I Built Sherlock Holmes

[@OutpostMJ]

Thanks for featuring this set, Holly. I have both Pantasy Sherlock Holmes sets (the smaller one focuses on the interior "cut-away" view of apartment). For the first time since I became an AFOL 15 years ago I'm now open to brick brands other than Lego -- I'm no longer a "purist." Pantasy and Funwhole are not "fake/ripoff Lego" like Lepin. These companies offer original and licensed designs, quality bricks, reasonable prices. Funwhole includes lights and only prints (never stickers).

[@SO-ym3zs]

Well said. The same is true of Cobi. They offer outstanding-quality original and licensed sets and cover military themes Lego never will. Also, they only use prints.

[@josephschmitz6166]

I just bought this, thanks for showing it.

[@BillyBobJoe14]

I just finished watching Sherlock with my mom we both loved it

[@SO-ym3zs]

Pantasy makes such good sets! I loved building this one. Their steampunk railway station is amazing, too. Funwhole and Pantasy are two of my go-to companies now, with Lego far off in the background because of their overpricing, stickers, and same-old, same-old designs. You get the same quality with these newer companies but much lower prices (plus lights and all prints with Funwhole).

[@AlpineBricksXD]

2012 was a great year..

[@DianaZavalaOrchidCusp]

Yo bro I'm your first subscriber

[@Red-zh7vq]

I got out of a really dark time of my life in 2012, so it’s a pretty special year for me

[@AlpineBricksXD]

@@Red-zh7vq Congratulations!

[@AlpineBricksXD]

@@DianaZavalaOrchidCusp ay thank you bro. First video will be out soon lol

[@SabrinaLina04]

I was in the 2nd grade😅

[@tld8102]

this product looks so detailed. clearly the designer is a sherlock fan too

[@chriscummings4206]

0:52 I was reading the comments and I quickly glanced up to see what I at first perceived as a horse pulling a UPS truck....my mind must be set in apocalypse mode today.

[@benjaminwagner8141]

totally need this

[@SO-ym3zs]

Totally worth it. I built it recently and a had a great time as a Sherlock fan, and it's amazing how much morey you get for your dollar compared to Lego. Also, it's just impressively large!

[@caronmills8983]

I really liked this build and didn't have any issues with a gap in the downpipe. One thing I didn't like is the flimsy roof that could have been finished better but it's still great.

[@de00001]

2:39 It seems, you didn't remove the transfer foil of those transfer stickers? There shouldn't be those square transparent plastic sheets visible on VR and the smiley.

[@joevictor53]

I'm so glad to see more non-LAN KZbinrs branching out and doing other brands like Pantasy, Cobi, CaDA and FunWhole. Lego definitely needs more competition because they're cutting corners and charging way too much especially compared to what these others are doing

[@SO-ym3zs]

Very true. These other brands are releasing some outstanding sets, usually at vastly better prices than Lego, while Lego quality control keeps slipping, and their prices keep rising to ludicrous levels.

[@jeffc4862]

I don't know about Lego cutting any corners that they haven't always been cutting (like stickers), but their prices have evolved to be obnoxious, and when it comes to modulars, they are now more focused on larger models in a 200.00+ price point, so that's another issues I've had these past few years. That said, I'm very happy to see the competition getting attention. I have the Sherlock Holmes set, as well as a variety of FunWhole models (including the Antique Store) and they are 100% comparable to Lego. I do hope the competition is a 'wake up call', but that won't happen until they realize their bottom line is being hurt which may take a few more years. Another thing worth noting is that Lego has been manufacturing sets in China, Malaysia, the Czech Republic and Mexico for year s now, so if anything, seeing the pricing of these 'off brands' is exposing just how much Lego has been marking up their products and why they have been as profitable as they've been.

[@SO-ym3zs]

@@jeffc4862 The fact that these companies can produce interesting, fun sets with top-quality parts and manuals and sell them for 1/2 to a 1/3 of the price of a Lego set speaks volumes.

[@HollyOnFilm]

The Garfield sets Pantasy are doing too look fantastic. I saw another company too with some Snoopy stuff but I can’t remember which one. The custom moulds bring them to life, and it’s things like that that make me glad Mega has Pokemon because those sets are fantastic with all the special prints and pieces

[@joevictor53]

@@HollyOnFilm I'm pretty sure BlueBrixx has the license for Snoopy. They also do Star Trek, Stargate and RoboCop. But I don't know what their quality is like. They have a great KZbin channel where they show off their sets and they seem passionate about what they work on

[@Straker1895]

Congratulations HollyOnFilm you’ve made the "A-Z List of Sherlock Holmes Performers" as entry #9,613.

[@_Eternal-Darkness_]

This is a nice build, I never got into Sherlock Holmes but this is cool. I also found my black hair kanan this morning

[@britanimations2002]

It's surreal to know you were in the who fandom, especially since it doesn't really come up that much

[@jomole1430]

Nice review! I haven't seen Sherlock since it ended, but I recently finished listening to the 63-hour, Stephen Fry-narrated Sherlock Holmes audiobook on Audible (which I highly recommend!), and I've been meaning to rewatch the show when I can find time to do so.

[@MartinsNewTeeth]

SuperWhoLock what an amazing fandom! Those were the days! This set is something I’d wanted to try to build in MOC!

[@backtothebricks1]

My older brother met Mrs Hudson (Una Stubbs) a couple years back now! May she rest in peace. I loved season 2 of Sherlock!

[@AIlury.]

Great video. Keep up the good work ❤

[@TheJediBrick]

this is such a cool build i love the Sherlock series! how is the overall quality of the bricks compared to Lego?

[@cmdrziczag]

Great!

[@SO-ym3zs]

@@cmdrziczag Pantasy uses the newest generation GoBricks, which are equal to or better than Lego (none of Lego's random color variance or brittleness that I've seen).

[@cmdrziczag]

​@@SO-ym3zs I know. I have sets with Gobricks-bricks and they are great. My favorite set with gobricks-bricks is probably the Blaustein Castle from Bluebrixx.

[@acimagination7982]

this year I watched the complete series of sherlock. wasnt bad. long episodes. did like how the sherlock character was portrayed and villians. it is a neat set thats inspired by the show. i suppose if you had the cmf black and white looking detective minifig it could maybe go with the set.

[@RadiantBuilds]

SuperWhoLock is a phrase I haven’t heard in a long time 😂 really cool build though, it’s interesting to see what other companies besides LEGO do with their sets/other IPs

[@imzadi12]

I am still a superwholock. love watching all of these shows. Nice building block set

[@XenophliX]

Cool build I might have to make it also love the vid

[@ultraviolet540]

It wouldn’t make sense, but it would be funny to put it next to the Sanctum Sanctorum 😂

[@josephschmitz6166]

Sherlock Holmes: Holmes & Watson 383-Piece Building Block Toy Visit the Pantasy Store

[@danieljenkins1758]

Nice set and video - you being a Superwholock fan is not a shock 😂

[@distantnemesis1593]

always nice to see some competition for lego

[@SO-ym3zs]

True. There's so much interesting (and better priced) stuff coming out from some of the competitors. Funwhole in particular has been releasing tons of amazing sets this past year that make most Lego sets feel tired and boring by comparison. Pantasy is great, too. I just wished they released more sets more frequently.

[@TheAutisticBrick]

I am currently watching Sherlock I just want to know if this has any spoilers for season 2 ep 3 to the end

[@benjaminwagner8141]

ooh

[@KAK_PAN]

Is this your first time doing alternate lego bricks brand, Holly? Nice set btw.

[@HollyOnFilm]

Nope! I’ve built a handful of Mega sets, mostly Pokemon but I have a Barbie car waiting to be built. Then I’ve also tried some promotional brick sets that McDonald’s and Bunnings Wearhouse did in Australia a while back

[@albusdumbledore7727]

I am locked ❤

[@derkoenigvonbayern]

Scarf and jacket? Heating down? But like the set! How is the quality of the bricks it self?

[@SO-ym3zs]

Pantasy uses GoBricks, which are as good as or better than Lego.

[@HollyOnFilm]

On their own they feel great, the clicking together feeling certainly isn’t the same as with Lego bricks and I find large plates a bit harder to push together but they feel strong and don’t have that same flimsy and lightweight feel that I’ve had from other alternative brands I’ve tried

[@derkoenigvonbayern]

@@HollyOnFilm thanks for answer! Have a good one.

[@DZstudios.]

Can’t wait for the sequel: LEGO Watson tries to keep Sherlock from stepping on a brick!

[@jtbathome0]

Thanks for giving me the phrase for my 2012 show addiction. Almost tempted to go back and rewatch all the shows again. Also saw some earlier reviews of this set with figures, so seems odd they took them out.

[@HollyOnFilm]

I rewatched almost all of Sherlock whilst both building and planning this video and it was a blast. Do it

[@timoconnor2618]

No minifigs?

[@HollyOnFilm]

Nope, though I personally don’t mind at least simply as other brick companies don’t do good figure designs unless it’s custom molded characters

[@o_oo_o1812]

lol all the other reviewers have minifigs

[@stevensuhre-jl8ik]

Apparently, Lego had them remove the four minifigures the set originally contained.

[@FHT1883]

when I saw the title + thumbnail I thought it was a MOC you made!

[@BrickMeisterZ]

Not a custom LEGO moc, just a knockoff building set.

[@SO-ym3zs]

@@BrickMeisterZ It's not a knockoff. It's a licensed product from a legit company that makes their own designs. Knockoffs are companies like Lepin that steal designs and licensed IP without consent. Lego doesn't own the brick building concept. They're just the best-known company doing it.

[@fredriks9892]

the game is AFOOT.

[@rubenvanessen1743]

That was 2012?!

[@FHT1883]

I watched the BBC Sherlock series back when it was sorta new - but missed the final season. Then, basically all my friends who had watched it kept telling me to avoid it; all of them hated it! I haven't seen it to this day. 😅

[@o_oo_o1812]

imho the interior colors aren't really forgivable

[@Reggaetonaldo]

For whatever reason, the sponsor link doesn't work. Oh well.

[@WhyPig]

im tired so i comment

[@neilsaurer9855]

Yay!!!!

[@captainfinn64]

Hate to say it Holly but you always did give off superwholock vibes

[@HollyOnFilm]

you can escape superwholock but superwholock doesn’t escape you

[@flophe]

be carefull calling it lego, here in the german speaking realm of the world lego is sueing everyone who calls non lego bricks lego

[@kirbie9686]

first!!

[@alexanderurqhartjensen939]

So not a fan of companies trying to rip off other IPs like that...

[@HollyOnFilm]

Can’t be a rip off when it’s officially licensed

[@KAK_PAN]

Its Pantasy, not Lepin. Wake up.

[@joce1275]

What a bizarre comment... it's an officially licensed product which Pantasy designed themselves, what on earth do you think they are "ripping off"??

[@SO-ym3zs]

@@joce1275 Exactly. The legit companies like Pantasy and Cobi and Cada have official, legitimate licensing arrangements with the Doyle Estate, Maserati, Mercedes, Alfa Romeo, etc.

[@___David__]

​@@HollyOnFilm except it can. They might have a license to the Sherlock Holmes series, but they for sure don't have a license to steal the designs of every single brick that they copied from LEGO.