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DeadMansSuspenders posted:Hey I just got back from Vietnam. Sorry for so many. wish I could drive a car as stylish as the Metal Wecker SatansOnion has a new favorite as of 04:33 on Oct 30, 2018 |
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Those Lepin sets look really high-quality, as far as Lego knockoffs go. What I really like, though, is how their logo is clearly styled after the Lego logo to trick unsuspecting people into buying it, but the Chinese text really stands out and you'd think that'd immediately tip anyone off that they're fake. Actually, maybe that's their strategy, a product that looks like Lego but a logo that very obviously isn't, signalling "hey, we're almost as good as Lego but we're way cheaper, your kids won't know the difference!"
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Pakled posted:Those Lepin sets look really high-quality, as far as Lego knockoffs go. What I really like, though, is how their logo is clearly styled after the Lego logo to trick unsuspecting people into buying it, but the Chinese text really stands out and you'd think that'd immediately tip anyone off that they're fake. I swear Lepin started up once Lego started to send their stuff to be manufactured in China. Lepin makes a bunch of the old Star Wars Lego sets for a fraction of the cost.
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Oct 30, 2018 06:25
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J. Jonah Jameson was right!
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A lot of folks in the Lego thread buy lepin versions of extremely rare, expensive out of production sets off alibaba and such because they are indeed very high quality and can be had for a comparative pittance to the real deal. Only problems people have are the minifigs suck. The main difference is the lego name on each stud has been filed off.
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Croccers posted:I swear Lepin started up once Lego started to send their stuff to be manufactured in China. I can confirm my Lepin Millenium Falcon is great.
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Oct 30, 2018 09:18
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I discovered a park near me a few years ago called Storybook Glen and they have some truly wonderful statues of all your favorite characters. https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/jma9xk/i-tried-to-relive-my-youth-and-all-i-got-was-sad
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Kullik posted:I discovered a park near me a few years ago called Storybook Glen and they have some truly wonderful statues of all your favorite characters. Now this is a new emoticon if ever I did see one.
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Oct 30, 2018 17:55
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I'm kinda into the Klingon mannequins.
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Kullik posted:I discovered a park near me a few years ago called Storybook Glen and they have some truly wonderful statues of all your favorite characters. 
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Kullik posted:I discovered a park near me a few years ago called Storybook Glen and they have some truly wonderful statues of all your favorite characters. idgi why would they have a statue of Sarah Huckabee-Sanders in a park called Storybook Glen?
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Oct 31, 2018 10:21
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Because she tells fairy tales about Trump?
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Nostradingus posted:Now this is a new emoticon if ever I did see one. I cut out the background, go hog wild. 
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Oct 31, 2018 12:32
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Found these on my way home yesterday:   Sad Optimus is a new favourite of mine, if only because TAIKONGSHENRS is the best name.
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Oct 31, 2018 12:55
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Yeah Lepin collections are actually pretty popular for people who don't want to pay insane Lego prices. Biggest issues are some of the detail on the figures is not as well defined, and that the colour might not be quite as bold, but other than that they're pretty well-received. I think only someone who is super invested in Lego will really be able to tell the difference. Lego has been trying to get Lepin shut down for a while now and while they've not succeeded, I believe that a new rule is that listings on Aliexpress et al can't show pictures of the items, but they can still sell them.
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I like ultra-tan Captain America's Hulkbuster.
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Man that Lepin Death Star is pretty slick and is less than half the price of a Lego. That's a drat steal
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Len posted:Man that Lepin Death Star is pretty slick and is less than half the price of a Lego. That's a drat steal I'm probably going to get the Lepin Helicarrier, you can't beat the prices on those big sets.
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So long as it survives shipping since they usually ship it the standard garbage way direct from china, they're apparently pretty good at actually including all the pieces/often having more pieces than they should. I do want to get one of the larger sets eventually and just encase it in glue once it's assembled, though. Both to keep it together forever, and also to keep it together forever(because I never want the lepin pieces getting mixed in with actual lego)
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Saw this good boy on the way home, I thought you'd appreciate him.
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Blaze Dragon posted:Found these on my way home yesterday: And that's a surprisingly competent Strongarm knockoff, I mean it's way off from the actual packaging if you put them side by side but they stole enough components that if you didn't know better you could actually think it's a real Hasbro release. 
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I saw this review of this absurd knockoff a while back and bought it for 60 bucks. It's great. Also comes with an extra gigantic gun that the toy cannot hold but is full-blown Mechtech(weapons that "transform" into a bigger/long-barreled form) for a kid to hold. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKMWufxFhT8&hd=1 basically, they took the Voyager-class Megatron(7-8 inches) from the Dark of the Moon toyline, and decided, for whatever reason, instead of just making an oversized version, they scaled him up nearly THREE TIMES THE SIZE and managed to maintain the quality and joint strength(though the detail is still the same as the original, just blown up, so it can look a bit simplistic).  it towers over nearly every other transformer short of metroplex/fortress maximus/trypticon  you can have one of your very own, they're still available as of now(at a slightly increased price since original release), though as with most knockoffs production can halt at any time. Helps that it's an actually great figure they knocked off. http://sirtoys.com/toys.php?c=23&p=357&t=Megatron_DOTM_Oversized_50cm.html Captain Invictus has a new favorite as of 12:24 on Nov 3, 2018 |
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https://twitter.com/HumansOfLate/status/1058415374440562693?s=19
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Captain Invictus posted:I saw this review of this absurd knockoff a while back and bought it for 60 bucks. It's great. Also comes with an extra gigantic gun that the toy cannot hold but is full-blown Mechtech(weapons that "transform" into a bigger/long-barreled form) for a kid to hold. There's four more in that line. I own all but one.
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What kind of awful excuse for a human links this but NOT where to buy it?
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Here’s an old one. Short Subject aka Mickey Mouse in Vietnam was a Vietnam War protest film created by Lee Savage (father of Adam Savage) and Milton Glaser (creator of “I  NY”) in 1968. It is an unlicensed and unauthorized Mickey Mouse cartoon which Savage and Glaser would show to their friends. You know those “gritty realistic mario with a gun” type shorts that were all the rage on Newgrounds like 15 years ago? This is kinda like that, but it actually has meaning and was made back when a project like this was a huge undertaking.Until recently the only copies of the short available were in the hands of organizations which would only rent it out for screening, so only descriptions and screenshots were available online. Then five years ago some rando managed to find a (partial, soundless) version in a box of scrap film that was set to be thrown out. Then, earlier this year, someone else managed to upload a complete version with the original soundtrack. Check it out below.  Short Subject ( not for nudity, but for violence. Mickey gets shot in the head.)Source
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Lego just won a case against Lepin in China. https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news-room/2018/november/lepin-case/
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holy poo poo I might have to buy a couple of these...   also this where can i get this!
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I think this has appeared in the thread before, but oh my god.
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slightlywrong got you covered for all your hosed up tee needs and is the creator of all those linked above (except the sonic garf/knux one): https://www.mysoti.com/designer/slightlywrong 
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Theres a few aussie companys that come up with some great parody/knockoff merch. One of my favourites is this one on a shirt:  Which is a knockoff of a well established franchise chain with the prefix 'Jim's': 
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Ariong posted:Here’s an old one. Short Subject aka Mickey Mouse in Vietnam was a Vietnam War protest film created by Lee Savage (father of Adam Savage) and Milton Glaser (creator of “I This is really interesting. Thanks for the post!
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"MAY CONTAIN OTHER PRODUCTS IN MACHINE" Like what?
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