[REALISE] No.203-3 DIY SHIP (the worst fake brand ever?)

As I was cleaning one of my closest drawers, I found this box of cheap LEGO knock-off which I remember I bought years ago, even before I made this blog.. but never really get to open nor build.

BRAND: REALISE
SERIES: DIY SHIP (not really sure)
PRICE: 15PHP (US .28 cents)
Probably the cheapest item I have to date, just looking at the product's photograph on the box, you can totally say that the cheap price just fits the cheap materials used.

[LELE + DECOOL] Ninja Mini-Figures + Throwback Figs!! (Ninjago Knock-offs)

I'm not only fascinated by the Chima themed knock offs and bootlegs now, cause ever since the release of The Lego Ninjago Movie, I've been wanting to collect different minifigures and set from the Ninja theme too!! I know I'm a little too late but, here to start my new collection..

I got 2 loose mini figures from different brands and sets!! I also got a bigger build from another brand but I'll get to that some other day. And since these guys are from 2 different brands, I'll make a separate review for them in one post! Starting with...

[DUO LE PIN TOYS] DLP9068 Super Heroes - DC Justice League's Wonder Woman and Aquaman

Off to start my return to toy review and blogging are Wonder Woman and Aquaman from the 2017 DC film, Justice League. Both are part of the 8-in-1 set, and I got them loose, or sold as singles so I didnt manage to get the other 6 for the whole bunch.

BRAND: DUO LE PIN TOYS [DLP9068]

SERIES: Super Heroes - Justice League

PRICE: 80PHP (more than 1US $)

Each box comes with 1 minifigure, set of weapons, a mini build, and an instruction manual. The amount of pieces and parts are not stated wherever the box or the manual.

JUNE 2018 HAUL!! Super Heroes, Ninja, Star Fighter, and a Mixels rip-off?? [Variuous Brands]

BACK IN BIZ
I'm finally back to collecting and reviewing bootlegs and rip-offs of LEGO minifigures and sets.. well, I didnt actually stopped collecting, I just took a long rest from blogging. But thanks to some encouraging by my college friend, EJ, and from someone special who shows much support to my writing and blogging, but not much to toy collecting 😅😅 I'm all back.. hopefully. LOL

JUNE 2018 HAUL
I did had some bootlegs joining my collection while I'm away from blogging, and now that I decided to get back to doing reviews, I got some new (not really) items for my future posts!! Went to Ayala Fairview Terraces to get some minifigures and sets of different brands..

SONNY's TOY ART (finds)
One of my favorite hobby stores in Fairview Terraces, not only they sell cheap LEGO rip-offs, but their gallery of custom action figures and pop culture statues are to die for. In this store, I got...

Some loose Justice League and bootleg Ninjago minifigure boxes from LELE, DECOOL, and Duo Le Pin Toys. DLPT is my new fave brand. Also from DLPT are 2 sets of Super Heroes builds from Spider-Man Homecoming movie. Heroes Assemble's Magneto with Jet Fighter (I dont know wat its called, I dont read chinese) from Sheng Yuan (SY). And Ninja Thunder Swordsman also from SY.

I always wanted to get these Ninja boxes because of the simple build dragons included. I think here are 4 designs but I only got the white dragon, with white ninja, Cole. god, I hope it is him. because you'll never know with these fake brands, until you open the box, and all the letters on the box are in chinese. 😣

These ones, I was a little disappointed.. not because of the brand or the sets themselves.. but because their set builds can be combined with other builds from the same series, but I unfortunately just found out about it now, and I didnt picked the right partners.. 😢😢 more about it once I made the review entry for this blog!!

These are the minifigs. 2 different brands of Ninjago rip-offs, Wu and evil looking Nya. And I didnt gave a closer look before I bought them, but I just found out Wonder Woman and Aquaman comes with a mini-build karts!! 😂

And so does Master Wu!! So cool, he comes with a mini-build white dragon. wonder how it looks compared to Zane's.

METRO DEP. STORE (finds)

The toy section of this department store not only has real deal LEGO products and other authentic stuff in it, but they also sell low quality brands and bootlegs!! Talk about diversity, hahaha.

I however only bought 2 items from the toy section, because they are still pretty pricey compared to other stores, and I just know they are sold almost half the price by other sellers. I just didnt want to wsste my time visiting it so I got a Mixels replica stored in a plastic egg container, I think its called Wange Monsters, maybe, its brand is WANGE. And a Star Fighter mini build with an Astronaut minifigure from JUBILIX.

So excited to open them all!! I'll surely make a review for all of them, complete with unboxing photos. Infact.. I already started opening some. And first ones that will receive a review post...

😊😊😊 for the mean time.. enjoy my previous posts from 2 years ago!! Hehe

DIY Diorama Simple build for SY170 CHIMA 3 - Outlands

Im very sorry for the very late update. Hahaha i was too busy being "not a child" for quite a while hahaha. so Ive been longing to make a diaroma for this set of Chima 3 from SY, similar to what I did for my Fantastic 4 Set.

So as you know, if you also collect minifugs from brands like SY ir Sheng Yuan, the figs comes with some parts that you can use to build small displays, like simple stands with weapon holders.. so lets get a little creative and use all the parts that are included in this 8 minifig sets to make a bigger display:

This is how it looks like with all the minifigs removed. All theother parts are loose due to age, so it had to be KRAGGLED.

If you own the same set, I highly recommend you give it a build now. Looks way more dramatic. You can also give it your own master builder do-over and just keep stacking the parts until you are satisfied with the finish. 😃

Cheap Mini Sets + Mini Figures Part 3: Girls! [ENLIGHTEN] [QIAOLETONG]

Knockoff LEGO companies does not just range from all these cool city, police, pirates, space, knights,super heroes themes that are obviously marketed for boys. These companies also produces mini sets and mini figures that are girls themed, or exclusive for girls, but can still be bought and enjoyed by both gender. So, in the spirit of diversity, I am reviewing 3 cheap mini sets which are marketed for girls.

"honey... where's your undies?"

I have these mini sets for some time now, and I finally got to make a review about them. even thought they came from different knock-off companies, they all have the same hair style, which is the ponytail for girls, it's different in color though. I think it is the default hair style for knock-off girl mini-figures.

[QIAOLETONG] TS20120 Entertainment Set
Comes with 31 pieces, I can't really tell what's the theme of this mini set, since it's all written in chinese, I believe that is chinese.. so let's call it Entertainment Set for now.

The back of the box shows few alternate builds, but the main build for this mini set, is a Living Room showcase, with a coach/sofa, a TV set with remote, and the lady minifigure. all for 38PHP or less than 1USD.

The TV screen and the remote prints are not actually printed on the bricks, but just stick-on shiny stickers. It's really up to you how you will interpret that tv show shown.

Here's Betty, I named her that, watching whatever that is shown. I don't like the print of the face, it's too high I guess, it makes Betty looks like she has humongous jaws and large chin. anyway I tried one of the alternate builds, even without instructions, so check it out:

is it a motorcycle? is it a donkey? is it a gym equipment?

Yeah, I can't really tell what it is either.. what do you think?

[QIAOLETONG] TS20120 Beach Set
Can't tell what this set is called either, but it contains 30 pieces. let's just say this mini set is called "beach set".. It also came from the same company as Entertainment Set, which is QIAOLETONG.

Several alternate builds shown at the back, still beach related though..

The mini set composed of a sun-bathing bed, a mini umbrella with standee, a cassette radio of some sort, a walkie talkie and a female minifigure who happens to have forgotten to wear her underwear.

The fact that this minifigure looks like she wears nothing down there bums alot, but hey, this mini-set is marketed for female buyers, so maybe they can put a little story about it, like she's some sort of beauty queen in vacation who does not like tan lines? nice print in the torso though, very spring looking.. but isn't beach suppose to be this popular only during summer? also check out that ugly sticker for the parasol.. the pillow, towel on the bench, and the 2 sided boombox are all stickers too, but not as fail looking as the umbrella.

[ENLIGHTEN] 1208 Girls Series
This simple build for girls theme from Enlighten is better than the first two on top. first, you can always trust Enlighten will give you quality, not that perfect, but still.

That's a huge foliage build, basically this mini set is about a lady with a book in an island, probably standed in it, but that tree is one huge build and it's like it is the main focus of the miniset. The back of the boxart also offers alternate builds, but mostly about how you can setup the foliage.

It came with a pink chair, a goblet (must be beer, or any sparkly drink which bubbles) that abnormal looking coconut/palm tree, a mini base, a female minifig I named Teresa, who has green sleeves instead of the white one promised in the box, and a book printed tile, I don't know what book it is, must be a quran. or any arabic literature, so this girl must be from middle east or just understands this letters.

nice torso print, but I really prefer it with white sleeves, but overall this mini-set is still outstanding, despite its cheap price, and it came from Enlighten, so the whole mini set is really nice and descent. check out the alternate builds:

"let me enjoy this toxic looking drink while resting beside this bamboo"

"my garden really needs some color, maybe if I planted flowers instead of grass"

By the way, I have this tanned skin girl mini-figure that I have used and featured in some images before, which I don't know really from what brand it came from. It was given to me by my younger cousin, all I know is that it was part of a bigger set of a house or doll house of some sort, but I have no idea which brand it is, so I cannot research it, so if someone can tell me, please post a comment. here she is once again:

"I got tanned too much by hanging out with Pyro so much."

Cheap Mini Sets + Mini Figures Part 2 [ZHILING] [ENLIGHTEN] [COMPANION]

Hello again, and welcome to my Cheap Mini Sets review, part 2! a very nice greeting to start the blag entry,  influenced by JANGBRiCKS, one of my favorite YouTube channels, which reviews original LEGO products. But today, I am once again making some reviews of cheap knock-off mini sets that I own, because I don't have that much original sets from LEGO.

all yellow skintones' aye?

[ZHILING] DIVING TEAM No. A1014
Comes with 37 pieces, and suggests this toy is suitable for Ages 3+. Diving Team or Diving Team Super.

Still have the price tag sticking on front of the box, I bought this for PHP28.00 (Philippine Peso), that's equivalent to more than half US Dollar, really cheap. The back of the box does not show any alternate builds, and.. let's see why I'm not a fun of this set that much..

The set includes this small submarine-like apparatus, which has parts that are very loose, and the structure of this submarine is not that impressive. I get it, it's cheap, but the quality of some other cheap knockoffs are much better than this one. The diver, or marine guy whatever you wanna call him is not that an eye candy as well. plus, he has the race-car driver/ astronaut helmet, rather than the helmet with goggles, which will suit him better. Take a closer look at his face..

He is mad! He is either not happy of his job, or can't do his job well because of the style of visor he is wearing. This toy is market for kids, as the box say, ages 3+. I don't think a frowning face will make a kid happy playing with this. The print on his jacket seems nice, but other than that, nothing else. So he will be named Grumpy Joe.

This tiny submarine is no thrill as well. I don't like the yellow parts, too toxic looking. And when Grumpy Joe is sitting on his place, the propeller won't spin flawlessly because the oxygen tank at the back of the mini-fig is blocking it's way. Over all, this mini-set sucks.

[COMPANION] SUPER CAR No.102
The race car mini set is for Ages 5+.  I think this toy has no basic "series name" but the box says Super Car, so why not? let's see how super this is..

I got this for only PHP9.75! Nine Pesos and Seventy Five Cents! In Philippines, 1 US$ is equivalent to I guess 42-45 Pesos now, so to see how cheap this thing really is, do the math! The front and back box art is just the same. not sure what is front and back though.

Very clever design of race car, kinda look like just a skeleton, with no casing yet. Well this is the standard build for mini-sets cars, so don't expect too much. The yellow parts seems working well in this set, than the yellow parts in submarine one. The minifig, who I call Brad, wears appropriate racer suit and proper helmet, with neon visor.

Brad in his race car looks kinda like he is a kid in an amusement park, riding a novelty cart in one of the park's ride attractions. Again, this is a normal size build for cheap knockoffs. let's see what Brad's face looks like with the helmet off..

I like this particular print on this mini-fig's face. it's not the usual smiley face, but this one is more cartoony, and Brad looks handsome with this face print. no wonder a lot of his girl fans are dying to be around him..

[ENLIGHTEN] PIRATES SERIES 1201
Another favorite of mine, the pirate mini-fig and his little raft.

The box art looks pleasing, no wonder I bought this. I love the simple build that is shown in front, and the back offers alternate builds that can be made only using the actual parts that is included in the set. I tried this alternate builds, and you can see them at the bottom of this post.

Great looking raft, I did not expect too much, but this raft is really cool. The parts fits each other really well and does not fell apart easily. I love that pirate flag, which is printed. The pirate, now named Arge, has a nice smile on his face. He obviously needs to shave, but it doesn't matter, because it looks good on him as a pirate. He has a gown and a chrome silver sword, and a red bandana.

I really wish I have blue LEGO mat, for ocean/sea purpose. This Pirate raft will surely looks cool on it. The raft and the pirate dude does not look too simple, nor too outrageous. I think it is average, and is worth the price. and now for the alternate builds..

"how dare yah get ya'r nasty feet in my island, ya fool?"

*The're life's worth gold and pearls, my foes shall walk thy plank! Argh!!*

COMMENTS:
It's really cool that this knockoff LEGO companies has the different themes of mini-sets, for the kids to choose from. Either they'd like to be in a pirate era, or city, or in medieval stuff.

If you have any suggestions, or comments about the posts and toys featured in this blog, feel free to leave a comment below. I will surely appreciate it.