Decool 0101-0109 Super Heroes Mini Figures

In December 2013, I made my first purchase of bootleg Lego mini figures from Ebay.  At the time I didn't know about the different brands.  I just thought they were were cool that you could buy just the mini figures and they were really cheap.  My very first set was from the brand Decool.  It was a nine figure set consisting of super heroes from both the Marvel and DC universes.

Each mini figure came with a picture card and an instruction leaflet.

 The mini figures came partially assembled in plastic bags.  Here they are with the images and assembled figures.  Some of the paint finish is better on some figures than others.

Marvel's Captain America 0101 with his shield.

Marvel's Hulk 0102.

Marvel's Spider-Man 0103 with his spiderweb.

Marvel's Thor 0104 with his hammer.

Marvel's Iron Man aka Iron Hero Mark 42 0105 with his repulsor rays.

Marvel's Hawkeye 0106 with crossbow.

DC's Batman aka Bat Hero 0107 with his batarang.

DC's Superman 0108.

DC's General Zod 0109 with ray gun.

Brand: Decool
Set: Super Heroes mini figures
Set number: 0101 thru 0109
Would I recommend this set? Yes.

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Wange Villa Not Lego set list 2013

Historically, Lego city buildings like their Modular series have been very expensive, ranging anywhere from $100 to $200 per set.  They get even more expensive once they become discontinued.

They have some Creator buildings like the Family House, Hillside House, Beach House and the Bike Shop, but they too are quite expensive.

So I wanted to find some in-expensive building block sets where you could build some houses.  I found a brand called Wange that does a series called Creation Villas.  Obviously Creation is a knock-off term for Creator.  

Pictured above is the largest set in the Villa series, it is set number 34051 and it has 909 pieces.  The house has two stories and a large patio that is fenced in.

The next Villa model is set 34052 being a three storey building consisting of 755 pieces.  This one has a basketball court in the side yard as shown in the picture above.

Set 34053 has 816 pieces and a see-saw in the yard of the three storey home.

Enlighten and Ausini Not Lego Train set list - 2013

It seems to me that, these days, there aren't as many interesting minifigure sets on ebay anymore. There used to be auctions ending almost every 15 minutes, now they are down to about an hour or so. But still there's not much new stuff , so I decided to see what other brick sets were available.

I followed a certain alternate brick seller and noticed that he had these little train cars for under $20.

Here are some images I snagged from the Ausini website.  This is the link to their train page.
http://003.tsdn.net/CN/ProductList.aspx?Class1=17

Ausini 25002 - 832 pieces

Ausini 25003 - 764 pieces

Ausini 25004 - 792 pieces

Ausini 25110 - 928 pieces

Ausini 25111 - 1008 pieces

Ausini 25807 - 588 pieces

Ausini 25808

Ausini 25810 - 517 pieces

Ausini 25902 - 630 pieces

Ausini 25903 - 681 pieces

There are other Ausini train sets and train cars but the above are my favourites of the lot.

Which ones are your favourites?