Reviewing Amazon and AliExpress alt brick hauls

[@johndoe-qo5ki]

Would like to see more lego vs fake to see the difference in color and print

[@boardwithbricks]

Will do a more detailed 1v1 of the Tournament knight. The LEGO version is really hard to get at a decent price. I have a few more orders coming to fill in back rank for my Chaos legion (Dragon Knights)

[@Playesgamecamp]

if im trying to army build real legos it would cost me hundreds of dollars but if i bought them off of alliexpress it would only cost me 70 for a large army

[@michaelnurse9089]

Real Lego can be resold for much the same price.

[@MRWolf-fh4wc]

I Will admit that I do and have a very good amount of medieval army's that are fake Legos but it's honestly worth it sometimes cuz it's like perfect for building up army's

[@fralou1]

Very interesting.

[@ringwraith1040]

Btw you can get a lot of these figures and mints for cheaper from Chinese Lego websites usually around a dollar per figure and 1.50-2 dollars per horse

[@ringwraith1040]

Also for the plumes you have to be careful and kind of drill the plume into the helmet slot. That's how I got them to work

[@alexwendler5479]

I buy often these alternate brands, as simply in Chile there aren't even open bricklink shops (currently), and buying abroad often means sending the package may cost as much as the package... Meanwhile, often aliexpress is free shipping. I often feel bad thought, because these designs of prints and customs are of artists and people who got their designs stolen.

[@boardwithbricks]

I completely understand about the shipping. In January alone I spent almost as much in shipping costs as I did in Bricklink orders. I am surprised there isn't a factory in South America. Maybe one day. Hoping for you and the many fans out there.

[@AllthewayupG]

Its still plastic you pay for the material

[@missingpanda7757]

Have you tried Lego pick a brick ? This is the best option for army building of current factions

[@alexwendler5479]

Yes, its great, but doesnt have service in Latinamerica. I have a friend in USA who gets them to me, then have to send them, cross and pay customs... And then I can have them about half a year later xD

[@missingpanda7757]

@@alexwendler5479 that stinks… I dunno pal… at least you like fake lego and this is the most reasonable option so…

[@judekw6034]

I also don't get why they add those plates to the horses although they cannot stick to them. I'm still happy they do though, since it makes it easier to differentiate between the different knockoff brands when ordering, as the quality of the different brands varies a lot. The horses with the useless plates are by Koruit, which in my opinion is the third party brand with the best quality. It's even better than LEGO's quality, because Koruit puts the sprue marks on the inside of the horse's legs, while LEGO's sprue marks are visible on the ankles. Also Koruit prints the horse's head from the front and wraps the print around the head, while LEGO prints the heads separately from both sides which leads to the print misaligning on the forehead. The horses with the regular plates are by XINH. As far as I know, they have more variety when it comes to the different horses and bardings they produce, but the plastic is not as high quality as Koruit's because XINH does not have that matte finish and they also print the heads like LEGO does.

[@BDD_Builds]

I recently got some of the two toned spears off Etsy that were off-brand, and the quality is indistinguishable from official LEGO. I'm really tempted to get one of the Raven Knight barding, it looks so good.

[@samkerr6029]

Does the bardings fit onto real lego horses?

[@BraveLittlePixel]

Personally I'd say it's a waste of money buying fake Lego. It's essentially throwing it away. At least with an official Lego horse, you may buy it for $6 and find that if you don't want it in future, you can sell it for maybe $3. Likewise you can buy a preowned horse for 3 or 4, and sell that in time for a similar amount, or more if it ever goes vintage. When buying fake Lego, it will never have resale value, and if it does, you're looking at pennies in comparison. If you buy with the intent never to sell it, and it's purely personal and fun, then sure, but if in time, as your budget increases and you want genuine parts, eventually you'll find that the $30 you originally spent on fake lego, in time you could have saved up the extra 20 to buy the genuine parts in the first place. Granted if you're getting super premium rare high value fakes, then that can be fair enough, and some of these fakes are also so unique for prints etc, but then at that point when army building Lego, is it even the same Lego when it uses 3rd party elements?

[@zombieheadshot4737]

Exactly. If I spend $100 on real LEGO, I can always get at least most of that money back, often times more as they increase in value over time. Whereas if you spend $100 on fake LEGO, you’ll never be able to get that money back

[@aPonderousChain]

Stop thinking of Lego as an investment and remember they are toys made for children. Have fun.

[@BraveLittlePixel]

@@aPonderousChain I'm not thinking of it as an investment, I'm thinking about it as not buying fake products online that are made low-quality. If you do explicitly only care about the toy nature of it, then why bother with Lego at all since it's a premium product. This isn't in terms of investment, but more for actual value of product just as is, the true value of 3rd party fakes is next to nothing, and it's not for resale purposes, but initial sale purchases. People see these products as cheaper ways of getting Lego, but really it's just wasting money, when you could just get the real thing. I detest Lego investment bros as much as the next person. They're toys and not meant to be kept in box to be sold for 5x the price in 10 years to a basement dweller. But when it's $1 minifigs or a $7 version of a $100 set, it's pretty clear that that's a waste of money.

[@trafalgarlaw6549]

There is no value buying fake bricks.