I actually use some of the $1 base plates for displays. No figures or parts have cracked so I’ve been comfortable using them in Mocs.
@SparePartsBricksАй бұрын
Awesome, I am excited to buy more. I will finally have enough baseplates!
@UndeadAheadАй бұрын
The measurements might be slightly off and cause cracking on the minifigures over time.
@bruh0611Ай бұрын
@@UndeadAhead I check on figures on the plates over and over again and still nothing! The only cracks come from legitimate lego plates. 😂
@Sykxezn28 күн бұрын
The plates got shrinkflation recently, shrunk in size to about a 16x16 now, the baseplates are pretty good deals if you can find the big sized ones
@N-B-MMA24 күн бұрын
@TerrorSyxke the dollar tree by me always has both. Apparently they used to make road plates too.
@zinussan5027 күн бұрын
4:58 Just because it was 1 dollar, doesn't mean it is rubbish. Some people bought it for birthday present, because that is affordable price.
@Dumpspace26 күн бұрын
For real. It's a small amount of bricks, but it's also a friendly price.
@songdongchoi601923 күн бұрын
Me too
@josephgriffith390826 күн бұрын
This goes to show how Lego is more expensive than it should be
@SparePartsBricks25 күн бұрын
I mean Lego does have better quality control and they do have to pay licensing fees, but I would agree they should be able to make them cheaper.
@AzraelThanatos26 күн бұрын
Technically, they aren't fake lego...they aren't claiming to be lego any more than megablox is
@SparePartsBricks25 күн бұрын
Well yes, but it is very clear what brand they take influence from. Especially with the whole “compatible with other leading brands” slogan. 😂
@AzraelThanatos25 күн бұрын
@@SparePartsBricks Same as MegaBlox and a few others, they aren't like the chinese ones that are clearly fake kits copying and advertising as if they were versions of the Lego ones
@Re-Ha-B24 күн бұрын
@@SparePartsBricksund? Zum einen hat Lego die Klemmbausteine nicht erfunden (sondern Kiddycraft) und die Idee geklaut, zum anderen dürfen schon fast 30 Jahre andere sie auch herstellen. Mal davon abgesehen gibt es auch mehr als eine Marke die Autos herstellt.
@Starpotion23 күн бұрын
It's pedantic as hell but I also agree, statements like this really show just how much of a monopoly LEGO has on building brick toys when any toy similar or inspired by it is referred to as a clone or a fake
@Phantomgaming21987Ай бұрын
At 3:49 blue lights are in Japan so maybe it was manufactured there
@SparePartsBricksАй бұрын
Your right👍. Sorry I didn’t catch that.
@galaxygamer24729 күн бұрын
The construction guy looks like he wants someone to end his suffering 😅
@SparePartsBricks29 күн бұрын
lol! 😂
@Baclkty121119 күн бұрын
Ngl 1 dollar is a steal for those
@SparePartsBricks19 күн бұрын
The baseplate for sure!
@exelierxe.eАй бұрын
i can imagine kid's embarrassment after seeing the _"Lego"_ present
@k-realm27 күн бұрын
I remember the time my grandma bought me fake Lego, I had to pretend to be really excited. The pieces didn’t even always click together 😂
@bidelo_795321 күн бұрын
honestly id rather take a 1 dollar lego set with a sticker than a 150 dollar real lego set with 20 stickers
@SparePartsBricks21 күн бұрын
It is kind of crazy how these sets even have some printing too. Granted it is not good, but that is better than Lego at some times.
@FatPenguiniscoolАй бұрын
3:17 It might be a coincidence but that set is EXTREMELY similar to set 79118 Karai Bike Escape from the TMNT lego line. Maybe that’s what inspired it?
@SparePartsBricksАй бұрын
Dang you’re right. The fire hydrant is exactly the same!
@speeruhАй бұрын
aside from the characters, I tries these sets and in my opinion they are actually fire
@BashTheBuilderАй бұрын
Fax, these are the "struggle meal" of legos
@mandyay776527 күн бұрын
Yea
@LettuceDealer1227 күн бұрын
cant expect much from a 1$ set ngl
@SparePartsBricks27 күн бұрын
At least The baseplates were good!
@pecathat201025 күн бұрын
They have a nice small storage box with a base plate cover.
@SparePartsBricks25 күн бұрын
Yeah, I also saw that there.
@honda7100015 күн бұрын
I wasn't expecting that ending😂
@SparePartsBricks14 күн бұрын
lol! 😂
@sadsnow8040Ай бұрын
These were my childhood! Also, the blue is a green light for other countries.
@SparePartsBricksАй бұрын
Oh, I didn’t know that. Sorry I smashed them! 😂
@sadsnow8040Ай бұрын
@@SparePartsBricks Lol! 😂
@MRTHUNDER.26 күн бұрын
Actually, all green lights are actually blue bulbs
@sadsnow804026 күн бұрын
@ no way, actually..?
@MRTHUNDER.26 күн бұрын
@ yeah
@The_goat201418 сағат бұрын
I haven’t been collecting Lego for a few months, but now I’m starting to collect it again
@SparePartsBricks5 сағат бұрын
Welcome back!
@MisatoBestWoman29 күн бұрын
As a LEGO purist I was searching non LEGO military equipment and I’m considering buying some Not to forget the number of incredible looking set like battleships
@SparePartsBricks28 күн бұрын
I think they did have some military ones at the dollar store. I will have to check next time I go!
@twitchster7723 күн бұрын
I've been pretty happy with dollar tree legos. They work well enough with the name brand stuff, though some of the sets I've gotten fit very tightly and can be difficult to remove. They also feel cheaper than the name brand. Seriously though...for $1 I'm happy.
@SparePartsBricks21 күн бұрын
Especially the baseplates. Those are For sure a steal!
@poeticdevides22 күн бұрын
Some places are replacing green lights with blue to accommodate R/G color blindness. Not sure if they were goin for that but if so, very forward thinking!
@SparePartsBricks21 күн бұрын
I didn’t know that! That is actually really smart. Maybe Make-it blocks are just really invested in helping people with color blindness. 😂
@poeticdevides21 күн бұрын
@ Or maybe they just made alot of blue studs who can say XD
@ItsCharYT23 күн бұрын
I got that bench set.The bench is okay the rest sucks
@SparePartsBricks21 күн бұрын
The bench one is okay. Maybe that’s because it does not come with one of the creepy minifigs! 😂
@Abandoned_account123 күн бұрын
The light thingy at 3:54 is normal to be blue cause when i see one of those they look a bit blueish
@SparePartsBricks21 күн бұрын
I heard that some places are also replacing green lights with blue lights so that could also be the reason.
@The1stBrick27 күн бұрын
Saw them at the dollar store the other day!
@AdventureswDucky22 күн бұрын
These are little booster sets to help fill out a city on the cheap. As long as they are compatible and you try to not mix pieces, I see no issue. If I was a parent and my kid was into lego, I'd keep my eye out for these to use as a physical reward for good grades or whatever. For how cheap they are, they bring a lot of potential to the table
@littlelego21 күн бұрын
Hi there, you forgot to mention something.... The baseplates are slightly larger then LEGO baseplates, so if you want to line them up you'll have to shave a little off, otherwise they buckle.
@SparePartsBricks21 күн бұрын
I didn’t notice that. I will have to test that when I get home from school.
@PoIiwag28 күн бұрын
The baseplates and loose bricks are actually useful for building mocs on a budget
@SparePartsBricks28 күн бұрын
Yeah, definitely will be getting more baseplates!
@marcocinquini198529 күн бұрын
These seems really cheap close to other brands that make sets of supposedly licenced stuff like movies and cartoons. From these, I's say the bench is fine, I got some knock off lego "for girls" and, one of them is similar, the difference is that the mailbox is another set.
@SparePartsBricks25 күн бұрын
Yeah, another person told me that the stoplight set was completely ripped from a Lego ninja turtles set and it is actually very similar.
@MediaJamesАй бұрын
Each day I can wake up and say I went to the same dollar store as spare parts 💪
@SparePartsBricks27 күн бұрын
lol!
@rclaxton165123 күн бұрын
They're actually $1.25 for the last couple years and everything is probably going up to $1.50 @ the first of the year of the way corporate said. And dollar tree already has $20 items. I work @ a dollar tree
@SparePartsBricks21 күн бұрын
I did notice that. They gotta change the name to the $1.25 store! 😂
@bethanyaudion9441Ай бұрын
I think Greenbrier International, INC. might be the company that makes Make-It Blocks.
@SparePartsBricksАй бұрын
Yeah, I think it is the parent company behind the whole dollar tree brand.
@superermac55Ай бұрын
Do offical lego work with the base plate? Any issues with looseness?
@SparePartsBricksАй бұрын
Yep, they fit like a normal baseplate and there are no molding errors that I can see.
@superermac55Ай бұрын
@@SparePartsBricks oh sweet. I should keep an eye out for them
@user-th8px6np1v10 күн бұрын
I use them for brick fillers.
@SparePartsBricks10 күн бұрын
That’s cool!
@DiscoDragonFTW19 күн бұрын
I misread the title as stop buying one dollar Lego sets
@SparePartsBricks14 күн бұрын
For sure don’t do that! Especially not the baseplates. 😂
@pica906926 күн бұрын
in europe the middle light of a traffic light is orange so thats also right but the blue no idea where that is from
@SparePartsBricks25 күн бұрын
Yeah it is very confusing!
@Popgamer-ss5fyАй бұрын
I've got some, the pieces on some of them broke, that was the skeleton set, was mad because using it for something at the time. Overall, they are not good.
@SparePartsBricksАй бұрын
Yeah, they are not very good quality at all. Not really sure why that set is so weird either.
@Popgamer-ss5fyАй бұрын
@@SparePartsBricks Yeah, I stopped buying them because the quality is junk.
@christinapowell527Ай бұрын
I have to buy them because I’m to broke 😢😢😅
@SparePartsBricksАй бұрын
Too be honest they are not really that bad. I would definitely recommend the baseplates.
@CanadianLegoDude24 күн бұрын
bro I bought the helicopter one of that fake lego thing and it was sooooooo bad, it took me 20 minutes to build it and it was only like 30 pieces
@SparePartsBricks24 күн бұрын
They sure do take a long time to put together when the pieces don’t fit! 😤
@CanadianLegoDude24 күн бұрын
@ ohh yeah
@Emmitt9816 сағат бұрын
They do work and they are so fun I got it for my birthday day for every one when was 7
@SparePartsBricks5 сағат бұрын
The baseplates especially. Just bought 7 more! 😂
@SparePartsBricksАй бұрын
Please do not buy these! (Except for the baseplate, that was actually a really good deal 😂)
@ThelegohbkАй бұрын
Sorry I did -1,011,056,086,770$
@BlizzyGT-i7eАй бұрын
I did also there is 1 more that wasn’t at your dollar tree it’s a gas station with a gas pump a awning for it and a motorcycle and a minifigure
@SparePartsBricksАй бұрын
@@BlizzyGT-i7e I should have got that one. It could have been in the back.
@BashR25Ай бұрын
Ohhh I have like three of those 1. a tank 2. A helicopter 3. A different construction set
@ThelegohbkАй бұрын
@@BashR25 no way I have all those 💀
@BENTLEYKURKASHI29 күн бұрын
I actually got the whole set for my little cousin for his 7th birthday bc i didnt have alot of money for real legos
@SparePartsBricks25 күн бұрын
That’s nice. They certainly are not all bad. They are a big appeal because of their price.
@riceshaddow11 күн бұрын
The music at the end XD
@SparePartsBricks11 күн бұрын
It used to be something different, but Mozart copyright claimed me.😂
@riceshaddow11 күн бұрын
@@SparePartsBricks damn that sucks the new one is funnier 😂
@SparePartsBricks11 күн бұрын
@@riceshaddow Thanks!
@zojirushi125 күн бұрын
Do Lego pieces fit on that fake base plate?
@SparePartsBricks25 күн бұрын
Yep, they fit with no issues!
@FloweBackesАй бұрын
You look very comfortable. Also, I really enjoyed your old video guide to shopping in New York - it would be great if you continued the series elsewhere. For example, I'm in a suburb of London but I'm new to*aceluxs*shopping so I don't know where I'm going or what to buy in my city.
@SparePartsBricksАй бұрын
Going to London would be awesome! I am planning on going to Europe next year so I might end up there. Thanks for the recommendation!
@Aidan-u2y29 күн бұрын
I actually really like dolar tree alot and the legos
@SparePartsBricks29 күн бұрын
Some of them are pretty good!
@Aidan-u2y29 күн бұрын
@@SparePartsBricks yes they are
@christianklein577421 күн бұрын
for the price ,its ok ,
@SparePartsBricks21 күн бұрын
For sure the baseplate. What a deal!
@SquirrelAnimation700Сағат бұрын
For dollar store these are decent
@SparePartsBricksСағат бұрын
Especially the baseplates!
@Davi-g7y15 күн бұрын
The one that I got it was like a truck or like construction site and I had like a rock a traffic cone a shovel and yeah it I had play features two lift up the rock too
@SparePartsBricks14 күн бұрын
That’s cool!
@petre746622 күн бұрын
It’s always free night, thank😊
@yoswag738026 күн бұрын
There now new $3 fake lego sets at the dollar tree by the same company that makes those now focusing on making building sets now
@SparePartsBricks25 күн бұрын
I will have to get those and review them next.
@Davi-g7y15 күн бұрын
Crazy story but my friend just came to school if you want one fake Lego set and I said yeah he 4:57 and he gave me one for free I actually pretty like it I’ve seen worse fake lego😂
@SparePartsBricks14 күн бұрын
There are for sure worse knock offs! 😂
@Mishelleboy27 күн бұрын
cursed lego💀🙏😭😫
@SparePartsBricks20 күн бұрын
I wouldn’t go that far… well maybe with the figures! 😂
@JessyStudios229 күн бұрын
I got some fake lego speed champions cars from the dollar store and it's pretty decent, review on my main channel
@SparePartsBricks29 күн бұрын
I can’t believe those are only a dollar! They seem actually kinda good.
@JessyStudios229 күн бұрын
@@SparePartsBricks uh no, it’s $5
@SparePartsBricks28 күн бұрын
Still that’s a pretty good deal!
@songdongchoi601923 күн бұрын
As poor man i ❤ its
@SparePartsBricks20 күн бұрын
The baseplates sure are a good deal!
@hercyneel324 күн бұрын
Nice video
@SparePartsBricks24 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@JoanCortes-z3w23 күн бұрын
Is not fack
@linkspokemon411427 күн бұрын
Absolute bottom of the barrel when it comes to fake lego
@SparePartsBricks27 күн бұрын
I would still definitely recommend buying the baseplates. That was actually a really good deal!