Wow guys! This video is a lot less balanced in terms of likes and dislikes compared to the last one. The LEGO fans must be out in force! Please share with your friends :)
Its easy to practice social responsibility in buying products when you can afford to buy lego death stars on the fly. On top of this do you think the total cost of making a lego set closely compares with the store price? Of course not!
Just went to my local toy store and checked the LEGO section and was horrified with the prices, i do understand why people would buy Lepin because they just want to build again back when they were kids and not pay so so much that it doesnt make any sense especially when you have responsibilities and bills to pay
YES YES YES. THANK YOU. Sometimes some privileged people forget that they live in first world countries and disregard that there's people out there who can't spend $300 dolars on a set. It's either that or paying rent.
Well I cannot afford a Rolex watch so I don’t buy one. I would not buy a fake Rolex because that would be stealing from the company who spent time and effort creating it. If you can’t afford Lego buy another toy.
@@chrisboudet7786 when you live in a developed country, you want to pay like a "good citizen" on the internet, using this false moralistic speech. I wanted to see if you would use this speech if you lived in a country where you don't live, but survive. you hypocrite.
this video misses the entire reason lepin has a market in the first place. the most popular lepin sets are retired ones that arent in production. sets like the republic gunship and republic dropship with at-ot haven't been on shelves in years and the resale price (like you said) is increased to around $400 as opposed to lepin at roughly $50-$80.
@TFEA A it's not an investment, I don't intend to sell anything. I had the chance to get a £100 Lepin Diagon Alley vs a £300 Lego one. If I'd have got the Lepin one I'd be looking at a worthless mound of plastic and knowing I scuffed the system with an illegal useless product, versus the Lego one, I know I made the right purchase. It is not sad, but wasting your money absolutely is
@@tutin4090 then what about an $80 Lepin Republic Gunship vs a $350 Lego Republic Gunship? Would you screw the system when buying discontinued sets that Lego makes no money on?
lepins products are just weak and the bricks fall apart and it is illegal to copy of something such as lego with no permission so I would prefer to just pay more money for a better product and don't argue with me because I respect your opinion and I can see why you would buy lepin
jean-jacques, also Lego needs to focus on better production. They always claim "we're out" when someone tries to buy a set two MONTHS after it came out and all demand has died down. Then once you realize they have PLENTY of time to make more, they discontinue it. Well, I guess they don't need my money. I have not bought a set new from them in years because of their unbelievably low production volume. If Lego demands eBay stop letting people sell used sets, their customers will definitely abandon them and even the guy who uploaded this video knows that!
Eh, I think the reason people buy Lepin is because they are selling copies of kits that lego discontinued. Who's gonna buy a lego kit that was discontinued and the price tripled on when they can buy Lepin for a fraction
Personally, I see number 1 as a problem. Lego discontinued so many sets for no real reason considering that most of the pieces are still in production. I understand that there is limited shelve space in stores but what's stopping them from selling all their sets on their website? For that reason, if I really want a discontinued Lego set and Lepin still makes a copy, I'll buy the Lepin.
I love their official stuff and still buy on bricklink and their own site / retail but what you say rings way too true. Half of the copy cats only make a living because Lego discontinues popular series or, even worse imo. never gets them right in the first place, with the lord of the rings as a major theme, pirates and castle being so criminally neglected while online, all off brand stores sell these exact series and I am not just talking about copy cats either. Ultimately, it’s legos decision to overly focus on big sets instead of simply at least occasionally giving the people what they want :P
Between my daughter and I we probably have about 400 Lego sets (all purchased new through legit retailers) we have had a few missing parts (a head, cape and a sticker sheet) but Lego customer service is awesome and always take care of it.
i bought the ninja city got two missing pieces but for me thats understandabel that set got over 4k pieces( i got two different pieces instead) i went to customerservice ordered these parts and everything is ok
Unfortunately LEGO forced my hand to buy a Lepin set. I had a dark age where I stopped building lego kits. I came back to Lego this year after I found an old set my dad bought me. I wanted to get a pirate ship...turns out it was retired and around 1200 usd on ebay. An insane price. the Lepin version was 84 usd, imagine that? I would gladly pay 200 usd to Lego for that set. But the geniuses at Lego decided to retire it so early despite its massive popularity 10 years ago.
Lego doesnt work like that, they almost never do one specific set on a super long run but i understand why it upsets some people including you, i get that feeling sometimes as well Theres reboots now but its usually for the 20-30 year old sets and the big ones only (so its still pricey)
@@xalnilam2739The point is that they ignore core groups of their fans. Castle hasn’t gotten a regular series in years, pirates is likewise dead, lord of the rings only gets 500€ iconic sets instead of the armies people actually want… Lego ignores their own customers demands so the customers go elsewhere. Not even mentioning the prices. Seriously, have you seen the decline of city sets? Insanity, the value is so incredibly out of balance and it’s sadly not the only series. That’s the point here, Lego should ALWAYS have castle stuff, always pirates - they could actually gain so much from a modular castle you could expand with a decent amount of minifigure sand fair prices. Instead, icon sets for hundreds of dollars that are simply way too overpriced a lot of the time. Look at the D&D one. A non greedy price could make everyone happy and reach far more people - instead, they go so far beyond good and evil that it’s almost comical.
@@Arcaryonthis doesnt help that guys case tho i think your right in what you say they should cater to their real fans and we all know the pricing issues but this guy wants a particular set and its 10 yrs old thats just how supply and demand works when things go retired but i agree with what your saying
@@xalnilam2739 Agreed. I hope that Lego one day understands that it can actually do both if it’s a bit more patient but I worry that licensing may be so expensive that they finance it via non branded pieces.
As a collector as enthusiast, I can agree with your multiple points. However, as an older brother who wishes to play with my little brother who cares not for "quality" nor the secondary market, I will purchase the cheaper option for play.
@@tamhoang2758 So? LEGO needs to learn to not overprice its products and stop making low-effort sets. I say steal ALL the designs! Every single one! Force Lego to compete with itself and work out how it can win back its own customers.
Nobody's thought of calling it "Bootlego"? Though my stance is that I probably would buy current kits from lego themselves, but buy a lepin version of a kit that was no longer in production since those are far more expensive than buying it from Lego would be and at that point you're no longer supporting the people who made it, just the people who bought one and are selling it at a premium.
I love real deal Lego, bottom line is they are too expensive and have exclusive monopoly, competition is good in this case irregardless of copying. for me i love the fact that its not insanely priced and mostly I have a back-list of OLD SETS that are no longer available through LEGO that I want but cannot justify paying $600+ for each set! If LEGO would make ALL sets from the last 15 years available new, I'd go for it
Yup pretty much, all this is just free advertising for lepin. Anyone who doesn’t care about cheating a multinational out of their pay check won’t give any thought to the points made here
@@Emperorhirohito19272 What about no instructions, no collectibility, and fucking horrible bricks that are defective and ruin the environment, and long wait time. Now you've lost Collectors, Green Thumbs, and People who need the Instructions.
@@irinayukor Lego is hella expensive, yes. Lepin might have less quality, but still is pretty damn cheap for what they give. This shows that Lego can improve and should improve.
Lepin Ghostbusters firehouse is about £60 to £80 ATM while Lego Ghostbusters firehouse is like £500 £600 on eBay and Amazon... Lepin might be cheaper plastic but it certainly isn't a bad looking station at all when you see it in person
Skyyswagg Studios yea they’re copying people’s work that people worked hard on. It’s like copy and pasting someone project that they worked so hard on.
@@wookiesrppl2554 yea but it comes down to money if i want a nice ship for my shelf and i have the choice between 800 euro or 150 for the same model i go for the cheap one.
@@xander8636 I've recently started collecting the trains from Lego and i have my eye on the ones such as emerald night, sante fe super chief and the BNSF. I'd love the Lego sets but at £400 each I can't justify it over a lepin set :/
LEGO uses better quality plastic for its building blocks.(EASY to pass on to the next generation) I still have my first set and building blocks. I even have lego blocks that are older than I am. These plastic stones are now 50 years old and not distorted or discolored at all. That is a very good performance for plastic. This high quality you will certainly not get with the Chinese copy The chance of getting deformed lego bricks or parts is very very small. If a part is missing in a set, lego does not do difficult and sends you the item to you. So a few years ago I dived myself again in the world of Lego because even if you slightly are older Lego is still fun. You haven t pointed out but the chance that you don t get value for your money is little small. Lego puts a lot of extra spare parts in his sets. I only can imagine buying fake lego when you don t have the money for it of missed some of the sets that you wanted to have for a long time.
I too have LEGOs that are older than I am - from when Sampsonite manufactured them in the U.S (60s to 70s?) - and they've held up better than at least a couple of my more recent bricks - one of which managed to split its side, exposing just the tubes on the inside.
It should be noted that tons of people bought Lego... but, they also lost them... most people lose their Lego bricks. Knowing this, I think many people won't mind to get the fakes knowing their kids would lose them.
My son has a lot of Lego original sets, mostly "Star Wars". Then I decided to go for a "train-set" and, for the sake of my curiosity, I decided to go for a "compatible". This set revealed an OUTSTANDING quality. Nothing less ... ;)
The price must be one of the top reasons for Lepin. But for me it's that Lepin creates a few sets that LEGO would NEVER create. "Heavy Gustav" for example?
What about discontinued products? All I’ve ever wanted since I was a kid was the republic drop ship but I don’t want to pay $1000 for a LEGO one when I can buy it for 80
@@PeteBaldwin then I would walk. If I can't have what I want. I rather have nothing. I would never settle for anything less. And that's the main reason why I have all the success in life that I have.
Here we are in 2022 in the middle of a cost of living crisis, and Lego is more expensive than ever. I paid £200 for a clone Titanic and it's been absolutely superb. The 'saving' is £350, this is a massive amount of money to save, and kind of defeats most of your arguments for buying the original. If the Lego Titanic had been £300, I would have bought the original, but £550 is ridiculous.
You talk about somebody doing all the work and then another company ripping it off, It happens all the time in business. The original iPhone that Apple developed was blatantly copied by Samsung and virtually every other smartphone that followed.
Daniel _ that is why you just buy the sets. All though, I got a Lepin Darth Revan Minifigures and it looks identical to my real one, so much so that I would tell people to get the lepin one instead of the LEGO one if the genuine is too much money. But all their other Minifigures look like a birth defect hit a car
Don't buy Lepin Minecraft, bought it once for my birthday as other offers were expensive (It was The Village 21128) but it was missing several figures, the manuals are shit, the platic was garbage and I returned it and bought the real deal, no regrets
I buy Lepin whenever I want an old set that's been discontinued without having to pay hundreds of dollars by purchasing from scalpers on the aftermarket. Since it's been discontinued by Lego, I don't see it as damaging to them as a company. However, when it comes to new sets, I want to support Lego by purchasing the real deal.
I only recently found out about lepin. A lot of the really cool Lego enthusiast sets are just not feasible for someone that has to have responsibilities like children and such. Lepin existing made it so I could buy and enjoy bricks again, without the insane buy-in requested from Lego.
I love Lego but the prices are out of control. I'm gonna try some of these lepin sets. Also You can buy lepin all you want but they will never be worth what a Lego set is worth.
Lego recently is also 'copyrighting' sets from the lego ideas community. Look at the snow white set that came out recently. It was a lego ideas design and the creator got rejected (twice). Lego stole his idea and repeased it as a non ideas set... whats the excuse here?
LEGO: The original masterpiece Mega Bloks: The baby expansion Duplo: The small kids DLC Lepin: your friend who copies your homework but somehow do it worst
LEGO famously has the sales strategy to discontinue popular sets, and that's the "secret" of keeping the ridiculous resale prices, and making new sets popular for their "future" value. It's a legit strategy, but that also gives people good reasons to go for the knock offs.
I have mixed feelings. I would prefer LEGO when I can afford it, but one of the things I don't like about LEGO is when they discontinue sets, whereas Lepin still has many discontinued equivalents still available. Would it be considered ok to buy a Lepin set if the LEGO equivalent is no longer available? Additionally, is it ok to buy a Lepin set if there is no LEGO equivalent full stop? Example being the Launch Umbilical Tower for a Saturn V rocket...
I am going to be honest, if I had to buy this, then I would go with Lepin. The simple reason is price. Not everyone can afford original Lego. Otherwise, I have nothing against Lego.
Yes but it’s kinda better to buy nothing than to support a brand that copies people’s work. It like donating money to people so they can continue to scam others
@@dabeststickgaming9612 i mean.. if you can't buy a lego set because it's too expensive, and you see a lepin set that is cheaper than the lego set, i'd rather buy lepin because even if it's fake, i'm still happy that i get to build a set. Idk if people call me broke, but i won't save so much money just to buy an overexpensive lego set
@@dabeststickgaming9612 So how do we feel about people that buy 3 big sets just to scalp later? Is that added to the equation? Because Timmy can't find it on the shelf either. HIs parents might have to find an alternative.
To everyone who replied to my comment: Look. Do what you want. But know that it is illegal and immoral. You are supporting a group that thinks they can make money off someone else’s product. Oh, and the ceo of lepin is now in prison.
I know there are rare cases where something happens to a Lego piece either breaking or missing a piece, however Lego also will send you replacement pieces for free.
Not really. If you're broke and don't wanna spend tons of money to an expensive lego set, you can buy Lepin sets anyway. Doesn't matter if they're fake. The only difference is the quality and price. The Lepin sets that are copied from lego are really identical
@@tutin4090 if you convert £250 here in our country, it's ₱16,000. As a worker, that's too much! In ₱16,000 you can buy lots of things that are much important than an expensive lego set... However, if you convert £50 to php, it's only ₱3,000. See the difference? ₱3,000 is a reasonable price for an expensive lego set. I'd rather buy Lepin sets than overpriced discontinued lego sets... But don't get me wrong, If i had the same money as you, I'd rather buy lego than lepin, which sucks because our country is poor
I'd like add my personal opinion regarding this "controversial" point. Firstly I wanna say I'm a Lego collector and Moc maker (just for my personal challenges of course), secondly i partially live in China since 13 years! Then: I can surely agreed that there are no doubts regarding all the copies products Lepin is doing on Lego (I personal bought some of them and I can confirm everything you said in your video!). But without enter that much in details can say also that Lepin it's an alternative for Chinese users (mainly children, in fact, in China, the "Moc concept" is still far from its means, adult work not play :) ! ), In China Lego sets are unbelievable expansive compare with several other local brands, more or less acceptable and Lepin , in China and in my personal opinion, it's one of the best (people doesn't care that much if copied, Moc or whatever...!). Another point of view if we projected Lepin in western (EU or US), definitely for “Lego purist” such "ashamed" copies are morally unacceptable… but sometimes even the financial strength of people are limited to purchase Lego and it's also not so right such "toys" are just affordable by few (I know this open a discussion about collecting, but if we're "funs" we'd not think about business, moreover I think Lego already made some action to avoid the sets reach high value after they've been dismissed from shops' shelfs, so…). Consider that even Lego is producing in China and the high quality is a cost, of course even here, but I think we all agree that the selling price of Lego products is really high and I personally don't care they produce Disney, Ghostbusters or other TM and I'd be charged for the rights fees they have to pay to them for me Lego is always traditional themes: Technics, Creators, Architects and City, all the others (not few indeed!!) are just commercial sets: for attract ours kids because TV push some formats instead of others and Lego follow the commercial tendency! Lego “costs” for the quality (molds, QC system, factory automation, R&D…) they have is definitely higher than Lepin (or others “compatibles” brands!), this must be recon in the selling price, which is right, but we don’t just pay for it (this is just an excuse today!) we pay for all the rest (as you mentioned in your video). More over I’d like to said that several sets produced by Lego today are picked from Lego IDEA or from the MOC and they don’t recognize to creators any prize (not just money!)… then we wanna talk about morally?! In conclusion (I think my comment is already long enough!), all these alternatives brands can found in the market can help to have more price competition, but even Lepin which today is the “official copier” of Lego, must be a signal to think that others can do also similar level of product and cannot just take advantage on the fact one can be collectable and other are just rubbish! Then totally agree about the copy but not agree about the other reasons which are neglectable compare with what should offer and what it’s right to pay. Who buy Lego (so I) will continue to buy it (no doubts!) but newer users (which might be never care about collecting!) they will looking for alternatives, which is definitely right and for us we’d not be blind only for Lego.
I'll add that Lego doesn't lose money because of Lepin, since Lepin customers can not offer to buy Lego, and limited Lego sets are sold out anyway. So lein didn't take anything from a financial POV form Lego. Another thing : What is scandalous is the copyright prices of US entertainement licences like Star Wars or Disney. The products licencing has become a greedy trade since it has been industrialized by US elite lawyers which are no more than businessmen, the most greedy bunisessmen on earth actually. they produce nothing but greedy overcomplicated contracts, making our lives harder and complicated. You can say now that a Star Wars movie is just a 2 hours advertising for collectibles and licences. An advertising that make huge money ! And they're still hungry...
I wish Lego would continue to manufacture sets for longer though as its incredibly frustrating when you’ve saved up to buy an expensive kit and they’ve discontinued it.
Lepin kits are in my opinion an acceptable alternative for sets that are out of production, for example the republic gunship or similar sets for people that don’t want to spend an arm and a leg and just want it to play with it.
Ok there is the difference between copyright, a trademark, a patent and an idea. Copyright is for songs movies and books. A trademark is a characteristic that identifies a product. An idea cannot be protected or owned by anyone under the law. A patent is awarded to someone who has agreed to explain how their product or invention works. They are then allowed to control the production of the product for a period of 25 years. After which anyone can produce the product under a different trademark.
@@DaveDangerous74 Isn't Ghostbusters a movie? Or is it just the fact they are using the ghostbusters logo that is the issue - and if they used the name but a different logo they would be fine (or maybe even the name is a licensed trademark, regardless of logo)? If so I think I get it now
Marshal Star Wars is a movie which is under copyright protection. but Darth Vader is a trademark. If you started selling t-shirts with darth Vader on them you would be infringing upon a registered trademark. A trademark has to be registered were as copyright is Automatically given to you if you have written a book, wrote a song, Taken a photograph, painted a picture or made a movie.
@@DaveDangerous74 thanks for clearing it up. I only ask because the Lego official website specifically states that Lepin was found in breach of copyright law on 4 counts due to the "lego" sets they were selling which infringed on intellectual property rights.
I agree with you. I came out of my Lego Dark Ages by refinding Lego in grad school. I had to research a company and analyze their P&L and had to do some research. I chose Lego :). As you mentioned, Lego is known for their high quality and very tight tolerances. They also pay royalties for franchise sets. Part of the cost in Lego pays for these things. Now Lepin might be tempting due to the price but I personally have no interest in purchasing their sets.
It's like I have said before on other channels. I would always buy Lego first, I don't like the blatant copy of them either. However when Lego retires their sets and then you have to pay £1000 - £2000 to a scalper, that causes an issue for me. Never purchased from Lepin, but I can see why that reason above would make people do it.
I only bought one Lepin set so far. My experience was better than expected but still I'm not really planning on buying another one. The reason I bought this one: The set was discontinued by Lego a long time ago and even some bricks were discontinued a long time ago. The price of buying the individual original Lego Parts would have been over 100 times more expensive than the Lepin set. They sold it without instructions and without a printed box. The only thing illegal they did in my case was use a copied and slightly edited version of Legos original box art in their online shop. In general they are clearly doing illegal stuff. But at least in my case they would have been completely legal if they'd just removed the image and replaced it with the text "equivalent parts for building Lego set _____".
@PC Principal The quality was much better than I expected. In general everthing fit (and held together) pretty well. Only a few parts didn't fit or hold and only 2 parts were missing. That's a number even Lego "accomplishes" sometimes, when I order from them. ^^
Okay, be honest with me y’all. I’m not really into collecting, just building the stuff is therapeutic for me. Would something like Lepin be worth it? Most of the ones I wanna make I’m pretty sure LEGO has discontinued so the price is a bit wild
Don't let other people opinions guide you, I'd recommend that, if you're interested in lepin, buy a smaller set and build that. That way you can judge the quality of the lepin product for yourself and decide if you want to invest in a bigger lepin set.
My 8 year old wanted the LEGO Eiffel Tower this Christmas, but I couldn’t afford it. It was the only item on his list .. Luckily Lepin had that same model. All I care about is my son experiencing building that lego set regardless if it’s LEGO or a knockoff. He was so thrilled and I’m glad there was an affordable option.
I hope you did tell your son it was not real LEGO. Even if he doesn't care about that kind of thing, his friends might. And you don't want him to lose face showing off his cool LEGO set to his friends and them pointing out it's not real LEGO ;-)
When I made my choice to go with Lepin his friends approval was the last thing on my mind. Besides my son has think skin. He hasn’t complained thus far.
Re: missing Lego bricks - around 25 years ago as a kid I bought a small spaceship Lego kit that had two left (or right) wings instead of one of each. I wrote a letter to the Lego club that I was in (do they still have that now!?) and they sent me a replacement part in the post!
Maybe if Lego stopped retiring sets so the firehouse isn't $900 then we would buy the firehouse from Lego. Not paying that amount when I can paid $60 and have fun building it and displaying. This isn't rocket science. Mould King, NickBuild, FunWhole all exactly like Lego. Parts interchange and never one mistake. Bricks great quality.
I mean if I can't afford lego like usual I'm 15 and live in the middle of no where so no I can't get a job, but these are cheaper and are fine for shelf duty tbh
LEGO is way too overpriced. My kid has a Death Star and couldn’t give a darn if it’s LEGO or Lepin. He wants to use it as a toy and not some investment that sits in a 40yo mans closet. Saved $1000 in the process. Boo hoo Disney didn’t get their cut
You only say this because you probably are rich and get all you want and when you "talked about price" you never mentioned the price you only said would you rather buy from lego (overpricing everything and sewing everyone) over lepin (makes everyones life easier.) and you said its only because they started it, but they also started overpricing, for 1 minifigure and a 70 pc ship its about 20$ at lego
'Makes everyones life easier' Even if he was a spoiled brat who got everything he wanted or a homeless shill living off scraps, it wouldn't shake his point at all. Lego 'overprices' things because they take time to make it as quality as they possibly can where Lepin just steals their design in lower quality. He literaly makes videos on how you can get cheaper lego sets just so people who make the point 'Lepin is cheaper' can be satisfied.
Yeah and the copyright ? Lego have to pay : Disney( for marvel and SW set) Bugatti ( 42083 and 75878) Ford (10265) Porsche (42096) DC comics Toy Story 4 Overwatch Fiat Dodge Fast and furious Minecraft Super mario Stranger thing VW The designer have to be paid and the other employee too Beside lepin is copying everything lego does with half quality Just type lepin vs lego chiron : you will find people complaining about the lepin a lot more than the lego Lego are worth it for these reason so lepin should' nt exist And lego can be reused to make moc unless lepin that may not fit each other very well
Here is my two cents.We all have different finances.Some people have more money than other it is what it is.I collect the Lego brand but i buy only sets that i can afford.If a set is to expensive i just don't buy it.There is people who struggle with their finances but still want to enjoy building and collecting set so they decide to go with Lepin and i don't blame them.I think both brand have their place and i don't judge anybody.
@@LG-te4vh it’s bits of plastic at the end of the day Lego is simply too expensive for many people. When people can afford the real thing they’ll buy it, otherwise they weren’t gonna be Lego buyers anyway
@@LG-te4vh Like almost 90% products you buy and don´t even know they are knock offs. Lego is very expensive and quite agressive when it comes to patent and copyright (when they actually didn´t even invent their brick system and copied it themselves)
I agree with your points 100% BUT..... There are some benefits with Lepin 1. There are many Lego enthusiasts out there that can’t afford the Lego price upfront. With Lepin as their alternative, it keeps their interest at bay until they can afford the real stuff. This is much better than giving up the hobby all together which doesn’t really help Lego either. 2. Lepin does off some sets that Lego doesn’t. For example... they have the game of thrones series which Lego doesn’t. They also have Lord of the Rings which their version is more detailed (even though their precision is not on Legos level)
Lepin gives the lower class and lower middle class segments of the population a chance to experience the 'lego' experience. Even when there is no lepin, Lego would not get any substantial business from this group of people as they simply cannot afford or unwilling to spend the money for it.
I'm not arguing FOR Lepin, just against your logic. You say if people keep buying Lepin then Lego could go out of business. Then immediately say "that won't happen". Well then, it's not a point. You also say that you just enjoy buying Lego. Someone could just enjoy buying Lepin. Moot. You say you don't buy Lepin, but say the pieces don't fit. Hearsay. But when others complain their Lego sets were missing pieces, you dismiss the hearsay. You claim you're angry that Lepin copies box art and instructions, then later say you usually don't receive either.
I have just bought a set for my Son that was described as Lego but when it arrived it's a rip off version, I've complained and will be returning the product for a refund, minus postage costs which annoys me. When I see a product advertised as Lego, I expect it to be a Lego product, simple as that.
Here is a question I'm trying to solve. I would love to have a long retired Lego Maersk Train 10219 it looks awesome but it is so expensive now 350 eur vs the Lepin set 21006 would cost me 60 eur. I have no Lepin set and was never thinking about buying one. But what now ? 6:1 ratio is sick! Most likely I would replace all the moving parts with Lego and also use original PF to make it go.
I sent off for the Maersk train yesterday. I've also got a Lepin cargo train in the "TBA" pile, and I'll review that in due course. As for power sets, Lego needs to get their act together. These things aren't as easy to find as they might be, and motors and battery boxes and electronics are the very things the Chinese are likely to do much much better. They might copy all your data, but they'll also produce an app that lets you control multiple trains better than Lego's klunky solutions.
@Dr Jake I think Lepin Should be illegal The name is even almost the same! I don't but lepin. I would never want to support them. Other Lego knock offs are actually descent and they think of there OWN ideas. I like mega bloks a lot because they don't rip off Lego. Its just another brick building system
Here in Brazil, the recently released A Frame Cabin set from LEGO Ideas is selling for 2300 Reais, our currency, that is 2 whole minimum monthly salaries over here, and that translates to almost 500 USD, I am not paying that for LEGO, I am buying a knockoff, I understand the risks, I understand the morals, I understand the drop in quality, it is just an exorbitant amount of money, truly too much.
My 11 year old nephew would like a Lego Technic Bulldozer for Christmas. He wants to use the bulldozer to build a motorcycle track in his backyard sandbox. The Bulldozer that would do the job is model no. 8275. Unfortunately this has been discontinued and on ebay a new set is selling for $1200. As much as I love my nephew, I can't afford $1200! This is why I am considering getting my first Lepin Bulldozer. The Bulldozer is going to get dirty, used, and beaten up but for $100, it's justified. My nephew only own Lego sets and I have only supported Lego so I see nothing wrong with getting one Lepin set. You could blame Lego for discontinuing the Lego Bulldozer 8275. If they continued to manufacture it, I would buy it. There is no other authentic Lego Technic Bulldozer alternative that compares and that is why 8275 is selling for so much money on ebay. If you find me an authentic Lego version at a reasonable price, I will buy it. I do agree with you, however, the Lepin version is counterfeit.
listen man, lego make hundreds of sets each year! they cannot afford that much money to produce all those sets plus its old and they make newer sets similar to that set but new! also your not buying lego when you buy lepin, just know that
I agree with every word he says. I don't know why ANYONE buys Lepin over LEGO. I also have about 40 LEGO sets and only ONE set has something wrong, with Lepin, it's about 1 out of 4 or 5 sets that have something wrong. BTW The LEGO problem was the tracer vs. widowmaker set, Instead of a 1 x 3 plate I got a 1 x 4 plate.
LEGO prices = whack. Alternative/Fake brands often give you the same product / looking product for a fraction of the price. LEGO purists need to chill.
Another point about having a defect/missing piece is that Lego’s customer service is great. They’ll happily replace parts and sometimes entire sets if you just ask
Guys lego is expensive because they do so much. They are making bricks through environmentally friendlier ways, they have licenses and its just higher quality and they have to pay designers whereas lepin see legos newest set and look at what bricks there are, jobs done
KyMa B. Then your not buying it for what it is your buying it to resell it, this person is clearly buying it to build it and have fun with it, that’s what you pay the price for
Similar problem to Takara Tomy, Sonokong and Hasbro beyblades vs fake beyblades Unlike Lego vs Lepin, Fake beyblades are harmful, They have lead in the metal to make the metal heavier. Also why does lego retire some sets? Edit: Just found out some old fake legos have lead paint.
one reason to go for lepin is the saturn v. I wanted the saturn v so freaking bad and now that I am financially stable, they stop making it and ebay people are selling it 5 times more.
@@wookiesrppl2554 it's more than 300$ on brinklink. If you got that money that's great, I got one off Kijiji for $220, but for other people who are passionate for rockets and space exploration they shouldnt feel bad for getting a knock off brand since Lego chose to retire the set. This set is an inspiring work and many people like myself were extremely sad when they stopped making it, I was thinking of getting the china version for a long time but comments like yours is the reason I didn't.
Why i think Lepin is okay, I love Legos and its been a hobby of mine since I was very young. These days though I have very little money to go around with school, car, significant other, ETC. So with the very little money I have left over I like to by Lego sets, but Lego these days is so unfairly expensive that I barely find it worth it. I cant afford any of the sets I really want without saving for a long time and the ones I can afford are very quickly finished. If I had more money I would be loyal to Lego all the way, but sadly it's just to pricey. On the other hand while slightly more frustrating Lepin offers an alternative to do the activity I enjoy and not brake the bank ever time. This is just my opinion though and and I am sure you have yours :)
@@juansanchez-hd4lo Have fun with garbage and cheap plastic while I sit with the good plastic that my children will enjoy when they inherit all of my Lego Minecraft sets that are real
I would like to add a little to support your video The design element of Lego system is actually quite an expensive component of Lego sets, but its cost is hidden within the price of Lego. In fact, if you try to buy the parts to build a set either from Lego or from bricklink etc, it will cost you some 3 times the cost of the set. The manufacture of Lego bricks involves the design of molds to high precision (not accuracy !), but apart from that the entire process is automated and needs few people from start to end. In contrast the process of design involves a large number of people with various stages in the design process. Story-design (there are themes), third party license, QA (is it robust and easy to build), art work, printing and such like; several of these you mention. The issue with Lepin is that that getting round the expensive part - design - and since the business model of Lego is to hide this cost in their sets, it is prone to being easily undercut by unscrupulous companies. So, yes you get cheaper bricks but in the long term it will break the market. Obviously many people believe that there is no problem is doing anything you like in business as long as you make money, but that is the role of patent and TM - and then get upset when it happens to them. I don't think Lego will be "broken" by Lepin, and their current downturn has many other factors due to the current economic cycle, but they will fight their corner. I will finish with a final question : Is it OK to buy Lepin dis-continued sets - since this does not impact directly Lego (though does effect the re-sale value, and can effect perception).
For me, the quality is just not there yet with other companies. I'd put Megabloks at a distant #2, but even their block connections are so inconsistent. Some are perfect, others are locked to each other for eternity, and some won't connect at all. When my son is playing and building, I'm right there building with him. When everything else that isn't Lego just falls apart, he's so disappointed & that honestly kills me. I haven't yet had to worry about that with Lego. More money, yeah, but when I look at all the other stuff and realize it was nothing but an absolute waste of money, it justifies the cost of Lego. And buy Lego on clearance, or buy bins of used bricks. It's on you if you pay full retail, idiot. 6 months ago I bought 2 bins of Lego, a little over 15,000 pieces, for 90 bucks. Washing them all sucked.
The only valid point for me is the instructions, so then I just use the LEGO PDF instead on my laptop. The price is the biggest factor. LEGO pricing is SHOCKING. I'd rather screw over LEGOs exorbitant prices and pay for a bootleg. LEGO's prices are just very very unreasonable for what you get.
You do realise the guy that “invented” LEGO stole the exact system from another toy maker. LEPIN = a taste of his own medicine (if lego boss still alive)
Biggest reason a good few people I know buy from Lepin, is because they still produce discontinued Lego sets. Other than that, they buy from Lego 9/10 times.
You can say whatever you want trying to defend LEGO, but lego prices skyFUCKINGrocketed in past years. I loved LEGO, but the prices they practicing today are totally unacceptable.
@@cheeriosaregood920 well no. They don't include extra pieces, in fact are usually missing some... Some times they even have over 100 more pieces advertised on their box. Its fake advertisement
@@danielhayes8348 The Lepin sets I've assembled all came out with more bits than advertised. Just quietly, but I don't think these people have a brick shortage. It's common practice - even with Lego - to include a few spares. In fact, I've noticed one missing piece on my Lego Crocodile train I'm currently building. Plus, to be fair, a few handy spares.
@@legopotter689 I know lego come with spares,but as you say with the lepin it comes with more, but Ive noticed its less,... So that's another thing to criticize about lepin, their inconsistencies
Wow guys! This video is a lot less balanced in terms of likes and dislikes compared to the last one. The LEGO fans must be out in force! Please share with your friends :)
Dr Jake's Very British Reviews yeah
you should tell everyone that if they are mssing lego pieces from a set, sometimes its in the bag and it did not fall out when you dump it out.
Nice video and absolutely truth. It is product and IP piracy. PERIOD.
Lepin is so trash logo wins by a million miles
Its easy to practice social responsibility in buying products when you can afford to buy lego death stars on the fly. On top of this do you think the total cost of making a lego set closely compares with the store price? Of course not!
Lego: I GOT AN IDEA!!
lepin: me too
More like:
Lego: I got an idea!!
Lepin: you mean *WE* got an idea!!
Lepin:👀
Angel Ortega perfect!
@@horadetodososlegos u mean lepin our idea
😂
Just went to my local toy store and checked the LEGO section and was horrified with the prices, i do understand why people would buy Lepin because they just want to build again back when they were kids and not pay so so much that it doesnt make any sense especially when you have responsibilities and bills to pay
YES YES YES. THANK YOU. Sometimes some privileged people forget that they live in first world countries and disregard that there's people out there who can't spend $300 dolars on a set. It's either that or paying rent.
@@ponchomora8249 As a romanian i 100% agree with you
Well I cannot afford a Rolex watch so I don’t buy one. I would not buy a fake Rolex because that would be stealing from the company who spent time and effort creating it. If you can’t afford Lego buy another toy.
@@ponchomora8249 then buy something else. If I cannot afford something I don’t buy a fake of it.
@@chrisboudet7786 when you live in a developed country, you want to pay like a "good citizen" on the internet, using this false moralistic speech. I wanted to see if you would use this speech if you lived in a country where you don't live, but survive. you hypocrite.
this video misses the entire reason lepin has a market in the first place. the most popular lepin sets are retired ones that arent in production. sets like the republic gunship and republic dropship with at-ot haven't been on shelves in years and the resale price (like you said) is increased to around $400 as opposed to lepin at roughly $50-$80.
Lepin bricks have no place on the market though, making anything they produce completely worthless
@TFEA A it's not an investment, I don't intend to sell anything. I had the chance to get a £100 Lepin Diagon Alley vs a £300 Lego one. If I'd have got the Lepin one I'd be looking at a worthless mound of plastic and knowing I scuffed the system with an illegal useless product, versus the Lego one, I know I made the right purchase. It is not sad, but wasting your money absolutely is
@@tutin4090 then what about an $80 Lepin Republic Gunship vs a $350 Lego Republic Gunship? Would you screw the system when buying discontinued sets that Lego makes no money on?
Exactly I will usually buy LEGO unless it is a retired set that is now way too expensive for example the imperial flagship
lepins products are just weak and the bricks fall apart and it is illegal to copy of something such as lego with no permission so I would prefer to just pay more money for a better product and don't argue with me because I respect your opinion and I can see why you would buy lepin
The only reason why people STILL buy lepin is for the price. If LEGO made their sets much cheaper, lepin would kind of die.
jean-jacques, also Lego needs to focus on better production. They always claim "we're out" when someone tries to buy a set two MONTHS after it came out and all demand has died down. Then once you realize they have PLENTY of time to make more, they discontinue it. Well, I guess they don't need my money. I have not bought a set new from them in years because of their unbelievably low production volume. If Lego demands eBay stop letting people sell used sets, their customers will definitely abandon them and even the guy who uploaded this video knows that!
Eh, I think the reason people buy Lepin is because they are selling copies of kits that lego discontinued. Who's gonna buy a lego kit that was discontinued and the price tripled on when they can buy Lepin for a fraction
yes, but the designers wages, the advertising and the research has to be paid from somewhere
Yah Ur right I pressed like
But they physically can't be cheaper because Lego have to pay fees that lepin do not making Lego being made cheaper impossible.
Personally, I see number 1 as a problem. Lego discontinued so many sets for no real reason considering that most of the pieces are still in production. I understand that there is limited shelve space in stores but what's stopping them from selling all their sets on their website? For that reason, if I really want a discontinued Lego set and Lepin still makes a copy, I'll buy the Lepin.
Exactly this. And the retired original one will increment it's value. So the copy will cost like 10x cheaper without exaggerations.
I love their official stuff and still buy on bricklink and their own site / retail but what you say rings way too true. Half of the copy cats only make a living because Lego discontinues popular series or, even worse imo. never gets them right in the first place, with the lord of the rings as a major theme, pirates and castle being so criminally neglected while online, all off brand stores sell these exact series and I am not just talking about copy cats either.
Ultimately, it’s legos decision to overly focus on big sets instead of simply at least occasionally giving the people what they want :P
*Lepin Star Wnrs: The Cumpleet Sega*
And space Wars 😂
And Star Plan 😂😂😂
And world wars
And galactive wars
so true... :)
Stan Wars, the Return of the Tedi
You're probably more likely to get an extra lego piece than a missing piece.
There are always a few too many parts in a LEGO kit!
Dr Jake's Very British Reviews they even give reserve bricks
Thats Ruff Dog
I've been building Lego for forty years and I only just got a kit with missing pieces.
Between my daughter and I we probably have about 400 Lego sets (all purchased new through legit retailers) we have had a few missing parts (a head, cape and a sticker sheet) but Lego customer service is awesome and always take care of it.
i bought the ninja city got two missing pieces but for me thats understandabel that set got over 4k pieces( i got two different pieces instead) i went to customerservice ordered these parts and everything is ok
Remember when Mega Bloks were the "clone brand"
I do!
They never cloned, design, and they pay lego fees, so there a cool comany Halo stuff is nice.
Kaylee kaylee that’s how it was tho back in the day. They’re not saying it’s factual...
I have a few of those sets, i don't know why, but i do!
They still are
Lepin named their star wars sets "Star Plan" 😂👏😂👏
MasterMarco17 and star wnrs lmaoo
On their site they literally just have straight up Star Wars now
in a way, the (death) star plan led to all these lego sets
At least it isn’t Star wart
MasterMarco17 Imagine if they called it space battle 😂
Unfortunately LEGO forced my hand to buy a Lepin set. I had a dark age where I stopped building lego kits. I came back to Lego this year after I found an old set my dad bought me. I wanted to get a pirate ship...turns out it was retired and around 1200 usd on ebay. An insane price. the Lepin version was 84 usd, imagine that? I would gladly pay 200 usd to Lego for that set. But the geniuses at Lego decided to retire it so early despite its massive popularity 10 years ago.
obviously they retired it if it was 10 yrs old
Lego doesnt work like that, they almost never do one specific set on a super long run but i understand why it upsets some people including you, i get that feeling sometimes as well
Theres reboots now but its usually for the 20-30 year old sets and the big ones only (so its still pricey)
@@xalnilam2739The point is that they ignore core groups of their fans. Castle hasn’t gotten a regular series in years, pirates is likewise dead, lord of the rings only gets 500€ iconic sets instead of the armies people actually want…
Lego ignores their own customers demands so the customers go elsewhere. Not even mentioning the prices. Seriously, have you seen the decline of city sets? Insanity, the value is so incredibly out of balance and it’s sadly not the only series.
That’s the point here, Lego should ALWAYS have castle stuff, always pirates - they could actually gain so much from a modular castle you could expand with a decent amount of minifigure sand fair prices. Instead, icon sets for hundreds of dollars that are simply way too overpriced a lot of the time. Look at the D&D one.
A non greedy price could make everyone happy and reach far more people - instead, they go so far beyond good and evil that it’s almost comical.
@@Arcaryonthis doesnt help that guys case tho i think your right in what you say they should cater to their real fans and we all know the pricing issues but this guy wants a particular set and its 10 yrs old thats just how supply and demand works when things go retired but i agree with what your saying
@@xalnilam2739 Agreed. I hope that Lego one day understands that it can actually do both if it’s a bit more patient but I worry that licensing may be so expensive that they finance it via non branded pieces.
As a collector as enthusiast, I can agree with your multiple points. However, as an older brother who wishes to play with my little brother who cares not for "quality" nor the secondary market, I will purchase the cheaper option for play.
Exactly my little sisters couldn’t care less about quality or brand so it’s perfect for them
I would stick with lego because the quality and strength of lepin sets is bad
It also means that you support lepin stealing LEGO ideas
@@tamhoang2758 So? LEGO needs to learn to not overprice its products and stop making low-effort sets.
I say steal ALL the designs! Every single one! Force Lego to compete with itself and work out how it can win back its own customers.
@MrJoeyWheeler yo be honest lego probably has to pay a lot for big name sets. Harry potter or star wars license isn't cheap.
Lego: makes a new set
Lepin: hold my photocopier
Nobody's thought of calling it "Bootlego"?
Though my stance is that I probably would buy current kits from lego themselves, but buy a lepin version of a kit that was no longer in production since those are far more expensive than buying it from Lego would be and at that point you're no longer supporting the people who made it, just the people who bought one and are selling it at a premium.
"bootlego" nice one 😂
I totally agree
Most of my Lego sets are lego
@@davidbruce6414 same here.
I have the lepon executor that I bought for $200 .I just couldn't afford to pay $2000 to get the Lego version
I love real deal Lego, bottom line is they are too expensive and have exclusive monopoly, competition is good in this case irregardless of copying. for me i love the fact that its not insanely priced and mostly I have a back-list of OLD SETS that are no longer available through LEGO that I want but cannot justify paying $600+ for each set! If LEGO would make ALL sets from the last 15 years available new, I'd go for it
I'd never heard of Lepin before this video. Thanks for the ad.
Yup pretty much, all this is just free advertising for lepin. Anyone who doesn’t care about cheating a multinational out of their pay check won’t give any thought to the points made here
@@Emperorhirohito19272 What about no instructions, no collectibility, and fucking horrible bricks that are defective and ruin the environment, and long wait time. Now you've lost Collectors, Green Thumbs, and People who need the Instructions.
@@Emperorhirohito19272 I would like to point out Lepin sells discontinued sets so LEGO wouldn't be profiting anyways.
Unagami They do come with Instructions so I don’t know what your telling yourself.
@@Matt-ex2vg Not if you're in a Western country with copyright laws, so I don't know what you are telling yourself
There is an old saying, You get what you pay for.
and there's making a living, but lego are making a Killing!
PRICE IS WHAT U PAY -VALUE IS WHAT U GET
LEGO PARTS BREAK ,ORIGINAL PIECES BREAKS , ALL THOSE GRAPLERS
21daytona502 sadly LEGO is being a dick and setting ridiculous prices for their sets, abusing fans into wasting their money
@@irinayukor Lego is hella expensive, yes. Lepin might have less quality, but still is pretty damn cheap for what they give. This shows that Lego can improve and should improve.
Lepin Ghostbusters firehouse is about £60 to £80 ATM while Lego Ghostbusters firehouse is like £500 £600 on eBay and Amazon... Lepin might be cheaper plastic but it certainly isn't a bad looking station at all when you see it in person
Don't worry about Lego mate- they're worth 14.6 Billion.
broken1394 It doesn't matter so much how big they are if they aren't making a profit.
Gonk Droid for some reason I feel like Lepin isn’t about to put LEGO out of business
Skyyswagg Studios yea they’re copying people’s work that people worked hard on. It’s like copy and pasting someone project that they worked so hard on.
@@wookiesrppl2554 yea but it comes down to money if i want a nice ship for my shelf and i have the choice between 800 euro or 150 for the same model i go for the cheap one.
@@xander8636 I've recently started collecting the trains from Lego and i have my eye on the ones such as emerald night, sante fe super chief and the BNSF. I'd love the Lego sets but at £400 each I can't justify it over a lepin set :/
LEGO uses better quality plastic for its building blocks.(EASY to pass on to the next generation)
I still have my first set and building blocks.
I even have lego blocks that are older than I am.
These plastic stones are now 50 years old and not distorted or discolored at all.
That is a very good performance for plastic.
This high quality you will certainly not get with the Chinese copy
The chance of getting deformed lego bricks or parts is very very small.
If a part is missing in a set, lego does not do difficult and sends you the item to you.
So a few years ago I dived myself again in the world of Lego because even if you slightly are older Lego is still fun.
You haven t pointed out but the chance that you don t get value for your money is little small.
Lego puts a lot of extra spare parts in his sets.
I only can imagine buying fake lego when you don t have the money for it of missed some of the sets that you wanted to have for a long time.
I too have LEGOs that are older than I am - from when Sampsonite manufactured them in the U.S (60s to 70s?) - and they've held up better than at least a couple of my more recent bricks - one of which managed to split its side, exposing just the tubes on the inside.
This pieces was better manufacted 30 years ago, today LEGO sell same plastic than chinese.
> These plastic stones are now 50 years old and not distorted or discolored at all.
lmao
It should be noted that tons of people bought Lego... but, they also lost them... most people lose their Lego bricks. Knowing this, I think many people won't mind to get the fakes knowing their kids would lose them.
"LEGO uses better quality plastic for its building blocks" all the lego that was passed to me are all destroyed, the pass was too soon XD
My son has a lot of Lego original sets, mostly "Star Wars".
Then I decided to go for a "train-set" and, for the sake of my curiosity, I decided to go for a "compatible".
This set revealed an OUTSTANDING quality. Nothing less ... ;)
The price must be one of the top reasons for Lepin. But for me it's that Lepin creates a few sets that LEGO would NEVER create. "Heavy Gustav" for example?
exakt
Those are copy's from Lego MOC's like flying dutchman
@@hinirsgoossens5631 ye, they (unlike lego) see that those MOC's can bring em more money.
@@sitsia3808 but lepin does not even pay the creators
@@hinirsgoossens5631 Source?
What about discontinued products? All I’ve ever wanted since I was a kid was the republic drop ship but I don’t want to pay $1000 for a LEGO one when I can buy it for 80
Exactly! I've been wanting it ever since I got my AT-TE as a kid
All I ever wanted was the original cobra Gt. Sure I can buy a replica but it's not the cobra Gt that i wanted.
wardope it may not be the exact thing, but’s it is way closer to anything that they would have rather never got
@@wardope Yep - so the option is to have a great car that is very similar to the one you always dreamed of or to walk.
@@PeteBaldwin then I would walk. If I can't have what I want. I rather have nothing. I would never settle for anything less. And that's the main reason why I have all the success in life that I have.
I love how it says its "Sponsored" under the video and has ads for buying Lepin "LEGO" star wars kits from aliexpress. Comedy gold.
Here we are in 2022 in the middle of a cost of living crisis, and Lego is more expensive than ever. I paid £200 for a clone Titanic and it's been absolutely superb. The 'saving' is £350, this is a massive amount of money to save, and kind of defeats most of your arguments for buying the original. If the Lego Titanic had been £300, I would have bought the original, but £550 is ridiculous.
You talk about somebody doing all the work and then another company ripping it off, It happens all the time in business. The original iPhone that Apple developed was blatantly copied by Samsung and virtually every other smartphone that followed.
One thing no one seems to mention is how horrendous the Lepin minifigures look
Daniel _ that is why you just buy the sets. All though, I got a Lepin Darth Revan Minifigures and it looks identical to my real one, so much so that I would tell people to get the lepin one instead of the LEGO one if the genuine is too much money. But all their other Minifigures look like a birth defect hit a car
Droids are good too, but that's because they have no detail in the first place
I find that the p1 clone wars clones also look pretty good
The 2014 Stormtrooper variants look good. The Rebels ones had a stroke or something.
I don’t think people are buying Lepin sets for the minifigs, mostly for the builds. If they want good minifigs just buy them from other brands
Number 5: they copy lego
Holy shit
Ikr
Lepin Lego Types:
Lepin Batguy (Lego Batman)
Lepin Star Fight (Lego Starwars)
Lepin Blockcraft (Lego Minecraft)
And many more
Lego Technician (Lego Technic)
Lepin myworld (LEGO minecraft)
Don't buy Lepin Minecraft, bought it once for my birthday as other offers were expensive (It was The Village 21128) but it was missing several figures, the manuals are shit, the platic was garbage and I returned it and bought the real deal, no regrets
Lego Pirates of Grammary (Lego Pirates of the Caribbean)
Lepin monster wariors: lego monster fighters
I buy Lepin whenever I want an old set that's been discontinued without having to pay hundreds of dollars by purchasing from scalpers on the aftermarket. Since it's been discontinued by Lego, I don't see it as damaging to them as a company. However, when it comes to new sets, I want to support Lego by purchasing the real deal.
Let’s see $800 Lego Millennium Falcon or $135 Lepin Millennium Falcon. I’ll go with Lepin
I only recently found out about lepin. A lot of the really cool Lego enthusiast sets are just not feasible for someone that has to have responsibilities like children and such.
Lepin existing made it so I could buy and enjoy bricks again, without the insane buy-in requested from Lego.
I love Lego but the prices are out of control. I'm gonna try some of these lepin sets.
Also You can buy lepin all you want but they will never be worth what a Lego set is worth.
Okay?
i have the model 20029 and some parts often stuck when inserted
a tleast there are some decently priced speed champs sets like the jaguar and formula e
I think I was missing one piece from a Lego set once.
You can get a free Lego piece if you miss a piece
I was missing one pieces from Discovery Shuttle. With Chinese Lego never happened this.
Lego recently is also 'copyrighting' sets from the lego ideas community. Look at the snow white set that came out recently. It was a lego ideas design and the creator got rejected (twice). Lego stole his idea and repeased it as a non ideas set... whats the excuse here?
£150 lepin. £800 lego.
🤔
I'll buy up to £50 but anything else my kids are eventually going to lose.
LEGO: The original masterpiece
Mega Bloks: The baby expansion
Duplo: The small kids DLC
Lepin: your friend who copies your homework but somehow do it worst
Lol
LEGO famously has the sales strategy to discontinue popular sets, and that's the "secret" of keeping the ridiculous resale prices, and making new sets popular for their "future" value. It's a legit strategy, but that also gives people good reasons to go for the knock offs.
I have mixed feelings. I would prefer LEGO when I can afford it, but one of the things I don't like about LEGO is when they discontinue sets, whereas Lepin still has many discontinued equivalents still available. Would it be considered ok to buy a Lepin set if the LEGO equivalent is no longer available?
Additionally, is it ok to buy a Lepin set if there is no LEGO equivalent full stop? Example being the Launch Umbilical Tower for a Saturn V rocket...
yes imo if theres no way to get it at all then its okay but buying pieces is better but thats not a option either all the time
I am going to be honest, if I had to buy this, then I would go with Lepin.
The simple reason is price. Not everyone can afford original Lego. Otherwise, I have nothing against Lego.
Yes but it’s kinda better to buy nothing than to support a brand that copies people’s work. It like donating money to people so they can continue to scam others
Agreed
@@dabeststickgaming9612 i mean.. if you can't buy a lego set because it's too expensive, and you see a lepin set that is cheaper than the lego set, i'd rather buy lepin because even if it's fake, i'm still happy that i get to build a set. Idk if people call me broke, but i won't save so much money just to buy an overexpensive lego set
@@dabeststickgaming9612 So how do we feel about people that buy 3 big sets just to scalp later? Is that added to the equation? Because Timmy can't find it on the shelf either. HIs parents might have to find an alternative.
To everyone who replied to my comment:
Look. Do what you want. But know that it is illegal and immoral. You are supporting a group that thinks they can make money off someone else’s product. Oh, and the ceo of lepin is now in prison.
I know there are rare cases where something happens to a Lego piece either breaking or missing a piece, however Lego also will send you replacement pieces for free.
They will if ypur set is actually missing a piece. If they would in any occasion, ypu could just get a lego set piece by piece for free.
Honestly I think its wrong to buy Lepin. However, I'm broke, so... it's sad but true
I feel you brother
Not really. If you're broke and don't wanna spend tons of money to an expensive lego set, you can buy Lepin sets anyway. Doesn't matter if they're fake. The only difference is the quality and price. The Lepin sets that are copied from lego are really identical
With a £250 Lego set you get ~£250 worth of Lego. With a £50 Lepin set you get nothing of value, as there is no market for Lepin bricks
@@tutin4090 if you convert £250 here in our country, it's ₱16,000. As a worker, that's too much! In ₱16,000 you can buy lots of things that are much important than an expensive lego set... However, if you convert £50 to php, it's only ₱3,000. See the difference? ₱3,000 is a reasonable price for an expensive lego set. I'd rather buy Lepin sets than overpriced discontinued lego sets... But don't get me wrong, If i had the same money as you, I'd rather buy lego than lepin, which sucks because our country is poor
@@fredfred4793 Yes, thanks for summarising the video.
I'd like add my personal opinion regarding this "controversial" point. Firstly I wanna say I'm a Lego collector and Moc maker (just for my personal challenges of course), secondly i partially live in China since 13 years! Then: I can surely agreed that there are no doubts regarding all the copies products Lepin is doing on Lego (I personal bought some of them and I can confirm everything you said in your video!). But without enter that much in details can say also that Lepin it's an alternative for Chinese users (mainly children, in fact, in China, the "Moc concept" is still far from its means, adult work not play :) ! ), In China Lego sets are unbelievable expansive compare with several other local brands, more or less acceptable and Lepin , in China and in my personal opinion, it's one of the best (people doesn't care that much if copied, Moc or whatever...!). Another point of view if we projected Lepin in western (EU or US), definitely for “Lego purist” such "ashamed" copies are morally unacceptable… but sometimes even the financial strength of people are limited to purchase Lego and it's also not so right such "toys" are just affordable by few (I know this open a discussion about collecting, but if we're "funs" we'd not think about business, moreover I think Lego already made some action to avoid the sets reach high value after they've been dismissed from shops' shelfs, so…). Consider that even Lego is producing in China and the high quality is a cost, of course even here, but I think we all agree that the selling price of Lego products is really high and I personally don't care they produce Disney, Ghostbusters or other TM and I'd be charged for the rights fees they have to pay to them for me Lego is always traditional themes: Technics, Creators, Architects and City, all the others (not few indeed!!) are just commercial sets: for attract ours kids because TV push some formats instead of others and Lego follow the commercial tendency! Lego “costs” for the quality (molds, QC system, factory automation, R&D…) they have is definitely higher than Lepin (or others “compatibles” brands!), this must be recon in the selling price, which is right, but we don’t just pay for it (this is just an excuse today!) we pay for all the rest (as you mentioned in your video). More over I’d like to said that several sets produced by Lego today are picked from Lego IDEA or from the MOC and they don’t recognize to creators any prize (not just money!)… then we wanna talk about morally?! In conclusion (I think my comment is already long enough!), all these alternatives brands can found in the market can help to have more price competition, but even Lepin which today is the “official copier” of Lego, must be a signal to think that others can do also similar level of product and cannot just take advantage on the fact one can be collectable and other are just rubbish!
Then totally agree about the copy but not agree about the other reasons which are neglectable compare with what should offer and what it’s right to pay. Who buy Lego (so I) will continue to buy it (no doubts!) but newer users (which might be never care about collecting!) they will looking for alternatives, which is definitely right and for us we’d not be blind only for Lego.
Fuck dude are you writing a book or what??? Anyway your points make sense. Well at least a lot better than most of the other dumb dumbs on here
Excellent reply and better than the actual video-nice job
I'll add that Lego doesn't lose money because of Lepin, since Lepin customers can not offer to buy Lego, and limited Lego sets are sold out anyway. So lein didn't take anything from a financial POV form Lego.
Another thing : What is scandalous is the copyright prices of US entertainement licences like Star Wars or Disney. The products licencing has become a greedy trade since it has been industrialized by US elite lawyers which are no more than businessmen, the most greedy bunisessmen on earth actually. they produce nothing but greedy overcomplicated contracts, making our lives harder and complicated. You can say now that a Star Wars movie is just a 2 hours advertising for collectibles and licences. An advertising that make huge money ! And they're still hungry...
I wish Lego would continue to manufacture sets for longer though as its incredibly frustrating when you’ve saved up to buy an expensive kit and they’ve discontinued it.
Lepin kits are in my opinion an acceptable alternative for sets that are out of production, for example the republic gunship or similar sets for people that don’t want to spend an arm and a leg and just want it to play with it.
Ok there is the difference between copyright, a trademark, a patent and an idea.
Copyright is for songs movies and books.
A trademark is a characteristic that identifies a product.
An idea cannot be protected or owned by anyone under the law.
A patent is awarded to someone who has agreed to explain how their product or invention works. They are then allowed to control the production of the product for a period of 25 years. After which anyone can produce the product under a different trademark.
So...Ghostbusters is a trademark then right? So the set given as an example breaches copyright law?
Marshal No, it would be trademark infringement.
Copyright is for books, movies and music.
@@DaveDangerous74 Isn't Ghostbusters a movie? Or is it just the fact they are using the ghostbusters logo that is the issue - and if they used the name but a different logo they would be fine (or maybe even the name is a licensed trademark, regardless of logo)? If so I think I get it now
Marshal Star Wars is a movie which is under copyright protection. but Darth Vader is a trademark. If you started selling t-shirts with darth Vader on them you would be infringing upon a registered trademark. A trademark has to be registered were as copyright is Automatically given to you if you have written a book, wrote a song, Taken a photograph, painted a picture or made a movie.
@@DaveDangerous74 thanks for clearing it up. I only ask because the Lego official website specifically states that Lepin was found in breach of copyright law on 4 counts due to the "lego" sets they were selling which infringed on intellectual property rights.
I would pay 300 for the Titanic set, refuse to pay almost 700. So, AliExpress it is!
LEGO stole the design from another company exactly.
I agree with you. I came out of my Lego Dark Ages by refinding Lego in grad school. I had to research a company and analyze their P&L and had to do some research. I chose Lego :). As you mentioned, Lego is known for their high quality and very tight tolerances. They also pay royalties for franchise sets. Part of the cost in Lego pays for these things. Now Lepin might be tempting due to the price but I personally have no interest in purchasing their sets.
It's like I have said before on other channels. I would always buy Lego first, I don't like the blatant copy of them either. However when Lego retires their sets and then you have to pay £1000 - £2000 to a scalper, that causes an issue for me.
Never purchased from Lepin, but I can see why that reason above would make people do it.
I only bought one Lepin set so far. My experience was better than expected but still I'm not really planning on buying another one. The reason I bought this one: The set was discontinued by Lego a long time ago and even some bricks were discontinued a long time ago. The price of buying the individual original Lego Parts would have been over 100 times more expensive than the Lepin set.
They sold it without instructions and without a printed box. The only thing illegal they did in my case was use a copied and slightly edited version of Legos original box art in their online shop.
In general they are clearly doing illegal stuff. But at least in my case they would have been completely legal if they'd just removed the image and replaced it with the text "equivalent parts for building Lego set _____".
@PC Principal The quality was much better than I expected. In general everthing fit (and held together) pretty well. Only a few parts didn't fit or hold and only 2 parts were missing. That's a number even Lego "accomplishes" sometimes, when I order from them. ^^
Okay, be honest with me y’all. I’m not really into collecting, just building the stuff is therapeutic for me. Would something like Lepin be worth it? Most of the ones I wanna make I’m pretty sure LEGO has discontinued so the price is a bit wild
You are better of burning your money than buying a lepin product.
Yes it’s worth it! Don’t let people tell u what to buy and what not to
@@jamesmarshall6932 So copied counterfeit Lego sets are worth it? No.
Don't let other people opinions guide you, I'd recommend that, if you're interested in lepin, buy a smaller set and build that. That way you can judge the quality of the lepin product for yourself and decide if you want to invest in a bigger lepin set.
@@Pedrammotahari idiot
My 8 year old wanted the LEGO Eiffel Tower this Christmas, but I couldn’t afford it. It was the only item on his list .. Luckily Lepin had that same model. All I care about is my son experiencing building that lego set regardless if it’s LEGO or a knockoff. He was so thrilled and I’m glad there was an affordable option.
I hope you did tell your son it was not real LEGO. Even if he doesn't care about that kind of thing, his friends might. And you don't want him to lose face showing off his cool LEGO set to his friends and them pointing out it's not real LEGO ;-)
When I made my choice to go with Lepin his friends approval was the last thing on my mind. Besides my son has think skin. He hasn’t complained thus far.
THIS IS DEFINITELY COUNTERFEIT! Like who actually said that it isn’t???
It isnt counterfeit it would only be counterfeit if it says lego
@@-Gold- it is because it clearly tries to copy Lego to fool people, go with their competition not their copy.
@@segsycrocs6861 it is read my reply above.
Re: missing Lego bricks - around 25 years ago as a kid I bought a small spaceship Lego kit that had two left (or right) wings instead of one of each. I wrote a letter to the Lego club that I was in (do they still have that now!?) and they sent me a replacement part in the post!
So LEGO came good in the end! Yippee!!
Maybe if Lego stopped retiring sets so the firehouse isn't $900 then we would buy the firehouse from Lego. Not paying that amount when I can paid $60 and have fun building it and displaying. This isn't rocket science. Mould King, NickBuild, FunWhole all exactly like Lego. Parts interchange and never one mistake. Bricks great quality.
I mean if I can't afford lego like usual I'm 15 and live in the middle of no where so no I can't get a job, but these are cheaper and are fine for shelf duty tbh
Also LEGO creates a lot of employment. I can pretty much guarantee lepin employees are exploited.
BETTER THEM THAN US
@@Cortesevasive not cool bro
if you don't buy Lepin, those exploited workers would be unemployed. They can't work in a nice factory in Denmark.
Lego would be much cheaper if they abandoned licensed themes entirely and returned to classic generic themes.
LEGO is way too overpriced. My kid has a Death Star and couldn’t give a darn if it’s LEGO or Lepin. He wants to use it as a toy and not some investment that sits in a 40yo mans closet. Saved $1000 in the process. Boo hoo Disney didn’t get their cut
You don't need lego. Can't afford dont buy simple
@@supermarionugget8657 ...or I could just buy a knockoff set and have just as much fun and save a ton of money in the process. 😂
@@TroutFink or you could just steal the set...
@@supermarionugget8657 that’s even a better idea. Thanks 😊
@@TroutFink no sweat, I just trafficked an x wing through my rectum
You only say this because you probably are rich and get all you want and when you "talked about price" you never mentioned the price you only said would you rather buy from lego (overpricing everything and sewing everyone) over lepin (makes everyones life easier.) and you said its only because they started it, but they also started overpricing, for 1 minifigure and a 70 pc ship its about 20$ at lego
'Makes everyones life easier'
Even if he was a spoiled brat who got everything he wanted or a homeless shill living off scraps, it wouldn't shake his point at all. Lego 'overprices' things because they take time to make it as quality as they possibly can where Lepin just steals their design in lower quality.
He literaly makes videos on how you can get cheaper lego sets just so people who make the point 'Lepin is cheaper' can be satisfied.
Yeah and the copyright ?
Lego have to pay :
Disney( for marvel and SW set)
Bugatti ( 42083 and 75878)
Ford (10265)
Porsche (42096)
DC comics
Toy Story 4
Overwatch
Fiat
Dodge
Fast and furious
Minecraft
Super mario
Stranger thing
VW
The designer have to be paid and the other employee too
Beside lepin is copying everything lego does with half quality
Just type lepin vs lego chiron :
you will find people complaining about the lepin a lot more than the lego
Lego are worth it for these reason so lepin should' nt exist
And lego can be reused to make moc unless lepin that may not fit each other very well
@@ccyt6958 that's legos problem I dont care about the company, as long as it stands only the product matters
Here is my two cents.We all have different finances.Some people have more money than other it is what it is.I collect the Lego brand but i buy only sets that i can afford.If a set is to expensive i just don't buy it.There is people who struggle with their finances but still want to enjoy building and collecting set so they decide to go with Lepin and i don't blame them.I think both brand have their place and i don't judge anybody.
The only reason why I’m interested in Lepin is because of the emerald night
I don’t think I would have discovered LEPIN if I had not the seen this video. You saved me tons of money. Thank you so much.
YAY. Now you are the proud owner of low quallity, almost illegal plasic. Be happy.. Buy a cake and have a party.
@@LG-te4vh I buy legos but, still, its hilarious how people get mad about plastic bricks for children being fake...😂
@@nese1 true
@@LG-te4vh it’s bits of plastic at the end of the day Lego is simply too expensive for many people. When people can afford the real thing they’ll buy it, otherwise they weren’t gonna be Lego buyers anyway
@@LG-te4vh Like almost 90% products you buy and don´t even know they are knock offs. Lego is very expensive and quite agressive when it comes to patent and copyright (when they actually didn´t even invent their brick system and copied it themselves)
I agree with your points 100%
BUT.....
There are some benefits with Lepin
1. There are many Lego enthusiasts out there that can’t afford the Lego price upfront. With Lepin as their alternative, it keeps their interest at bay until they can afford the real stuff. This is much better than giving up the hobby all together which doesn’t really help Lego either.
2. Lepin does off some sets that Lego doesn’t. For example... they have the game of thrones series which Lego doesn’t. They also have Lord of the Rings which their version is more detailed (even though their precision is not on Legos level)
Lepin gives the lower class and lower middle class segments of the population a chance to experience the 'lego' experience. Even when there is no lepin, Lego would not get any substantial business from this group of people as they simply cannot afford or unwilling to spend the money for it.
I'm not arguing FOR Lepin, just against your logic. You say if people keep buying Lepin then Lego could go out of business. Then immediately say "that won't happen". Well then, it's not a point.
You also say that you just enjoy buying Lego. Someone could just enjoy buying Lepin. Moot.
You say you don't buy Lepin, but say the pieces don't fit. Hearsay. But when others complain their Lego sets were missing pieces, you dismiss the hearsay.
You claim you're angry that Lepin copies box art and instructions, then later say you usually don't receive either.
I have just bought a set for my Son that was described as Lego but when it arrived it's a rip off version, I've complained and will be returning the product for a refund, minus postage costs which annoys me. When I see a product advertised as Lego, I expect it to be a Lego product, simple as that.
Here is a question I'm trying to solve. I would love to have a long retired Lego Maersk Train 10219 it looks awesome but it is so expensive now 350 eur vs the Lepin set 21006 would cost me 60 eur. I have no Lepin set and was never thinking about buying one. But what now ? 6:1 ratio is sick! Most likely I would replace all the moving parts with Lego and also use original PF to make it go.
I sent off for the Maersk train yesterday. I've also got a Lepin cargo train in the "TBA" pile, and I'll review that in due course.
As for power sets, Lego needs to get their act together. These things aren't as easy to find as they might be, and motors and battery boxes and electronics are the very things the Chinese are likely to do much much better. They might copy all your data, but they'll also produce an app that lets you control multiple trains better than Lego's klunky solutions.
@Dr Jake I think Lepin Should be illegal The name is even almost the same! I don't but lepin. I would never want to support them. Other Lego knock offs are actually descent and they think of there OWN ideas. I like mega bloks a lot because they don't rip off Lego. Its just another brick building system
Lepin is the same as Lego? Guess you've never seen LEBQ ;)
OrfiPlayz they market themselves that way.
OrfiPlayz I think lepin should be illegal
Here in Brazil, the recently released A Frame Cabin set from LEGO Ideas is selling for 2300 Reais, our currency, that is 2 whole minimum monthly salaries over here, and that translates to almost 500 USD, I am not paying that for LEGO, I am buying a knockoff, I understand the risks, I understand the morals, I understand the drop in quality, it is just an exorbitant amount of money, truly too much.
My 11 year old nephew would like a Lego Technic Bulldozer for Christmas. He wants to use the bulldozer to build a motorcycle track in his backyard sandbox. The Bulldozer that would do the job is model no. 8275. Unfortunately this has been discontinued and on ebay a new set is selling for $1200. As much as I love my nephew, I can't afford $1200! This is why I am considering getting my first Lepin Bulldozer. The Bulldozer is going to get dirty, used, and beaten up but for $100, it's justified. My nephew only own Lego sets and I have only supported Lego so I see nothing wrong with getting one Lepin set. You could blame Lego for discontinuing the Lego Bulldozer 8275. If they continued to manufacture it, I would buy it. There is no other authentic Lego Technic Bulldozer alternative that compares and that is why 8275 is selling for so much money on ebay. If you find me an authentic Lego version at a reasonable price, I will buy it. I do agree with you, however, the Lepin version is counterfeit.
listen man, lego make hundreds of sets each year! they cannot afford that much money to produce all those sets plus its old and they make newer sets similar to that set but new! also your not buying lego when you buy lepin, just know that
I just found one for like 100 dollars lol if you know it’s gonna be beaten up and destroyed just buy a second hand one
I agree with every word he says. I don't know why ANYONE buys Lepin over LEGO.
I also have about 40 LEGO sets and only ONE set has something wrong, with Lepin, it's about 1 out of 4 or 5 sets that have something wrong.
BTW The LEGO problem was the tracer vs. widowmaker set, Instead of a 1 x 3 plate I got a 1 x 4 plate.
Oh I don’t know maybe because they’re stupidly cheap? They cost a lot in South America and Asia so they’re quite popular there
LEGO prices = whack. Alternative/Fake brands often give you the same product / looking product for a fraction of the price. LEGO purists need to chill.
I use them for animations and they do the same job I’d rather spend 85 cents on a figure then 10$
greenmachinefilms legos are much better printed quality but I do understand so u do u not telling u not to do that
I'll most likely use Lepin minifigs as Lego doubles in case if I want the character to have battle damage or just burnt like Anakin Skywalker.
You know what really ticks me off? A sponsored banner right under this video that says “shop leppin” and shows the products
Na what really pisses me off is your comment and your profile picture
Am back six years later. Still buying and building fake lego. Sell it after for a wee profit on the old FB market place.
Another point about having a defect/missing piece is that Lego’s customer service is great. They’ll happily replace parts and sometimes entire sets if you just ask
Yeah and I had this with ewok village.
They won't replace whole sets.
miscolors should be kept though because they are more valuable
I agree with the part of copying but. Lepin is cheaper and we cant buy then but i agree with you 100%
Guys lego is expensive because they do so much. They are making bricks through environmentally friendlier ways, they have licenses and its just higher quality and they have to pay designers whereas lepin see legos newest set and look at what bricks there are, jobs done
Come on, I'm not paying 1000 dollars for a set I can buy for 100.
I"m not paying 100 dollars for a set that loses it's value easily
KyMa B. Then your not buying it for what it is your buying it to resell it, this person is clearly buying it to build it and have fun with it, that’s what you pay the price for
Don’t judge,
I am poor,
I buy lepin,
Sometimes.
Well i don't see why this would be controversial. The things Jake said in this video are just logical.
Lepin can be 99% like Lego, but they will never be a 100% Lego.
99? I don't think so!
Wow
Similar problem to Takara Tomy, Sonokong and Hasbro beyblades vs fake beyblades
Unlike Lego vs Lepin, Fake beyblades are harmful, They have lead in the metal to make the metal heavier.
Also why does lego retire some sets?
Edit: Just found out some old fake legos have lead paint.
one reason to go for lepin is the saturn v. I wanted the saturn v so freaking bad and now that I am financially stable, they stop making it and ebay people are selling it 5 times more.
Nir Patel or you know you could go on bricklink and get the set for the pieces instead of people who copied off other people’s work
@@wookiesrppl2554 it's more than 300$ on brinklink. If you got that money that's great, I got one off Kijiji for $220, but for other people who are passionate for rockets and space exploration they shouldnt feel bad for getting a knock off brand since Lego chose to retire the set. This set is an inspiring work and many people like myself were extremely sad when they stopped making it, I was thinking of getting the china version for a long time but comments like yours is the reason I didn't.
Why i think Lepin is okay, I love Legos and its been a hobby of mine since I was very young. These days though I have very little money to go around with school, car, significant other, ETC. So with the very little money I have left over I like to by Lego sets, but Lego these days is so unfairly expensive that I barely find it worth it. I cant afford any of the sets I really want without saving for a long time and the ones I can afford are very quickly finished. If I had more money I would be loyal to Lego all the way, but sadly it's just to pricey. On the other hand while slightly more frustrating Lepin offers an alternative to do the activity I enjoy and not brake the bank ever time. This is just my opinion though and and I am sure you have yours :)
what if there are people who can't afford to buy Legos, but really want to make their children happy...
i always buy the real deal
The only time I got lepin was from family, because they are not in the Lego community.
You're a sucker then
Thats because you're a stupid
@@juansanchez-hd4lo Have fun with garbage and cheap plastic while I sit with the good plastic that my children will enjoy when they inherit all of my Lego Minecraft sets that are real
@@iamaspaceman8533 shut up nigga
I would like to add a little to support your video
The design element of Lego system is actually quite an expensive component of Lego sets, but its cost is hidden within the price of Lego. In fact, if you try to buy the parts to build a set either from Lego or from bricklink etc, it will cost you some 3 times the cost of the set.
The manufacture of Lego bricks involves the design of molds to high precision (not accuracy !), but apart from that the entire process is automated and needs few people from start to end.
In contrast the process of design involves a large number of people with various stages in the design process.
Story-design (there are themes), third party license, QA (is it robust and easy to build), art work, printing and such like; several of these you mention.
The issue with Lepin is that that getting round the expensive part - design - and since the business model of Lego is to hide this cost in their sets, it is prone to being easily undercut by unscrupulous companies. So, yes you get cheaper bricks but in the long term it will break the market. Obviously many people believe that there is no problem is doing anything you like in business as long as you make money, but that is the role of patent and TM - and then get upset when it happens to them.
I don't think Lego will be "broken" by Lepin, and their current downturn has many other factors due to the current economic cycle, but they will fight their corner.
I will finish with a final question : Is it OK to buy Lepin dis-continued sets - since this does not impact directly Lego (though does effect the re-sale value, and can effect perception).
And then there is the support, in most languages.
For me, the quality is just not there yet with other companies. I'd put Megabloks at a distant #2, but even their block connections are so inconsistent. Some are perfect, others are locked to each other for eternity, and some won't connect at all. When my son is playing and building, I'm right there building with him. When everything else that isn't Lego just falls apart, he's so disappointed & that honestly kills me. I haven't yet had to worry about that with Lego. More money, yeah, but when I look at all the other stuff and realize it was nothing but an absolute waste of money, it justifies the cost of Lego. And buy Lego on clearance, or buy bins of used bricks. It's on you if you pay full retail, idiot. 6 months ago I bought 2 bins of Lego, a little over 15,000 pieces, for 90 bucks. Washing them all sucked.
I accidentally bought a fake lego set, but it wasn't Lepin, it was LeLe. I didn't know about fake lego at the time.
Dislikers are Lepin fans.
l buy fake LEGO because my family is poor
The only valid point for me is the instructions, so then I just use the LEGO PDF instead on my laptop.
The price is the biggest factor. LEGO pricing is SHOCKING. I'd rather screw over LEGOs exorbitant prices and pay for a bootleg. LEGO's prices are just very very unreasonable for what you get.
I mean, Lego is top quality. If my grandparents had Lego sets when they were young, I can still use it today with likely no issue.
You do realise the guy that “invented” LEGO stole the exact system from another toy maker. LEPIN = a taste of his own medicine (if lego boss still alive)
karma?
The guy that invented lego asked the company they said yes
So get ur facts right
Good Video. I don't mind brands that have their own designed sets but straight copying Lego should never be tolerated.
Biggest reason a good few people I know buy from Lepin, is because they still produce discontinued Lego sets. Other than that, they buy from Lego 9/10 times.
Lego was already super overpriced before they started releasing licensed products.
Uh im from the philipines and lego is rare so many of us Buy fake lego and 20$ is equal to 1000 pesos SO OMG!
that's why i buy offbrand LEGOs they're much cheaper than the original
Rare my ass
You can say whatever you want trying to defend LEGO, but lego prices skyFUCKINGrocketed in past years. I loved LEGO, but the prices they practicing today are totally unacceptable.
No. They were more expensive when I was a kid 30 years ago. Only the franchised sets are overpriced.
1:37 I'm just confused how it has 61 more piece's
This comment needs more credit.
Maybe because they provide so many extra because all their pieces broke?
@@cheeriosaregood920 well no.
They don't include extra pieces, in fact are usually missing some... Some times they even have over 100 more pieces advertised on their box.
Its fake advertisement
@@danielhayes8348 The Lepin sets I've assembled all came out with more bits than advertised. Just quietly, but I don't think these people have a brick shortage. It's common practice - even with Lego - to include a few spares. In fact, I've noticed one missing piece on my Lego Crocodile train I'm currently building. Plus, to be fair, a few handy spares.
@@legopotter689 I know lego come with spares,but as you say with the lepin it comes with more, but Ive noticed its less,... So that's another thing to criticize about lepin, their inconsistencies