Bela Not Lego Urban Arctic Set List - 2016

Lego retired the original City Arctic series in 2015 after a very short run of only a few months. Consequently, the seven Arctic sets are very hard to find and very expensive on the secondary market.

Bela brand has cloned these sets in their series called Urban Arctic and can now be had for a fraction of Lego's original price.

Set: 10443 Arctic Icebreaker

760 pieces

clone of Lego 60062

Set: 10438 Arctic Helicrane

273 pieces

clone of Lego 60034

Set: 10437 Arctic Snowmobile

50 pieces

clone of Lego 60032

Set: 10440 Arctic Outpost

394 pieces

clone of Lego 60035

Set: 10438 Arctic Ice Crawler

119 pieces

clone of Lego 60033

Set: 10441 Arctic Supply Plane

391 pieces

clone of Lego 60064

Set: 10442 Arctic Base Camp

783 pieces

clone of Lego 60036

Leyi 3810 Not Lego Star Wars Snowspeeder Set Review

While searching for X-wing bootleg lego on Ali Express last month, I happened to come across this Star Wars Snowspeeder knockoff.   It's made from a little known bootleg bricks company called Leyi.

The Star Series is their version of Star Wars and features about five or six different spaceships, some loosely based on Lego design, such as an X-wing fighter and others of their own designs.

There are 178 pieces to this set according to the skimpy two sided instruction sheet pictured below.

You get a sticker sheet for the snowspeeder which I've not yet applied.

It comes with a fairly generic figure with space suit and bike helmet.  The pilot's visor is a bright orange.

It's a tight squeeze for the pilot figure and the canopy just closes snugly on top of the pilot's  head if you lift both arms up.

The Leyi Snowspeeder model 3810 most closely resembles the Lego Snowspeeder set 4500, however this model does not have the rear winch.  Build-wise I would say this bootleg ship is closer to Lego's 7130 Snowspeeder set.

The front and rear canopies can be opened, but there isn't any other interior features to this ship. No seats or controls. Braking flaps move but are loose.

Only a pilot minifig, no gunner.

No interior.

The bricks are pretty inferior and have already started to yellow.  I'll probably chuck the crappy bricks and replace them with better ones.

Brand: Leyi

Series: Star Series

Model: 3810 Snowspeeder

Number of pieces: 178

Number of minifigs: 1

Price paid:  10 USD with free shipping from Aliexpress.

Copy of Lego? Almost, Lego 7130 Snowspeeder

Lepin 05001 Not Lego Rey's Speeder set review

 I got my Lepin 05001 Rey's Speeder set today.  It's an almost exact bootleg of Lego's 75099 Rey's Speeder.   

When I say almost, it's because the hairpiece for the Rey minifigure isn't the same as the original Lego set.   Also, this set doesn't come with a shoulder bag for Rey.   Other than those two differences, the brick colours and instructions are identical to Lego.

 As is expected, this Lepin set comes together nicely.  You get 206 pieces (according to the box design), a sticker sheet and two sets of guns still on their plastic trees.  You get the Rey minifigure in Jakku desert garb, head scarf and staff.   As I mentioned earlier, she also comes with a hair piece but it's a long ponytail.  I guess the bootleggers decided that the new triple bun hairpiece wasn't worth producing.  Also, no shoulder bag either.

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 You get Unkar's thug minifigure with the set.  He comes with a crowbar.   Mine came with a missing hand, but luckily I have a lot of them so this was easily replaced.  The BB-8 minifigure pictured does not come with the set, but I thought including it would make the scene more relevant.  He's a bootleg minifigure from Dargo.

 Who remembers the Lego Midi scale Star Destroyer 8099?  I parked it in the back of the shot as an homage to the movie scene.

 The Lepin speeder has the same all the same features as the Lego version.  Side doors can be opened by twisting one of the engines either left or right to open the corresponding door.  There is a storage container that slides out.  It has the two projectile shooters with 8 extra red clear disks.  I guess you could store the projectiles inside the storage unit.

 I won this set off ebay for a little over $7 USD.  Shipping was free.  These days, I find that if I win stuff off ebay for a really low price, the sellers won't ship the item, because they'd rather refund my money than sell something too cheaply.   At 7 bucks, I wasn't expecting this set to arrive.  Arrive, it did and in three weeks which is a lot faster than I expected.

Locally, the original Lego Rey's Speeder set costs $24.99 before taxes.

As always, thanks for visiting Its Not Lego and See you next time!

Brand:  Lepin 05001
Set: Rey's Speeder
Number of pieces:  206
Number of Minifigs: 2 (Rey, Unkar's henchman)
Copy of Lego? Yes, Lego 75099 Rey's Speeder
Price paid: $7.10 USD w/free shipping.