Lepin 23006 review: package lost

Lepin 23006 has been out for a while and I have been anxiously wanting the start the review after I have ordered it in August 2017. Unfortunately this order has been sucked up in the courier/customs pandora box. The last known tracking information shows that it is being checked by customs (mid September) and afterwards complete

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Lego Wins Chinese Court Case: Impact Zero

Lego published today news that they won a court case against Bela (see original Lego article). The case was ruled in September but the ruling became effective only in November this year. Looking back, this news has been publicly available for many Aliexpress sellers as around September most started obscuring mini-figures and box art in

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XingBao Ideas Site

XingBao Ideas Site

What would it be like have your own MOC sold as a set? That sounds like a thrilling idea; not only you will be getting the cheers of the community but also the cash for your hard work. Like it’s counterpart Lego Ideas, XingBao has also recently started an Ideas site on http://www.xingbaoblocks.com/xingbao/website/auth/ideasindex.htm.

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XingBao ALiexpress Shop 11.11 Sales

Today only, the AliExpress Xingbao shop gives a 20% discount on a nice collection of their sets. Especially the modular houses have become a ‘must buy’ today! Discounted today to only € 115,03! Discounted today to only € 68,16!   All products:

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Lepin 2017 Modular Building Contest Winners

Lepin 2017 Modular Building Contest Winners

A couple of weeks ago Lepin organised a contest for modular builders to show their best work. Under the theme ‘Tycoon City New York/City Dreamer’ many participated and thirty three  were picked and ranked accordingly (see list below). I expect that Lepin will prepare new modular sets for quiet a lot of these excellent builds.First

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Lepin 15016 Apple Square University (Finally) Arrived

It finally arrived, Lepin 15016 Apple Square University building. I ordered the MOC about three and a half months ago. The seller kept persisting it was the (Lepin?) factory who had trouble producing the set. Which is a worrying though considering the high amount of missing pieces in the Lepin 15015 Dinosaur Museum set… The box

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XingBao: New Brand for AFOL MOC sets

XingBao: New Brand for AFOL MOC sets

You may have heard of a few well-known builders in the LEGO community like The Arvo Brothers, Firas Abu-Jaber, Paul Boratko (CrowKillers), and Bangoo H. Their LEGO builds are an envy of many builders who have tried to replicate themselves or take inspiration from. On the 29th Guangzhou Toy & Hobby Fair that started this

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Adhesive Lego Tape Crowd Source Project (Nimuno Loops)

Adhesive Lego Tape Crowd Source Project (Nimuno Loops)

Here is an innovative idea to integrate your brick collection (further) into your daily live. Nimuno Loops is Adhesive Lego tape that allows you to build your contraptions on every surface or object. It has the normal properties of adhesive tape on one side whilst on the reverse it has 2 by x nops to stick

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