Monday, October 31, 2016

Bela Not Lego Star Wars Building Set List - 2016

Last month, I listed all of the Lepin Star Wars bootleg Lego sets that have come out in 2016.  In this post, I will list all of the Bela brand Star Wars sets.   Just like Lepin, they cannot use the Star Wars name on their packaging, so Bela calls their bootleg building set series Space Wars and Space Fights.
If memory recalls correctly, it was actually Bela that started bootlegging the Lego Star Wars sets before Lepin.



Set  DescriptionPieces   Lego Set  
10359ARC 170 Starfighter - micro9275072
10360Vulture Droid - micro7775073
10361Snowspeeder - micro9775074
10362AT-AT - micro8875075
10363Republic Gunship - micro10575076
10364Homing Spider Droid - micro10275077
10365Imperial Troop Transport14175078
10366Shadow Troopers9575079
10367Senate Commando Troopers10675088
10368Geonosis Troopers  10575089
10369   Erza's Speeder Bike25275090
10370Hailfire Droid  16375085
10371AAT25175080
10372T-16 Skyhopper24675081
10373TIE Advanced Prototype35475082
10374Battle Droid Troop Carrier56575086
10375Anakin's Custom Starfighter 369 75087
10376 AT-DP49975083
10377Wookie Gunship56975084
10378 - 10383Assorted Minifigures

10384 - 10389Assorted Minifigures





10463Flash Speeder31175091
10464Death Star Duel72375093
10465First Order TIE Fighter   54875101
10466Poe's X-wing Fighter74275102
10467Millenium Falcon135575105






Pictures below.
Bela 10359 ARC Starfighter - Microfighter
Bela 10360 Vulture Droid - Microfighter
Bela 10361 Snowspeeder - Microfighter
Bela 10362 AT-AT - Microfighter
Bela 10363 Republic Gunship - Microfighter
Bela 10364 Spider Homing Droid - Microfighter

Bela 10365 Imperial Troop Transport

Bela 10366 Shadow Troopers
Bela 10367 Senate Commando Troopers
Bela 10368 Geonosis Troopers

Bela 10369 Erza's Speeder Bike
Bela 10370 Hailfire Droid
Bela 10371 AAT
Bela 10372 T-16 Skyhopper
Bela 10373 TIE Advanced Prototype

Bela 10374 Battle Droid Troop Carrier
Bela 10375 Anakin's Custom Jedi Starfighter
Bela 10376 AT-DP

Bela 10377 Wookie Gunship

Bela 10378 - 10383 Minifigures
Bela 10384 - 10389 Minifigures

Bela 10463 Flash Speeder

Bela 10464 Death Star Duel

Bela 10465 First Order TIE Fighter


Bela 10466 Poe's X-Wing

Bela 10467 Millenium Falcon

Between Bela and Lepin, I think they have bootlegged all of the Lego 2016 Star Wars sets.

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Sembo Brand Building Block Set Preview in 2016

 

This is my first look at some building sets put out by the Sembo brand.  I have found Sembo makes a lot of mini modular buildings, but only a few that are minifigure scale.  My post today will focus on the Sembo minifigure scale modular buildings, of which I found three on Aliexpress.

SD6701 Western Restaurant Modular Building


At first glance this modular restaurant building doesn't look too bad.  It uses a lot of the textured brick on the exterior.  There is a nice restaurant sign on the roof. Not sure if the piece is printed or stickered.  It has two floors and comes with a female and male minifigure and a scooter. 


When you look closer, you find that there doesn't seem to be any front door, only an archway, but I could be wrong.  There's an eclectic mix of windows, including a round piece on the second floor.  The design of the building is a bit hodgepodge in my opinion.

I found some other images of this building on the internet.


It doesn't look to be in a proper scale to the minifigure in the picture.


Here's another picture of the front and back of the building.  There is a back patio with umbrella and water fountain, but both look too small in scale.  I'm not sure if the light brick has been added by the set owner or if it's included in the set.

It would appear that you can't really fit the minifgures inside the restaurant first floor because the headroom is very low.  The second floor appears to have a higher ceiling.  However, the chairs seem to be very small compared to the table.  

I found a review of the Sembo restaurant here.


This set has 355 pieces and retails for about $15 USD on Aliexpress.   From a value perspective, I think the Hsanhe modular buildings are a better value because they have about 200 pieces for about half the price.

SD6701 Ferris Wheel




The Sembo SD6701 Ferris Wheel comes on a green baseplate and the set includes a ferris wheel, a water fountain, a swing set and a circular ride.  


The set comes with three minifigures.  I'm not sure if the circular ride rotates or not.  The box indicates that the ferris wheel turns, but the ferris wheel is too small for the minifigures, so they can only play on the ride or the swing. As an amusement park, it's not that amusing.  It has 447 pieces and can be found on Aliexpress for about $15 USD.



SD6900 Apple Store




This is Sembo's largest set at 1116 pieces.  It is a large building that you might see in any big city.  The lower floor houses the Apple store retail space and there is a back wall with signage.  There is a central atrium with an elevator shaft but not sure if you can come out upstairs or not.  The upper part of the atrium is surrounded by glass panels on all sides with a large Apple logo on the back.  There looks to be several light fixtures hanging from the atrium ceiling.  I think you get some light blocks to illuminate the building.

Here are some more images of the Sembo set I found from Aliexpress.




This set comes with four mini figures and looks very impressive. It retails for about $100 USD on Aliexpress.

Here's the summary of the Sembo modular buildings

SD6700 Western Restaurant - 335 pieces, 2 minifigures,  $15 USD
SD6701 Ferris Wheel - 447 pieces, 3 minifigures, $15 USD
SD6900 Apple Store - 1116 pieces, 4 minifigures, $100 USD

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Lepin Not Lego Star Wars Set List - 2016

Back in June 2016, I prepared a list of the many Modular buildings that Lepin has mass produced. Since that time, Aliexpress has been flooded with Lepin Star Wars sets that are complete knock-offs of the Lego sets.  I can't understand how Lepin can quickly bootleg so many of the  large Lego sets, even the ones that have just come out for 2016.

Of course Lepin can't use the trademarked Star Wars name, so they have called their series Star Wnrs. Anyways, I was searching for a list of all the Lepin Star Wnrs sets on the Internet but couldn't find one, so I've compiled this list of all the ones that I know of here.




Set     Description Pieces   Lego Set  
05001   Rey's Speeder 206 75099
05002   First Order Snowspeeder   466 75100
05003   First Order Transporter 845 75103
05004   Poe's X-wing 748 75102
05005   First Order TIE Fighter 562 75101
 
05006   Kylo Ren's Shuttle 1053 75104
05007   Millenium Falcon 1381 75105
05008   Sith Infiltrator 698 75096
05009   Battle on Takodana 438 75139
05010   Resistance Troop Transporter   678 75140
 
05011 - 05016   Microfighters Sets 75028 - 75033
05017   Resistance Troop Battle Pack   136 75131
05018   Rebel Alliance Battle Pack 115 75133
05019   Galactic Empire Battle Pack 134 75134
05020   Obi Wan's Jedi Interceptor 222 75135
 
05021   Droid Escape Pod 219 75136
05022   Carbonite Freezing Chamber 253 75137
05023   Hoth Attack 257 75138
05024   Kanan's Speeder Bike 251 75141
05025   Homing Spider Droid 320 75016
 
05026   Death Star 3449 10188
05027   Imperial Star Destroyer 3250 75055
05028   Super Star Destroyer 3028 10221
05029   Resistance X-wing Fighter 740 75149
05030   Vader's TIE Fighter Vs. A-Wing   722 75150
 
05031   Clone Turbo Tank 933 75151
05032   Captain Rex's AT-TE 1022 75157
05033   UCS Millenium Falcon 5265 10179
05035   Death Star II 3803 10143
05038   Sandcrawler 3346 75059
05047   Ewok Village 1990 10236


Pictures below.


Lepin 05001
Lepin 05002

Lepin 05003
Lepin 05004
Lepin 05005
Lepin 05006
Lepin 05007

Lepin 05008
Lepin 05009
Lepin 05010
Lepin 05011 - Lepin 05016
Lepin 05017
Lepin 05018
Lepin 05019
Lepin 05020
Lepin 05021
Lepin 05022
Lepin 05023
Lepin 05024
Lepin 05025
Lepin 05026

Lepin 05027

Lepin 05028
Lepin 05029
Lepin 05030
Lepin 05031
Lepin 05032

Lepin 05033

Lepin 05035

Lepin 05038


Lepin 05047

I only have a few of the Lepin Star Wars sets, and the one I am saving up for is the Lepin Sandcrawler.   I can attest that the quality of the sets is comparable to Lego, however the minifigures in some of the earlier sets, like Rey's Speeder, Poe's X-wing, the Millenium Falcon and the Resistance Troop Transporter, were inferior to  the Lego versions.

Please note that bootleg brand Bela has also copied a handful of the Lego Star Wars sets under the name Space Wars.  You can find that list here.