The LEPIN "LEGO" for non sensitive types
Discussion
The UCS Falcon arrived yesterday. The box was smaller than expected as it was a cube. Very securely packaged, all wrapped in thick tape. Some of the bags had split open during transit but nothing too major. The instruction manual is folded 90 degrees in the box but again no panic, it's not the Lego version after all. Checked every part against the official Lego inventory. looks like 2 parts have substitutions, the turntable for the radar and some hinge plates (2x2 instead of 1x2). Roughly 12 small parts missing but easily obtained on Bricklink or Brickowl, cost me four pounds to get the ones I didn't have spares for. Build looks identical apart from the substitutions. Built up to step 40, you know you aren't building with proper lego but it's not far off. The pieces look very similar but the fit and feel just isn't quite 100%, but close. If anything it's a bit stiffer to assemble and 1 piece has already needed glue to hold it. Again nothing major for the price.
All in all, I'm most impressed
All in all, I'm most impressed
callmedave said:
AndrewEH1 said:
AliExpress, the eBay of the east!
Thanks, it Ali express reliable? never used it, but looks a little dodgy!More seriously I've not bought much from them but had no issues. They are akin to the Ebay "marketplace", ie traders so it's very much a mixed bag, some traders are awesome, others not so much and you have the additional "fun" of coming from a long way away with a different language.
Aliexpress does it's best though to make it "safe", they hold the money in escrow until you confirm delivery and then have another (14 days IIRC) to raise disputes with the seller.
Well my falcon turned up - I pre ordered in late August - and there was a lot of plastic bricks.
Didn't get to build for few days but then the wife was away for another 5 days. So perfect.
I'd always planned to time lapse build the Falcon as I had done with the SSD a month earlier, except this time a little different. Rather than seeing me build it piece by piece, I was going to be complexity out of shot and not appearing in any shots in fact so you would just see the Falcon slowly grow up from the table.
Well it's all done and the time lapses have come out quite nicely.
Links below
First is the 11 minute video so quite bit slower but you get to see a lot more as it's not flying by in such a blur. There is a little extra added to the end of this one.
https://youtu.be/YN2czicTAJM
Secondly is the light speed edition. Same video (well 95% of it), and but this one is only 55 seconds.
https://youtu.be/Eax8-FJjPlI
And for anyone who cares, here is the SSD time lapse with me in it, well mainly my torso and arms (and a tiny bit of my three kids)
https://youtu.be/urPzB_cLdOI
And here's a pic of all my UCS (ish) builds together two Lepin ones in the middle with the RD's on either size
Didn't get to build for few days but then the wife was away for another 5 days. So perfect.
I'd always planned to time lapse build the Falcon as I had done with the SSD a month earlier, except this time a little different. Rather than seeing me build it piece by piece, I was going to be complexity out of shot and not appearing in any shots in fact so you would just see the Falcon slowly grow up from the table.
Well it's all done and the time lapses have come out quite nicely.
Links below
First is the 11 minute video so quite bit slower but you get to see a lot more as it's not flying by in such a blur. There is a little extra added to the end of this one.
https://youtu.be/YN2czicTAJM
Secondly is the light speed edition. Same video (well 95% of it), and but this one is only 55 seconds.
https://youtu.be/Eax8-FJjPlI
And for anyone who cares, here is the SSD time lapse with me in it, well mainly my torso and arms (and a tiny bit of my three kids)
https://youtu.be/urPzB_cLdOI
And here's a pic of all my UCS (ish) builds together two Lepin ones in the middle with the RD's on either size
Edited by Jouster74 on Saturday 15th October 17:13
Edited by Jouster74 on Saturday 15th October 17:14
Jouster74 said:
Secondly is the light speed edition. Same video (well 95% of it), and but this one is only 55 seconds.
https://youtu.be/Eax8-FJjPlI
Great vid, and nice collection.https://youtu.be/Eax8-FJjPlI
OpulentBob said:
Great video, the long one. I couldn't get the SSD one to play, says its not available. You a fellow Colcestrian I see (from your other vids), I used to practically live on Mersea...
It doesn't like playing on phones for some reason. Something to do with copyright and my music of choice, hence the reason for the other videos being silent. If you can be bothered, try watching it on a computer/laptop as it seems to work fine then. And yes Colchester indeed. Well a village between Mersea and the aforementioned.
Jouster74 said:
OpulentBob said:
Great video, the long one. I couldn't get the SSD one to play, says its not available. You a fellow Colcestrian I see (from your other vids), I used to practically live on Mersea...
It doesn't like playing on phones for some reason. Something to do with copyright and my music of choice, hence the reason for the other videos being silent. If you can be bothered, try watching it on a computer/laptop as it seems to work fine then. And yes Colchester indeed. Well a village between Mersea and the aforementioned.
I'm a Fingringhoe-ite...
Gassing Station | Scale Models | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff