Leo's Blog: Infinite Insights — Page 40
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:
- T6 Shuttle
- U-Type Submarine
- CH-53 Helicopter
- MCX Assault Rifle
- Radial Aviation Engine
- TIE Fighter
- Mining Excavator
- RC Jeep Wrangler
- Steam Locomotive
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.
How's life in Iraq these days?:
Development tip: If you're going to travel, don't travel to Western democratic cities, travel to obscure unglamorous places. That's what will really grow you. Cultivate a taste for obscure travel. Notice how conformist most travelers are.
Of course, don't take undue risk.
Part 3 of my music playlist is out.
This update is massive and epic, with over 250 amazing tunes. Each tune was selected by me after searching through thousands of songs. This is the best of the best. You won't find this anywhere else. Many of these tunes are obscure and unknown.
An excellent documentary about the KKK.
It's surreal how racist people were. Racism is one of the most blatant examples of the power of self-deception. Imagine taking a 19th century racist and trying to convince him that all of his racism was nothing more than a mental construction, self-deception, and group-think. What a feat! Almost as hard as trying to get a scientist/rationalist to realize that God is real.
That's the power of conformity.
I have not been updating the blog in the last 2 months because of a technical problem which prevented me from logging into the blog's back-end. That has finally been fixed and the blog is now fully operational and will be updated regularly.
Sorry for the long delay.
I used to be a virtual world oligarch.
Back in 2003 I was very active playing an early MMORPG called Star War Galaxies. Through hard work and clever business exploits I became one of the wealthiest players on my server. I had hundreds of millions of credits and used my wealth to easily make more wealth through clever trading. I had so much money I started selling in-game money for real-world dollars. I also flaunted my wealth by spending on elaborate, mind-blowing displays of rare valuable loot. I had a shop/museum that displayed piles of the game’s rarest loot, equivalent to walking into someone’s house and seeing a pile of diamonds stacked to the ceiling. I meticulously arranged every ‘diamond’ in the pile to impress my customers. I basically role-played as a selfish, greedy, oligarch billionaire and it was super fun and exciting for the ego.
That was just a game, but that experience allowed me to understand how real life billionaires play the game of life. Whether its virtual or physical makes no difference, the psychology and principles are the same. Must get bigger yacht.
By playing that game I got that itch out of my system, so now I can devote my real life to what really matters: Truth.
Virtual worlds present an interesting way of burning through karma. Too bad virtual worlds are so rare these days. A virtual world is not the same thing as an online video game, it's something more. The potential of virtual worlds has gone almost untapped. Virtual worlds are a powerful tool for teens and young adults to explore various identities.