I picked up my first Decool minifigs the other day from a local market
I got
Iron Man (with silver face and grey arms, the one from Iron Man 2 I assume?)
Black Suit Superman
And for my kids
Arctic Batman
Catwoman
The quality is overall pretty good, it's not LEGO quality by any stretch but the quality of pieces is decent enough and the printing is pretty solid, it'll be easier to do pros and cons
Pros
- Good quality plastic overall
- Most parts are indistinguishable from real LEGO apart from the lack of LEGO logos.
- Cheap way of getting rare minifigs
- For my kids who a prone to losing or wrecking capes etc it allows me to give them some hard to get minifigs at a low cost without worrying about them ruining them (as my son has previously done with some minifigs (chewed batman cowls, ruined capes)
- Print quality itself is good, silver prints on superman look great.
Cons
- some excess plastic/mould leftovers, is removed easily enough though and is probably the main signifier that this is not real LEGO
- Inconsistent designs, my black suit superman for example has different shaped legs than the other minifigs, the iron man for example has the same leg design as LEGO.
- Face designs are all kinds of wrong, I've yet to put my finger on what exactly is wrong but I believe the faces are printed too large on the head compared to a LEGO print. It's especially obvious on the black suit superman who is the only uncovered faced minifig I got.
- Superman's hair mould is whack, it's close to the real thing but not quote, the sides of the hair look all weird and combined with the larger face print making him look mongoloid.
- Cape material isn't as stuff as LEGOs, it's not a huge deal breaker though.
- Arctic Batman's cape has some weird discolouring around the edges, almost looks burnt as if the cape was laser cut or something.
- Have to assemble EVERYTHING yourself, arms, hands, torso, each leg and waist all come separately, not a huge issue though as it's easy to put together.
Overall they're not bad, I will definitely pick up some more of the Iron Man variants and hopefully the Green Lantern if I can find it singularly. I'd also like to check out the other SDCC knockoffs like Bizarro Superman etc. I'd recommend them to people wanting to pick those minifigs up for cheap or people who have young kids and don't want to let them ruin a minifig that could be worth some money down the line. Give them a knockoff until they're old enough to treat them carefully.
I've already replaced Mongoloid Superman's Head and Face with a legit superman head and hair and it looks a lot better, I'm tempted to do the same with the cape. I may end up doing the same with any other decool minifigs I get, replace everything I can with legit parts and just use the decool parts I can't get cheaply legitimately.
