Aliexpress Find: Chaobao 5632 Sanitation Truck (clone of Lego set 4432)

I wasn't plan on buying anything on Aliexpress today, but then this listing popped up on my computer screen.  It looks like an exact replica of the Lego 4432 Garbage truck set but it's by an unknown chinese knockoff brand called Chaobao Renren.

While the Lego version of the truck has long been discontinued (it made it's appearance back in 2012), this latest clone version of it has just surfaced.  According to the Aliexpress listing this set has 369 pieces whereas the OG Lego set only had 208 pieces.  

In the picture I can see that the knockoff set comes with some garbage bins that the Lego version didn't come with.  Also it is unknown at this time if the Chaobao set comes with mini figures or not.

Anyways, I decided to pull the trigger on this one, and see what the quality of this unknown brand is like.  I'm assuming it will take approx 3 weeks to one month of it to get to me, so look for a review of this set in late July or early August

Update:  Review of the Chaobao Renren 5632 Garbage Truck has been published on my blog!

Here's all the not Lego sets and minifigures I bought in the first half of 2022.

 

Hi brick fans!  It's time for an update on my new not Lego purchases for 2022, from January through to June.  Most of my purchases were from Aliexpress.

In January, I bought a couple of World Minifigure Spiderman-Noir WM6052 minifigs, mainly to get the capes to enhance my Blade Runner custom minifigures. I paid three bucks CDN for the pair of them, which is the going price at the moment.  Not much of a deal.

In March, I wanted to get a small new stand for my not Lego modular city, so I found this Sembo 601111 set on Aliexpress.  This one came in at a whopping $10 CDN.  I think I paid too much for this small set.

I have most of the not Lego Batmobiles, except for the classic 1960's version so, in March I ordered this MOC set from Aliexpress: Product - MOC-24651 1966 Batmobile.  Paid about $15 CDN for it, but I haven't built it yet though.  For an approx 300 piece set, the price is OK.

I'm still trying to complete my collection of Lego style modular buildings, so I finally picked up the nearly 2500 piece Downtown Diner from Aliexpress for around $90 CDN.  It's on my backlog of sets to build at the moment.

To round out my March purchases, I ordered this Imperial Troop Transporter for my not Lego Star Wars collection.  Product:  MOC 38045 on Aliexpress.  Price was mid 30-ish CDN.  Still need to build this one as well.

My lone purchase for the month of April was the Boutique Hotel Lego clone. I think this one is by Leji.  Also from Aliexpress.  Price was on the steeper side at around $130 CDN from Marstoy store.  Bought but not built yet.

For the month of May, I decided to get a few more random minifigures for my not Lego city.  It was only $5 CDN for the entire set of 8 minifigs (works out to about 63 cents per minifig). I think that they are from the theme set PUBG (Players Unknown Battle Ground) game.  These minifigures are pretty limited on Aliexpress.

Also in May, I couldn't resist buying this cool retro style TV set from the Top Toys Aliexpress store. With discount coupon, this cost me around $20 CDN.  Building this soon!

In June, I made my first purchase of some Star Wars and other minifigures through Marstoy.net.  A few but not all from the Xinh series XH0323.  Price per minifigure ended up being about $2 CDN, after shipping costs, and paypal currency exchange fees.  I don't think they are up on Aliexpress yet.

Back on Aliexpress, I bought one lone goat.  Why? Just because.  In my Funwhole wood cabin set, there is a gated area off the side of the building, so I figured this would be a good place to keep a goat.

To round off the month of June, I bought a clone version of Lego's new 12 Grimauld Place.  I really only want it for the front facade so that I can convert it into a full modular style building.  It's around $65 CDN.  Not cheap for only under 1100 pieces, but I expect the pricing to increase in step with Lego's anticipated price increases.

Happy building and see you next time!

Looking for Lego compatible mini figures on Aliexpress?

 

I swear it's getting harder and harder to find Lego compatible mini figures for cheap now on Aliexpress.  They used to be all over the place but now, with the added shipping costs, prices for mini figures have ballooned to about $2.50 to $3.00 each

But I found one Aliexpress store that still has mini figures for cheap.  It's called the Building block toy store and it has a fairly decent feedback rating.  The listing has a set of 8 mini figures for $4.60 + $0.42 shipping which adds up to about $5 CDN, even cheaper in USD. 

From the picture they look to be characters from the PUBG series (Players Unknown Battleground) game.  There are seven males and one female, all holding weapons. You won't find these in any Lego store, lol.

Anyways, if you are interested in populating your Lego city or battlefronts with some low cost mini figures, feel free to click the link that will take you directly to the Aliexpress store listing: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_AcyPNV.

At about 50 cents each, I would order a ton of them!  Anyways, that's all I wanted to share today.  Later!