I have 4 sets of knock off figures to review in this single post. 2 sets by Sheng Yuan and another 2 sets by Lele. I keep the first wave of Sheng Yuan (set number SY175) and first wave of LELE (set number 70400) for months before i decided to open them yesterday. It is just because I don't have any interest on castle theme set/minifigures at all. In addition, I don't have original castle minifigures to compare with.
1st wave of Sheng Yuan Castle Minifigures Set - SY175
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| the catalog is outdated now |
Now i present to you, the minifigures with accessories:
Do you recognised them? Yeah, they are from the Collectible Minifigures Series (CMF)! (except for the archer (top, 2nd from left) and King minifigure (bottom, 2nd from left). Those are from normal lego set). No wonder they look really good.
Top, from left: Gladiator (series 5), Archer, Viking (series 4), Heroic Knight (series 10)
Bottom, from left: Evil Knight (series 7), King, Evil Dwarf (series 5), Roman Commander (series 10)
My favourite part: comparison with the original figure. Original Lego on right, SY on left. You may find differences in their accessories and colour on the lego parts.
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| Look at side printing on Lego's arm and leg. |
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| Lego's original beard look nicer - belt bucker on the torso can be seen at the center |
I wonder if SY purposely don't imitate Spartan Warrior from Series 2. This fella cost about USD14 (not inclusive shipping) and i believe it is the most expensive warrior minifigure because it's a great representation of warrior in the movie 300.
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| source: bricklink |
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| source: google |
2nd wave of Sheng Yuan Castle Minifigures Set - SY165
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| Don't come with any catalog or game/trading card |
Each guy comes with extra weapon but i choose the best for this photo:
Do they look the same with these guys?
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| source: google |
1st wave of LELE Castle Minifigures Set - 70400
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| The princess come with one side sad face and flowers/butterfly as accessories? |
Fair distribution. 4 guys (inclusive a princess) from the blue team and 4 guys from the red team (i assume the bad side are those with dragon logo on their shield and body armor).
Luckily i'm into magicians/wizard (after my first wizard from series 12) so i determine to collect variety of wizard from Lego. Here's the comparison with one of the wizard that i have. Right, original Lego.
2nd wave of LELE Castle Minifigures Set - 78038
The horse is ready-made assembled like this: just need to attach armour to the body.
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| come with nice stand |
Unlike horse in SY set, you need to assemble the horse yourself.
Some minifigures come with awesome printed bricks. You can display the armor like this:
This is how they look like with fully equipped accessories:
Excluding the first SY set (that contain mostly CMF figures), the 2nd wave SY and 1st & 2nd LELE castle sets will give you these:
The blue team comes from the same side (lion clan), but the red team is from 2 sides; one with dragon logo and the other one with hawk/eagle logo. 11 guys from lion clan, 4 from dragon clan and another 6 from hawk/eagle clan.
