Hey everybody, Bricklever18 here today with a video on a huge problem going on in the Lego community right now and that is fake Lego. As you can see here, I have about 20 different Lego minifigures that are not actually Lego at all. They're just knock off fake Lego. I'm making this video because I want to give awareness to people who may not know they're buying fake Lego. I actually did a haul video opening all these Lego minifigures and it was just kind of a fun prank video. So if you want to check it out, you can check that out in the cards. When I bought these parts, I knew they were not real Lego and I was okay with that because I wanted to do this video. But if I was at like a comic con and I bought a fake Lego minifigure thinking it was real Lego, I'd be pretty ticked off. And I think everybody else would be too. The problem is, like I'm a diehard Lego fan and I can spot a mile away a fake Lego minifigure. But kids or adults who burn into Lego won't be able to spot a fake Lego minifigure. So then they'll end up wasting their hard earned money on fake Lego minifigures. Some people aren't going to care but you know what I do and I think a lot of people do. So that's why I want to get the word out. These Lego minifigures came directly from China where all the fake Lego minifigures come from and they came completely unassembled and individually back in a bag. So I'm going to open this one up here and I'm going to assemble it and show you my first thoughts on assembling this fake Lego minifigure. So I'll assemble the pants first. First thing I notice is there's a hole in the minifigure pant right here where it goes up too far. That leg went on very easy and so did that one. But I noticed they're very, I've already opened up a minifigure because I know what I'm doing. But they don't stay on as you can see every time I turn them they slowly come off. I'll assemble the arms here. They go in easy enough. The head was a bit tougher to go on. The arms are very difficult to put on. And then the pants just go on way too easy. It's kind of funny because when I opened up this minifigure in that haul video I did of it, this one was so hard to put on. Yet this one is pretty easy. It's just weird because the quality isn't the same. Opening another minifigure up here, very difficult to get these on. The quality is not the same for each minifigure and it completely varies which obviously is a red flag because the legos quality is pretty much the same throughout. Right off the bat I'm going to give you my first impressions on how I knew these Lego minifigures were fake. Well first things first the hips are actually sticking out over the edge of the minifigure and the little line here doesn't go the full length of the torso. That's a big no-no. These pieces are incredibly difficult. It is so hard to move these joints and when you do move the joint you can see like little spots of plastic where it looks like they're not fully formed. The minifigures don't stay on the pants very well. It is very easy to take the pants off. The faces look a lot bolder and have a little bit more detail I find than official Lego minifigures. They just have more exaggerated detail. I guess you could say like longer eyebrows and bigger eyes. These minifigures are taller than official Lego minifigures. Not very much but they are indeed a little bit taller as you can see by the artist here. As you can see even the printing on the torso is very very close. If you're at like a convention or an event and you see Lego minifigures for sale for a really cheap or even normal price I would just suggest you pop the head off and check to make sure it says Lego on it. When you pop the head off these knock off mini figures it comes up very easy and there's absolutely no printing there nothing that says Lego. These mini figures even just have a different feel than Lego minifigures. They feel kind of rough plastic and Lego's feel nice and smooth and they're just... they're just definitely better quality minifigures. They look pretty close but these ones the Lego ones are definitely better. Another thing I've noticed is these knock off mini figures put weird holes in the top of all their hat accessories. All in all these are not good Lego minifigures and I really recommend not buying them. I think as a Lego community we really need to get the word out about these knock off Lego minifigures. I recommend either sharing this video or creating your own video showcasing these mini figures and letting people know what to look for and how you know they're not real Lego minifigures. As you can see I have like 20 of these Lego minifigures and I don't need them because I don't want knock off Lego. So if you want to make a video on these knock off mini figures please send me an email and I'll send you like a minifigure for free. I really hope you found this video informative and I really hope this helps you not to buy fake knock off Lego. Thanks everybody for watching have a great day. Thanks so much for watching this brick lever 18 Lego video. If you enjoyed this video and you want to subscribe for all Lego all the time click the subscribe brick and you'll subscribe to our channel. If you want to see more of our previously uploaded Lego YouTube videos check the cards and there's a playlist there containing all our videos. If you want to see more brick lever 18 add on over to brick lever 18.com where you'll find the links to our Twitter and our Instagram and our brick. 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