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Not just in regards to Lego but everything.
So as Xingbao doesn't seem to have obtained any license to those IP's, they have now lowered themselves to the same level as Lepin.
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Why is it okay for these custom minifigure sites to infringe on IP rights, but not okay for Lepin and Xingbao to do exactly the same thing?
This. Why risk the money required to defend themselves for a few bucks from Xingbao? Lepin never cared about the designers of sets they sold, why would Xingbao be any different ??
Also, legality aside, why would anyone put their names on vastly inferior products? I understand if they design for Mega brand (whatever they called themselves), at least their bricks hold together ok. Whatever Lepin produced is crap compared to any other brand
I totally get that, the AFOL cant give Lepin the rights to produce something they themselves dont have the rights to. I guess I was just being thick when I said that and not really thinking. But for MOCs that are not part of a licensed product, my view still stands. If TLG doesnt want to produce it then I dont see a problem with AFOLs agreeing to a deal with Lepin.
Well then LEGO is doomed :(
Far from it. LEGO is still the biggest toy manufacturer on the planet, and the competitors have a long way to go before LEGO will be in any real danger. But they certainly cannot just sit back and rest on their laurels.
I recently bought some sets made by iifun (they make all sorts of cheap toys found in Target, Walmart, etc), fully expecting to keep the "egg" packaging they came in and toss the bricks, but I ended up keeping them because the quality of the parts was as good as any LEGO I own, and better than some of it. There were a bunch of part #4085 in those knock-off sets, and none of them broke, and none of the cheese slopes have cracked. Meanwhile I've got a bunch of genuine #4085s that snapped, and stories of cracked cheese slopes are all over the forum. LEGO customer service is apparently top-notch, and would replace the broken parts if I asked them. The iifun sets might disintegrate in a week or two, at which point I'll report back about it.
I foresee in the future XingBao may have more and more models from designers based on original MOCs such as below upcoming one that does not need any licenses.
Apart from the minifigs I have no issue with such sets. They really need to come up with their own minifig design though if they really want to be 100% above board. There might also still be issues with some of the bricks.
But at least their logo doesn't seem to try to create confusion about being original Lego. (disclaimer: as a non-native of China, it's difficult for me to see what might/might not look similar to TLG's logo in that region)
That is a really beautiful set. I'd be tempted to buy it just for the instructions to try to reproduce it in LEGO.
I mean, it's not like Xingbao / Lepin have any issue with people copying stuff wholesale, right?
I thought the same thing. It's $83 on AliExpress.
Seriously, I think it's because some of them were originally based on Seb's Blockhead figures (the Ant-Man one from what I can see is a rip off of Seb's).
They are the Westworld versions where everything can be fake. ;)
(Still crying bout the Chinese?)
WHAT!?!?!?! They really put him in the Super Heroes theme? WHAT.THE.HECK.
Oh gosh. That's bad. That's worse than bad...that's...disgusting.
Glancing at my Lepin UCS Falcon causes me to disagree with you on this one. Getting to build and display this model was a real joy. And not a single person who has admired it knows or cares that it isn't authentic LEGO
tnat said, i have no plans to purchase any more Lepin sets, and I will be on line to buy the rumored new Falcon when it's released
(And imagine a Go-Bot meme.)
I love how the figure looks absolutely nothing like the character on the box. Even the eyes are Cars-style windscreen eyes rather than the headlight eyes of the character.
WHAT!?!?!?! They really put him in the Super Heroes theme? WHAT.THE.HECK.
Isn't that where most of the other meglomaniac super villains are?
WHAT IS THAT!?!?! TAKE IT AWAY!! ;).
Yes, I could understand maybe buying a huge set, like say...the Super Star Destroyer but other than that...well, Lepin isn't and never will be Lego, no matter how hard they copy. As far as I know, Lepin hasn't come up with a single original idea.
It's pretty obvious really. I don't *care* about whether or not I can claim to own an actual #10179. But I have an extremely accurate replica of it that fills the exact same role (display) and that I was able to enjoy the exact same building experience. It's like someone owning a print of a famous painting. They don't claim to own the original, but they still get to enjoy all the benefits of being able to display it
the value to me is the fact that I got to build it and get to display it, not the ego stroking provided by being able to check a box on the internet that says I own an original
I think the Ferrari 308 is a beautiful car, but unless a miracle happens, I'll never own one. Meanwhile I have a Pontiac Fiero, and for a fraction of the price of the Ferrari it could be converted to a replica Ferrari, which I could then maintain myself and afford to drive.
All ABS will eventually degrade back to mostly Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen.
Although probably not in my lifetime?
Bricklinking the parts to recreate the sets would be almost as crazy price wise, in my view.
Although I understand the thrill of the chase that some people have had and other people will have by doing this.
If TLG had given me an option to buy these sets as reproductions, even with updated techniques and substituted parts, I probably would have bought from TLG.
Lepin gave me the option of seeing these Modular models in their original form, except for the Lego Logo on the studs. The building experience was just as enjoyable as for my other Modulars,
Displayed next to my TLG Lego Modulars I can only see this Logo difference when I get very close to them. The quality of the bricks seems just as good, but time, colour fading and clutch power may tell a different story?
Best of all the Lepin ones are a fraction of the price of even new TLG Modulars.
Fed Ex actually made more money on the deal shipping them to me than Lepin did.
Would I buy other Lepin models?
Maybe, if I moved to China or the sets appeared on the shelves at Tesco?
Maybe if Lepin produced something unique of their own which was well designed?
Maybe if TLG continue to hike their RRP's to staggering levels above the cost of production?
Disney Castle?
Death Star?
etc?
This justification sounds as though you're stroking your own ego.
Nope. Just answering a question that was asked
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