LEGO doesn't make military ships but COBI does - review of the COBI HMS Belfast
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 เม.ย. 2021
- If you like building block toys such as LEGO and you also like military vehicles, then check out this COBI HMS Belfast.
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From 8:07 are you describing the ship or your head? #justchecking ;-) But, in polite world, I've been very impressed with both Cobi and Bricktanks. Cobi produce some fantastic models, and Bricktanks have been outstanding with their speed and friendliness.
To me, Cobi was known for making very realistic and very smooth vehicles
Brickmania has gorgeous minifigures with amazing weapons but their models fall a bit short
@@CitingAnt and are rediculously expensive.
About half a year ago, I saw a review of the Battleship Bismarck from Cobi and thought, oh what the heck, let's give it a try. It was the first brick set I ever build that wasn't Lego. Meanwhile I own 7 ships. Who would have thought that building ship hulls out of bricks could be so satisfying and relaxing? But it is, it really is!
I've built 2 Cobi ships- the USS Missouri and the Bismark- they are AMAZING, fun to build, great instructions, excellent value, and they look fantastic when you're done. I also have 8 Cobi tanks- I can't possibly recommend these kits strongly enough. An excellent compliment to my Star Wars Lego collection
Even though I am a big Lego fan, I don’t understand Lego saying no to building WWII model sets and War stuff with guns, when they have no problem making Star Wars and Avengers model sets.
I’ve been looking at the Cobi model sets for some time now, but have not yet had the guts to buy any. They do look awesome. Thanks.
the company during WW2 didn't want children learning about violence and things like that
so much so that the castles were yellow so nobody could build Panzers with them
It has to do with when the company started. They began in ww2, but at that time I am not 100 percent sure if their name was lego, and they didn't build bricks at that point, they made toys out of metal and wood. I think that during the war, they couldn't use metal to make there toys because metal was used to make tanks and other weapons, and after the war, there was less metal so the company decided to use plastic, asked another company if they could make bricks as well, and the company said yes, so lego improved that company's brick and made it way better, like by adding tubes, and I also think that they may have also been the ones to put studs on the bricks, but I am not 100 percent sure. Afte rthe war, the owner didn't want children to build tanks, so he even made sure the bricks he used were different colors other than grey, tan, I think green maybe, so that kids wouldn't build them, and that rule has stuck, because Lego sees star wars as not acually bloody warfare, so they see it as being fine, and today are not as strict on what their customers can build with their own bricks, but lego doesn't want to be the ones supplying them with tanks.
Yeah they literally made a model with name "Death star"
You need to get down to London and spend the day on HMS Belfast, it’s epic 👍
Yes I need to do it to I have seen Cutty Sark!
I've never even been close to London before, but I still liked it because I like to be nice.
I built the Missouri and the Enterprise sets, I love them as they were very fun to build and they were very high quality. It felt amazing building this as I imagined myself paying tribute to those who fought and gave their lives onboard.
Ive got like 15 models i think, and i could say not one of them was dissapointing, cobi is amazing
I AGREE
You have the ensign upside down. Great kit!
Cobi is just great! The Brick quality is nearly as good as LEGO(If not as good or better pls don't kill me) and they wouldn't charge 20 dollars per 100 pieces. Their prints are opaque unlike what we get from LEGO which is almost always never opaque enough prints, and we only prints from Cobi, no dreaded stickers(except of course the decals which is just bonus stuff that they add if you want to customize your set). Now I' don't hate LEGO because I love LEGO, always have and always will but I think it's a great breathe of fresh air when we get stuff we've always wanted from LEGO for cheap that is good quality, unlike what we get from LEGO now like seriously LEGO 80 dollars for General Grievous' starfighter is just an absolute scam! They even recycled the Obi Wan from the Duel on Mustafar set c'mon LEGO I thought "Only the best is good enough" this is some serious corner cutting! I literally need to sell and regrow my kidney just to buy one LEGO set(unless it's a Ninjago set, LEGO has always been pretty generous when they price their Ninjago sets which is great because I love Ninjago)
Nearly as good? :D ;) ;P Greetings from Poland :)
I would call Cobi's brick quality even better than Lego's
Thing is, they don't have any color problems at all, the bricks are litteraly sticking together, it's almost impossible to get them apart.
Idk if that counts under beick qualuty as well, but the sets are built stable aswell, you can hold the ships with one hand and it doesn't break (if you don't do it too long of course).
Also they fon't mix every color theycan in their sets AND they produce only in EU
The set quality is not tho.
I mean planes break all the time. And yoi cant be gentle while building them or else the pieces one stick but if you pressure on em they break
@@hellojohny6013 As someone who owns roughly thirty sets most of which are aircraft, I can agree that a very few of the pieces can be a bit fragile(it's almost like they're only meant to be display pieces) but I'm more concerned on how you're building them if you can't reach a middle ground between too gentle and too rough. If you're saying the quality is bad, I'm confident that the problem is more on you and not Cobi's quality control, your spelling certainly doesn't help your argument.
@@anm10wolvorinenotapanther32 well take the junkers for example the entire back part breaks off if you lift it. And the p38 ligthnings back flaps fall off constantly.
G’day Dr Jake, my very first brick build was Cobi, a beautiful German Submarine U-Boot VII B U-48. My next build was Legos Saturn V both built this year. I’m from New Zealand & stumbled on Cobi by accident as I wanted a military set, I found Cobi online. I love both brands of bricks, I enjoy your videos very much, cheers
That looks great. I just received a few Cobi sets from a fan and I can't wait to review them, but they are from the car series. It's great to see other brands getting more original with their sets. I'd be more than happy to send you a non-Lego military set if you see something you like lol (I am a Lego fan as well). Panlos has some pretty fun tanks.
Speaking of Titanic, you should really buy the big Titanic set (they make several smaller versions, go for the big one, set 1916). Such a fun build and absolutely huge. And historically accurate.
Instructions smelling superb is the peak of humanity xD
Even someone like JangBricks (a LEGO collector and reviewer) occasionally gets a COBI set. They are just so different, even LEGO fans who like military machines collect COBI.
The first Cobi set I voluntarily purchased (not as a gift to or from anyone) was a blood-red Fokker Dr-1 triplane. I then got a Mark 1 land ship, and then a US aircraft carrier this previous summer. My most recent Cobi purchase was the largest manmade moving object to debut the 20th century, Harland and Wolff hull number 401: White Star Liner R. M. S. Titanic
Great review Jake, you only missed out one thing. You never mentioned if it floats😆😆. Looking forward to your next build 👍
Cobi do make some truly excellent stuff, my only real criticism is that imo their tanks are not very accurate don’t generally have as much detail as I would like, but, then again, I am a WWII MOC builder so that may severely increase my expectations as they make models similar to the build quality of Lego, whereas I’m my models I aim to cram as much accuracy and detail in as I find possible.
I suspect that if the funnels were supposed to be dead upright, they wouldn't have a hinge piece to let you angle them back.
In the 60s out neighbours who had tons of Lego (we were totally jealous) and made an aircraft carrier that was well over a metre just from ordinary bricks. Parts of it even opened up to show the inside. Kits weren't invented back then.
the Leopard I got from them last March took me 5 hours to build but I really like it
I have built every 1:300 Cobi ship. I do recommend the Titanic, the Scharnhorst and the King Tiger Tank. Wonderful building experiences!
Man, i have GOT to start smelling more instruction books. Lol so awesome Dr. Jake! 😆👍🏼😎
I haven't heard of COBI. Looks awesome!
I've built a few of the tanks and a couple of aircraft. The Bovington Tiger 101, Leopard 2A4 and Vought Corsair F4U are excellent models.
Cobi quolity has been consistently good for a long time, I don't go out of My way to buy Cobi but it shows up alot in used Lego Hauls and charity shops.
Yeah
“Perhaps you like military aircraft, or *warships* “
Me: *Y E S*
People underestimate how important the smell of instructions is. It is no fun building with a smelly book.
Nice video. Definitely time for a visit to London to view the real HMS Belfast moored in the Thames river. Be interesting to compare the model with the actual ship.
Beautiful model of a beautiful ship.
I wouldn't so readily admit it, but I also enjoy smelling new books.
Damn you Dr Jake,thanks to you i am now hooked,great review and a very enjoyable watch.
Apart from Star Wars Cobi basically does replace Lego for me as I'm only really interested in military models (mainly tanks), which Cobi does very well imo
I have the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen models from Cobi via Bricktanks and I can thoroughly recommend.
Loved this video. It’d be amazing to see some more COBI content
Noted!
You have convinced me. I've ordered my first 3 sets.
I did not know Cobi even existed until now, thanks. Looks like a great model and you did a very good review imo. Doubt I'll ever get a Cobi set, partly since Im in the USA, but good to know there are companies out there looking to do something different than Lego and not just copy them.
Warbricks is like american bricktanks. Try ordering from them
Cobi is on amazon all the time, i get most of my sets there
Love the new studio space, little echo but great.
P.S. I have just ordered the Spitfire. I looked around my man cave and found room lol
It's a great model. You'll love it!
About time I've been on the fence about buying this set Doc...
Imagine a cruise ship having those gun turrets on board. Passengers could put coins in to fire them like with those binoculars you get at the seaside. That would be awesome.
Oh, and i agree with your product review. You are very objective and honest. Oh also intelligent and articulate. The Cobi kits are very high quality and wicked cool lookin! Great video.
8:15 plot twist, Jake is a secret back alley Lego dealer weighing his Lego for the Lego head's to get there fix, hence the scales.... Come on Jake we no! can see it playing out....*Punter come on Jake just help us out with 3 quids worth of red bricks i can pay you Friday,*Jake ok but pay or there will be problems..
~Jakes car gets keyed
MY SECRET IS OUT
It looks good Doc but I would have to immediately dismantle it to add wings.
I got a stack of LEGO instructions maybe I should smell em hmmmmmmmmm
Looks good ive just completed the lego space Shuttle discovery. Very nice aswell.
Dr. Jake. Thanks for the previous cobi review. My wallet is now hemorrhaging at an uncontrollable rate. But seriously they are amazing sets. I built the P51, F18, the leapord 2, tiger and king tiger as well as an easy 8 sherman. This has all been within the last couple months. Thanks again... I think... for the review
Great review...Cobi is excellent. If you haven't already build the Bismarck!
4:55
glad i'm not the only one doing that XD
i wish the smell of new was some perfume
Great review. Aiming on my first dabble into Cobi when they release their revised Mosquito, which I believe is due in a few months.
I'll check it out when it arrives! Thanks!
Very Cool
I agree with you, i find Cobi also super kits.
Looks nice
I just got this same Cobi set (but in the USA, so it was $150 including tax). I have built 3 Cobi ships before, the titanic, Bismarck, and Uss enterprise.
it was great!! :)
Great video, one point, your flag is upside down, the Union Flag should be top left
Whoooops
The Belfast is definitely one of the more beautiful British ships. Hope I can get it.
New filming location. How many locations do you have?
The one thing with Cobi ships: Don't add the lifeboats, they're ridiculously oversized, and inaccurate. Removing them doesn't detract from the model. I didn't use them on my Bismarck, and it looks fine.
Nice
Hi there! Nice video! Carry on! By the way Belfast's White Ensign is upside down 🙃
How well does it work in the bath?
The funnels should be at a small angle back.
Have you tried it in the bath yet?
It would be good to build it before visiting the actual ship on the Thames. I've been round the Belfast a few times, but the scale and layout are hard to grasp, this model would explain that very well.
Would you say there is much custom building opportunity for cobi?
You can find the link to the spitfire review *down under*
Me: travels to Australia to find it
they also have tanks, you should check them out next
I’m building the cobi Iowa and it is massive (91cm long)
Cobi did an RMS TITANIC too
I have the Bismarck and tirpitz and I adore them I’m sitting at the counter right now and I have Bismarck in front of me and I can’t help but hear sabaton blasting in my head but yeah I have two ships a tank and 3 planes
Thank you, Dr Jake, for an interesting review. Glad you don't waffle like Sam's Trains. :)
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Cobi is awesome but little expensive. Besides Lego, I have Mega Bloks Pro Builders and Best-Lock. All my navy ships are made from those 2 brands. Except the Deep Sea Exploration Ship, thats in Lego.haha😄 Hello from Saga, Japan.🗾
i have Bild a COBI thing before
GENERAL KENOBI!
You should compare the Cobi Titanic to the Lego Titanic
Great video but sorry Dr J gonna stick with Lego 😁
00:00 GENERAL KENOBI
Lego was a bunch of peoples childhood.And this is how you repay lego?
Can you make your own hms rodney? Id realy like to see a hms rodney in a lego form
Hms Dave is my favourite
@@DrJakesVeryBritishReviews yeah but for me hms rodney is stronger for face to face battle because of the 3 main batteries in the front of it and the side secondary batteries on the back
Making it one of the strongest
I’m a massive lego fan! Lego don’t do a titanic ship 🚢 but apparently Oxford do a large titanic ship 🚢 just wondering what your thoughts are on the Oxford brand? Thanks 😊 ps would love lego to release a titanic lego ship 🚢 keep up the good work 👍🏻
I've made a video about the Oxford Titanic! Check it out!
Do they have a Vulcan Bomber set? If so sign me up! And my Lego loyalty is completely lacking right now, firstly not being able to get Ulysses Space Probe set because it sold out instantly (I say sold out you needed enough VIP points to get it) and secondly I bought a couple of sets specifically directly from them so that I would have the VIP points for the probe, even though I could get the sets significantly cheaper straight off the shelf in the UK. And to pour salt in the wound when the sets arrived both were damage in transit , meaning I chose to return it the sets but due to Lego being “overwhelmed” by returns right now it’s gonna take over a month to process it and get either a replacement or a refund. 🤬
I do not fault other brick makers for filling thr gaps that Lego chooses not to make. Although, many people do build military builds with Lego. Respect both Lego's descision to refrain from making military themed offerings (well aside from Napoleonic soliders in pirates, and soldiers in licensed set....well, lol. No Kant's Categorical Imperative maxims here!) and Cobi for filling the gap in thr market without stealing Lego IP. Is the Flag on the back upside-down?
Do you think it’s worth the £100?
100% yes.
Hello there
Though cobi is doing well for themselves I do think copying LEGO is disgusting my opinion MY OPINION btw go look at histobrick it’s a 3rd party LEGO website they are selling ships at the moment (LEGO doesn’t make military sets because during the Vietnam war toys were not supposed themed to war and also this was the case during WW2 LEGO was the only toy co. to not sell war toys great videos like em!
I think these kits look amazing though
They look terrible and the price is absurd.
There is always brickmania
Ensign flag is upside down!
I'd try to save my money up to bring to lie my favourite ships, to make my dream fleet
KMS Bismarck, Tirpitz, Admiral Hipper, Prinz Eugen, Gneisenau,
HMS Hood, Warspite, Queen Elizabeth, Belfast,
IJN Yamato
USS Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, New Jersey,
Then buy some more of those from WW1 to make HMS Dreadnought, SMS Nassau/Westfalen, SMS Helgoland, Russian cruiser Aurora, then the ones from WW2 to make KMS Graf Spree & IJN Kongo,
I'm not trying to be mean with this question, but how come you kept saying "superb"?
I love the word superb. It’s… superb
cobi is as good as lego if not better
What I will say about Cobi is that its DIFFERENT. The piece quality is very good, but they are a different texture and type compared to Lego. The instructions are worse, and the minifigures are pretty terrible, but if you're after military models like ships/tanks/planes, then Cobi is pretty decent.
You've put the flag upside down.
the flag is upside down :)
Shh! ;-)
10:32 Upside down flag
Years ago I had an affair with the daughter of the inventor of Cobi. Beautiful polish girl. But stiff like a brick.🤷🏼♂️
AT LAST a not lego set good change jake
lego do not have the world on bricks us lego fans are RUNNING OUT OF SPACE IN THE UK so many have told me and the takie phone blocks are taking over now
Iv just finished the cobi u.s.s pennsylvania and ill say it again cobi is better than lego.
The flag is upside down on the stern of the ship? That’s unbelievable…