I fell down a rabbit hole of knock off Lego sets from China this morning, as you do, and found these two
Narcissus:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005413315934.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_groupList.8148356.63.49173b8ex4enpD&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21GBP%21￡496.67%21￡347.67%21%21%21%21%21%4021038edc16812834065644309e1ea3%2112000032955458815%21sh
Nostromo:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003568432630.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_groupList.8148356.69.49173b8ex4enpD&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21GBP%21￡577.11%21￡403.98%21%21%21%21%21%4021038edc16812834065644309e1ea3%2112000026320414106%21sh
pricey but cool
Quote from: maggieloveshopey on Apr 12, 2023, 07:19:50 AMI fell down a rabbit hole of knock off Lego sets from China this morning, as you do, and found these two
Narcissus:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005413315934.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_groupList.8148356.63.49173b8ex4enpD&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21GBP%21￡496.67%21￡347.67%21%21%21%21%21%4021038edc16812834065644309e1ea3%2112000032955458815%21sh
Nostromo:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003568432630.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_groupList.8148356.69.49173b8ex4enpD&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21GBP%21￡577.11%21￡403.98%21%21%21%21%21%4021038edc16812834065644309e1ea3%2112000026320414106%21sh
pricey but cool
Really cool find! I've never been into Lego (always prefer models etc to look screen accurate where possible) but these would tempt me (price aside!) 😁👍
Holy crap that's expensive, especially for a knockoff
The Nostromo is almost a meter long, damn.
Quote from: Stitch on Apr 12, 2023, 10:02:36 PMHoly crap that's expensive, especially for a knockoff
With Lego you pay around ten cents a brick, and these are around 7000-8500 bricks?
looks like a scam. Pics are taken from fan Lego builds.
ex:
https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-92753/Mihe%20Stonee/uscss-nostromo-9803-new-upload/#details
https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-128254/jellco/micro-aliens-series-part-i-ud-4l-dropship-flying-type/#buy_parts
you can use this site to buy the pdf with instructions and then buy the necessary lego bits from resellers.
That Narcissus looks fantastic, though it's funny that Rebrickable prices the set at over $3k if you buy the parts individually lol
https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-87504/Mihe%20Stonee/the-narcissus/#parts
Lego MSRP for pieces comes out to about $0.10 per piece so if it were made "officially" it'd cost around $800ish when compared to lego sets with similar parts counts, not taking into account the "licensing tax".
BlueBrixx did a licensed Nostromo some time ago, I think.
https://www.bluebrixx.com/de/scifi/103712/Nave-Nostro-BlueBrixx-Special
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 27, 2023, 08:49:35 AMBlueBrixx did a licensed Nostromo some time ago, I think.
https://www.bluebrixx.com/de/scifi/103712/Nave-Nostro-BlueBrixx-Special
Nnnngggh!
Quote from: skhellter on Apr 14, 2023, 10:43:49 AMlooks like a scam. Pics are taken from fan Lego builds.
ex:
https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-92753/Mihe%20Stonee/uscss-nostromo-9803-new-upload/#details
https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-128254/jellco/micro-aliens-series-part-i-ud-4l-dropship-flying-type/#buy_parts
you can use this site to buy the pdf with instructions and then buy the necessary lego bits from resellers.
I don't know if its a scam, they probably are using the bricklinks instructions and selling knockoff bricks, Iv heard that though aliexpress is mostly bad quality knock offs there are very few flat out scams.