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Likewise not being argumentative in the slightest, just an observation/thought.

For me at the moment I'm just content building models regardless of brand as long as they are interesting and of a decent quality. :)
 
I wouldn't call the Chinese stuff cheap chap, or for that matter Lego, great quality


Both have their pluses and minuses. Lego quality control and consistency isn't the best sometimes. Some of the Chinese sets seem better quality in some instances and the ones that use their own designs are offering something Lego doesn't or can't.
 
DampCat said:
What would be nice is if we could get a moderator in here to just decide if we can keep this as a LEGO only thread or if it needs to accommodate Chinese crap and and then everyone can just shut the hell up about it. It gets tiring going through the same argument every month.
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I would prefer it is lego only. Fine to mention the odd alternative sets in passing like Cobi et al but I think it would be better to keep the chinese alternatives to a separate thread.
 
I guess I have a problem buying something not totally legit.

I wouldn't buy a "lego" set with "Larry, Germione and Bon" in a Witches School call Logwarts. Similarily I wouldn't buy a set without a legit licence for "Ferrari" because deep down, regardless of what losses Ferrari has from the lack of licence income, besides the moral thing or legal thing, I know it never passed the eyes of Ferrari and therefore it never had the official design approval and so it's design is not 100% of what it could have been, regardless of whether ithe set was great or terrible.

Same reason I would never buy a Chibson, despite it too is made out of wood, has 6 strings and probably sounds the same to the untrained eye. One is £200, the other is £2000.

I am the kind of person who want the real thing, I NEED the real thing. I don't mind brands start their own thing, start a new brand, original designs and get their own licence on products. I think that is great, it is great competition, competition is good but just do it properly. It might seem trivial but it is more than just principle.
 
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Raymond Lin said:
I guess I have a problem buying something not totally legit.

I wouldn't buy a "lego" set with "Larry, Germione and Bon" in a Witches School call Logwarts. Similarily I wouldn't buy a set without a legit licence for "Ferrari" because deep down, regardless of what losses Ferrari has from the lack of licence income, besides the moral thing or legal thing, I know it never passed the eyes of Ferrari and therefore it never had the official design approval and so it's design is not 100% of what it could have been, regardless of whether ithe set was great or terrible.

Same reason I would never buy a Gibson, despite it too is made out of wood, has 6 strings and probably sounds the same to the untrained eye. One is £200, the other is £2000.

I am the kind of person who want the real thing, I NEED the real thing. I don't mind brands start their own thing, start a new brand, original designs and get their own licence on products. I think that is great, it is great competition, competition is good but just do it properly. It might seem trivial but it is more than just principle.
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What do you mean wouldn’t buy a Gibson?
 
Double points isn’t really anything to write home about imo. It’s only really a thing on the sets you can only get from Lego. Everything else gets a better discount elsewhere.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
Even semi exclusive/expensive stuff like the falcon and star destroyer you can get decent (20%+) discounts on.
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Yeah.
I now only buy when 20pc is off list price. It always happens at some point.

Also. Can get some great bargains on ebay. Just bid on set after set and at some point you'll get one

I sent my sian back in the end. Just couldn't take the colour shift. Genuinely tempted to get a knock off. I don't feel guilty about it at all. It's a bit rubbish when a copy is better than the original
 
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