M’s assorted collection of bootlego with the occasional Lego set

[heavy lark]

Is that a bootleg?

[remote drift]

Yes

[heavy lark]

Looks great and is it from ae by chance?

I'm thinking of getting one but I'm scared of it not lasting on display

[remote drift]

Yup

[remote drift]

Nah the quality of the bricks are just as good as Lego

[heavy lark]

Great I'll get the dark one

[remote drift]

That one is significantly smaller than the UCS one but go for it if you want to

[heavy lark]

I see I'll check my options and buy the best one

[remote drift]

M’s assorted collection of bootlego with the occasional Lego set

[remote drift]

UCS Snowspeeder

[placid aurora]

this is so cool, future dream right there 😎

[remote drift]

Would’ve never even dreamt of it without Aliexpress bootlegs

[stuck trout]

how easy was it to put together compared to official Lego sets

[remote drift]

pretty much the same

[stuck trout]

similar instructions w/ numbered bags?

[remote drift]

they usually have numbered bags

instructions are the exact same but are compacted to put more panels per page

so I prefer to use digital manuals

like the lego builder app

[stuck trout]

I see

are the builds usually 1:1?

like would I be able to pull up the Lego manual for whatever set and still follow it normally?

sorry I'm like incredibly curious

[remote drift]

yeah

[remote drift]

yeah that's what I do

[stuck trout]

oh that's huge

[remote drift]

I just pull up the instructions for the set on the lego builder app

and I build it from there

[stuck trout]

man it would be really unfortunate if someone left me reliable links in my direct messages, that might be against the rules or something 😨

[remote drift]

just go to Aliexpress

and search up different things like "star bricks" or "lego star wars"

[stuck trout]

id assume it depends on the manufacturer though right

[remote drift]

manufacturer is usually King but you usually can't tell anyways

[stuck trout]

aight aight

[remote drift]

I just check to see if the Aliexpress listing has good revies

reviews

[heavy lark]

Hi I'm planning on getting the slave 1 boba fetts ship bootleg is the one you have similar to this? The figs come with it i think

[remote drift]

I actually have the Lego version of this

But go nuts if you want to get the bootlego version

[heavy lark]

I see i want the bootleg but not sure because there's not a lot of reviews but 7 and all are good reviews including 2 with pictures

[remote drift]

Picture reviews are an automatic yes

[heavy lark]

Yeah reviews look good I'll buy this along a razor crest then I can replace the figs

[remote drift]

Bootleg Rogue One Y-Wing

[cunning kestrel]

how long did it take👀

[remote drift]

A couple hours

[foggy geyser]

Don’t fall for it, it’s all Flego

[cunning kestrel]

prebuilt?

[remote drift]

Nope

[stuck trout]

that's the point 💔

[remote drift]

My man didn’t read the title of the thread 💔

[stuck trout]

did you see my dm btw

[remote drift]

Yeah

[stuck trout]

he's my lil elf on the shelf now

[stuck trout]

who are your most trusted factories btw

[remote drift]

I don’t even know what brands my bootleg sets are

They could all be different or they could all be the same

All of them have been good so far though

[stuck trout]

LOL

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Vader’s Castle was the only one I’ve really had a problem with

[stuck trout]

what if a deal seems like TOO good to be true

[remote drift]

Then again I got that one for free

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Never usually is

[stuck trout]

like what was it the other day I think I saw a midi death star (the promo) for like $15 or something

technically only $1 because of AE sign up bonus

[remote drift]

You can find those for a couple bucks

$15 is overpriced

[stuck trout]

the prices on these are incredible though you were not lying

1000 pieces for $30

[remote drift]

Yeah it’s insane

[foggy geyser]

I’m just helping out a newbie

-# Frankly this thread being here is..

[remote drift]

Is what

If you don’t like bootlego you can choose to not interact with this thread

Nobody is forcing you to message in this thread

[remote drift]

Friends gave these to my for my birthday

[remote drift]

Forgot to post the Executor pics here

[sacred otter]

Can I rob your house?

[vast grail]

Aloha

[unkempt mist]

Bootleg ucs falcon is diabolical

[stuck trout]

justified considering it's 800 whole dollars

[heavy lark]

idk how people hate on bootlegs specially sw

like ik how they are but its much more cheaper than lego

[cobalt ice]

It is if you dont look anywhere else then lego itself... Should be doable under 600 new and used even lower then 450 in most cases

[stuck trout]

sure, but a bootleg can run you under $200 brand new

[cobalt ice]

Yes but good luck getting any money for that in 5 years when you might need it

[stuck trout]

..huh?

[cobalt ice]

A fake one holds no value in the long run

[stuck trout]

not everyone only gets Lego for the sake of reselling it in the future like a stock market

some people like Lego because of how it works

[cobalt ice]

Its not only for that but if I buy a car I dont want it to lose half its value in 2 years. The same with lego. I dont have any intention of selling my collection but I can still care if it goes up or down in value

And if you dont care about that its completely fine aswell

[brittle oriole]

Can you spot the real ones???

lol

[cobalt ice]

Not from a distance but close up easy

[brittle breach]

do you have the link to ae?

[heavy lark]

Links change

Just search up starwars millennium falcon building blocks

And get one with photo reviews

[echo hare]

What does ae stand for? I'm not familiar with the company

[heavy lark]

Ali express

[echo hare]

Gotcha. Thank you!

I've gotten stuff from there before, just hadn't seen it abbreviated that way before.

[tiny steppe]

Have they been good?

I’m thinking abt buying a set from there

[echo hare]

Some of them have.

I definitely check all the reviews first.

They have a ton of micro-brick sets on there, and it can be really hard to tell what size the bricks actually are without checking ppl's photos in reviews for the product

I do confess to owning a few micro-brick sets as well.

But I got them on purpose, and I make sure to always know what I'm getting first

I wanted to warn you that they could be micro ones in case you're not a fan of those. I wouldn't want you to get a set you weren't happy with.