Bootleg Super Heroes minifigs - worth it or not?

[jeduh]

On 25 September 2016 at 7:23 AM, TaskForceX said:

YES!!! I ve started watching GOT and would love me some minfigures! I can now get both waves! Where's Littlefinger Though? 

Link to complete GOT wave:

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Custom-Made-Game-of-Thrones-12pcs-lot-Minifigures-Jon-Snow-White-Walker-MOC-Ice-and-Fire/1726607_32737237356.html

Does anyone know what brand/set number these GOT characters are? Wanna try finding them on taobao

[kid]

Has anyone seen the red robin from SY258 on single sale on AE?

[Mattyj82]

54 minutes ago, kid said:

Has anyone seen the red robin from SY258 on single sale on AE?

Single sale DC marvel Avengers 2 super heroes Minifigures Batman Joker Bane Ironman Building Blocks Sets Kids Toys SY
http://s.aliexpress.com/Bb6zqiIN
(from AliExpress Android)

[kid]

8 minutes ago, Mattyj82 said:

Single sale DC marvel Avengers 2 super heroes Minifigures Batman Joker Bane Ironman Building Blocks Sets Kids Toys SY
http://s.aliexpress.com/Bb6zqiIN
(from AliExpress Android)

Thanks!!!

[abby17]

according to some people this could be new decool set

EDIT: it is http://s.aliexpress.com/rYzYbAJR

 

Edited September 26, 2016 by abby17

[Captain Britain]

I'm really liking those Midas and Mk2 chrome minifigs!

[Robianco]

Midas and MKII in Chrome? Fine. Everything else. Terrible. The wave above that is horrific.

[MNW]

46 minutes ago, Robianco said:

Midas and MKII in Chrome? Fine. Everything else. Terrible. The wave above that is horrific.

The wave above got smacked with the ugly stick XD

[Robianco]

14 minutes ago, MNW said:

The wave above got smacked with the ugly stick XD

Repeatedly.

[Captain Britain]

37 minutes ago, MNW said:

The wave above got smacked with the ugly stick XD

 

23 minutes ago, Robianco said:

Repeatedly.

I've never seen Sabretooth look so.... sunburnt?

[Robianco]

4 minutes ago, Captain Britain said:

 

I've never seen Sabretooth look so.... sunburnt?

Sabre tooth actually looks the best of the lot with regards to printing and alignment but his face is a little pink. The rest of them look quite bad. We all know bootlegs are only 70p or so but it's actually overpriced for some of the crap they're putting out. I know I've said it before (many times) but when people like SY or DLP get things right they can be displayed or held alongside Lego or the best customisers and don't look out of place but these look terrible. Namor is awful. Black Cat's face is terrible and her torso print looks like it was drawn with a crayon. The less said about Starlord's head the better. Why does this Moon Knight even exist? Can't they look at the game design and do that? MRM have done a superb Moon Knight with two colour print, just silver and black, on white and it's fantastic. Just pay the $20 for one and don't waste money on this abomination.

Seriously... Just look at SY's copy of Phoenix Custom's Arachnid Hero. The print is amazing. DLP's Black Panther with custom helmet mould and their Spiderman UK. SY's Yellow Jacket. All of them were superb. These are terrible wave after wave of acceptable quality figures with the odd bright moment (another copy of one of Phoenix Customs figures, Spider Gwen). Even that was a case of buying two or three and keeping fingers crossed. Atom with a mix and match of two figures that, print allowing, gave you a decent figure.

I remember SY doing two waves for AOU and single handedly issued 16 figures that were so close to Lego quality it was ridiculous. Minor part replacements aside they could double for the real thing. We seem to be judging things by how much Pogo or Xinh have improved when in reality their best is still below what SY, Decool and DLP were putting out 18 months ago.

 

 

 

[Captain Britain]

1 hour ago, Robianco said:

Sabre tooth actually looks the best of the lot with regards to printing and alignment but his face is a little pink. The rest of them look quite bad. We all know bootlegs are only 70p or so but it's actually overpriced for some of the crap they're putting out. I know I've said it before (many times) but when people like SY or DLP get things right they can be displayed or held alongside Lego or the best customisers and don't look out of place but these look terrible. Namor is awful. Black Cat's face is terrible and her torso print looks like it was drawn with a crayon. The less said about Starlord's head the better. Why does this Moon Knight even exist? Can't they look at the game design and do that? MRM have done a superb Moon Knight with two colour print, just silver and black, on white and it's fantastic. Just pay the $20 for one and don't waste money on this abomination.

Seriously... Just look at SY's copy of Phoenix Custom's Arachnid Hero. The print is amazing. DLP's Black Panther with custom helmet mould and their Spiderman UK. SY's Yellow Jacket. All of them were superb. These are terrible wave after wave of acceptable quality figures with the odd bright moment (another copy of one of Phoenix Customs figures, Spider Gwen). Even that was a case of buying two or three and keeping fingers crossed. Atom with a mix and match of two figures that, print allowing, gave you a decent figure.

I remember SY doing two waves for AOU and single handedly issued 16 figures that were so close to Lego quality it was ridiculous. Minor part replacements aside they could double for the real thing. We seem to be judging things by how much Pogo or Xinh have improved when in reality their best is still below what SY, Decool and DLP were putting out 18 months ago.

 

 

 

Proper pink! I've only got a couple of bootlegs which are Phoenix and Iron Man Mk1 and I think they look great. The MRM Moon Knight is decent, it's one I want to pick up along with his Fantastic Four minifigs.

I don't think I've seen SY's copy of Phoenix Customs Spidey. Gutted I missed out on that fig along with a couple of his others (ie.. Cap and Gambit!).

[bbquicksilver]

Is the Ms Marvel that bad? If so, who has done a better one.

On another note can someone post pics of xinh zemo if they have him. Mostly worried about the head.

[MNW]

35 minutes ago, bbquicksilver said:

Is the Ms Marvel that bad? If so, who has done a better one.

On another note can someone post pics of xinh zemo if they have him. Mostly worried about the head.

Her torso should be useable, but zoom in on the rest to see shoddy print. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ms-Marvel-New-XINH284-Single-Sale-Marvel-Super-Hero-Minifigure-Building-Block-With-Base-Classic-Kids/32736977180.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.19.GIXDyW&ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_0,searchweb201602_1_10065_10068_112_10069_110_111_418_10017_109_108_10060_10061_10062_10057_10056_10055_10037_10054_301_10033_10059_10058_9914_10073_10071_10070_10052_10053_10050_10051,searchweb201603_4&btsid=135ff036-782c-4034-966a-4e11eeb89349

[Borex]

The figs don't really look super good, but still i'm getting Black Cat, Miss Marvel and Namor. I'm just glad they give us new figs that tlc didn't do (or never will do).

And the christmas ornament iron men, well, the silver one will give you a nice chrome arm for Cable. I like the silver and gold one.  If they want to make the chromed out figs the new gimmick (like last years translucent ones) my suggestion is chrome Silver Surfer, Colossus, Dr. Doom, comic Ultron, Jocasta, Molten Man, Iron Man golden suit from the old comics, chrome arms of Doc Ock, Silvermane, Silver Samurai and Stiltman. But we probably get chrome spidey, chrome cap, chrome thor :-s

[bbquicksilver]

1 hour ago, MNW said:

1 hour ago, MNW said:

Her torso should be useable, but zoom in on the rest to see shoddy print. 

I see what you are talking about. I don't think we will get another ms marvel though so I'm gonna get her and swap out her hair and arms

 

[Navy Trooper Fenson]

I am a bit overwhelmed with the military figures. Is there something like a catalogue of all worthwhile sets? I ordered several sets to amass some WW2 armies and SWAT teams but I would like to know if I missed something.

Also, my main problem is finding modern US soldiers. I wanted some in tan with dark tan vest pieces and helmets but everything I find is normal tan and the one set with dark tan vests only has one or two suitable helmets and single sale is apparently no option, too.

[Simsey]

new monsters set  https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/6Pcs-Scooby-Doo-The-Walking-Dead-Halloween-Minifigures-Monster-Bats-Zombie-Building-Blocks-Brick-Toys-Compatible/1935312_32740200937.html

[Mattyj82]

Nice amy Winehouse fig 

 

[crossmr]

That Decool Pokemon Center is showing up with more sellers on Aliexpress. Price seems to be around $50-$55. Local price in China is about $18 on Taobao. I think I'll be ordering it directly and using my Chinese reshipper. Mark-up is way too much on that.

 

[agoodfella77]

2 hours ago, crossmr said:

That Decool Pokemon Center is showing up with more sellers on Aliexpress. Price seems to be around $50-$55. Local price in China is about $18 on Taobao. I think I'll be ordering it directly and using my Chinese reshipper. Mark-up is way too much on that.

 

Interesting. 

Is there a reliable Taobao seller you would recommend? 

Thanks!

[crossmr]

8 hours ago, agoodfella77 said:

Interesting. 

Is there a reliable Taobao seller you would recommend? 

Thanks!

Not specifically. I've done just a couple orders on there myself. I had a chinese friend help me set up an account originally, but you need to have a way to get it out of china if you're not there. My friend just suggested to check the feedback. They have little balloons, diamonds, etc beside their name. Click those and you can see how many transactions they have. If something doesn't ship or show up, you can dispute it, but you'll need to know some chinese to do that. if I run into any problems, I'd be lost without my friend to tell me what to click.

[kid]

I am pretty sure this is new. SY MK38

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Marvel-Super-heroes-Captain-America-Armor-Iron-Man-Mark-38Hulkbuster-Minifigure-Building-Blocks-Compatible-with-Legoe/32739641936.html?spm=2114.30010308.3.1.m0mRGf&ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_0,searchweb201602_3_10057_10056_10065_10068_10055_10054_10069_10059_10058_9915_418_10073_10017_10070_10060_10061_10052_10062_10053_10050_10051,searchweb201603_4&btsid=63a7283a-8023-47e8-9161-2adc6b531314

 

 

Edited September 28, 2016 by kid

[adalric]

1 minute ago, kid said:

I am pretty sure this is new. SY MK38

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Marvel-Super-heroes-Captain-America-Armor-Iron-Man-Mark-38Hulkbuster-Minifigure-Building-Blocks-Compatible-with-Legoe/32739641936.html?spm=2114.30010308.3.1.m0mRGf&ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_0,searchweb201602_3_10057_10056_10065_10068_10055_10054_10069_10059_10058_9915_418_10073_10017_10070_10060_10061_10052_10062_10053_10050_10051,searchweb201603_4&btsid=63a7283a-8023-47e8-9161-2adc6b531314

Looks great. But it's another mech, and another pass. I have the Decool (?) Mk 38 Igor big fig, which is much more to scale with the other minifigs. I do like the Iron Man minifig in this set, but I'm not sure it would fill or replace any gaps in my Hall of Armor. 

All these mechs and they STILL haven't produced an Iron Monger mech, too. I replaced a Hulkbuster with dark blue gray pieces from Bricklink to make my own custom Iron Monger, but if someone produced an Iron Monger more detailed like these, I would DEFINITELY get it. 

[kid]

SY if you are listening make these mechs: