LEPIN (fake Chinese LEGO) busted.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48076505

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/police-bust-gang-behind-fake-lego-brand-in-£23m-raid/ar-BBWlQWX?ocid=spartanntp

No more cheap sets from them eh?

Fake news

There are several alternatives to Lepin.

I’ve got a Lepin set of an out of production Lego set which now sells for £1000 second hand. I bought the Lepin set for less than 10% of that.

I’d say it’s about 90% as good as Lego, but the connecty pieces aren’t as good as Lego.

Apparently Lego claim the fakes could be dangerous. I’m assuming they have never stood on one of their own bricks in bare feet.

Some of the plastics in toys can make people sterile….

Thankfully lepin is only one of many 🙂

Some of the plastics in toys can make people sterile….

i wish someone had said earlier!

be another shop in the building next door already setting up

I’ve got a Lepin set of an out of production Lego set which now sells for £1000 second hand. I bought the Lepin set for less than 10% of that.

supply and demand innit – your knock off one will be worth a mint now that its a rarity 🙂 Until someone start churning out fakes of it.

Some of the plastics in toys can make people sterile….

I think grown mean  with a display shelf for toys is a fairly effective prophylactic anyway 😉

Lol @ Mac! 🤣🤣🤣

I’d be offended if it weren’t for fact I’ve no feelings and a sense of humour 😉

Didn’t lego just steal the idea from some guy in Surrey anyway?

Bet they were bricking it when the cops bust in.

Everything’s not Awesome.

Has anyone bought any sets? Had never heard of them until now, very tempted to buy the Millenium Falcon!

Bet they were bricking it when the cops bust in.

I doubt it, they’ll be reasonably connected so should build a reasonable defence, and, as they say, all publicity is good publicity though I doubt its the advertising model they were planning on.

I doubt it, they’ll be reasonably connected so should build a reasonable defence, and, as they say, all publicity is good publicity though I doubt its the advertising model they were planning on.

Wooooosh…

Wooooosh…

Double wooooosh! (There might be a couple of lego building puns in the copy you quoted…)

(There might be a couple of lego building puns in the copy you quoted…)

They’re not very good though. My excuse is it’s Monday morning.

<cough> Betta bilda </cough>

Lepin- decool- leogang all
The same copy lego.

I’ve built the Bugatti-Ferrari-caterham-Porsche- db5 all copy’s and all excellent 🙂