I paid $4 for a 1000+ piece non-LEGO car set on TEMU so you don't have to

[@neightarch]

Not gonna lie, I bought an F1 car kit and they are about 95% accurate to LEGO bricks, just a couple loose pins and the other bricks integrate without issues. It cost $50 and was a great build, looks more accurate than the Merc or McLaren.

[@msbrickkitten6882]

As an engineer, 95% accuracy to the actual Lego pieces, hurts my soul, because I've used Lego pieces to teach people on process control since their stuff is so well produced. :D

[@lorenzodenardo1860]

The issue with these compatible bricks brands is that the quality level is very inconsistent within the same manufacturer and worse across manufacturers, and you'll never find out whether you picked a good or bad one until you spend your money and put your hands on the pieces. I actually like that some of these companies have moved away from knocking off independent designers and do their own models but the build quality is so inconsistent I am still sticking to Lego all times

[@msbrickkitten6882]

@@lorenzodenardo1860 Yes! That's why I use Lego parts to teach about process control, which is all about consistency in manufacturing, the first part off the line is as good as the last part off the line for any given run!

[@alexej1981]

I have bought some CaDA sets, it is very close to Lego, but not the same.

[@neightarch]

@@msbrickkitten6882 I agree it’s not the same, but I hope maybe it will put some downward price pressure on Lego.

[@Osai1234]

i have bought lots of unofficial lego sets over the years (mainly rifle replicas) and if i can give any tips to others who are considering getting a set that's not official Lego, here is my heads up: [i will refer to official legos as officials and unofficial lego sets as UO] • *make sure it is a set you really want and REALLY want to complete.* everyone has had remorse building a (official) Lego set due to not wanting to spend more time to finish. best part is officials make it easy to pick up where you left off; it doesn't help UO's case when the instructions "booklet" (sometimes they email you a pdf of instructions) is not as easy as it should be to figure out what piece needs to be added or where it goes on the build step. I have also spent two continuous days building a large UO set so you can imagine how sick of building legos i was after i was finished. (Surprising even to me who has played with legos his whole life) • i cannot stress this enough, *make sure you have you big lego piece bucket handy.* some UO's I've received have had pieces missing. not to mention how they all are one color so it blends in. you remember how i said it took me 2 days to build a large UO's? Half of one day in total was spent looking for that *one* piece to finish the step, which it was either A. hidden underneath hundreds of similar pieces or B. simply not included making me more frustrated than necessary and the easy fix was to dig in my Lego box for that one piece. • *your set WILL have some pieces that were poorly sculpted cut or made.* not a terribly bad feature but in some cases it can compromise your build, some studs have little to no friction holding them in place when two pieces are put together. all in all, if you get past the obstacles then you will have a great Lego set that Lego themselves did not release. which is worth it for those supercars or those bolt action rifle replicas and loads of fun to play with the features they provide. Thanks for reading if you did, i hate long comments on KZbin too. I hope this helps a lot of builders out there🕋🧠

[@arghjayem]

Looks more like “I can’t believe it’s not Lepin” ! 😂

[@Freshie_tech]

I have 2 fake legos already, FORD F150 and WALL-E both were good quality and pretty cheap the ford was 20$ and Wall-E about 7$. I like lego and would buy them, but 150$ for a plastic car is too much for me.

[@ArbiterGP]

there is a lot of engineering, research, investement... That's why it's not cheap...

[@StefClash]

Where did you get the Ford for 20$? Can you send me a link?

[@iValkyrie46]

​@@ArbiterGP We know. We just don't want to spend that much when there's an alternative... Especially when a lego technic set is ⅓ of the minimum wage in my country

[@orange133dark]

i also have the fake wall E, but considring the price and the model its kinda cool and worth the price

[@cccpredarmy]

@@ArbiterGP Cada, Bluebrixx, Mega, Cobi are very good alternatives to lego. not to mention that they surpass lego in quality in many places. most obvious is the piece color quality which lego really is known to be very bad at.

[@dasniveau9933]

Temu doesn't sell you products for profit, it sells your data.

[@peterthornton8520]

Very true. Called buying the market

[@redbaron7486]

There are entire businesses built solely around buying and storing data about everyone just to be sold to other businesses it really won't make a difference in the end

[@Swedish_Shrek]

fr

[@oldhorn420]

And comes with extra child labour! Isn't that cool?

[@forestfire1231]

I promise nobody cares about your data. You’re not important at all

[@Jack_The_Yam]

These type of videos are so fun to watch. you should make a video comparing real lego supercars to knockoffs

[@oldhorn420]

Yeah he should compare the mouldking power functions sets

[@diatonicdelirium1743]

... but it of no use. The really cheap stuff will vary in quality from batch to batch, as they will source everywhere and anywhere to get the cheapest parts. Don't think they're losing money at $24, it's Lego being heavily overpriced that skews your judgement.

[@Matej1473]

I found in my local toy shop brand Rastar. I bought Creator Expert/Icons set(Pagani Zonda Cinque) for 50 euros with 1024 parts. Very good parts quality, some custom parts for this set and every details are printed(without stickers). Very good compatibility with Lego parts, so example wheels from this set won't have problem in Lego MOC, if you will want custom wheels for better look. Sometimes buying on internet, special cheap bricks sets is like cat in bag, you don't know, what you buy, parts quality in specific price. Example my first Lepin set had bad quality, parts hadn't same quality, but if you didn't look on details, look like original Lego set(I bought cheaper version HP Hogwarts castle from second serie) + stickers on transparent background, perfect fit with parts color.

[@humorss]

rastar is a reputable brand of affordable diecast. they probably chose a ok parts suppler. problem with knockoff lego is you don't know what quality you are getting. I have a $40 gt3rs, it comes in the red/white color scheme, which lego don't have. it assembles just fine but the complex gear box would never work, original lego is already stiff enough.

[@akali2927]

TBH this kind of Legos is a god sent for people living in the third world country, where average monthly salary goes for $328. Some Bootleg kits are actually decent, example the bootleg version of the lego ferrari daytona sp3, theres even a video about comparing the two sets which is shocking how the quality rivals that of the more expensive one, which is not even 1/3rd of the price.

[@alisfur8277]

average salary in brazil is like $270 and the state taxes imported products up to 90%, a mid lego product is like $100 here

[@Pham-Bao-Hoa]

And we in the “3rd world” countries could care less about those capitalist copyrights. As long as the price is cheap and the quality is not far from Lego, we would gladly buy it. And to be honest, living close to China really helps with the prices of these sets and the quality is getting closer and close to the original thing each day.

[@wystrach_sam]

2:50 These numbers are probably from the mould from the injection moulding machine. I work as a injection moulder, and we have those tiny numbers on our moulds aswell. Those numbers are the cavity numbers. If you, for example, take a sample to check if the parts are good, you'll automatically check if there are all cavities (all numbers, for example 1-8) in that sample. If there is a number missing, there could be something wrong with the mould or moulding machines settings.

[@LutraLovegood]

Could also be sourcing parts from different factories, different batches, etc. Some brands are less strict than others about their parts.

[@ano_nym]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I have seen this in real Legos as a kid. Wondering about what the numbers meant.

[@trombulan]

Their app is mandatory if one wants a max discount, not to mention all data those Chinese are collecting. NO THX! Free or cheap cheese is found only in a trap!

[@JTCF]

I've bought 2 different Lamborghinis from Aliexpress, which definitely share origins with this model. So far I've been quite satisfied, as they look nice and can be motorized (instructions included, motors package optional or being-your-own, wireless 2.4GHz bluetooth or proprietary). I have them on display, because I like the non-concept Lamborghinis. Ah, for the first car I had to change the wheels to my own (later ordered rims with a matching yellow-orange color) because they were interfering with some parts of the frame and steering. The second car (with a tri-beam headlight) was much better. And interestingly, it actually offered two appearances: completely black or stickered "cyberpunk" theme with neon cyan-blue-purple-magenta. Sticker guide was included but it had the model and the stickersheet a little different from what I assembled, but nothing major.

[@JTCF]

I would like to note that I am living in Russia, and even though official lego sets are available unofficially here, they are still expensive. Aliexpress offers a lot, but you gamble with quality of the product.

[@ano_nym]

@@JTCF "Aliexpress offers a lot, but you gamble with quality of the product." Yeah, and if you know what to get you can get great deals. I bought some extremely powerful, nice and sleek, flashlight for like $20. Convoy S2+ if anyone's interested.

[@ashnodmtg]

I have a lot of temu "lego" mostly trains and city stuff, the technic stuff from them is not great and tend to be very lose. The main problem is a lack of quality control, so i have gotten sets that are missing critical pieces, but i have a huge collection of lego bricks so it has never been a big deal, it is just a risk i take.

[@PlazDreamweaver]

So no different from modern Lego. Got it.

[@simonsvahn9834]

Cool. And the people suffering in the supply chains?

[@ano_nym]

@@simonsvahn9834 I'm not sure if there is much difference there between the fake Lego or the "Made in China" products in the store unfortunately. Like you would hope that companies actually made sure their overseas worker had it decent, but they often chose to turn a blind eye.

[@razorsitch9882]

I’ve ordered lots of “Lego” from Alliexpress, and with one exception they’ve always turned out to be great. The one exception was down to parts not fitting well which can easily be sorted by ordering a few parts from bricklink

[@sniffer6285]

Cada, zylegen, mould king, nefiliz are the brands im buying over Lego currently. Ive done 10 large 1:8 scale cars from them all with no issues.

[@StacksOnBricks]

My Mum always had a phrase, “Good thing no cheap and cheap thing no good.” Perfectly applicable in this circumstance.

[@harryh536]

Good and cheap are both relative so your mom said nothing basically

[@HenryGreenEngine3]

@@harryh536 it means higher quality is typically expensive

[@LeighVuillermin9]

for the money these builds are 110% a lot of this knock of lego is good it hard to keep it separated for my real lego. I've had some kits that are not as great. but the bulk I've bought are incredible. for these knock offs to only fall slightly below lego standard to an lover of lego. yet be so much better value is amazing i grew up not being able to fully explore my creative lego ideas as a kid because it was so expensive . that sucks, and i know im not alone. for there to be such a good cheaper option its absolutely 9/10 experience

[@deadGrlz206]

I bought like a 4000 piece car on amazon for like 70. Thing is a masterpiece. Would cost your 1st born if it was real lego

[@sniffer6285]

Which brand and model ?

[@jimm244]

I bought some clone building sets (non-Technic) from China (non-Temu). One was pretty good. One was good enough. Neither have been disappointing. Neither have been LEGO quality either. The one you built is pretty bad. I think your sentiment is correct. We shouldn’t accept poor quality just because it’s cheap. I learned that with hand tools. By the same token, you don’t always need to go top-shelf to find quality.

[@PlazDreamweaver]

Well-said.

[@ano_nym]

Regarding hand tools I have heard of a tactic that seems good: "buy the cheap ones first, then once you break it you buy a good one." That makes it so the tools you use the most will be good quality, while you haven't "wasted" your money on stuff you hardly use.

[@abdullahnurussalamkhan9219]

I bought two sets from Temu. Darn cheap. One was the copy of the Orchid set by Lego and the other one was coffee shop. Both cost around 15-20 bucks. The quality of orchid was 6 out of 10, and the coffee house was 8 out of 10 (10 being the Lego standard.) The experience was really good, but sometimes especially the technic parts are stiff and take a toll on the fingers. Final verdict: look for decent designs, because some of their designs are really innovative. Quality of the pieces depends on your luck.

[@Dadudi]

As you said don't trust these chinese brands that are not Cada. Most of them basically steal MOCs designs and that's really disrespectful and damaging for the Afol community.

[@wayre11]

There are few good chinesse companies like CaDa, but yes, most of them are trash.

[@ceruleanidiot]

He was unable to find a design they copied for this one - it appears to be original. Do you know of it?

[@Dadudi]

@@ceruleanidiot I am speaking in general, not this particular model

[@TheRealBmanswan]

You're kidding right? Cada stole my rotary engine Moc and refined it and stuck it in their Rx -7 set. Cada doesn't care either about your ideas or anything of the sort except money.

[@Dadudi]

@@TheRealBmanswan Wasn't the Rx-7 an Artemy Zotov design?

[@ryantuck1151]

i got the lamborghini sian off temu for $65 and it’s literally the exact same just without the logo

[@danielpfister6774]

Thanks for a very detailed and honest comparison of these non-Lego brands of "Racing Bricks" ... based on your review, it is clear Lego is still the far better choice particularly in regard to build quality, accuracy, stability, along with associated license agreements for various kits! As a serious collector, price is not my only consideration but also the ethics of any brand I choose to support. Honestly, I am not a fan of plagiarism, copies, or patent infringement. Respect along with actual purchases should only go to the brands which do the original R&D (including time, effort, & investment). Any other brands which attempt to capitalize on the true innovators, such as Chinese knockoffs of Lego in this case, should be boycotted and not receive financial support (even if a few dollars are saved during a potential buying decision)!!!

[@aggelosaggelos5696]

idk man,i got a buwizz style battery box ,2m motors and a servo for 13€ that work perfectly i paid 70€ for lego official motors and they were...unoptimal

[@javierguberman3723]

Would these kind of things work for DISPLAY purposes only? Lego is expensive (don't mind paying for quality), but there are things they don't make...

[@stuffing09]

I think you just chose a bad one, I got a 500 piece f1 car for $10 and the pieces were all lego quality, only a couple of them were tighter, and it came with like 10 spare parts too (no missing parts)

[@brunojj1]

Thank you for this review and for recomending CaDA as alternative! I hope people will soon realize that some platforms are better than others where you buy your stuff or better not buy at all.

[@IanMcGarr]

I think these are very good for people who can't afford Lego. Lego has priced themselves out of the range of normal wage families.

[@LizZard1988]

They have the same issues as other low quality knockoffs. The experience playing with this, is just lackluster. Even for kids. The better Lego alternatives are almost in range with Lego in terms of price at this point. Especially when you wait for discounted Lego. Also longevity is pretty much am mystery for all Lego competitors. If the budget does not allow new Lego, I always recommend buying a used bin of nice Lego. With a bit of work (washing, sorting) you get an amazing variety of pieces, often even with instructions or boxes at a pricepoint that is impossible to beat. Especially for kids this is in my view the perfect solution.

[@ano_nym]

I personally would be skeptical about the plastic. Lots of cheap stuff has plastic that's full of harmful chemicals. Even stuff that's imported and sold under own brand in normal stores. The direct imported stuff have even less controls and is at an even higher risk. Then to have kids play with it, and put pieces in their mouths and such...

[@ano_nym]

@@LizZard1988 as a kid I often thought the old kits were often even cooler too. Like looking in the old catalogues from old sets.

[@LizZard1988]

@@ano_nym Lego is usually not suitable anyways for kids that put stuff in their mouth due to the small piece size. But I agree that the type of plastic is also an unknown variable with Lego knockoffs.

[@ano_nym]

@@LizZard1988 perhaps I'm a brainlet, but I'm pretty sure I put Lego in my mouth as an older kid. I remember putting a bunch of the soda can looking pieces in my mouth and shooting them out.

[@T1bChee]

I bought a "Speed Champions" set for around 2.25 euros. It turned out to be a Mould King 27037 which is $18.99 on their site. It's almost the same price as an original LEGO. Instead of a minifigure it comes with a display case. The build quality is EXCELLENT, 99.9% same as LEGO. The instructions is clear, the shiny pieces in the manual are marked with words which even more straightforward than the LEGO solution. The sticker cutout and quality in general (especially when needed to reapply) wasn't that good as LEGO but pretty good. Transparent background which I like. Much more than a color mismatched LEGO version. All in all I was AMAZED by that! Even on full price it is a pretty good deal. Really hard to not recommend it...

[@stuffing09]

Mould King and other brands that use gobricks are basically exactly the same quality as lego

[@alphaenterprise2232]

If the price could been considered as an advantage, temu blows lego out of water

[@bku123]

You can only do the following with this: glue it together, display it for some time, and throw it out.

[@MicahPotts]

I'm not sure this is a fully fair comparison. He chose a bad model, but there are many, many good sets for very good prices that hold up just as well as real Lego, so i wouldn't discount these options entirely.

[@RacingBrick]

It wasn't intended to be a complete overview of all non-LEGO building block brands. This set literally popped up in my feed for $4, I bought it, and I showed what you get for that money on TEMU, simple as that.

[@MicahPotts]

Fair enough! ​@@RacingBrick

[@LutraLovegood]

@@RacingBrick But that's a sample of 1 and there are tons of different brands. What you get can vary a lot.

[@RacingBrick]

​@@LutraLovegoodI shared my experience with a random sample. You are free to experiment with more.

[@LordShrub]

So how do you choose a good one? It's a lottery with these unnamed brands on Temu.

[@queeg6473]

I've recently got into Cobi. Mainly for their war plane range, although they also do Tanks

[@owenbourque1016]

I don’t consider Cobi a knockoff, it’s just an alternative. Their ww2 sets are great quality, and they are filling a niche Lego will never touch due to their brand values.

[@masonclark2310]

I got one of off Amazon that looks almost identical for $30 and it has decent quality

[@thomaswalker9277]

I took a risk and bought my unicorn set from TeMu. The UCS Slave1. Was $80 bucks, but ended up getting a full refund because it arrived two days late. So I got it for free basically. The only issue I had with it was the rear dish was 2 studs smaller than it should have been. Everything else was great. Overall I was and still am beyond happy with it.

[@LutraLovegood]

For the low low price of free even if you only got half the parts it would have been a great deal. Surprised they gave a full refund and not a coupon or partial refund only.

[@thomaswalker9277]

@@LutraLovegood I was shocked too. Used the money to get the correct sized dish for the back and parts to do a detail up mod I found on Rebrickable.

[@ano_nym]

Kinda rude to do a refund just because of two days...

[@thomaswalker9277]

@@ano_nym I didn't request one. Temu refunded of their own accord.

[@ano_nym]

@@thomaswalker9277 okay, then it's okay I guess.

[@shock7496]

Some offbrand stuff from Temu or Ali are fairly decent Specialy if you just want a close enough looking car or module to display Technic-like stuff is a nightmare tho, pins and axels either too lose or too thight and some fragile stuff here and there But overall if you know exactly what you're getting into, a couple of sets doesnt hurt

[@Bugside]

I mean, if you said it's pretty much the same you'd be in trouble with Lego and they'd stop sending you stuff, so... For the price looks good enough for me

[@NowUndefined]

I just finished the Daily Bugle from Ali. 100% complete and it was less than $100 usd. Great quality too

[@ezrakornfeld8436]

The thing about spending $4 on a product that costs maybe $10 from a Chinese drop shipping company that only stays afloat from selling user information and its parent company that nearly bankrupted from lawsuits about selling user information is: you get what you freakin payed for.

[@gonuhi]

I would actually like racingbrick to review like some good alternate Lego sets from china and speed champs and technic Mocs from rebrickable since Lego is getting expensive for some audience.

[@meoshcam5930]

They won't because theyre too good and they'll lose their sponsorship from lego lol

[@kurczaczak]

Some companies sell toys under official licensing, just like Lego. For example, Cada signed a licensing contract with Mercedes, and Cobi sells toys with the Top Gun logo. Lego really doesn't want anyone to know that because this takes away the whole "but Lego is the one and only original" aura, which is their biggest selling point. It's also not a secret that if any KZbin channel starts putting videos that show Lego in negative light or competition in positive light, they'll stop getting access to pre-release materials and free sets, which is basically a death sentence to 99% of such channels. Therefore youtubers have zero motivation to give accurate reviews of competing products. I'm not saying that competing products are better. The success of Lego clearly shows that there's something they're doing right. I'm just saying that reviewers have all the reasons to be biased in their videos, and the only way to get to know whether a Cobi or Cada set would be good for you personally is to just buy one

[@wayre11]

@@kurczaczak Chinesse manufacturer Rastar also has licensed cars. And when you talking about Cobi, almost every plane they produce are licensed. Also cars.

[@ano_nym]

@@kurczaczak unfortunately this is probably true. I don't put all too much blame on the creators though, everyone has to make a living, and it's not like Lego is a bad product. So in a way it's better than every KZbinr shiIIing for some mobile game, loot boxes, etc.

[@nightmarefuel5343]

Remember. People in the Lego ambassador network will never talk good about fake Lego. Some fake Lego like Mars toy and mould king are really good

[@RacingBrick]

Remember, people who don't know anything about the LAN and don't even watch the channels they are commenting on will spread someone else's made up opinions...

[@nightmarefuel5343]

@@RacingBrick I'm sorry I didn't do my research but thought that it was common sense Lego didn't want there ambassadors to review a rip off of there company. My bad but love your content bro. Always watch it before buying a set I like. You pushed me over the edge on the space osprey they just came out with and love it. Keep up the great work

[@RacingBrick]

@@nightmarefuel5343 this is far from being "common sense", it's called a false perception. You're simply generalizing based on something you don't really know. I've seen quite a few trolls around here, I could also say that you should never trust KZbin commenters because they only say false things. Would it be correct? I don't think so. If you watch my content then you should know that I represent my own opinion, without influence from LEGO or other companies. I've said both good and bad things about LEGO products, CaDA products or others, I share my own experience. "Fake LEGO" is a category that does not make much sense in the first place. I'll never say anything good about sets whose designs were stolen from LEGO or from any MOC creator, that's for sure. But compatible building block products with their own set and part design can be good, but that has to be proven as well. This particular set here in this video is just bad, it has poor quality on multiple levels and my opinion of it has nothing to do with my LAN membership.

[@Emjackson89]

I've got a fake Lego dodge charger and it's awesome. Looks great and was great to build. Also got the McLaren Senna, again not bad at all and saved me a lot of time. £60 for both 🎉 Real Lego is too expensive

[@rheacevert]

To anyone thinking about purchasing this: someone has made a Lamborghini VGT moc available on Rebrickable that is a specific improvement of this model and is much better quality than this. The instructions are free so it costs nothing to support an independent moc creator

[@PlazDreamweaver]

Except it costs you the full price of each part and that goes straight to Lego.

[@rheacevert]

@@PlazDreamweaver buy second hand then

[@MrOmriSan]

I bought a couple of the small 'Lego' sets from Temu and they were pretty nice. True, the quality of the build and integrity of most sets is nor like real Lego but I choose only small sets that were not Lego rip-offs, sets that I knew Lego never made. For example, the robot Johnny-5 from the movie 'Short Circuit' (from 1986). The Robot is nice but as I said, quality is OK. Its arms are a bit flimsy but other than that it's OK. Another set I bought and haven't built yet is the Bathhouse from 'Spirited Away'. Lego never did anything of Ghibly Studios and far as I know. I found this set on Amazon(!) for about 40$. Pretty good price for a set of that size. It's made by ENJ Brick and I could not find any other sets they made... It's going to be an interesting build.

[@Theevilporkchop]

I purchased the Gulf livery Porsche 911 GT3 RS and it was just as good as lego brand for 70 bucks shipped. Beats the aftermarket pricing on the original one

[@EGO0808]

The quality probably was on par with this review.

[@rejectedmind-1173]

Honestly, i buy almost nothing but chinese sets from Aliexpress, Joy, MarsToy, etc and apart from the occasional missing part, or badly deaigned MOC i cant say I'm disappointed. I'll order the missing pieces or printed pieces and call it a day. Worst one yet was a MOC of the Stinger Mantis which was missing multiple pieces, but even then after buying the parts it still cost less than half the price of I bought the pieces through Bricklink.

[@exactinmidget92]

i recently bought a 3800 piece blue car for 70 bucks and its good for the price. downside is a lot of loose pieces and the instructions are all over the place.

[@twisterduck1944]

For the most part I have had okay luck with the off brand stuff but they always feel cheap when building. If it is just for looks they can get by with it but sometimes I have had issues with pieces not even wanting to stay together. However, if it is for a child that wants to play with it than cheaper probably works.

[@caredge07]

Piece quality looks very poor. For 4 dollars i think I’d still give it a miss

[@BigBossM1911]

I rolled the dice on a metal gear rex "Lego" model from temu. It was £50 with shipping and other than a few confusing instructions the set is insanely detailed. Around 2000 pieces and stands at 10 inches tall. Honestly can't fault it. I've just ordered a few of their horizon zero dawn sets to go with my official Lego tall neck

[@viperbsg62]

Those bags aren't date stamped, they are the bag numbers. 2014.01.04 refers to the model kit number (2014, as seen on the instruction cover), 01 is the section, and 04 is the bag number. If you still have the bags you'll see at least 4 bags which have 2014.01 printed on them

[@alanyuppie]

I'm the designer of Mould king 10061, a Transformer that turns into lambo v12 vision as well. Failed to apply the iconic headlamps in my design though

[@cloud86]

I bought a fake lego ferrari SP3 daytona for 80 euros with a box similar to the original, the porsche 911 rsr for 40 and the ford GT for 20 both in bags from temu and piece by piece it was the exact same, even came with numbered bags and a thick instruction booklet, but I still used the official digital instructions, the occasional piece missing so I just looked for one around my room, I was genuinely surprised at how good this was for a fraction of the price tbh

[@danielpeters9680]

Fantastic. Thank you so much for reviewing this brand. I also have been inundated with links for a variety of "non-Lego" building block sets and I'm very wary of about being disappointed with my purchase or just getting ripped off. This review was VERY helpful. Also... here in Canada, I've come across a "technic-like" brand called iM.Master or Mechanical Master which is very comparable to lego technic in quality and functionality. I was very pleased with the end result, and the price was considerable less than Lego. I'm not sure if it's available in Europe, but some of your subscribers may be interested if they can get their hands on it. Thanks again for the great review.

[@Saftkeur]

Just be aware that Temu is a platform like Amazon, not an actual brand itself; any Lego-like sets you buy from there will actually be from a whole variety of Chinese brands, some are noticeably better or worse than others. (in cases like this car, they tend to not show the brand or there's multiple listings with multiple brands, I think it's a couple of larger companies that basically do 'blank' sets for other brands to put their logo on.) Bit of a gamble what sort of quality you get from the no-name ones, sometimes it's not terrible but sometimes you'll get parts with rough edges, washed-out colors, etc. And there's a couple of brands that are a little more established and surprisingly close to Lego in quality; LOZ is one I've been liking, they do some fun mini-block sets that are about as good as official Lego, but all the pieces are 3/4s the size, fun little desk decorations. Just gotta be aware when you're buying off Temu or AliExpress that you might not know what brand you just bought until it shows up, and if it's without a box you may never find out.

[@LutraLovegood]

Quality can vary a lot between brands, and they can have very different practices. BlueBrixx and Cobi are from the EU and only sell their own sets, nothing stolen (BB even has a video or two talking about designing sets). BB also sells parts and parts from good brands. WeBrick is so confident about their quality they give away free packs (shipping not included). I've yet to be ripped off, but that depends on what website you order from.

[@devusuresh6513]

The fact that this is actually a Lego speed champions set is crazy

[@Klaevin]

unfortunately, even the second hand market is too expensive. waiting for little Timmy's mom to sell his lego when he's off to college isn't how Lego is getting sold anymore. Instead, little Timmy is selling the lego himself in order to pay rent and he knows the worth of what he's selling.

[@vladgheneli]

This thing is hilarious! A good example of "you get what you pay for" I don't understand how people can buy from Temu, what do they expect anyway?

[@scollyutube]

All my tecnic amd icon sets are copies, $100 vs $400 for Concorde and $300 vs $1200 for the Titanic for example. They do vary in quality, but the majority are excellent. I have most of the shelf behind you of these......

[@RichardJWZ]

I also really enjoy Mouldking sets, i stay away from stolen mocs. But the part quality is great and the sets are Really fun. Sadly more fun than i have had with Lego Technic lately.

[@baha2046]

For those LEGO like from China, thats the rule: Panel and blocks are fine, but pins and joins are suck, so replace the pin and joins by offical LEGO product then it will totolly different

[@TheGermanCharizard]

I think it's just much better to buy from Mouldking or Cada or any other set from a brand then a no name Set. Yes they do cost more but they have more quality, I would even say more then Lego. But for a small set just for fun I think it's not that bad.

[@TheRealBmanswan]

I mean I bought the Ford raptor, and the F1 McLaren off temu. And every piece was accounted for as well as sticker sheets were in decent condition. For like 1/5 the price of the authentic Lego. My only advice when using temu is make sure you look at the description/images and the customer reviews before buying.

[@Humanbean1100]

I always see these kind of sites. If I can get a deal I’ve been looking for some kind of pirate ship but buying in LEGO for the size is crazy expensive

[@emminentvictory]

I've a bunch of Zelda themed sets that honestly are fantastic. Also got a cool chibi megazord and dragonzord. Both are great though one small piece was missing... That said my legit Optimus Prime was also missing pieces sooooo

[@zainkhan7812]

A video about off brand Lego, and I get an ad for official Lego

[@artofgarduno]

Ive ordered a lot through Aliexpress and never had an issue

[@Evaunit98]

Remember, Lego is at the top for a very good reason

[@avakine4493]

u must be joking. lego has bad quality and is overpriced

[@REIDAE]

Same reason why apple makes a lot of money. Lots of fanboys and fangirls who will buy overpriced products as long as you stick a brand logo on it.

[@ano_nym]

@@avakine4493 I don't think I have ever come across a broken or missing piece in any set. Overpriced? Debatable. But bad quality? No.

[@2godbdglorylegotechnicvide966]

What I'd be curious to know is how much the stability/quality would improve if all the pins were replaced with original Lego ones. I'd imagine pinholes are a lot easier for them to get right than pins, even though (Lego) pins are the cheap parts!

[@Thinginator]

I almost never buy off-brand LEGO for all those reasons... but there was one I bought that turned out to be decent. The brand was COGO, the product line was called "Techstorm" (knockoff Technic), and the set was amusingly called "Violence CEO," which has nothing to do with the build, I think they just picked random powerful-sounding buzzwords from a hat. Anyway, the model is of a Jeep-like SUV, and it's actually pretty great. It has full suspension with solid axles; the design is something LEGO would never do as it flexes the pins a bit, but it's extremely clever and compact and works very well. It also has a differential in the rear (no 4wd unfortunately, the front u-joint is needed for steering) and a two-cylinder engine. The hood, doors, and tailgate all open as well, and the tailgate even has a latch. The model's aesthetics are better than even some modern LEGO Technic sets, with small gaps filled in with system parts so it looks very cohesive. Unlike most knockoff LEGO, the parts quality is pretty good as well, with all the axles and gears and such having good consistent clutch power, and my only complaint being that the pins are too tight so they're difficult to remove if you put one in the wrong place or ever try to take the thing apart. My only complaints about the design of the set are that the springs are too stiff, which is strange as LEGO makes a softer version of that spring, and that the seats are mounted loosely so if you turn the model upside-down they get stuck in the steering gears and jam it up. Otherwise it's fantastic, and once I swapped out the original springs for the softer LEGO springs, the suspension became delightfully bouncy and flexible. If it was a LEGO set I'd expect it to cost about $60 and I think I paid the equivalent of $34 for it, which I think is fair. That's the one knockoff LEGO set I'd actually recommend to people, though COGO does need to improve their pins and include softer springs for it to make it great.

[@rajeevshant9780]

this video gives KO's a bad rep. Lepin is very good quality these days. I love all 4 of my 1:8 Technic knock offs. Thier essentially the same quality as lego, work well, and look great. I don't see myself getting real lego any time soon since switching to the dark side, ive gotten numerous UCS sets for dirt cheap and all of them have been fantastic so far

[@PhoenixClank]

"Should you buy bad products just because they're dirt cheap?" Lego management: "No, you should only buy bad products when they're hyper-expensive!"

[@codespgamerz]

I bought a Ferrari Daytona for around $70 USD. Some steps were harder to do due to the quality of the pieces and hence the difficulty in docthe connections, even some pieces that are supposed to come connected like the gray piece which is used in the steering wheel system (sorry, I don't know the technical name). Also one factor to take into account is that it was my first set, so it may be harder for me not just for the quality but for my experience as well. I have bought three of this sets in Aliexpress. The typing machine, NES and the Ferrari Daytona, all three for less than 160 dollars total. It may be a bit harder to build but as an alternative for someone with less resources who lives in a country with not as great economy like me it's a great choice if you know how to filter. I hope to be in a better economical position someday and build the original sets to give Lego the support they deserved.

[@hawgs74]

I think this is the problem. Lego sets have gotten increasingly expensive to where genuine fans cant afford them. I'll gladly take a gamble on a set thats 1/4th the price and usually 95% of the quality.

[@arodramos]

Binaltech Optimus Prime on the top shelf. NICE!

[@ERIC-WRIGHT]

5:50 Lego no longer respects its own trademark hahaha

[@chasesrailwaylinesrr6447]

Some of temus "lego" products Have showed up is redesigns on Lego ideas In particular there "lego" trains which Actually look cool they have a 4-4-0 Mallard A mogul 2-6-0, and even a big boy locomotive

[@joshuapoynter4888]

According to a source i read it on average costs lego .10 cents to make a lego brick and i did the math on many of the expensive sets they tend ro hike the price about 10 - 30 percent and usually when a set is sold for less than the price per peace ratio they have most likely made up for the price of that set and double with many other sets

[@picpuslenoir8557]

For 4$ you have a good piece for your wall collection ❤

[@Free_speech_is_dead]

Temu has a minimum order amount. You cant just order something for 4 bucks. You have to shop for a certain amount or they wont ship. So if you find something decent at a cheap price, you have to force yourself to find a couple of more cheap stuffs you dont really want or need just to reach the minimum.

[@badescuu]

try the chinese rastar it has kinda nice models like a pagani huayra bc, maserati mc20 and audi r8 lms gt3 i would like to see how good are the pieces

[@evoxgamerz5877]

They are like cada

[@grandpabricks]

I have purchased 4 ReoBrix sets from Temu at a price of about $20 CAD each. The brick quality is similar to Lego (not quite as good), but the build experience was not nearly as good. The finished cars looked close to Lego Speed Champions, but getting there did not have the surprise "wow!" or "aha!" moments that come with building a Lego Speed Champion set. Lots of stacking plates and tiles from back to front without much sense of completing smaller steps or modules. I don't have any complaints about the buying experience, though, or the quality of the bricks. Shipping was free, and all sets arrived within 10 days of ordering. All four sets came in branded boxes. No missing pieces in any of the sets. Would I buy more? No. I build Lego for the building experience, and the ReoBrix sets just didn't compare to Lego on that score. I have never tried CaDA sets, but they look okay.

[@LutraLovegood]

Depends on the set. 76916 was a lot less interesting than the 6 buck robot I got from Sluban. Though I wouldn't recommend them unless you're a masochist who likes to step on bricks.

[@MohammedBham-fe8cr]

Honestly a little speed champion set from temu are good but i recommend a wheel swap

[@jamesl8053]

I forgot how you do it but I know you can make those loose parts a bit tighter, I think its by dipping them in a lacquer or varnish but again I cant remember the exact details so its best to check online, so knowing this it could be worth getting them as a cheap kit if you cant afford genuine lego

[@fieldie]

Well, I just bought my first bunch of items from Temu, and I did order a car model, so I'll see what I get! Expectations are not high, but never was with Wish either!

[@ceruleanidiot]

Just blu-tack it, or put tape on the axle to make it fatter, it'll be fine. It'll also be good training for when you do real engineering on real world systems and you find someone put a wire 3x around the inside of the case of a piece of electronics instead of buying an electronic component to impose a delay :-)

[@topher9507]

I notice with off brand lego, the actualy bricks are fine but when comes to the technic pieces they are bad, either to loose are tight, and don't work properly or not at all has real lego technic

[@MatejVelican]

You are Hungarian? I could have sworm I heard the accent, but never openly guessed it 🤣 howdy neighbour, greetings from Croatia

[@emppa3138]

I liked the video because you didnt milk the video length.

[@williamhershey9713]

Thanks for doing this; I see some ads for sets of buildings that look intriguing but also too good morning to be true on the price. I like the Technic sets that this one resembles, but they a tricky enough with good instructions.

[@AlexDoubleU44]

Say bye to you’re data 😂

[@Nam3y123]

I got back into Lego during my broke college era by getting sets like these off Aliexpress. Thankfully I was able to mostly find better sets than this one, though in hindsight, it's best to just get CaDA for cheap non-Lego. The other brands tend to struggle with low-quality parts or set designs stolen from MOC creators.

[@guitar_robin]

I bought a Toyota Supra MKIV from AliExpress Lego Technic. I paid around € 95,- and I uploaded a video of the building proces and my opinions. It was the hardest Lego project I've ever put together but as a former Supra owner, it's such a awesome looking build! I highly recommend it if you want a REAL challenge!

[@pedro380085]

great video! may I ask where you store the pieces from alternative brands? do you have a separate bin or labeling system? or you just throw them away or donate?

[@RacingBrick]

I kept some sets for reference and they are assembled and stored in boxes, I gave the rest away.

[@gstephane1985]

Very informative. Kinda guessed that when it's that cheap, quality doesn't match our standards. When the wheels came off, my son went "aïe"...

[@jonataneriksson8216]

I work in a postal office and it's insane knowing how many that buys from temu

[@jeek78]

Kids have more fun even with loose parts than an adult complaining about everything

[@RacingBrick]

Yeah, would you purposefully give parts to your kids that don't fit just and came from a random Chinese factory just because they are cheap?

[@rc-fannl7364]

Those low quality parts are a waste of resources. Luckily some of these copy brands are better, but usually more expensive than this offering

[@murkelei]

In general Cada, Cobi, Pantasy and Keeppley all have a higher quality than Lego now. Sembo has at least the same quality. They have only less models (only Cada and Sembo have racing cars, Cobi some sport cars).

[@MonographicSingleheadedM-sp2wk]

I prefer getting non-lego brick sets from actual brands like Mould King, and there are good actual copies of lego sets from China in boxes or bags but in a really great quality around too. but it s true that you could also get something atrocious if u arent getting things from a good source.

[@HorcikDesigns]

It was probably said in the comments, but the numbers on the connectors are here most probably mold cavity numbers. Quite common on small plastic parts.

[@gieselats]

Thank you for showing and sharing your footage. This set is just for the bin. Maybe it could used for a serious crashtest. Before that you have to use plastic cemet. The glue is more expensive then the set. 😂

[@ceruleanidiot]

I asked my family on this and they said even if only half the parts fit, it's still good for bits.

[@Chaos_God_of_Fate]

If it's just going to sit on a shelf as a display piece that's not too bad. I won't buy anything from Temu at all though. And hey, you showed the one Lego Car I do have- the W-16 Bolide :D