Cheap lego sets...yay!

white_falcon · 11-03-2008 4:17pm #1

Deal extreme are selling cheap lego sets it seems. Hopefully they will extend their range soon:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10735
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10738
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10736
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10737
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11160

Kintarō Hattori · 11-03-2008 4:23pm

Ehhh it's not Lego. It's a Lego-Look-a-Like.

white_falcon · 11-03-2008 4:30pm

lol....its the exact same colours, same sizes, same men, same vehicles, same sized little circles to stick them together with

so yea...its pretty much lego, it just doest have lego branding on it or come in a lego box

alastair_doom · 11-03-2008 4:45pm

The pieces dont seem to fit together quite properly in the top picture here:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10735

Maybe just shoddy construction work tho.

Kintarō Hattori · 11-03-2008 4:46pm

While it may resemble Lego it certainly doesn't look like Lego, it looks like a cheap imitator which it is. It's evident when you look at too similar pieces as below:

The official Lego product looks like a much higher quality piece of kit.

white_falcon · 11-03-2008 4:50pm

OK so. You're all welcome

Mods feel free to close this off seeing as how its useless

MayoForSam · 11-03-2008 5:33pm

I got my young lad a box of this stuff in Smyths a few weeks ago, you're right, it's not Lego - the tolerances are way off compared to the real stuff, definitely see a few gaps appearing when assembled.

However, for the price, you can't really argue - its a lot cheaper than Lego and I reckon it is a bargain if you want to get your hands on some cheap bricks for some young fella (or lassie) who may end up losing all of it in a week or two anyway. You can always 'upgrade' to the real McCoy later if they're into it.

Some of the detail is quite impressive actually.

walshki · 12-03-2008 2:15pm

For what its worth I think it looks excellent value considering the price of lego in bricks and mortar here even if its not 100% same quality. Thanks OP.

white_falcon · 12-03-2008 3:40pm

walshki wrote: »

For what its worth I think it looks excellent value considering the price of lego in bricks and mortar here even if its not 100% same quality. Thanks OP.

plus if you read a review of a person that bought it he says it is 100% compatible with real lego..

ch750536 · 12-03-2008 4:41pm

Anyone like to guess where lego is made?

white_falcon · 12-03-2008 5:17pm

ch750536 wrote: »

Anyone like to guess where lego is made?

in the land of the fairies...

syboit · 12-03-2008 5:19pm

for the amount of this stuff that gets lost, eaten by the dog, stood on. At this price its a great find.

Cheap lego sets...yay!

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