Today's Review: Play Day Expressions Oceans Adventure aka Sluban M38-B0867 Girls Dream Yacht

 

Hi there alt Lego fans!  Today, I'll be reviewing the Sluban M38-B0867 Girls Dream Yacht set being sold as the Walmart Play Day Expressions Oceans Adventure.  It's not a copy of any Lego set.

I found this set on clearance in the Walmart toy aisle for around $14 Cdn.  According to the box it has 301 pieces and is compatible with other leading brands.  I'm guessing that this set should have a retail price of around $25 Cdn or so.

On the side of the box flap is the set number which has the Sluban set code of M38-B0867.  A quick google search reveals that the set is called Girls Dream Yacht. I tried to find the Sluban set on Amazon, but it's not currently available for sale.  I did find it on Aliexpress in the Puzzles and Toys store.

The box is bigger than it needs to be as there are only a few bags of parts inside.

The building block set unboxed consists of 5 bags of parts, an instruction booklet and sticker sheet.

The sticker sheet confirms that this is really the Sluban M38-B0867 set. I think I shall save the stickers for another day.

Parts dump!  Mostly white bricks with a smattering of blue and yellow pieces.  

Sluban minifigures are not compatible with Lego style figures. However they still have a certain charm about them, so I think I will keep them on a go forward basis. I used to have a lot of Sluban minifigures but now regret having giving them all away.

Oh, by the way,  the minifigs come unassembled, so you have to put them together yourself.

The 30 page instruction booklet has large, clear and colourful instructions.

Building the set is easy and straightforward, great for the kids.  No clutch issues but I did notice that some of my bricks were dirty, as was one of the minifigure's hair piece.

The yacht is double hulled and can seat one figure to operate the craft.  In behind there is another lounge area.  The roof is removable in two pieces, one for the sail and another for the upper seating section.

There's just a few brick pieces that are pink in colour. Would you keep the pink pieces or remove them?  Let me know which way looks better in the comments below.

The sail mast and attachment to the roof is constructed from technic pieces.  The very tall sail itself is made of a very thin piece of plastic.  I'm probably wanting to replace the sail with a sheet of white paper.

Here's the starboard side view of the yacht.   Forgot to mention that the upper seating area has two seats and table.  Someone forgot to throw away the leftover coffee cup! There are a total of four life preservers on the boat.

Aft view of the boat.  This boat's not going anywhere because there's no motors included!

Forward view of the double hull.

So, I'm not sure if having an electric guitar on the water is a wise choice.  An acoustic guitar would have been a much better accessory.

Speaking of accessories, you get a paddleboard, some flippers and a blue dolphin in addition to the guitar.

These were the leftover parts after building the dream yacht.  The hearts are supposed to be attached to the boat, I left them off.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures of the Sluban M38-B0867 Girls Dream Yacht / Walmart Play Day Expressions Ocean Adventure!

If Sluban mini figures don't do it for you, here's a bonus shot of some Lego style nautical figures with the boat.  Welcome aboard!

I'm giving this set 4.7 out of 5,  If it wasn't for the dirty bricks and the lack of propulsion, this set would have gotten a perfect score for build and play value.  I'm actually glad that there were stickers instead of printed parts on this set, because I could leave them off, along with the pink pieces and make the boat a bit more gender neutral.  I think this boat would look pretty nice in a city layout harbour.

As I mentioned earlier, this set was clearanced at my Walmart and is no longer available.  .   What are your thoughts on this set?  Love it or leave it?  Let me know!   Bye for now.

Lego compatible Brick parts from Block Tech

Hey guys, just wanted to share some finds with you today.   Whenever I go to Walmart, I always stop in at the Toy aisle.  I used to visit the die-cast car aisle to see the latest Hot Wheels, Greenlight and Johnny Lightning die-cast.  I would blog about them on my other blogs http://hwpics.blogspot.com and http://mytoycars.blogspot.com.

These days, I tend to frequent the Lego aisle because my die-cast car collecting has waned.  So as I'm wandering down the aisle, I see these new Lego compatible building blocks called Block Tech.

There's quite a large assortment as you can see from my picture above.  Each box contains 250 brick pieces and they come in several colours.  They have a box that contains all black pieces and another box that contains all white pieces.  

Other boxes contain brick pieces that come in three shades of colour.  For example, the gray box has light gray brick pieces, dark gray pieces, and pieces that are the older Lego gray colour.  Other boxes that have coloured pieces also come in three different hues.

Here's a close-up look at one of the Block Tech building block sets.

Hete's some more colours in brown and blue shades.

There are even specialized parts sets such as vehicle wheels, trees, shrubs and flowers and even windows and door sets.   All of the sets listed cost $9.97 CDN before tax.  That's around $6 or $7 USD per box of 250 pieces.

Block Tech also makes some baseplates but these are 20x20 studs, not the more commonly used 16x32 or 32x32.  There are two plates per package and they sell for $2.97 CDN, or about $2 USD.

I bought a gray colour assortment of bricks and a box of all white bricks.  Here's the front of the gray box.

Here's the back of the box of gray Lego compatible pieces.

Here's how the building bricks are packaged.  They have different size pieces, and shapes, such as bricks, blocks and plates.   I used the gray Block Tech bricks for the recent mods I made to my custom 14 stud wide modular building.  Go on over to my other blog Its-Not-Lego to check it out.   I used them for the the foundation, and floor supports and the clutch of the bricks is excellent.  I haven't opened up my box of white brick pieces yet, but plan on using them for other Mocs or Mods soon.

I'm not sure if these can be found in the USA or other countries.  Let me know if you've seen or used these bricks and if you liked them or not.

Brand: Block Tech

Model: Assortment of Lego compatible black, white and coloured brick parts.

Number of pieces: 250 per box

Price: about $10 CDN or  $7 USD, baseplates about $3 CDN or $2 USD.

The List of the 15 Most Expensive Lego Star Wars sets I found at Walmart Canada

If you are wondering what the most expensive Lego Star Wars sets being sold at Walmart Canada are, here is my list.  Of the top 15, there are only 3 sets that have not yet been cloned by Lepin, 75098 Assault on Hoth,  75148 Encounter on Jakku and 75092 Naboo Starfighter.

You can sort each of the table columns.

Ranking	Set #	Set Description	Price (in Cdn $)	Lepin set #
1	75098	Assault on Hoth	299.86	Not copied
2	75060	Slave 1	229.86	05037
3	75095	TIE Fighter	229.86	05036
4	75104	Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle	149.86	05006
5	75157	Captain Rex's AT-TE	149.85	05032
6	75151	Clone Turbo Tank	139.86	05031
7	75156	Krennic's Imperial Shuttle	119.86	05049
8	75103	First Order Transporter	109.86	05003
9	75155	Rebel U-Wing Fighter	99.86	05054
10	75102	Poe's X-wing Fighter	99.86	05004
11	75149	Resistance X-Wing Fighter	99.86	05029
12	75154	TIE Striker	89.86	05048
13	75139	Battle on Takodana	74.86	05009
14	75148	Encounter on Jakku	74.86	Not copied
15	75092	Naboo Starfighter	59.86	Not copied

I'm hoping that Lepin makes a bootleg of the Assault on Hoth Star Wars set soon.