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| | | Author: | KitKat53  | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2020 11:56 | | Subject: | LEGO knock-offs | | Viewed: | 173 times | | Topic: | Colors | | Status: | Open | |
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| Has anyone (besides me) seen the newer LEGO knock-offs?! It's almost as if
someone defected from LEGO and took the color recipes with them!! The latest
batch I got at auction is loaded with them. I used to be able to tell the difference
just by looking at them. The colors were always just a little off, and many didn't
come in anything close to the LEGO colors. I have had to check every single piece
of this latest batch because the colors are almost identical! And pieces that
didn't come in the oh-so-close LEGO colors now do!! The colors are so close
that I've had to look at the smaller pieces under a magnifying glass to check
for the LEGO logo! It's frustrating to pay for what I think is a box of LEGO
only to find more than 3/4 are knock-offs!!
If anyone else is buying their stock at auction or at Thrift stores, check very
carefully that what you have is genuine LEGO.
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| | | | | Author: | capcreations | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2020 12:51 | | Subject: | Re: LEGO knock-offs | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, KitKat53 writes:
| | Has anyone (besides me) seen the newer LEGO knock-offs?! It's almost as if
someone defected from LEGO and took the color recipes with them!! The latest
batch I got at auction is loaded with them. I used to be able to tell the difference
just by looking at them. The colors were always just a little off, and many didn't
come in anything close to the LEGO colors. I have had to check every single piece
of this latest batch because the colors are almost identical! And pieces that
didn't come in the oh-so-close LEGO colors now do!! The colors are so close
that I've had to look at the smaller pieces under a magnifying glass to check
for the LEGO logo! It's frustrating to pay for what I think is a box of LEGO
only to find more than 3/4 are knock-offs!!
If anyone else is buying their stock at auction or at Thrift stores, check very
carefully that what you have is genuine LEGO.
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That's terrible. I always check each individual part for that reason. Colour,
Lego logo, weight, feel of the plastic etc. You can sometimes just tell by the
weight but there are some good knock-offs out there. To the trained eye though,
I've never come across anything I couldn't yet verify. Both buyers and
sellers definitely need to be careful.
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| | | | | Author: | mjsheller | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2020 19:57 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| | | | | Author: | Alex_Woodlands | | Posted: | Aug 19, 2020 04:51 | | Subject: | Re: LEGO knock-offs | | Viewed: | 83 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, KitKat53 writes:
| | If anyone else is buying their stock at auction or at Thrift stores, check very
carefully that what you have is genuine LEGO.
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Yes the fakes are getting really good now and sometimes they even show up as
a single part within a 'complete' minifig that doesn't have the Lego
logo even if it all otherwise matches up. All needs checking very carefully.
If they ever start using the Lego logo it will become impossible to tell.
Alex
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