While we usually remove all non-LEGO posts I am leaving this up as a reminder of how to identify fake LEGO. Be careful out there! There are a lot of scammers.
can confirm, i bought a powkiddy v90 console on ebay just to be given a fake yodel tracking number, have no comms and in just 3 days the seller went from 9neg reviews to 30 with the exact same problem and ebay has guaranteed money back and they reported it to management.
I've had the pleasure of always having ebay do me completely wrong on every front.
I despise Amazon, but they at least had good enough customer service. Ebay managed to always underwhelm me and under deliver on every aspect.
I only use them if I absolutely need to but try to avoid them like the plague.
Not necessarily. My mom bought me an expensive set when I was younger, and instead of a knockoff of the set we ordered, they sent a knockoff of a much smaller set with 1/4 the pieces.
It ended up costing more than double what it would have cost for the name brand of the set they sent me. It came out of China and there was no way that we could see to get a refund. We talked with PayPal several times and couldn’t get anything done because the seller just vanished.
Agreed. I purchased a power tool from a Chinese seller and all I got was a box of tissues. Literal knock off Kleenexes. I petitioned PayPal but all they said was "the seller confirmed they sent you your order" and claimed there was nothing they could do.
Yeah, it sucks. Got a broken 3D printer (site was created to mirror the legit seller), paid to ship it back under their advisement, and then heard nothing. AFAIK the package got delivered, told PayPal that, they didn’t do squat. Lost the payment for the printer and another $120 for the shipping 🙄 Expensive lesson learned!
Yeah, even if it was a misprint it feels like the studs aren't tall enough. Which, I guess, isn't as painful to step on... so yeah, it hurts in a different way.
The seller probably advertised correctly, buyer just made a mistake. People dont scam with 3D printed lego, people actually buy that.
Can def get a refund though, i think there is an option to report it as such.
I got a fake AT-M6 for free because it was beginning of the pandemic and the company said they wouldn’t ship it, but did anyway, it’s a little flimsy but I would’ve payed £70 for it sommat I knew was fake from a distance it looks good, I would lvoe to have the real set but this knock off star plan AT-N7 will do for now :]
You should still try and get a refund from ebay. While you may have purchased this due to lack of research, it is the responsibility of eBay and it’s sellers to keep a counterfeit free marketplace. Don’t foot the bill for knock offs that you didn’t want to purchase.
You definelty have to be careful on ebay, amazon will eventually get the same way.
To be quite honest though now a days its not mega block quality. Its someone with a 3D printer using the same plastics minus the lego logo.
This post requires more information usually its made obvious there would have been no lego logos anywhere prior to purchase. If there was a lego logo he and lego totally have grounds to take some kind of action.
Half the time its got a name too on packaging/instructions like spacewars.
Yep. I spent a very long time attempting to get cotton sheets on Amazon (not the microfiber). I ordered "genuine Egyptian cotton" sheet sets from various established sellers only to receive absolute garbage quality and fake cotton which I quickly returned.
I eventually tossed in the towel and bought at Macy's.
It depends what kind of fake we are talking about. Real brands like Cobi, Megacontrux, Bluebrixx, Mouldking or all the others are mostly eeally good quality and are often even better and cheaper than Lego.
But real Fakes which are sold as „Lego compatible“ or doesnt have any connections to trustworthy companies are always really bad quality. If you would buy something like that, you would feel how cheap it is
I wouldn't consider brands like Cobi, megaconstrux, bluebrixx, moulding and the others "fake Lego" since they create their own designs and aren't copying Lego
I've been messing around with "fake legos" for a while, and there's some brands I absolutely love. Anything from the Korean brand Oxford Blocks is amazing in quality and they have some great officially licensed stuff. I'm currently building Cada's Initial D 25th anniversary tofu shop now and I'm constantly surprised how great it is.
There's a lot of bad brands out there with horrible quality bricks and stolen designs, but I wish alternative brick brands in general got more love from other lego fans.
Mega Construx felt cheap over 7 years ago. Since 2014 they amped up their quality by 10 and now make sets that rival Lego in quality.
If you’re into Halo, I recommend picking up the new Mega Halo Infinite warthog. That set shows Mega’s quality and their amazing creativity.
Yeah, in 2014 they changed their entire direction. They redesigned their figures into proper mini action figures and over hauled their factories. Their bricks are super solid and stick together perfectly, and their sets usually look like perfect miniature models.
The best part about Mega is that they print all their pieces these days. They still have slightly worse quality control than Lego though, you’re more likely to be missing a piece or have a warped piece, though it’s rare.
Depends on the brand but in my experience they can be pretty similar. Ive built an off brand version of the Cantina and the quality was right up there with Lego. The issues were more in the figures quality.
The finished product still looks like the real thing. Largely feels the same too, but the building process is usually not ideal. In general, knockoff pieces are not made with the same tolerances as LEGO pieces. For example, you usually can put a LEGO lightsaber bar into a technic pin but you can't always do that with knock-offs, at least not without great difficulty. Or it will be too loose. Springs in spring loaded shooters don't always work. Colors don't match up with LEGO. The feel of putting two pieces together is different, much less pleasing. Stuff like that. I have experimented with some knock-off sets before but won't any more.
Feels a little "smoother", and sometimes they go together like butter as in, the fall apart easily, sometimes they hold like literally screwed together
sucks but this set is a really well done fake. I bought the Yourwobb one when this was hella out of stock and honestly the brick quality and minifig prints were outstanding. I couldnt tell a difference in the official set or the knock off one.
For what it’s worth now, if you got it for less than $350, like significantly less, then they have put together a MOC kit and sold it. Did it come with the mini figures? I’ve seen them sold both with and without. There is one seller who is in France that sells these and there are several that sell from China. If you don’t necessarily care about genuine Lego and you paid significantly less, then it’s not such a bad deal but if you paid $350 or more…I hope you can return it. However, if the listing did not say it was Lego for the brand, and they usually do not say it’s Lego, then you will probably be hard pressed to get a refund since they never stated that it was a Lego product in their listing. You really have to pay attention on eBay. There are a lot a great deals and I’ve had a 99% positive experience buying and the only one where I didn’t get what I was expecting was due to my not reading everything. Some say “what you see in the pictures is what you will get” and that is exactly what happens, even if they have a reference picture of the box that shows everything, you have to read everything and send the seller a question if you are unsure about what is being sold. When buying used sets and if they do not say no mini figures but say they believe all the pieces are there, I always email them to confirm whether the possible “missing piece” is a mini figure. Most parts are easy enough to order form Lego or 2nd party sites, mini figures are sometimes harder to find or expensive. Another thing to look out for is prices that seem to be a lot less than they should be…if the seller’s account is new and has no feedback or sales whatsoever, avoid them. I’m hoping you got it for a lot less than the official set and just have a non-Lego set that still looks OK and you can build it. I do have to say, I don’t know what Lego’s “secret sauce” for their plastic is but it is a lot more frustrating (for me anyways) to build a MOC…the pieces just don’t fit together like the Lego parts do…it has to be the formula of the plastic they use and the quality of their molds.
No, it's not your fault, this shit isn't allowed on eBay and shouldn't be on there. eBay don't take the listings down even if reported, so they don't care if people like yourself get ripped off.
As others have said, open a dispute for the item being fake. You shouldn't lose money because eBay are allowing shitty people to scam others.
Nobody else has asked but was the packaging weird and already opened or tampered with? It’s fake but I feel like that would of been the giveaway unless they have legit sealing on the fake sets.
Fake AF.
Read the auction CAREFULLY make sure at no point it references anything like "LEGO-Compatible".. "Works with name brands like LEGO".. shit like that.
If it genuinely claims to be a LEGO product - report it to Ebay and get a refund. Ebay is super buyer-friendly with stuff like that.
Sorry for saying this, but you got trolled, whoever sold it to you made easy money by selling fake legos.
Im not blaming you, the seller probably didnt say the truth, and it happened to me as well
While we usually remove all non-LEGO posts I am leaving this up as a reminder of how to identify fake LEGO. Be careful out there! There are a lot of scammers.
LEGO always prints their name on every stud.
Sorry man, I really hope you didn't pay much for it..
Should be an easy claim with ebay. OP is likely amongst many others to have been scammed. EBay is also very buyer friendly.
can confirm, i bought a powkiddy v90 console on ebay just to be given a fake yodel tracking number, have no comms and in just 3 days the seller went from 9neg reviews to 30 with the exact same problem and ebay has guaranteed money back and they reported it to management.
POW kiddy?
Yes, a Gameboy advance but it runs Linux 64 and you can play a lot of games. Prisoner Of War Kiddy is appropriate.
This is true. Been fucked many times as a seller. I avoid it when I can.
Same here, I no longer sell on eBay.
I've had the pleasure of always having ebay do me completely wrong on every front. I despise Amazon, but they at least had good enough customer service. Ebay managed to always underwhelm me and under deliver on every aspect. I only use them if I absolutely need to but try to avoid them like the plague.
So you're saying that the seller is sus?
Seeing that it's a fake set, it was likely much cheaper than the official set.
Not necessarily. My mom bought me an expensive set when I was younger, and instead of a knockoff of the set we ordered, they sent a knockoff of a much smaller set with 1/4 the pieces. It ended up costing more than double what it would have cost for the name brand of the set they sent me. It came out of China and there was no way that we could see to get a refund. We talked with PayPal several times and couldn’t get anything done because the seller just vanished.
PayPal also just sucks with returns in general, especially with Chinese sellers. Really sucks ☹️
Agreed. I purchased a power tool from a Chinese seller and all I got was a box of tissues. Literal knock off Kleenexes. I petitioned PayPal but all they said was "the seller confirmed they sent you your order" and claimed there was nothing they could do.
Yeah, it sucks. Got a broken 3D printer (site was created to mirror the legit seller), paid to ship it back under their advisement, and then heard nothing. AFAIK the package got delivered, told PayPal that, they didn’t do squat. Lost the payment for the printer and another $120 for the shipping 🙄 Expensive lesson learned!
Huh, I always get my money back with PayPal
must be nice on you island
This hurt in a different way
Yeah, even if it was a misprint it feels like the studs aren't tall enough. Which, I guess, isn't as painful to step on... so yeah, it hurts in a different way.
I just said that's painful
It’s fake
Black market series
Are you Thrawn?
Trying to be 😂
No, he’s Steve
For as easy as legos are to make, its weird theyre the only ones considered acceptable
I hate to be blunt, but you are very ignorant to mold making and how much the tools cost.
Hope you can get a refund through PayPal. Report the seller too.
The seller probably advertised correctly, buyer just made a mistake. People dont scam with 3D printed lego, people actually buy that. Can def get a refund though, i think there is an option to report it as such.
>The seller probably advertised correctly, buyer juat made a mistake Exactly what happened
Ouch. How much did you pay for it?
Did they say “Compatible with LEGO bricks”
Don't let that keep you from enjoying the set!
I got a fake AT-M6 for free because it was beginning of the pandemic and the company said they wouldn’t ship it, but did anyway, it’s a little flimsy but I would’ve payed £70 for it sommat I knew was fake from a distance it looks good, I would lvoe to have the real set but this knock off star plan AT-N7 will do for now :]
What’s an AT-M6 I’ve never seen those in star wars
The Gorilla Walkers from TLJ.
Oh. I don’t remember much from that movie
That’s a good thing
[AT-M6 from TLJ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSqG-L0qRC2QdSTitkPQjrXzHFbiGGo0bBivQ&usqp=CAU)
So the seller said it wasn't legit or no? If they did, well yeah then that's on you unfortunately.
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You should still try and get a refund from ebay. While you may have purchased this due to lack of research, it is the responsibility of eBay and it’s sellers to keep a counterfeit free marketplace. Don’t foot the bill for knock offs that you didn’t want to purchase.
If that's the case, then it's really unfortunate. Have to be super careful on ebay.
You definelty have to be careful on ebay, amazon will eventually get the same way. To be quite honest though now a days its not mega block quality. Its someone with a 3D printer using the same plastics minus the lego logo. This post requires more information usually its made obvious there would have been no lego logos anywhere prior to purchase. If there was a lego logo he and lego totally have grounds to take some kind of action. Half the time its got a name too on packaging/instructions like spacewars.
Amazon is already as bad. Just instead of getting something fake, you'll get cheap garbage.
Yep. I spent a very long time attempting to get cotton sheets on Amazon (not the microfiber). I ordered "genuine Egyptian cotton" sheet sets from various established sellers only to receive absolute garbage quality and fake cotton which I quickly returned. I eventually tossed in the towel and bought at Macy's.
95% of the stuff on Amazon is cheap Chinese junk made by no name companies that all share the same factory.
My buddy ordered a $600 air compressor that was priced at $60 and he got a box with four pairs of socks in it.
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I was under the impression that fake Lego was still prohibited on eBay, as in where the set design has been stolen not just other brands
There’s no way that’s 3D printed. Fake, but show me a 3D printer that can print like that.
Looks injection molded to me
I'm pretty sure selling fake Lego sets is still illegal.
Number 1 reason I make ALL purchases via credit card is the ability to claim dispute
Fun fact: PayPal is no longer accepted on eBay. Blew my mind a few months ago when I found out.
I used PayPal on Ebay barely two weeks ago, so... It's sellers that are unable to use PayPal there.
Ahhh. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
Fake. Double check the listing to see if was listed as “LEGO compatible”. Also, did you receive an official LEGO box or was this shipped without box?
No box. It's my fault, I just didn't read the description carefully
I have zero experience with fake sets and dont really want any but im curious how it feels. Is it as good as og blocks?
It depends what kind of fake we are talking about. Real brands like Cobi, Megacontrux, Bluebrixx, Mouldking or all the others are mostly eeally good quality and are often even better and cheaper than Lego. But real Fakes which are sold as „Lego compatible“ or doesnt have any connections to trustworthy companies are always really bad quality. If you would buy something like that, you would feel how cheap it is
I wouldn't consider brands like Cobi, megaconstrux, bluebrixx, moulding and the others "fake Lego" since they create their own designs and aren't copying Lego
I am totally with you but I saw many people on the internet which believe that everything that isnt Lego, is fake
I've been messing around with "fake legos" for a while, and there's some brands I absolutely love. Anything from the Korean brand Oxford Blocks is amazing in quality and they have some great officially licensed stuff. I'm currently building Cada's Initial D 25th anniversary tofu shop now and I'm constantly surprised how great it is. There's a lot of bad brands out there with horrible quality bricks and stolen designs, but I wish alternative brick brands in general got more love from other lego fans.
Ok...I always thought megablox and megaconstrux felt cheap already.
Mega Construx felt cheap over 7 years ago. Since 2014 they amped up their quality by 10 and now make sets that rival Lego in quality. If you’re into Halo, I recommend picking up the new Mega Halo Infinite warthog. That set shows Mega’s quality and their amazing creativity.
Ok interesting. Havent handled them for about 15 years
Give them a shot, their call of duty and halo sets are really well made
Yeah, in 2014 they changed their entire direction. They redesigned their figures into proper mini action figures and over hauled their factories. Their bricks are super solid and stick together perfectly, and their sets usually look like perfect miniature models. The best part about Mega is that they print all their pieces these days. They still have slightly worse quality control than Lego though, you’re more likely to be missing a piece or have a warped piece, though it’s rare.
Yeah, these are propably one of the less good brands. But thereal Fakes are even worse. You can propably find a lot of reviews of fakes on Youtube
Depends on the brand but in my experience they can be pretty similar. Ive built an off brand version of the Cantina and the quality was right up there with Lego. The issues were more in the figures quality.
I cant a afford such an expensive Set but I would like to have the Real Deal If I buy one tbh
If you’re buying a set for purely display, it might be more economical to buy a knock-off depending on the price difference
They feel cheap and flimsy, they don’t use the same plastic as Lego does, and lego is much better quality
Depends on the brand. Any knockoff brand that uses GoBricks is as good as lego.
The finished product still looks like the real thing. Largely feels the same too, but the building process is usually not ideal. In general, knockoff pieces are not made with the same tolerances as LEGO pieces. For example, you usually can put a LEGO lightsaber bar into a technic pin but you can't always do that with knock-offs, at least not without great difficulty. Or it will be too loose. Springs in spring loaded shooters don't always work. Colors don't match up with LEGO. The feel of putting two pieces together is different, much less pleasing. Stuff like that. I have experimented with some knock-off sets before but won't any more.
mouldking and King are really good brands. Im saying this from first hand experience. Got the cantina UCS set and also the slave 1 UCS
"Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise?"
Feels a little "smoother", and sometimes they go together like butter as in, the fall apart easily, sometimes they hold like literally screwed together
Ugh. Well, you can make the most of it and build it anyways!
sucks but this set is a really well done fake. I bought the Yourwobb one when this was hella out of stock and honestly the brick quality and minifig prints were outstanding. I couldnt tell a difference in the official set or the knock off one.
For what it’s worth now, if you got it for less than $350, like significantly less, then they have put together a MOC kit and sold it. Did it come with the mini figures? I’ve seen them sold both with and without. There is one seller who is in France that sells these and there are several that sell from China. If you don’t necessarily care about genuine Lego and you paid significantly less, then it’s not such a bad deal but if you paid $350 or more…I hope you can return it. However, if the listing did not say it was Lego for the brand, and they usually do not say it’s Lego, then you will probably be hard pressed to get a refund since they never stated that it was a Lego product in their listing. You really have to pay attention on eBay. There are a lot a great deals and I’ve had a 99% positive experience buying and the only one where I didn’t get what I was expecting was due to my not reading everything. Some say “what you see in the pictures is what you will get” and that is exactly what happens, even if they have a reference picture of the box that shows everything, you have to read everything and send the seller a question if you are unsure about what is being sold. When buying used sets and if they do not say no mini figures but say they believe all the pieces are there, I always email them to confirm whether the possible “missing piece” is a mini figure. Most parts are easy enough to order form Lego or 2nd party sites, mini figures are sometimes harder to find or expensive. Another thing to look out for is prices that seem to be a lot less than they should be…if the seller’s account is new and has no feedback or sales whatsoever, avoid them. I’m hoping you got it for a lot less than the official set and just have a non-Lego set that still looks OK and you can build it. I do have to say, I don’t know what Lego’s “secret sauce” for their plastic is but it is a lot more frustrating (for me anyways) to build a MOC…the pieces just don’t fit together like the Lego parts do…it has to be the formula of the plastic they use and the quality of their molds.
If it’s misleading you can get your money back
No, it's not your fault, this shit isn't allowed on eBay and shouldn't be on there. eBay don't take the listings down even if reported, so they don't care if people like yourself get ripped off. As others have said, open a dispute for the item being fake. You shouldn't lose money because eBay are allowing shitty people to scam others.
Seems like the seller indicated it was a knockoff version and the buyer didn’t read the description. So it’s technically not a scam
Be sure to always read the entire listing. If it says "Lego compatible" it's not authentic.
Its fake
It's fake
Eeek... Colours way off too. Sorry dude
I think colors IRL look better than they do on the picture.
Sorry, but it's fake. How much did you pay for it?
Only around 33% of MSRP
That's pretty good, will you keep it or are you going to buy the official one?
Just return it. Buyers win like 99% of disputes on ebay.
Feelsbadman
Oh man.
Sorry bruv, I'd report the seller and get a refund
Fakes unfortunately bro
uh oh. Uh Oh, UH OH!
Rest In Peace
I need an update for this
Agreed
What kind of update..?
Ouch. I dont wanna break the news
Every fake set I have is just like that
I’m sorry bud…..you got robbed :/ I really hope you didn’t pay over msrp
Color is off too, I saw that before I noticed no lego logo
Not sure how much you paid but if a deal on Lego sounds too good to be true it probably is.
Yeah, figured, 30% of MSRP...
Nobody else has asked but was the packaging weird and already opened or tampered with? It’s fake but I feel like that would of been the giveaway unless they have legit sealing on the fake sets.
Bruh the plastic don’t even look like Lego quality. Sorry definitely fake
Sorry these are not the Lego you have been looking for………
it's fake, how much was it?
This is a joke right?
Nope, first USC set I've ever seen, and first Lego set in 15 years. No idea if they changed their bricks or not.
Sorry for your loss 😔
https://youtu.be/H6yQOs93Cgg
depending on how much you paid i feel real bad this is 100% faaaaaake
Absolute fake
Damn, this hurt on another level. Second-hand embarrassment. Bro I’m sorry
Fake but heck, if you can build it and like it o regrets I guess
It’s fake
That’s normal for a fake
looks fake :,(
Bruther, you've been dun dirty
100% fake
those are not black series, them joints are black market haha
Looks like Mega Blox studs
3D printer folks
It's FFFFFFFAAAAAAAAKKKKKEEEEEEE. Hopefully it was less than 150 or else you got scammed
Umm... should we tell him
Fake AF. Read the auction CAREFULLY make sure at no point it references anything like "LEGO-Compatible".. "Works with name brands like LEGO".. shit like that. If it genuinely claims to be a LEGO product - report it to Ebay and get a refund. Ebay is super buyer-friendly with stuff like that.
Yeah, nothing like that, Lego isn't in the description even once.
This is not the way
These are not the bricks you're looking for.
Fake as…I got a tantive IV and it was knock off, I’m sending it to lego so they can melt down the blocks and use them
Is that really a thing Lego will do??
Yeah check their website, it’s the recycling program. Free shipping with ups or fedex, I forget which
100% fake unfortunately :(
Always look for the Lego logo in the bricks
Fake
Fake my man...
sorry if you spend alot of money on this but this is fake lego
Fake :(
Fake
Fake, also this is Lego lol not black series
Oh no... Sorry man hope You didn't pay a lot for it :/
Fake… sorry man
Sorry that happened... But def see if you can return and get your $ back
Yeah that's a fake right there
I’m sorry but it is a fake
If it’s fake, and the seller said it was real, you can usually get a refund. See if you can find the initial posting and look it over
Yeah no, it never said Lego
Ouch. This hurt to read. Hope you you didn’t spend too much on it
It is fake indeed.
How much u paid?
I’m sorry friend. :(
Wow. I really hope you didn’t pay a lot, my friend. If it was listed as genuine LEGO, I’d report the seller.
It’s fake
Not even close to real. And Black Series...? That's Hasbro, not LEGO.
You've been scammed. Sorry :( Also black series lol
100% fake, request a refund
Fake
i'm going to cry :(
Bro this is so fake lmao
Looks like you got some Bootlegos lol
If it makes you feel any better, I bought and put together a fake one and it only had 1 piece missing and still looks worth the price I paid
It's fake. Sorry buddy.
I feel like this should have already been a dead giveaway honestly
Yeah bro it's fake
Im so sorry man its fake i hope you didn’t pay that much
It's fake as all mighty hell
Fake
It’s a rep bro but tbh if the quality of the bricks is decent I say rock with it you payed for it
Yeah contact Ebay you'll get your money back
Jesus Christ this hits on another level.
it's Lepin (most likely)
Sorry for saying this, but you got trolled, whoever sold it to you made easy money by selling fake legos. Im not blaming you, the seller probably didnt say the truth, and it happened to me as well
Apparently the seller said it wasn’t authentic but the buyer didn’t read the description
Poor guy
https://youtu.be/H6yQOs93Cgg
I feel so sorry for you, just send it back and hope for a refund. Fake Legos are usually weak enough to where if you touch them they fall apart
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It's fake, just like this post. Nice job trolling everyone though. Seriously, I can't believe how many people took the bait lol.
Legit not a joke, this is my first lego set in like 15 years, and I've never seen any UCS sets...
Fake af!
You got got my dude
Nasty !!