league of legends » Comparison Rey’s Speeder LEGO 75099 versus LEPIN 05001

Hi all,

this will be my first 'review', well actually it's a comparison. It features a Chinese knock-off set versus a LEGO set. I hope this is allowed here. I also hope there are not to many grammer faults in the text (English is not my native language). Said that, here we go. Retail price of LEGO 75099 is normally between €20 - €25. For a Lepin 05001 you pay between €8 and 10€ on AliExpress including shipment but without a box. If you want a box you will pay around €5 more. But as you see in the image above, that doesn’t guarantee that you receive a box in good condition J . I’m not sure how much such a Lepin set costs on the streets in China. Maybe someone can tell me that ?

The Lepin box is larger than the one from LEGO. It also comes with a cardboard inner tray. The instructions lay at the bottom of the inner tray and the sticker sheet was put into the instructions. This was a surprise to me. The packaging from Lepin is much better than that of LEGO. With LEGO the instructions and sticker sheets are most of the times just thrown into the box often resulting in folded instructions or a folded sticker sheet.

[i]It feels a little odd using bricks without a LEGO logo. It doesn’t feel ‘right’ and it doesn’t look that good to me either. Secondly, the extrusion pip is much more visible at Lepin than it is at Lego. I like the visual appearance of LEGO bricks a little more than those of Lepin. Maybe this is just because we’re so used to LEGO logos.

I must say it’s hard to tell the Unkars of both brands apart, even when you put them side by side. The print of the Lepin Unkar is a little sharper and heavier than that of the LEGO one. Because of the sharper print, I think many would say that the Lepin Unkar is the ‘real one’.

Let me remind you bootleg brands are illegal and are ruining lego's business, it's truly disgraceful these bootleg brands. But doesn't mean I don't like your comparison of the brands, you identified that Lepin has better packaging maybe you should address this to lego customer service? I personally don't like bootleg but try telling customer service about anything you don't like?

First, let me start out by saying, this set was amazing! I had so much fun building it that I lost track of time and realized it was tomorrow! This set was great. And I would like to appreciate the people who spent very hard and long time and effort to build this because you can tell from the details of it that someone busted their butt to make sure it looked like the original. Honestly, when you get to the part where you connect the engine block to the rear end, I was kind of contemplating putting my own tweak on it and turning it into a hot rod, because that is what it looked like. Well, overall, this was a great set and a fun build and it is definitely worth your money.

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