Sheng Yuan SY250 Young Justice Minifigures Review

Here's my latest acquisition of bootleg minifigures.  But technically these aren't bootleg because Lego hasn't made them yet.  These eight figures represent the Young Justice team.  Unlike some of Sheng Yuan's other minifigures, these ones don't have the two sided heads, but there is printing on the backsides.

Here's Kid Flash forward facing.

Kid Flash from behind.

my personal favourite:  Artemis

Artemis from behind.

Aqualad with two water bolts.

Aqualad from behind.

Superboy with muscle shirt and jeans.

Superboy from behind.

Nightwing forward facing.

Nightwing from behind.

Miss Martian, complete with freckles.

Miss Martian from behind.  

 Match in his solar suit, the evil clone of superman.

Match backside.

Robin.

Robin backside.

Group shot. Build and print quality is excellent.

Brand:  Sheng Yuan
Set Number: SY250
Set:  Young Justice super heroes
Would I recommend this set? Yes.

Decool 0140-0143 Fantastic Four Mini Figures

Fantastic Four mini figures by Decool. Marvel Superheroes not yet put out by Lego.

Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) 0140

Invisible Woman (Sue Storm) 0141

Human Torch (Johnny Storm) 0142

The Thing (Ben Grimm) 0143

Brand: Decool
Set: Fantastic Four Mini Figures
Set No: 0140, 0141, 0142, 0143
Would I recommend this set? Yes.

Sheng Yuan SY182 Batman Minifigures Review (not Lego)

Hey fellow block and minifigure enthusiasts! 👋 

Today, let's take a trip down memory lane to 2013, a pivotal year in the bootleg Lego minifigure market. Back then, the stage was dominated by two major players: Sheng Yuan and Decool. These brands had a stronghold on the scene, offering alternative minifigures that were reasonable facsimiles of the original minifigures but at a fraction of the price.

Sheng Yuan, aka SY, and Decool were the go-to names, their products flooding the market with unique designs and affordable alternatives to official Lego minifigures. Collectors were spoiled for choice, and these brands seemed unbeatable.  I plan on looking at some more of my collection of SY and Decool minifigures in the near future.

Today, we will look at  some bootlego Batman minifigures, namely the Sheng Yuan Batman set SY182.   This 8 figure set contained six copies of various Lego versions of Batman, plus a copy of Robin and Joker as well.

Did you know that Sheng Yuan released a set of eight Batman mini figures not once but twice in 2014?  Both sets are referenced as SY182.  Both sets have the old style rounded feet.   The original SY182 set has the Batman figures all with capes.  The newer SY182 set has the Batman figures with hard plastic wings.  Here's a look at the minifigures in the set.

Blue Suit Batman - Lego clone 2012

Electro Suit Batman - copy of Lego Visual Dictionary version 2012

Arctic Batman - Lego clone 2013

Original Batman - Lego clone 2006

Dark Knight Batman - clone of Lego 2008 version.

Black Suit Batman - Lego clone 2012

The Robin minifigure is the same in both sets except the colouration of his utility belt is different.  

He is copied from the Lego Robin that came out in 2012.

 The Joker in SY182 is pretty much the same in both sets.  He is based on Lego's 2006 version.

What's cool about the old Sheng Yuan sets were the little freebies included with each minifigure like these trading cards!

I also miss the little catalogue insert that came with the sets too.   Man, those were the good old days.

Anyways, hope you have enjoyed this little time capsule from the golden era of bootleg minifigures!    Thanks for looking and bye for now.

Ausini 25903 Passenger Train Set Review

Woohoo, I finally bought one of these cool train brick sets from Ausini.  I previously posted about the Ausini and Enlighten brand trains a couple of months ago and have been patiently waiting until a set came up for a reasonable price on Ali Express.  Here is the high speed passenger train set, number 25903.  It has 681 pieces.

Here's the front of the box.

This is the back of the box.

Here are two more train sets I'd like to get.

Here is the train set unboxed.

You get about 9 pieces of straight track and 2 pieces of curved track with it.

These are all the parts.

The instruction manual,

This is the last page of the instruction manual showing the completed set an the tracks.

I'll be building this set a later date so check back here soon to see the full review of the Ausini passenger train set.

Brand: Ausini

Set: 25903 Passenger Train

Number of pieces: 681.

The complete list of Lego compatible Decool Superhero minifigures in 2014

 

Hi there, I'm always looking for the latest bootleg superheroes mini-figures and now that it looks like Decool is no longer producing anymore, I thought it would be a good time to list all of the sets that I know of. This catalog was the latest one i could find on the internet, but it doesn't show the newest big figs or the green arrow set.

Most Decool super heroes mini-figures come in sets of 6, but some come in sets of 4 and 9 also.  Big figs are listed individually or in sets of 3.   If you managed to collect every one of the Decool superhero mini-figures you'd have 137 of them.  I'll start with the most current series and work backwards chronologically.   If  the bigfig or mini-figure set is in my collection, I'll put a link to my review of it.

0232-0237 Green Arrow set of 6

0231 Iron Man MK38 Bigfig

0230 Gorilla Grodd Bigfig

0229 Darkseid Bigfig

0223-0228 Age of Ultron set of 6

0217-0222 Age of Ultron set of 6

0211-0216 DC Superheroes set of 6

0205-0210 Avengers set of 6

0199-0204 DC Superheroes set of 6

0198 Groot Bigfig

0192-0197 DC/Marvel Superheroes set of 6

0191 Juggernaut Bigfig

0190 Rhino Bigfig

0184-0189 Batman/Xmen Superheroes set of 6

0183 Green Goblin Bigfig

0182 Venom Bigfig

0181 Hulkbuster Bigfig

0175-0180 Guardians of the Galaxy set of 6

0169-0174 Marvel Superheroes set of 6

0160-0168 Iron Man set of 9

0156-0159 Future Foundation set of 4

0153-0155 The Thing Bigfig set of 3

0147-0152 Marvel Superheroes and Joker set of 6

0144-0146 Hulk Bigfig set of 3

0140-0143 Fantastic Four set of 4

0134-0139 Marvel/DC Superheroes set of 6

0128-0133 DC Superheroes and Dr. Doom set of 6

0122-0127 Iron Man set of 6

0116-0121 Marvel/Dc Superheroes set of 6

0110-0115 Iron Man set of 6

0101-0109 Marvel/DC Superheroes set of 9

Note: Prior to Decool's production of Marvel and DC Superheroes mini-figures, they were mainly issuing a lot of Ninja and Ninja turtle mini-figures.  Their numbering scheme for those sets was inconsistent.  At some point I might try to list them, but for now I'm focusing just on the Super heroes mini-figs.