormtrooper helmet, lol
Does any one know what swag stands for
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I got a lego kit and it was missing a piece, it wasn't small it was a one by four
4:45 wtf is up with that first order stormtrooper lol
The minifigure too, Lego brand minifigure print that always can hold the print for many years, but lepin always got miss printing minifigure and print will miss after a few month
I dont care where it comes from, who makes it, if its a knock off or not, if i can get something thatll just collect dust for 50 dollars vs say 200... the choice is obvious
Fast & Loud Cars
Remembering that these aren't cheap because Lego is ripping us off... it's cheap because they didn't have to pay licencing fees.. didn't have to pay quality designers, passionate people and artists who feel like they had their work stolen.. or quality manufacturers of parts.. Instead, they just copy it and send it, so of course it's cheaper.
But I get your point about you buying the cheaper option, but also in this world there are many things we can do that are both 'cheaper' but also might not be 'right' to do .. Personally I just feel that it isn't right that these companies are allowed to continue, and if I can't afford the product from the designer then I can't afford it.. but I wont give my money to a company that does what Lepin does.
Yeah but then try to re sell it... No one wants fake things. Lego hold their value
@@fernystein9516 I dont resell, I break it apart and use the pieces
I have never bought a Lepin set ... not sure about that ... although there are good reasons for and against it.
thats for that.
i fail for that
Batman minfigures sets
Robin's arms wont snap it. Catwoman broken
very cheap plastic.
well I bought a spider cycle chase from LEGO and no venom head so funk lego
I got a lepin set and it had no instructions it was a huge one to: the brick bank it was quite hard to build but I managed
No instructions? That's a first. I often think that if Lepin released these kits without the instructions then Lego would find it very hard to sue them, but they insist on copying the instructions and stealing the artwork
Dr Jake's Very British Reviews yeah it was weird but I didn't order it online I bought it from a shop.
Look at that stormtrooper lol
I like the idea of remaking retired Lego sets/kits, I don't like the idea of ripping off the company and scamming the customers, like Lepin is doing. I've been wanted the 10221 Executor Class Super Star Destroyer for what I can remember being 5 years. I found one for $40 on Ebay, not knowing it's not even Lego, I thought it was just Lego under a different name. The description said the box didn't come with it to make it cheaper, which already made no sense. Instead of 'STAR WARS', the box in the picture showed 'STAR WNRS'. They even used the same serial number as Lego did, 10221, alongside their serial number which was less advertised. I think Lego prices are outrageous now, but I just can't imagine giving Lepin any money for what they are offering.
Another point to note lego holds its value if you keep instructions and box you can sell sets a few years down the line and make a profit. Lepin on the other hand your be binning it or car boot sale for cheap. So yeah lego is expensive but it holds its value well.
Very true. Thanks for your comment
I'm happy with my 49$ Emerald Night vs. 750$ (I own also the original!)
Why do you have two?
Just as well people can afford the big sets, I cant I have been thinking about buying lepin because of the big price tag... So I have to save for one modular set every few years.
U prefer lego
I do prefer Lego! Lego is better quality in every way. But I don't want to pay $1000s for sets that they don't make anymore. That's what Lepin is for!
it will still cost you a shit ton more.
I don't know if it's a bad or good move that Lego discontinues sets ... but I guess that also motivates us to buy now think later :p
I prefer LEGO more than Lepin, but I've only one model from Lepin.
I love the "Super Star Destroyer" but LEGO didnt produce this set anymore and the price goes higher and higher. That was the reason, why I ordered it from Lepin.
About copies of LEGE made by Lepin. LEGO is only a patent. Every patent end after some days and everyone can use it without permission. Some people hate Lepin for there copies, but these are allowed!
But blindly copying design are not allowed. Everyone can use the brick design, but no one can copy the hard work of the designer.
Gunpla has a similar problem but now days the thiefs branch out and make their own kits now but copying is still a problem.
Lepin is branching out into non-copied, legal designs now, under a different brand name. Let's see how that works out
Lego creates the plans ofthe sets, Lepin steals the plans of the sets, greatest different
I just buy lepin ninjago minifigures N POP GIRL and it come out pretty good! It looks exactly like the original lego
LOL, just bought the original N-Pop Girl...may look the same, but your figure is worth nothing...
SLIMKUTT Not everyone wants to sell their minifigures.
@@gircakes I don't want to sell it either, but who wants a worthless copy ? Would you buy a fake Ferrrari ?
Stainless Pot head I don’t buy things to collect them pointlessly. There is no accomplishment in spending money on a product. I buy a product because I like the product, and if I’m willing to get it for cheaper, so be it.
Brand loyalty is not a talent, and it doesn’t make you cool.
@@gircakes you spitting facts bro i agree
WOW you have never had a piece missing from a lego set, That happens to me all the time.
I recently bought a Lego set and it has a missing piece, I requested it to them and they sent it.
Fake or not, the important thing is you enjoy bricks. Its not bad to have fake or genuine.
quite alot of lepin is getting stopped by customs in various countries and getting a refund is proving difficult for some people, personally i dont buy it as the quality is shite and it will never increase in price so its just dead money. if you collect lego makes no sense to buy a fake
Is Lepin legal then?
Kinda... but maybe not for long. Check out this video for more information: ua-cam.com/video/0vQZbfJYEgs/v-deo.html