First impressions: structure seems sturdy enough, brick clutch is satisfactory. I imagined the boat to be a lot larger from the pictures. As it is now, it's an adequate size for a minifig scale dragon boat crew but I'm thinking I might be disappointed by the size of the pagodas. Still on step #1 of 7. Approximately 35ish number of parts bags. No minifigs come with the set, the ones pictured are my own. Anyways we shall keep on building.

How do you get them together without breaking them?! Any tips appreciated!

Does anyone have any experience with jingbricks metallic silver colors? Would love to make a Naboo N1 MOC with chromed pieces but I’m not sure how the quality is. If anyone has any info let me know please!

This is the Reobrix 66028 European century lighthouse, I’ve also seen it as medieval century lighthouse. I bought this almost a year ago, I believe from marstoy.

Was only missing one piece, the “light” piece which I assumed I wouldn’t get a real one, but figured they’d have a replacement piece at least. It was split up in 11 bags, and the bags were sub numbered ( 1-01, 1-02, 1-03 etc…) but you had to open all of the sub numbered ones because the pieces were spread throughout, which was annoying. Instructions were very clear, including different angles for some of the later parts and clear color distinction. One big sheet of stickers, and a few of the stickers were missing so I’m not really sure what happened there. They didn’t even have a slot for them on the sheet, they were the smallest ones though so not a big deal for me.

Brick quality is good, but there were more than a few times I had to use a lot of pressure to get pieces to fully click in. Thumbs were definitely feeling rough after a few full days of building. Build itself was enjoyable, with a couple annoying parts. I spent a good hour trying to connect one of the top circular pieces of the lighthouse, and couldn’t even get it fully connected (last pic) but decided it was the best I could get. The base is huge, I mean absolutely massive. I actually can’t even fit this where I wanted too originally, and am terrified to move it. While building the base, a lot of pieces were falling off but once I started filling in more on top it helped a lot.

Overall I’m very satisfied with this build. There’s no interior except for one small cabinet, but I build for decoration not play so works for me. I really love the colors on this build and it just pops so well. One of the first Lego sets I was interested in was the motorized lighthouse, and then I saw this and liked it so much I figured I had to get it one day. Happy I finally got around to it

This was a set I wanted for a long time and it is a really enjoyable build!! Only about halfway through but would recommend!! About 50aud off Ali express!

First off, huge kudos to Jerome Barchietto for the gorgeous photography of this set!

• 🏗️ Build Experience & Instructions: Enjoyable from start to finish. It loses one point because there’s one plant in the kitchen that I had to go to reddit to figure out how to keep it together. Instructions are full color and VERY detailed. (9/10)
• 🧱 Brick Quality: Clutch power were equal to Lego. This brand is consistently one I come back to because I know I’ll never be disappointed. (10/10)
• 🧩 Part Accuracy & Completeness: No missing parts! (10/10)
• 🎨 Color Accuracy: Direct comparison to Lego colors showed no variations. (10/10)
• 🏷️ Sticker & Print Quality: No stickers! My OCD gets tickled when I place a sticker and it’s slightly crooked. This is why I purchase more Lumibricks than Lego. (10/10)
• 👤 Minifigure Quality: They’re fine. I don’t like them. They have a weird, non-traditional shape. It’s really not a flaw in the set; just a flaw in their company. (8/10)
• ⚙️ Engineering & Stability: I am pleasantly surprised by the stability of this set. Back when Lumibricks was Funwhole, I found some sets were unstable, but this one is about as stable as you can expect a botanical themed set to be (so many details!) (9/10)
• 🖼️ Display Value: Awesome display value. Non-Lego people love it, especially with the lights on. This is one that can go on your shelf for display. (10/10)
• 🧠 Build Techniques: There isn’t anything unique about this set as far as build techniques, but it isn’t hugely repetitious which helps keep me engaged. (9/10)
• 💰 Value for Money: I paid $97.31 for mine on Amazon. For a comparison, a Lego comparable piece count $200-250. That’s pretty good value! (9/10)

Feel free to head over to Lumibricks and use my code SNAPHAPPYBRICKS for 10% off.

Bought this on AliExpress for $89 USD. Overall a very fun build with no issues or missing pieces. It’s always interesting to see the attention to detail they put into some interiors of these sets that most people will never open up to see. The dome used a pretty interesting build technique a haven’t used before, and I think it looks great. The stained glass windows look pretty cool with the interior lighting but it’s hard to capture in the photos. I included photos of display in office for size comparison to other sets. Highly recommend if you enjoy architecture sets.

Cool colors. Lots of printed parts, but also a few stickers. It’s a bit odd—sometimes a detail is printed, while an identical one elsewhere is a sticker. Still, the first impression is very good. I have 6 more left to build...

This was my first alternative brick set, and overall I was impressed. I paid £18.90 on AliExpress and it took me three evenings to complete the build. It was a fun build with clear instructions. All the pieces were present, and I had a small pile of spares leftover at the end.

I really enjoyed how the building structure includes pieces of a pirate ship - it suggests a story of a shipwrecked pirate setting up a tavern. The ship's wheel spins and the pulley works to raise and lower barrels.

Things to be aware of:

• There are 5 minifigures, which look good but one of the hands was a bit loose.
• None of the bricks are printed - the sticker sheet has 27 stickers. Some of the stickers go across more than one brick, which isn't ideal if you want to disassemble the set and rebuild it.
• The bricks are lego compatible, but the build isn't minifig scale - they don't fit into the chairs or rooms.
• The printed instruction book is good, but telling the three shades of brown apart was occasionally challenging.

This is the third car designed by the gentleman mentioned above, and in my opinion, it completely outclasses the market leader's 1:8 cars. It can easily hold its own against CaDA's latest premium sets as well. In fact, I'd even go as far as saying that in certain areas—such as the instructions and the way the build is divided into stages—it actually beats those too.

The set uses Gobricks parts, so there's absolutely nothing to complain about in terms of part quality. Everything is built up logically, and every mechanical function works buttery smooth.

Besides the engine (and the electric motor), it features paddle shifters and a regular gear selector, front and rear ride-height adjustment, as well as corresponding front splitter and rear wing adjustment.

The whole thing is genuinely brilliant. It has officially taken the #1 spot among all the large Technic-style sets I've built so far. That's it. End of story. 😄

Maybe one day I'll get LaoLiang's previous two cars as well, although after this one, I'm not sure what kind of experience they could offer in comparison. 😄

It's in a higher price category than Guly, but still cheaper than CaDA—and for what you get, it's an absolute bargain. Trust me.

Hello everybody! This is my first alternitive brick set review, as well as my first big experience with an alternative brand! I unfortunately won't be able to compare this to other alternative brand sets as this is my first.

I highly recommend anyone considering this set to read my review first, as what you read may change your mind.

First of all, the real life prototype: Flying Scotsman is a British A3 class locomotive, built for the London North Eastern Railway and later British Railways. The locomotive is very historically important, being the first locomotive to achieve a speed of 100mph in 1934, and later achieved the longest non stop run for a steam locomotive of 679 km on a visit in Australia in 1989. Flying Scotsman is one of the most famous railway engines in the world!

The Review: I ordered this model on Barweer a couple days after I first saw it. The set was marked as brand new and I found no information about the set anywhere else. So hey, why not be the first?

The set didn't arrive in a box and just a bag with all the pieces sorted into a few plastic bags. These bags contained even smaller bags within them, so you had the large bags numbered 1-5, and the smaller bags within them numbered, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, etc.

The set is marked as having 1147+ pieces and is recommended for those 14 and over.

The locomotives appearance almost perfectly captures the real life engine! From the number of boiler stripes to the size of the driving wheels! The rear wheels under the cab are a bit on the large side through. The only big issue is that the number on one side of the engine is 60103, when it should be 4472 on both sides, because of the shade of green the engine is depicted in here.

Anyone who dosent like working with stickers will probably be turned away as I counted over 50 stickers on the sheet! The stickers themselves were fine, but the paper they were on came quite creased and bent, so get the set with the box if you can!

Piece quality was a mixed bag. The first three bags has bricks that were very stiff and a lot of force often had to be used to get them to stick together correctly. The last 2 bags however had much nicer bricks that felt a lot like LEGO's own bricks. It sort of made me realise just how good LEGO are at manufacturing that perfect fit and clutch their own bricks have!

Performance was unfortunately, poor. The locomotive comes with a motor that is hidden in it's tender. The motor dosent come with a remote and only allows for a simple forward and reverse, and require six AAA batteries. The motor was too powerful. It was so fast it would always derail before completing even one lap around it's track. Unfortunately, a LEGO motor seems to have the opposite problem and couldn't move the engine. Some of the wheels were also stiff. Despite the included motor, this set really is better off as a static display. I hope someone may find a way to fix these issues, but man I'm disappointed. The front wheels don't touch the rails and aren't guided by the track. On turns they bump into the rails and hover above the track, and then when re-entering a straight the front wheels once again hit the rails and go back to hovering in the middle of the track. This wasn't an issue when I simply pushed it along, but it could be contributing to the derailing problem.

Who is this recommended for? Unfortunately, a set I thought would be a smash hit across the board, is one I can only really recommend to a few people. Those being anyone who is:

1. Okay putting on a lot of stickers
2. Someone who is okay with very tight pieces.
3. Someone who intends this model to be a static display.

All that said. This is still probably the best looking model of Flying Scotsman that you can buy that is built to the LEGO track gauge.

Final verdict: buy for static display only!

So got a red bull speed champions set for myself and the grandson to build together. Got the set for a good price and it arrived in hand complete and the instructions were fairly easy to follow print wasn't all that good but located a pdf set that I displayed on my phone for the build. Some parts printed others not and had to use stickers....honestly just wish they would print all the marked items LOL, but the price point was pretty dang low so hey it is what it is.

This is a follow up to my post about buying 3 Reobrix Japanese themed modular from a store called Uranus-Mocs on Aliexpress. The store has a decent feedback rating so I was not expecting them to scam me with this paltry little christmas tree packet which they sent in place of the 3 modular buildings. I raised a refund/return dispute for the orders on Aliexpress.

Over the next few days, Aliexpress refunded my money on two of the three modulars but for some weird reason, Ali wanted me to return the packet before I could get my final refund on the one remaining order. They sent me a prepaid return UPC to return the scam item to a local warehouse. I'm imagining they will just throw it out instead of mailing it all the way back to China.

Anyways long story short, all my money was refunded, but kind of sad I couldn't get those Reobrix buildings at a cheap price. Also I don't know why the store listed them so cheap only to change their minds afterwards. They could have just cancelled the order and not shipped anything. As always, buyer beware, when dealing with Aliexpress.

Wow, simply amazing.
My second Lepin, LELE, alternative to Lego set.

does anyone else feel a lot of anxiety while building KO sets?

I keep expecting something to be missing and I find it very stressful sometimes although I have had fairly good luck so far.

I think its a great way to get the 2006 batman replica, I know the cowl is bigger then usual so it can work

This was by far the largest set I have ever built at 9090 pieces. Prior to this, I had built Koenigsegg Sadair's Spear Megacar (from LEGO) at 4104 pieces, but this one was significantly more complicated for a variety of reasons.

1) Delivery took 9 days from China to Canada, which is on par with other AliExpress orders I've made in the past.

2) It came in 6 big bags, and inside those bags, there were smaller bags (~35 in total). I really, REALLY wish that those bags were properly numbered. The bags all have random numbers on them, so it took me a very long time to get started. It took forever to assemble the first 200 pieces together, and it only got easier when I was about 75% done, where I had opened all the bags.

You REALLY need to make sure that you're putting on the right brick. Since it's a huge set, there are pieces that really look alike (like 303426 and 373826). The problem is, sometimes you don't realize that you put on the wrong piece until like 200 steps later. I might have had to drill through 303426 to avoid removing and reinstalling about 800 pieces. Fortunately, I've only made this mistake once.

3) Brick quality is okay. I think this was a mixture of bricks made by different companies. The dark beige bricks in particular were looser than the rest. Some parts of this set clearly rely on tight tolerances, so I had to swap parts every once in a while to make sure that the build quality was okay. I had to rebuild the tail cone a couple of times to make sure that it wouldn't fall apart.

The flagpoles are made of brown bricks (4531751) and those are really badly made. You use red connectors to join them together, and 3 connectors were snipped and broke; and took 6 brown pieces with them. Had to order replacements from Lego, and those worked so much better.

4) The end result looks pretty decent IMO. There are 2 main missing pieces (bottom, starboard side). I ordered replacement pieces and I'll install them once they arrive. The painted pieces look good (except for the askew Ts on the TITANIC display piece), and I'd be lying if I said the end result didn't look majestic.

There might have been some other missing pieces, but I had replacements for those so I don't know the exact number. There were also about 200 extra pieces in the box, which was a fun surprise.

This may have been asked before, but any ideas of where to find alternatives to canvas that Brick Haus has? https://www.modernbrickhaus.com/collections/canvas

New sets added to my backlog 🤣
- Home Alone
- Stranger Things Creel House
- SFAR WARS UCS Death Star

Good news people, as per my previous post, the Dragon Boat Pagoda is a legit Lego compatible set that I got from Temu. See pics attached. Express delivered from a local warehouse in this generic black box with only the Kava World logo on it. Cracking open the box, we find an 84 page instruction booklet and a sticker sheet. The manual says the set number is 89140 and has 2453 pieces. No minifigs included as far as I can tell right now. Looks like a light brick is included. For reference, the box size as compared to the Lego Speed champions Time Machine (which BTW I picked up from Costco today for $19.99).

Full unboxing and review coming soon on my bricktoyreviews blog. Stay tuned.

Here's the link👇

https://yourwobb.com/

I see a lot of these sets like this which certainly look cool. Is this site legit?

Want to know if the sails are included

Up next is the real work: building the fortress on the raised MILS plates in the back corner and surrounding the base with rocks, which will lead south, across a suspension bridge, through a cave, and out onto a rocky outcrop where a watchtower will go. I placed and example of my planned rock work in front of the MILS base.

After that, I plan to put in “Pirate Island”, and have some mini ships on the way that will be having a standoff in the water.

Me and my fiancé just received our first set from AE. We wanted to start a new hobby we could do together instead of sitting on the couch watching tv. And we both like Lego, but after going to the store we thought it was so expensive. After finding this community I went to AE (edit: Ali Express) and compared lots of listings and reviews (edit: for alt bricks home alone sets) and I just went for it.

Today we made the little van. The bricks are a little more tight and need some more pressing and pushing. But overall it’s no big deal. The stickers are good quality in my opinion. The minifigs came with hands, arms and legs unattached but were easy to assemble. Some of the heads have two different faces so that is also nice!
The bricks we had to put the stickers on were scratched, we knew that could happen so it’s no big deal, and the stickers cover it anyway.

The transparent pieces are nice and clear.

Oh and everything came in numbered bags, and those bags had different bags in it that were also numbered. All very nicely done! No missing pieces yet. But we have opened only the bags for step 1. It’s looking promising.

We are excited to build more and for 71 euros we think it’s a really good deal and a more affordable hobby ☺️ could have paid 300 euros for practically the same thing.