LEPIN 16001 Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters Review

The most anticipated bootleg set is here; LEPIN 16001 Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters! This is the bootleg version of the LEGO 75827 Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters which was recently released back in January 2016. Wow, the bootleg companies are getting better and better for them to release the bootleg copy in less than 6 months!

I got my shipment from TaoBao slightly late due to some shipping issues. No matter, the most important thing that it's here now. Let's start with the box and bricks packaging. My box was slightly damage due to the shipping but the contents were intact. The box packaging looks similar but the number of bricks were different. Lego has slightly less bricks compared to the bootleg version. I'm not sure why myself. 

There are 2 smaller boxes in the box. Inside the 2 small boxes were the bricks packaging and manual. Yes, the bricks packaging are not labeled according to the building sequence as usual. This is an absolute nightmare for me since this set is HUGE - 4705 pieces! Let's look at the box and bricks packaging below.   

Original LEGO 75827

LEPIN Box (Front)

LEPIN Box (Back)

Before we start assembling, the first thing that I did was to find all the empty boxes from my other sets to sort the bricks. Smaller pieces goes into that special plastic container while the rest goes into the boxes sorted by size.

Sorting the Bricks

Now, to Hell...

* I made a mistake here. The hollow side of the white walls should be facing in. When I realized that, it was too late. 

Yes, finally completed! It took me about 24 hours, as in actual hours, to complete it. I made a lot, I mean a lot of mistakes in the assembling partly due to my poor eye vision. Let me explain what I did wrong.

1. The wall placement. You can refer to my picture with a comment above.

2. The colors can be confusing on the manual namely the red/brown, the light and dark gray and finally the transparent bricks. If you notice in the last picture above, the staircase on the left is off colour a bit. This is due to me using the brown bricks in the wrong place so I had to replace with red. Bummers!

3. I did not push in the bricks properly so the base plates tend to warp a bit so my building cannot open and close very well without using some force.

If you notice, I took out some furnitures infront of the main doors. Why? I just bought an original Lego Ecto-1 and it can only fit it if I remove some furnitures according to some websites.

No, for the reviews. For the price and fun itself, I'll give it a 10 out of 10! The bricks quality and mini figures are so-so only compared to other LEPIN releases. I don't like the quality of the mini figures; the legs are loose and always fall off. I have 1 missing brick (library ghost missing a hand) and 2 damaged bricks (refer below).

More pictures of the completed building below (including one with humor)

Woot! Snooker table!

Proton packs are stored here 

In case you are wondering how the fireman sliding pole works, watch my video below.

I'll be reviewing my LEPIN 15001 probably next week. Stay tune! Thanks for reading.

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