6 Reasons Why COBI is better than LEGO
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ค. 2024
- A list of advantages of COBI building blocks over the market leader, LEGO.
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Love the irony in that Lego don't want to glorify war....but have a massive range of Star Wars stuff....the death-star and the evil empire killed millions :)
but thats only fictional ;)
@@BrixTalk still though, the movies have some similar feeling of actual real life conflicts as I can see.
Technically there was lego Nazi's in Indiana Jones sets.
They called it a "fantast adventure" rather than a war
@@BrixTalk based on the real Nazi party lol
Cobi is selling individual parts on their site now
For the newer sets only, unfortunately :(
I had no idea!
@@DrJakesVeryBritishReviews Here is a link for missing parts: cobi.pl/en/customer-service/missing-blocks/
yea I had some missing parts in my set so I had to order them
They also sell Minifigures for cheap
I find it hilarious that Lego don’t do war or weapons - so what is the Death Star for exactly? 😂
It's a brick built recreation of an iconic fictional spaceship from a sci fi fantasy movie.
@@antienjoys yeah but it is a weapon of mass destruction which doesn’t exactly fit with Lego not doing was or weapons. If they built Lego tank sets, that is also fantasy as nobody is actually being killed. It doesn’t sound like a logical argument to me to not do military when they make fictional military.
Because Lego dont use ww2 weapons in their sets. And that's why they use sci- fi.
@@AlmonJonas yes but I believe that they allow period weapons. I think it was a mantra of not wanting to sell war to children. Which is why the early space sets had weird camcorder looking devices.
LEGO Indiana Jones sets: exists
The only trouble with custom parts is they have very little versatility in use when making MOCs. You could use that model with its missing parts to build a crashed DR 1 diorama.
I'm not buying a Cobi set to turn it into something else.
Cobi is superb. I grew up building Lego & still think it’s good . I love military vehicles & historical vehicles. The quality of cobi is exactly the same as Lego and cheaper . I’ve had 2 cobi tanks for free off of Facebook selling , because the seller couldn’t guarantee all the bits , all the parts were present bar one , which I replaced with a Lego part . Long live cobi
I really enjoyed the Cobi Doctor Who sets and blind bags they did in 2010. Definitely worth checking out.
Ah yes I remember collecting those alongside the H.M Armed Forces sets they did in around 2011 I believe!
Im really starting to love cobi. ive built 3 of their largest Titanic sets. turning them into all 3 sisters. Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic. They are tricky to customize compared to lego, but very fun.
When it comes to the educational aspect, for the plane models COBI had a series of booklets where you would get a booklet / comic with historical info and blocks attached. They would usually come in series of 4 booklets / plane, where each booklet would get a quarter of the blocks and the build instructions for that quarter of the plane. I do not know if they were available in other languages than Polish, though. And If they will be continued - some are still on sale, but no full series, only specific chapters. Anyways, COBI is taking a different and interesting approach to that business.
I started building Cobi about a year ago and love it. I still pick up the occasional Lego set but I'm much more choosy which ones I buy. The only challenge is finding retailers in Canada for Cobi aside from what Amazon carries.
ebay is my go to
Cobi is also very helpfull if you lose bricks. I have had a concersation with them about a brick before, they are nice and helpfull. Customer service is super!
They are. I had a missing piece in my Chaffee tank set at the weekend. Its already in the post from Poland to the UK. They are great
Same thing happened to me with my Panzerkampfwagon VI Tiger, but I worked with what I had
It looks rather unique
Cobi ist known to re-release sets which are going well (ships in particular).
And a quid is still an awesome price for the set...
Karl Gerät moment
I'm over here in the States, but I thoroughly enjoy following your channel and hearing your thoughts. I've been enjoying Lego, but I am definitely open to other cool options. I just ordered a Mega Construx dragon I found on sale, which I plan to merge into my Harry Potter world. I've not heard of COBI before, but I love the aviation models and will check them out. Thanks for making this video! I hope you're able to get the pieces that were missing from this Red Baron set.
COBI is sending the spare parts. I'll do an update in a future video
hi, maybe there is another thing: Because Coby Bricks do habe a higher clutch power and are not as "studdy" on the outside they are much less prown to be destroyed by even smaller kids one you hend them a set to play with.
And of course there are Coby sets to do that like the super wings series.
0:41 wait ...am I the onyl one that heard the name in a funny way ? Nice video BTW.
I have a Panzer IV from cobi and I don't regret having it :)
I once bought a 10 gallon tub of Lego at a garage sale for $10
Ok I went back like ten months and liked all your videos. I actually liked most of them, but decided you deserve to have more likes
Dr. Jake, I'd like to see you make a review of Jekca blocks. The company is based in Hong Kong, and the bricks are held together with small plastic screws.
The custom parts og the sets probably makes it a lot more difficult to find replacement.
hi, maybe one needs to differentiate a bit:
On the one hand you might get exclusive parts for a set like fuselage or special curved windows witch migt be hard to replace
on the other hand you get for years parts that are commonly used in cobi sets and even sets by other manufactorers like the 1x5 plate or the single stud witch are not too hard to come by. As well as maybe the extra slopes that are used to "smooth out" ships for eg.
Jake another great video. Lego did make this plane (I have it somewhere) it was huge and was completely brick built.
I don't mind cobi (or megablocks) at least there doing legit business unlike lepin etc. There's enough of a marketplace out there for all legit brick companies.
As for the war comment Lego have produced a number of war related planes the sopwith camel was a recent one.
Plastic gold!
What i do love about Cobi is their commitment to offer sets of ferries that you can buy on respective ferry and shipping company. Lego did this alot in the 70's, 80's and 90's but stopped for some reason.
Yeah! I just recently bought a COBI Viking Glory set on board on the Viking Line ship "Viking Glory"
I've been collecting cobi for 5 years and I have over 60 sets and I've only ever had 1 problem and it was with the aircraft carrier u.s.s enterprise which I had 1 piece missing
I got the Tirpitz battleship, with 1900+ bricks, thats a massive project 😂
"Fucker, Doctor I?" Whattt 😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏
You missed no 7 Doc, Cobi don't change the name of a set just because they think it's more acceptable.
But it does make me wonder were the pieces missing from Cobi when new or did the previous owner lose them ?
You mean the new lego slave 1?
So can you tell me what happened to the Paulus minifig in the Limited Edition Cobi Mercedes G4 set? Or who's that "totally random" american general in the new LE Sherman Jumbo set?
If I may add a 7th and 8th point to the list, Cobi's customer service is better than LEGO's. I bought some bricks from LEGO and they took 4-5 weeks to get to me. Versus Cobi, a propeller broke on my B17 model when it fell, and they got the brick to me in under 2 weeks! And that was coming all the way from Poland.
The 8th point is a lot of Cobi sets are to scale with the real models. And even if they're not perfectly to scale the minifigs don't look bad standing next to them.
Do you still review COBI sets? It’s been a while by the looks of it on your channel?
I think some Fokker opened the box before you ! lol
This is indeed British review with British humor. :) Keep it up!
Thank you!
@@DrJakesVeryBritishReviews Cobi has a huge diorama exhibition near Warsaw in Poland, I will be going there this weekend. Based on the information on their internet page they also sell there individual parts of their sets. I could replenish the missing parts for you…. I am not sure if that can work, since Cobi probably does not have part numbering system like Lego…. If that would be feasible for you by any chance and if you can figure out which parts your Red Baron is missing feel free to send me a private message, I would be more than happy to see if we can jointly complete the 1 pound Cobi Red Baron set. In your Channel Information I did not find an email address hence am posting this message here publicly.
Where do you buy cobi sets in the UK without paying high tax and delivery fee?
BrickTanks
That is disappointing that you are missing parts. How often do you run into that issue with Cobi?
I don't think it's a Cobi issue, but rather an issue with buying a used set from a car boot sale
See the comment below
cobi created my childhood
Did he say Fokker ? I dunno, in that very British accent I choked on my LEGO brick 🧱. Hey keep up these vids, I’m new to the channel but I’m a scale model builder whose taken to LEGO’s now and again (the Ecto 1 & 1966 Batmobile) but I want some military models & you sir are providing some great info. (language aside - 🤣)
I’m a huge fan of Cobi! I especially enjoy the historical and licensed vehicle sets. 😀
Since there is no Bricklink for Cobi parts, buying sets for a £1 second-hand is the only way to amass the bricks needed for MOCs, so "Yes" it was worth £1.
Cobi sell bricks on their own site so bricks are available to purchase.
@@cyberleaderandy1 You can always send them info about missing pieces with your address using the official form on their website. In about 2 weeks they'll send you a missing part/parts. It's been working for what, 5 years now? Technically you can abuse it somewhat to fill the gaps of your own making :)
Great review as always 👌👍♠️
Thanks Peter
Nice video; i really should try once a cobi set for building. Most of arguments i can agree, however the first one I do not; I prefer less variety in bricks, and stimulate creativity on the usage of existing types. But heho, that's personal.
Fyi, Jangbricks has just reviewed exactly this model. He basically stole your idea as you uploaded it a couple of days earlier!
built a few ww2 tanks really cool. Worth it. If you you like regular LEGO figures like me. You might have to loo around and find some custom o ebay.
good video, btw you can by spare cobi parts on bricktanks I think
I have seen that, yes. You can also get them directly from COBI
I am proud that I am from Poland, cuz cobi are Polish.
The only problem i have had with Cobi is that on the Humvee/hummer h1 desert set, it missed 1 brick i think, i still have it unfinished. But thats the only problem for now. But i think Cobi is alot better! I still enjoy Lego, for example the camping and trucking sets.
*would kit bashing with the more unique parts be easier then?*
I would say no.
Yes
A salacious title!
Yes cobi is very good I bought a Sherman tank from cobi but I never need the Minifigures the vest don't fit right and the printing just isn't good but sometimes you can use the set without the minifig and switch it for another one from you box you could make a star wars moc with a bunker.
Brickmania does make decent mostly LEGO built military sets. But, they are extremely expensive, and they are very limited by the angular lego pieces, and LEGO doesn't make very many special cool pieces like COBI. I'm collecting COBI for those reasons, even though I'm a LEGO fan and collector.
One thing I will disagree with. Now this is just my personal opinion but my favorite part of lego builds is the build. I will build a kit then take it apart to build again. I do not display any of my lego sets. I even separate the parts into different bags so it’s easy to find the parts to build it again. Some sets I have built well over 20 times.
Well that's a good way of looking at it too!
I remember doing this to a few of my 3 in one creator sets when i was younger, especially this small plane set, i kept rotating the builds between the 3 models for a few days
Oh, and having Cobi sets, mostly Lego is much much sturdier in their build techniques.
You can sell the pieces for other builders who have lost them and you'll get more than a pound also by only selling some bricks :-)
£1 worth of experience is definitely worth it. Think about what you might have spent the £1 on in the Norwich Poundland, the £1 of experience will stay with you for life.
I went to Norwich Poundland on Saturday. I came away much less satisfied than I was after (partially) building this set.
Please, more Cobi videos
Stay tuned over the next month or two...
@@DrJakesVeryBritishReviews New Enlighten sets are also very good, but you have to make sure they are new - it's easy to tell because the newest ones always have "enli" on their blocks.
When he said ‘Fokker’, the subtitles censored it.
🤣😂
That's unfortunate
Today I was gifted my first COBI and I think it's another product different from LEGO. They sell buildable reproductions of real planes with a scale look alike.
2:43It's accually still continuedand as a part of the WW1 historical collection.
Edit: Cobi is also very cheap compared to Lego (1$= 10-20 bricks for cobi)
Wow :o, I was just planning to buy ww2 Japanese stuff from brick warriors, does COBI have ww2 Japanese sets? I would love to have them
They've released a few, but not many. They've mainly focused on the Zero and other planes, seeing they didn't use tanks to often in the war. But they do have INCREADABLE models of the Yamato and Musashi!
@@JRodStudios great
Very true!
I Completely 100% agree with everything you said
Buy the proper set and use the pieces on this build to modify it or use them with another compatible brick company to custom build something, these planes sets are so good, still not brought one yet, trying to avoid buying them until I move house, got enough stuff as it is.
I guess if you bye a recent set (and normaly about 75% of what lego would charge) you can do that without any problem. The oly thing with the oulder sets is that they had stickers and sticker and the curved spaces of plains don't board well.
I've officially got more COBI than LEGO now...
@@DrJakesVeryBritishReviews me too ;)
@@DrJakesVeryBritishReviews Congrats! Also, Cobi is rereleasing the "Red Baron" set the December, so you could finally finish the set!
Why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?
I'm just a very brave person
Cobi in latam?
Lego doesn't make military stuff cause lego is for children, i have 2 cobi battleships (hood, Bismarck) i definitely recommend cobi for anyone that likes lego and history.
Ya know. In my opinion Lego is BETTER for mocs specifilly, because when cobi gives you for example back wing part it can be only back wing of a plane. About prints and stickers, on a lot of parts i like to chose not to place the stickers (take for example kai's ninja charger from ninjago legacy, it works perfectly fine without them). With every part printed i wouldn't have this freedom. Of course on some bricks prints are almost nenesarry (let's say the totem from guardian village from ninjago island (yes, I'm a fan)) but i can stand puting stickers on them just for the freedom at the rest of the sets. Also i think Lego minifigs are beter, more iconin, verry custamizable and more collectable. Also they range more than Cobi, witch are almost exclusivly military stuff. And just to be clear, I'm from poland, but i have no personal atachment to Cobi. I had 1 set (a military jeep with 2 minifigs) and it wasn't bad.
ps. Sorry for gramar mistakes.
Coby does have the 1x5 Plate or 2 Plates high slopes that IMHO ideal for MOC's
@@BrixTalk Lego releaset few sets with 1x5 plates this year. So they have it.
For me, building sets is fun, but even better is making designs of my own. In this respect, none of the reasons seem that great to me.
Well, well. Missing parts are quite disappointing for such a "superior" brick set manufacturer, aren't they?
Cobi had better details on historical vehicles i always dream of having the tiger:(
Same I want Karl Gerät Tiger and maus
Do you know BrickMeet
lego make power tools for the mini figs disc saws i have seen seen some not nice video's with lego video back yard bandits cutting people up bob
Good point Bob
Its 50 50 They are both Good companys
This guy is getting alot of hate form those diaper wearing Lego fans I'm not sure if they have heard about historical events so they need to grow up and accept this new branch of art
I think you should have more subscribers.
I agree!
Cobi make great models and often the only complaint i hear is "its not lego though". To me thats just snobbery as they look better, are cheaper and constantly improve their models. If you want to pay five times as much for a Sherman in lego, thats the wrong colour and looks blocky in comparison to a cobi model do so. You've obviously got too much money to spend.
0:43
Sounded like you had more than a pound of disappointment, so I make that a win for you!
for star wars and harry potter bye lego but for history buy cobi
Lego doesn't want to glorify (non-Star) Wars 😜
I only buy new non Lego sets what lego doesn't produce, like the flying dutchman.
For militaria, Cobi especially with its line of tanks beats Lego all day, BUT Lego overall better with that vast array of sets to choose from and Cobi's minifigures are the ugliest little things you'll ever see. Really goofy. Can't believe the Cobi art directors look at their figures and say, these are ok. They suck. Lego's minifigs are better in everyway and cute.
And yes, that is exactly what pad printing is.
and its the normal way to do it with these Parts.
Does someone want to get in someones good books and oh i don't know, get sponsored by someone?. Hehe just pulling ya leg.👍
Personally lepin sucks and cobi and lego are both awesome.
lol 2nd
You were first of the people claiming a position, so that's an honorary first. 😉
That's quite an achievement! Well... Not really... ;-)
cobi bricks dont even conect well
Cobi much better than Lego !!
Is Magnanimous Meg your mum?
Huh?
I only need 1 reason. Lego is waaaaaaaay too expensive! Its just plastic. Nothing more
If Lego started making even more complex parts say for example vehicle and aircraft specific parts.....these other brands would never be mentioned again.....lol
Lego is betttter
A pound worth of disappointment 😞
COBI are sending me the missing parts!!
@@DrJakesVeryBritishReviews This missing parts are also an extra piece of legos if you lost the another piece of lego it might be gone.
Sorry, Dr Jake. I have seen many of your videos but this is disappointing. It was somewhat rambling and seemed unprepared. To reach the end and realise so much was awry was unsatisfactory. Good luck for the future.
with peace and love, this was a bit boring
Wtf cob I sucks
Well they make good ww2 and ww1 vehicles ship and plane
cobi is better than lego..
For me lego is better,niw everyone whit hes oppinioms
Yeah I like cobi more and everyone has their own opinions
Exactly right!
Click Bait, Click Bait,Click Bait…… hang on I better watch it first .🤣
It is a bit baity isn't it...
but I still prefer lego than Cobi.
A lot of people do and that's quite OK
@@DrJakesVeryBritishReviews Thanks for your reply, I would be looking forward to your next video.👍
THEY QUAL IN SAME WAY HOW DARE YOU SHAME LEGO IT BEST but i not hating
I did not shame LEGO
@@DrJakesVeryBritishReviews gOoD i dare you not to shame them
I shame u
LEPIN in better than COBI and Lego put together. :)
I disagree since its from China
@@gandalflotr2898 Apple phones are also made in China
@@mrubaidrahman4835 lol in our house there’s a lot of things made from China
I More Like Lego!
cobi is so much better than lego if ur into ww2 things and anything apart from ninjago etc, lego doesnt make military things