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Davros1 posted:Probably just threw together a bunch of blocks into a person shape and made it CEO. You severely overestimate the clutch power of Lepin bricks.
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Duckula posted:You severely overestimate the clutch power of Lepin bricks. Which is better than Lego clutch, actually. It can be downright difficult to separate Lepin bricks.
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Apr 29, 2019 19:21
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I've built 2 Lepin sets. They're probably 80-90% as good as real Lego bricks. Some pieces clutch better and others are much worse. They are inconsistent at best. Some 2x8 or longer plates have a real bow in them. Had a few swirls in gray pieces where the plastic wasn't mixed properly. Corners are sharper.
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Apr 29, 2019 20:35
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That's like one of those marbled test bricks
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Apr 29, 2019 20:47
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The real cost of lepin is it will take more effort to sort them out of a lot if you're a purist. Trash like Megabloks are easy to spot and discard. But these pure knockoffs are close enough that you have to check the studs for the lego logo or injection holes to tell the difference.
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Apr 29, 2019 20:53
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Olpainless posted:The fact that they blatantly just rip designs from both Lego and fans is just massively scummy as all hell, sorry. At least other clone brands make their own sets and piece designs. True but it's not like 99% of MOCs were going to make the creator any money, or be seen by a vast majority of Lego builders.. Edit: VVV who cares about copyright law? No one is going to successfully sue a chinese company in china over their stolen MOC design they shared on instagram. ChesterJT fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Apr 30, 2019 |
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Apr 30, 2019 01:17
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That's not how copyright works.
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Apr 30, 2019 01:32
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ChesterJT posted:True but it's not like 99% of MOCs were going to make the creator any money, or be seen by a vast majority of Lego builders.. You are defending a company directly stealing designs from regular people because they have a means of production/distribution that MOC makers don't? 
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Apr 30, 2019 01:37
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Here's the real question though. Is their Star Wars line still called STAR WNRS?
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veni veni veni posted:You are defending a company directly stealing designs from regular people because they have a means of production/distribution that MOC makers don't? I'm not defending anyone, Lepin could get burnt to the ground and it doesn't both me at all. I'm asking the question of who is hurt by their actions? If I'm the lowly MOC creator making stuff for fun and sharing it online and I find out 6 months later Lepin/whatever they are called now is manufacturing that set how does that affect me? If I'm Lego then yeah I'd probably have some real skin in the game and maybe the muscle (ie money) to shut them down, even in China, land of knockoffs.
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Apr 30, 2019 01:43
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Because when you create something the law in pretty much every country on the planet says that other people can't monetize it for their own gain without your express permission.
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ChesterJT posted:I'm not defending anyone, Lepin could get burnt to the ground and it doesn't both me at all. I'm asking the question of who is hurt by their actions? If I'm the lowly MOC creator making stuff for fun and sharing it online and I find out 6 months later Lepin/whatever they are called now is manufacturing that set how does that affect me? If I'm Lego then yeah I'd probably have some real skin in the game and maybe the muscle (ie money) to shut them down, even in China, land of knockoffs. Lepin worker spotted
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Apr 30, 2019 01:58
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The fact that people can sell instructions for their designs on several MOC sites disproves your "no one gets hurt" argument.
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xzzy posted:Because when you create something the law in pretty much every country on the planet says that other people can't monetize it for their own gain without your express permission. Except, you know, China.
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s.i.r.e. posted:Except, you know, China. Exactly. Apparently he's never heard of the knockoff capital of the planet. Cojawfee posted:The fact that people can sell instructions for their designs on several MOC sites disproves your "no one gets hurt" argument. That's the RIAA argument, believing that everyone buying a knockoff would have bought the real thing if the knockoff didn't exist. Butterfly Valley posted:Lepin worker spotted I don't know what you're talking about comrade, I am a proud worker at Nuogao! ChesterJT fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Apr 30, 2019 |
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Apr 30, 2019 03:45
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Oh I see, because China has lovely copyright protections that completely invalidates the point that there is copyright anywhere in the world, and therefore, people who have their MOC's ripped off by Lepin for sale are not being injured at all.
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Apr 30, 2019 04:01
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I think I can put this to bed for everyone... no one really seems to be white knighting Lego here... Despite whether any damage to a MOC maker is real or just theoretical, this is a company that traffics solely in stolen ideas. They rip off Lego. They rip off average joes. They thumb their nose at ethics. If I have to land on any side of a coin I’m going to go with “gently caress them.”
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Apr 30, 2019 04:36
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I like the concept of being able to buy old sets that aren't available anymore, but I'd always know it's not real Lego, so gently caress em.
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Apr 30, 2019 04:42
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What I don't get is why Lego blocks tend to feel so much better than knock off bricks. Somehow the corners and edges are just way sharper on knock offs. 
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Apr 30, 2019 07:49
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Darth TNT posted:What I don't get is why Lego blocks tend to feel so much better than knock off bricks. Somehow the corners and edges are just way sharper on knock offs. I'd assume the Lego manufacturing process involves injection moulds with better, softer edges. Or that they actually smooth all bricks by tumbling them a certain amount.
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Apr 30, 2019 09:47
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Attestant posted:I'd assume the Lego manufacturing process involves injection moulds with better, softer edges. Or that they actually smooth all bricks by tumbling them a certain amount. They're ridiculous on quality control when it comes to piece design, and yeah, something like this would be a big thing they worked on early - sharp edges hurt kids! Knock-offs probably don't care as much.
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Apr 30, 2019 11:20
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First teaser stranger things. 200 dollars. 8 Minifigures https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw4VQXonvAC/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=bqkthixbn7rr
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Apr 30, 2019 14:04
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I have bought a few knock off Lego sets, the all came from
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Apr 30, 2019 15:14
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Easy solution to not mixing lepin with lego: glue the lepin set you're building together. It's likely you bought it because it was that particular set, right? If you need bricks to build mocs with, there's plenty of cheap massed options available of legitimate legos. But if you want to build the UCS SSD for 60 bucks or whatever, gluing it together isn't unreasonable since it's a display piece anyways. I ain't lord business because lepin aren't legos 
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Apr 30, 2019 15:58
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Somehow that's even more offensive to me. Having building blocks you can't build with makes me all twitchy.
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Captain Invictus posted:Easy solution to not mixing lepin with lego: glue the lepin set you're building together. It's likely you bought it because it was that particular set, right? If you need bricks to build mocs with, there's plenty of cheap massed options available of legitimate legos. But if you want to build the UCS SSD for 60 bucks or whatever, gluing it together isn't unreasonable since it's a display piece anyways. Better yet, just keep your sets together. Don't mix the bricks.
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Captain Invictus posted:Easy solution to not mixing lepin with lego: glue the lepin set you're building together. It's likely you bought it because it was that particular set, right? If you need bricks to build mocs with, there's plenty of cheap massed options available of legitimate legos. But if you want to build the UCS SSD for 60 bucks or whatever, gluing it together isn't unreasonable since it's a display piece anyways.
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Scipiotik posted:First teaser stranger things. 200 dollars. 8 Minifigures  Gonna buy the gently caress out of that. Edit: Stranger Things is my favorite license they've picked up since Ghostbusters.
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Apr 30, 2019 16:24
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It's the 5 kids, Joyce. Hopper and demigorgon. Pour one out for Nancy, Barb and Steve. Jonathan too I guess.
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Apr 30, 2019 16:33
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How often do they change the PaB wall at stores? Is there any way to check whats on the wall without going into the store?
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Apr 30, 2019 17:25
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It's about once a quarter. There used to be a fan website that tracked it but it died. There's usually a few bins of random crap that's unique to each store too, so if you're in the area and like getting parts it's always worth stopping by.
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It depends heavily on the store. I haven't gone in quite some time, but the Disney Springs store has never really had the same stuff anytime I've gone, and I'm talking a couple weeks apart in a lot of cases. That said, it's also obscenely busy. Slower stores probably have a more regular schedule.
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Apr 30, 2019 18:17
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Goddamn this Ideas Countach is a clean build. https://ideas.lego.com/projects/8e64e16f-ec3b-41ea-9e72-3ebc01114cf9 
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Apr 30, 2019 21:51
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xzzy posted:Somehow that's even more offensive to me. They're not real blocks. It would be like blowing up your go-bots with fireworks while keeping your Optimus Prime safe in your room.
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Attestant posted:I'd assume the Lego manufacturing process involves injection moulds with better, softer edges. Or that they actually smooth all bricks by tumbling them a certain amount. Here's a good video on injection molding, about 7 minutes in he goes into detail about Lego bricks and how their molds are done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMjtmsr3CqA
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xzzy posted:Goddamn this Ideas Countach is a clean build. Looks too spacious on the inside.
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xzzy posted:Goddamn this Ideas Countach is a clean build. Does look pretty good but not minifig scale?
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I dunno, having tried repeatedly to make 6 wide cars (and not having Carbohydrates' skill) 8 looks fine with minifigures and allows for much better lines. 7 wide is probably the golden standard as it allows for centred 6 wide windshields, but that poo poo is difficult
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ChesterJT posted:That's the RIAA argument, believing that everyone buying a knockoff would have bought the real thing if the knockoff didn't exist. A funny thing is I am actually trying to get in touch with SOMEONE in Lionsgate about a professional physical bootleg dvd ebay business. Having zero luck.
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Cojawfee posted:If the last CEO was arrested, what is the incentive for this new CEO? I don't think we'll ever have a decent clone brick business. Copying the actual bricks is most likely also illegal, so it ends up just being a slippery slope. They can sell discontinued and custom sets, but then it's too easy to just start selling new sets since you already make all the bricks. Copying the bricks is the 100% legal part.
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