Sheng Yuan SY289 Set of 8 Heroes Assemble

Oops they did it again :). Maybe I was too quick to judge after seeing some of the characters that have been issued before.. Superman, Green Lantern, Batman, Flash.. but they have been issued so many times by almost  ALL China brand available (^_^)".

I almost completely ignored this set until I noticed a very small detail with the minifigures. Let's see if you guys also noticed it.

Yuppp, they are just another variants (with more fancy torso design and more detail on the leg) but the most important update is the printed side arm! oh gosh i'm super excited about this. pardon me~

Of course they came with accessories and weapons, but I'm less interested in them.

Front/rear view of each figure:

Green Lantern

The Flash

I have no idea who is this guy. help! Red Tornado (thanks @lolololololo)

Superman

Wonder Woman

Aquaman

Batman

Cyborg

I know what you all think, and I agree with you. The print and the details are superb but for some figs (especially Green Lantern and Cyborg), their face (including the alternate face) look funny haha..

Now let's look at the print on the side of their arm.

Closer look:

I personally love Wonder Woman's arm the most because of the extra line on her left shoulder. These lego arms are very tiny and small yet the print is so sharp and clear :)

Anyway, one of Sheng Yuan's latest set of 8s that i definitely ignore is SY293. I've had a lot of Super Heroes variant furthermore I am not a fan of transparent minifigures.

source: Aliexpress

Decool 0199 - 0204; Superman, Supergirl, Brainiac, Hawkman, Cyborg, Batzarro

The return of Decool?

Cannot wait to see if they already improve/fix their print issue.

The catalogue, yeay! Looks like we'll be getting Age of Ultron minifigures in set number 0205 onwards.

For comparison, I will have the original Lego figure on the right in every picture: 

1. Lego Superman (comic variant). I'm too lazy to compare the exact Lego figure that Decool imitate. I just grab the easiest from my collection so the alternate face in this comparison picture is different. I will explain about other variant later.

Misaligned print of the belt on rear torso is noticeable. same problem with their previous set 0192-0197 (have a look at Bane)

I just notice this. Decool hasn't issue comic variant of Superman before. Their Superman from set number 0108 is from Man of Steel variant.

Here's a print screen of available variant of Lego Superman from Bricklink.

As you can see from the list, Decool's figure is a copy of Superman from Lego 76040 (with red eyes) but mine is from Lego 6862/76028. The cape that comes with the latest Lego Superman figure (76040/76028) is made of new - spongy soft material. 

I hope i don't make it more confused. Torso and leg assembly for comic variant Superman (bright blue suit) are same for figure made in 2011/2012 (from set 6862) and the latest 76040 and 76028 made in 2015. The only difference are the alternate face and material for the cape.

2. Lego Supergirl. Same with Superman, the cape should made of spongy soft knit but it doesn't matter in picture. If you notice, Decool miss to colour the collar /neck line with skin colour. 

Uh uh, one more thing. This is important. have you notice it? Look at her waist. Instead of using shade on the torso to colour the waist part, Decool modified the torso (purposely make a dent at both side of the torso) to make her having an "actual" waist. cool or weird? lol

but they have the same side print on the leg.. 

3. Lego Cyborg. Printing on the leg is horrible.. but if you're collecting bootleg figure, this will be great addition to comic variant made by SY SY258.

4. Lego Brainiac. 

5. Lego Batzarro. The yellow belt colour is stronger than the original Lego but better than Sheng Yuan's from SY266. At least this one has dual sided faces.

6. Lego Hawkman. He comes with complete accessories, exactly like Lego.

Colour of the helmet is different. I cannot capture the exact color but most gold colour on Lego figure looks yellow on Decool. The wing however, looks more awesome on Decool. 

Misaligned color and line on the leg is noticeable.

Last but not least, who's interested with this Super Jumper?

You can get 2 in this set from Superman and Supergirl.

I heard they could potentially damage the back of the minifigures’ legs but i don't mind since the price for one of these figures is only 1/15 of the original Lego. So i just let my son play to their heart's content. ahaha =). 

KO Knock Off Brand Bizzaro

Shocked + excited = RM45

My hand automatically grab these when i saw them

As you can see from the image, its not original lego. My wife really against me reviewing them here because she think i should stick to original stuff. but i really cannot resist them because one of them is bizzaro (the right). Most of you guys might already know about it. Lego only produce 1,000 pcs Bizzaro during San Diego Comic-Con 2012. So its really exclusive and rare.

Exclusive Bizzaro figure giveaway during SDCC 2012

There's no way i can get the original Bizzaro because they are worth at least $250 (in USD okay).. and i dont think i can get the imitation previously because they are hand-made and limited. eBay. Priced around $20. So when i saw this bizzaro at RM5.. why need to think? it's $1.6 if we convert to USD. holy smoke...

Cyborg superman in the middle is purely custom. Lego never produce them. but, they are still expensive because very limited. just see for yourself here.. http://www.toybrickstation.com/high-quality-3-d-laser-printed-lego-custom-minifigures/904-cyborg-superman.html. $39.90?? omg. now i can get mine at only RM5.

I dont know why i bought clark kent on the left. I have the original one. only RM50. Maybe it's itchy hand disease. haha... 

now look what i have at home.. and i really love them!! omg i love them soooo much!!! i cannot believe now i support imitation. NOT~

There are 8 other imitation with the series. but i already have the rest so i'll stick with original. Say "Yes" to ori lego =p

These are what i have. All from 2013 set. Look at Clark Kent. He's a little calmer compared to Sheng Yuan brand.

i hope china didn't produce imitation these much in such period of time. it's not good for me.. i already read somewhere that we might get imitation green lantern later. As you can already guess.. Green lantern also is one of the exclusive and limited minifigure given during San Diego Comic Con 2011 and New York Comic Con 2011. wait .. wait... not only actually there will be one green lantern imitation, but 8!!

image source from google 

image source from google

Argh.. i cannot keep secret too long. i want to confess.. i also bought another 6 imitation ironman =(. this time the brand is Decool

I already wrote before about imitation ironman but its different brand.. Sheng Yuan.

Now look my army:

Knock off ironman pose

There's one main diff with these two - the leg. Sheng Yuan on the left and Decool is on the right.

Decool KO brand almost close to original. =(

weird fact: Sheng Yan only have one side printed face meanwhile Decool have dual side face. heheh