is it real or ....

We bought faux Legos at the supermarket a couple weeks ago. They were great! Totally Lego, but without the little embossed logo. Looks like Lego. Works like Lego. Costs nothing close to Legos. I paid less than 100,000VND ($6-7) for a big set with the police station, helicopter, motorcycle, shooting range, etc. Pretty darn cool and filled a gap in the playthings department. They are labeled as Enlighten Bricks.

The kids loved them so much, we went back a week later and bought a couple of smaller sets. This time we weren't so lucky. Despite having identical packaging, they were was a huge disparity in quality. The cop is the Enlighten Brick set and has the screenprinted face, solid body, moveable legs, etc. The red thing is from Brick. Oh my. It has a sticker face, sticker body, hollow legs, bits of plastic hanging off, doesn't move and it basically crud.

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So, it was a waste of something like $3, but it was intriguing to see just how close the first are to Legos (I'm honestly thinking that they are made at the same factory, but not labeled) and how poor the quality is of the second, yet how nearly identical the packing is.

Kind of like when we accidentally bought Choco Bies instead of Choco Pies. The packaging are nearly twins, except for that extra hoop on the P, but the taste? Oh my, Choco Bies are horrifyingly bad.

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Getting sick again. I'm sure it's due to some subjects weighing heavily on my mind, but we'll discuss it later when I can do so without bawling.