Saturday, September 10, 2011

Fake Lego's

So about a month ago I was wondering the streets of South Korea and came upon a store called Alpha Mart. I had been in this store before but hadn't really explored it much. As I walked around I found nestled in the back corner of the store a little toy area.  I'm kind of a kid at heart I guess so I began to look at everything and lots of smiles crossed my face.

At one point my eyes fell on some boxes with pictures on them that looked like Lego's.  I'm an absolute freak for Lego's so I was excited to see them in Korea.  As I look closer, however, I found that they were impostors.

These were not Lego's at all.  They were copies!  The brand is called Enlighten and it is a company in China as far as I can tell.  Basically this Chinese company stole the Lego design and started making there own under a different name.  I was so struck by this find that I decided to buy a few.  They were very cheap.

These literally look exactly like Lego's.  However the quality is a lot worse.  The pieces are not shiny and they are not very smooth like real Lego's.

Anyways see for yourself...











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