Lego Alternatives

By Leo Gura - December 4, 2025

Somehow I fell down the rabbit hole of researching alternative Lego brands and decided to test them out for quality. I built this ship:

Here’s what my research revealed:

There are Chinese brands of Lego-like bricks which are almost the same quality as Lego but 30% the price. Lego is very overpriced these days. You can buy some amazing sets from these Chinese brands and they ship directly to your door for free and you pay zero sales tax!

Two of the best brands I tested are called Reobrix and Mould King. Both are high quality. I would say they are 90-95% of Lego’s quality. They come in nice boxes with good instructions. They also offer some great and unique sets that are different than what you can get from official Lego.

You can purchase directly from their websites:

I can confirm that both sites are legit and work well. Shipping time to USA takes about 2 weeks. They also ship to Europe.

If you have kids, these make for awesome gifts at very reasonable prices. Your kids will LOVE these. If you were buying sets like this from Lego it would cost you 2x to 3x more. And Lego doesn’t even have most of these sets. For example, Lego does not make any military or weapon sets.

Here are some examples of the unique and affordable sets they sell:

The bricks are identical in size to Lego bricks, so they are interchangeable with official Lego bricks, although their fit is not as good as Lego bricks. They can be a bit too tight, but it’s good enough for most purposes. The color shades can also be a bit different from official Lego bricks.

This is not a sponsorship, not an ad, no affiliate links. I don’t make money from this. Just sharing by research in time for the holidays.

You can also find these sets sold on Ebay, if you want faster shipping. Ebay also sells some of the discontinued or out of stock sets.

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