Okay.. this is it. I will watch Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice in a few hours so I had to get this Kylo Ren Shuttle review out of my head. i'm not saying that movie has anything to do with this Lego set but I do not know why I'm stuck with this review. Took me 3 weeks to assemble it and another 2 weeks to write this. i just keep the photos in my laptop for complete 2 weeks. *sigh* time flies so fast.. and I do feel like a sloth ^_^.
I even forgot how much i paid for this set :(. Anyway, original LEGO set cost about $119.90 but this imitation cost only 1/3 of it.. roughly $41 with shipping (from aliexpress) .
The box is very big and i believe the size is the same with original LEGO.
Ouch! one of the bag has spilled. I just hope all the content is still in here.
18 bags of LEGO parts (including the ziplock with Kylo Ren's cape in it), 2 weapon rack and an instruction book
Here are some pictures of the progress:
Yikes! this 2x4 plate is covered in.. oily stuff. i hope it's not dangerous.
Let's continue with a few more "work in progress" pics
From left: First Order Stormtrooper Officer, Kylo Ren, First Order Officer, General Hux and 2x First Order Crew members.
Even the weapons and accessories looks identical to the original LEGO set.
Long story short, here's the assembled set. it's huge.. and heavy too :). No missing pieces (luckily) and no loose parts. I love LEPIN's brick. It's hard to describe here but i like it. the feel, the color, and most importantly.. they stick really well.
Here's where you twist the mechanism by which the wings are raised and lowered for landing:
Extended wings:
Grill pieces to represent slight stepping of the ramp
I forgot to take few more photos on tiny flaps underneath the wing but you can see it folded in pics above.
More space/ seating area at the back of the craft:
Spring-loaded shooters at both side. Unfortunately, just like #05003, one of the spring shooter is broken. It cannot hold the ammo. LEPIN really need to fix this part.
More pics of the individual minifigures:
LEGO parts in this set is superb. i'm just happy that there are no missing or loose parts in this set. I personally think minifigures in this set (except stormtrooper of course) are acceptable. The torso design is simple so there's not much detail to loose. About the stormtrooper, there's no other choice. you gotta replace him with another imitation >_<.
What's the big deal with the storm trooper ? Did i miss something ?
ReplyDeleteHi. I had no idea as well, so made a comparsion of Lepin and Doll stomtroopers:
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^ Pictures are made by Legostore My btw. Forgot to mention that.
DeleteI don't collect SW.
Hi @Batsy Bats :). Hi @Efke :).
DeleteOh sorry that i didn't elaborate more about stormtrooper in this set. It's actually continuation of my post about Lepin's # 05003. I am very satisfied with their bricks but the minifigures? not that much.. especially stormtrooper/captain phasma.
Stormtrooper in this #05006 is same with the one in #05003. as previously mentioned by @Batsy, here's comparison of stormtrooper from Lepin, Doll, Ok, Dargo and LEGO.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/U6LIDVG.jpg[/img]
Imho, OK's is the worst followed by Lepin. Printing errors on Lepin's helmet can be seen at the curvature of the nose-piece.
that commander stormtrooper face should be the female.. you can remember when kylo ren question the commander stormtrooper about 1 stormtrooper become traitor (fin)in the movie.. you put the wrong face there.. both 1st order imperial officer in black and grey outfit is a male.. you can refer it o the force awaken movie.. thank you.. :)
Deleteyup yup i remember that scene :). but even in original LEGO set they give male stormtrooper officer.
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yeay, found one -ve point with this set ahah..
thanks buddy :)
Hi! Are you going to review SY299 king of fighters minifigs? 😃
ReplyDeleteI just got JLB brand Saint Seiya minifigs but theyre not that good.. They need a lot of fixing , beginning with the hair piece, they all got the same one. The 3 minifigs that need the least fixing are Seiya who is good as he is, and Ikki, who just needs his hairpiece painted black. Saori has her armour and helmet so u dont really need a hairpiece but if u did you are in trouble because all armour pieces are incompatible with long hair, they dont fit. Im going to try cutting off the hooks that hold the wings ok the back of some armours see if that works, only Seiya and Saori have wings anyway 😂. Overall I only recommend the Seiya, Ikki and Saori figs and the plastic and paint print is crappy as usual with JLB.. but still theyre the only ones trying different stuff, until i saw that KOF set from SY..
Hi @elmismisimo :). thanks for the review. eh, wait. Saori? so it is different from this set:
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I only have a few set of minifigures from JLB but a little disappointed with the quality so i've decided to skip em for now ahaha.
owh by the way about KOF SY299, local shop near my house still selling it.. i can buy em and take some photos of the minifigures if those pic can assist your decision :)
DeleteI also have the same problem with the spring shooters from 05007 millenium falcon.
ReplyDeleteHi there. so sorry to hear that. i bet most of us will get the same defect parts in all Lepin set. they need to fix this.
DeleteHi, have you tried using real Lego missiles in the spring shooters? My ones were the same for the Lepin Millennium Falcon, but when I tried my sons real missiles they worked perfectly!
DeleteHi @Unknown thanks for the tips. unfortunately i don't have real Lego missiles >_<. hey this is really good info. i will put this note in my post. thanks buddy!
DeleteGreat quality for reasonable price. I hope they'll make copies of something besides SW and Ninjago too.
ReplyDeletelocal shop near my house selling Lepin's Temple of Airjitzu at RM210 (USD52).
Deletecheaper than aliexpress luckily i'm not into ninjago theme.
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very good price with 2k+ lego pieces.. but nah, i don't intend to involve with new LEGO theme for now ahaha.
Found this: http://aliexpress.com/item/-/32639624309.html
DeleteDreams come true. Waiting for more sets.
This is really awesome! I really believe that Lepin's brick will not disappoint us. I just hope they have improved the minifigure's quality so that we don't have to minifigure from SY/decool to replace them.
Deletelele have X wing and got the helemet of the pilots with clear visors, also saw the lele MF box art, maybe patience is a virtue, i have bought the lepin x wing.
ReplyDeleteHi @ritche hortillo. Yeah, i saw those SW set by Lele too. i bet Lele's minifigure are far better than Lepin. but i wonder if Lele's lego parts will have the same quality as Lepin
DeleteDo you got any Lele set? I'm afraid of the brick quality.
Delete@Yuri Gonçalves; not yet. to be honest i also doubt the same thing. I just bought Lele's Star Wars minifigures set (forgot the code number) and included with the minifigures are microbuild of star wars vehicle. the brick quality is quite bad. so if they use the same quality for those bigger set, i don't think these build will remain in one piece for long
DeleteYes my lepin xwing pilots does not have clean visors.
DeleteJust finished my Kylo Ren Carrier minutes ago. Took 2 days. No missing parts. But one loose part only. The twisting mechanism joint and the long black stick. I think I can use some small paper to put in the gap to make it tighter. Nice Set. Next is the FO Carrier :)
ReplyDelete@BaBy OcTopUs. are there any missing parts in Lepin's MF?
DeleteYup, missing one P/N 4495935 (Technic 7M Beam). Got it replaced by emailing LEGO.
Deletehey @BaBy OcTopUs. are you serious? ahaha..
DeleteYa, seriously. I tot everyone does that .. haha~! Now I got one piece LEGO in my MF hahaha
DeleteThe Saint Seiya set is jlb 3d12901-06 its not DragonBall Z but an older anime very popular here in Latin America, I'll take some pics and post them.
ReplyDeleteI couldnt believe that KOF set when I saw it, SY never does anything other than the usual superheroes/ star wars/ ninjago.. And since imho they are the best bootleg brand right now (after Decool started slumping) I coulnt let them pass, I already ordered them from aliexpress ��
But still I think it would be really cool for you to review them, its something different from a good brand, I imagine most people havent seen them. (And mine are still like a month away from arriving ��)
Hi. DLP has recent quality too. Dargo became better than used to be. Most of them are almost equal in terms of quality and price now. Except really bad manufacturers like LEBQ for example.
DeleteI dunno about JLB, but they seem to have minifigs no one issued, like anime or cartoon based. Worth for collectors.
Some of JLB were already reviewed http://mybrickstore.blogspot.ru/p/minifigures.html
scroll for them in the list, there are links to reviews.
When you'll recieve the set we'll be grateful if you post the pics.
^ decent quality*
Deleteoh my hahahha.. how could i think that saint seya and Dragonball are the same? gosh. i don't know what i'm thinking at the time I made the comment . so sorry about that haha
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Superb review and pictures as always :) I'm so sad that these items are so hard to get now in Indonesia, especially the Millennium Falcon :(
ReplyDeleteI won't get Lepin's MF too :(. But too afraid to try Lele's MF
DeleteTried to mod the wings to be tilted similar to the movie as most enthusiast posted online. Almost destroyed the whole ship by doing that haha~! Maybe u can try doing it and post over here.
ReplyDeleteI tried uploading the pictures- epic failure x'D
ReplyDeleteI've got them in my google photos, copied the URL and pasted it at the end of the code at the bottom. but it didn't work, just shows the 2 urls mashed together not the picture. I can send them to your or MyLegostore's email if you want and you post them.. Sorry for my uselessness x'D
Google photos are a real pain. You have to pick photo to share, open it, then press Share button in the right upper corner -> get link. You'll receive a short link for sharing.
DeleteYou can also use alternative image sharing services, like http://tinypic.com/ for example.
Hi @Batsy thanks for the tips.. I personally prefer the latter.. ahaha.. i love how i can upload any image just using apps from these image sharing services
Delete@elmismisimo. It's okay.. i found the pic from aliexpress.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/tCsJ0Pe.jpg[/img]
anyway here's the example if you want to know how i attach pic in this comment
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put in direct link of the photo (ending with jpg/jpeg/png or other image extension) between the tag in green color
[img]http://i.imgur.com/K1FVXbd.jpg[/img]
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DeleteGoing to give it another shot.. If it just shows the link then you guys can still click on it and look xD.
DeleteThis is my attempt at fixing the minifigs:
[img]https://goo.gl/photos/FL1GT8zWCJzfgx47A[/img]
So if you guys can actually see that.. First off I removed the wings from all of them except Seiya, who is perfect as he is. Saori's armor also has wings but I prefer to leave her without since thats how she is in most of the anime. The other 4 guys shouldn't have wings, as far as I know.. It may be a new saga or something I haven't watched but as far as I can tell on the minifigs not the box pictures, these are the 2nd version bronze cloths with golden glow, and Seiya and Athena's Golden Armor.
DeleteA note on the wings, in case you want to use them for something else, they are very loose on everything except the armor hooks, their pegs seem to have been made thinner than the standard.
I changed up the hair, they give everyone Seiya hair.. Ikki can still use the same hairpiece but its color should be dark blue. You could also just paint each hairpiece the right color and just say their all look Goku style because their elevating their cosmos xD but I have a bunch of spare pieces so I worked with what I had.
Finally I changed Shiryu's face, I hate the one they sent, the mouth pretty much ruins it, looks like fat lips so I got another spare face and put a blindfold on him since Shiryu spent so much time blind on the original series xD
[img]https://goo.gl/photos/34ZHyLzrnYNtp6mX7[/img]
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I also gave him a shield to make him more recognizable but it ended up pretty crappy lol.
What do u guys think? Better or worse than as received?
Regards,
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I dont have a long enough hairpiece for Athena which is why I gave her short hair for now :p
Album link works! Previous pics aren't shown because you've put a link to an album unstead link to a picture itself.
DeleteAnyway. I have to say those chinese manufacturers often have no idea about characters details. They most likely gave wings to everyone because they could.
In Marvel or DC heroes case, or lego ripoffs like Ninjago and Chima, manufacturers use references like lego itself or Lego games to copy characters. In case of JLB they seem to make molds themselves so they lack knowledge on anime details I guess.
So yeah minifigs often need to be customized. I often repaint them or add or replace something.
You did a great job!
It will be hard to find long "anime" hair for Athena though. And btw you can repaint fat lips. The printing can be erased with nail polish remover and cotton sawb (q-tip) but do it very carefully.
Hey Batsy! Thanks, ur right, I have used nail polish remover before to clean up minifigs but u have to watch out for the varying potency.. The last one my wife bought was extra powerful and i obvioudly had no clue, i used it on a jlb brick actually not a minifig part, and it melted or corroded the plastic like acid 😂 Oops!! Iguess always try new stuff on unwanted bricks first haha..
DeleteSo can we see an SY299 KOF review soon?😉
Also.. Anyone know what SY's next series will br, since they already reached sy299 and the sy300s already exist as box sets??
Thanks!
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