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I gave up on Aliexpress sellers and worrying about whether they are listing pre-orders or not. I prefer the Ebayers that I've dealt with before. They sell stuff that is on hand, and I know they are reliable.

Ha...I just saw that too. They "reviewed" JLB and Bom Bom...two of the worst brands! It made me laugh.

Got the Sy255 Hulk set today. Aside from the typical accessories that make me laugh -- "Hulk angry about this wrench and hammer" -- the plastic felt cheaper than the normal SY stuff, and the pieces fit together kind of tight ( maybe because of the plastic ). They still look cool! I just was a little disappointed in the "feel" of the plastic and the figures.

This made me laugh. http://brickset.com/...k-of-the-clones Mostly, the images they published are from truly awful stuff...like LEBQ and Bom Bom.

They do. I just got the Lele Big Hero 6 set, and they have the Wang World base plate too. When I see them, I immediately think "Wayne's World". "Wang world! Wang world! Party time! Excellent!" I don't know Chinese, but Wang may mean "king" or something like that.

Transparent + LeLe = potential for really really crappy figs.

For any newbies to this thread, here is my opinion (from best to worst) of knockoff brands I personally own. I don't have any DLP brand yet, but based on the previous post, it sounds like they would fall into the first category. From best to worst, I personally find things fall into 4 categories. Your mileage may vary, since sometimes it's potluck when getting these figures. (In general, the best) SY (Sheng Yuan) Decool (Pretty good stuff. Elephant did my all time favorite figures - the Iron Man mashups of other superheroes) Elephant Doll (Sometimes loose arms/legs. Dargo has better printing than Lele) Dargo Lele (Pretty awful. More frequent loose arms/legs, and ill fitting pieces. Print quality not great) JLB (Jia Li Bo) LEBQ (Le Bao Quan) IQ CB

Got the latest SY Iron Man wave (the one with Iron Lantern) today. I am happily snapping them together!! They seem very nice. More Iron Menses for my bootleg display!

Elephant figures are decent. I just recently got the Iron Man stuff they did. They fall below SY and Decool in quality of plastic, but they are above everyone else IMO. The printing is pretty good as well. LEBQ are all awful. They do seem to clone other clone sets, but they definitely are NOT as good as the original clones (yes, I just said that).

Looks like the new Iron Man set is showing up on Ebay. Maybe the one I ordered on AliExpress at the beginning of January will actually ship soon. http://www.ebay.com/itm/8-Sets-Minifigures-Iron-Man-Building-Toys-Iron-Patriot-Revenger-Tony-Stark-L90P-/351333087075

My order of the 16 SY figures from Superblocks finally arrived today. I originally placed the order on 1/2/15. It was resent on 1/23/15. It arrived yesterday in the US, and was delivered today. I will confirm the order to release the funds to the seller, but I will never order from them again. I think I'll stick with the Ebay sellers I am familiar with.

Sure...It's my favorite seller for this kind of stuff: http://stores.ebay.com/hanmeimei2012/ I just noticed, the other seller I buy from fairly often is his wife. He mentions it in his description: "my wife's ebay :rose-chen85". Bootleg sales run in the family, I guess! ".

The wacky Iron Man sets are showing up on Ebay. I ordered mine. I paid a little more than I wanted to, but now I won't be online searching for them every day!! So it's worth it! But, just as a reminder to everyone...Chinese New Year starts today. In many cases, anything you order from sellers over in China may not actually ship out for 2 weeks. The seller on Ebay I use the most even sent me a note letting me know that he is on vacation for 2 weeks for Chinese New Year.

Digger posted a pic on his Facebook that he found those wacky Iron Man sets in his shopping. So I am hoping the sets start popping up on Ebay and AE soon.

On AE...the quality of them isn't great, but they look good. The seller I got them from doesn't have them anymore, but here is it from someone else: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Super-Heroes-Mini-Figures-Big-Figures-14-Pcs-lot-Heroes-Family-Protecting-The-Earth-DIY-Building/1987952966.html