Lego Clone/Copy Items

asherkobin

Please don't berate me, I know what I'm getting into.  I have spent thousands on Lego for the past 20 years.  That being said, I want the BUGATTI CHIRON 42083 at a substantial lower price.  I would consider buying a clone but I'd love to hear reviews.  Is there a Lego clone review website?  Or any other helpful advice.

madforLEGO

Here is some advice, buy the legitimate product. Many here have bought LEGO for the past 20 years (including myself). Buying black and gray market items only hurt LEGO and fly in the face of IP laws. I get that LEGO is not cheap, but it is what it is. If you do not want to buy it new, find someone selling a used one for a bit less, or watch sites like Amazon for a discount ( as sometimes it does happen). However, I doubt you are going to find a lot of people here that will endorse buying counterfeiters like Lepin

CCC

I agree. Wait for a discount. In the UK it is £330 but amazon sell it for £260, already a substantial discount. Second hand is cheaper still. Buy second hand, build it, play with it, display it, then sell it in a few years and it probably won't have cost you very much at all.

SumoLego

madforLEGO said:

Here is some advice, buy the legitimate product... I get that LEGO is not cheap, but it is what it is...

LEGO makes a premium product worth copying because they negotiate the licensing rights, put in the design costs and pay the marketing costs so the product is successful.

Otherwise, we'll all just be complaining about how nobody produces scale buildable supercars in the toy brick sector.

babieface75

It is/was £251 at Zavvi the other day,if that helps

Bobflip

Yeah, not for a set that's still being sold. I admit I bought the Lepin MF clone some years back, but I legit thought that was the only way I'd be able to experience it and still wrestled with it mentally. 

MrJackson

A few years ago right here on Brickset there was a guest review of the Lepin Super Star Destroyer. Very interesting and well worth checking out:

https://brickset.com/article/29578/review-lepin-super-star-destroyer