Nothing will get in the way between China Clone Bricks and their intended copying target. J Brand being one of the three offshoot of LEPIN had advertised about J11001 Disney Train & Station set before Chinese New Year. However outbreak of Covid-19 virus had disrupted the production plan and finally we got our hands on the knockoff set. Photos in this reviews are courtesy of CK. The set came with advertised 3362 pieces of parts and the recommended age had lowered to 6 instead of 12 years old of the original.

Open Box of J Brand Disney Train and Station

To avoid trouble, J Brand had redesigned the cover art of the Disney Train and Station set, instead of copying wholesale. There is a Easter egg in the box art. The flags displayed on the front and back of the box are the logo of King and Queen, which are the other two successor brands of LEPIN. This is open challenge to LEGO from LEPIN side after their boss and minions were arrested and charged in court. Also J Brand is clever not to show any minifigures on the box. The minifigures were included in the set. Unlike some of the J Brand set which had the set build in mirror image, this one is built in exact orientation like the original.

Original box art from the Danish company.

The set came with two inner white boxes labelled A and B, which are the standard packaging these days.

Even the manual had been redesigned. However J Brand kind of going back to the early days of LEPIN, where the colors differentiation were quite bad and confusing.

Correction page.

There are eleven numbering bags.

Two sets of stickers to choose from, depending your preference to be JQK or Mickey. However the quality of the stickers are quite poor with bad cutting and mismatch labeling. Also the manual didn’t point out where you shall paste the tickers so you better consult the original manual.

Building Process

Bags 1.

Bags 2

The red bricks had same groove design back and front.

Bags 3.

Bags 4.

Incorrect way to assemble the lamp.

This is the correct way.

Bags 5.

Bags 6.

Raising the white flags though not surrendering, that’s the way of LEPIN! Just kidding, we want to keep the flag parts for MOC.

Bags 8.

Missing parts on steps 171. Luckily we have spares.

Bags 9.

Two different red parts here, the left had dimple while the right is smooth. We got 7 parts with dimples.

The new base of the train carriage.

The Power Up component are hidden here.

Bags 10.

Mismatch of carriage base between the actual part and the manual. The manual was showing the newer design while given the old design part.

Bags 11.

J Brand had given the wrong doors here cause it’s facing the other direction.

We leave out the stickers here because the printing were wrong. The stickers had “Disney R” and “Railroad” which are hard to combine.

Minifigures Showcase

The quality of minifigures resembling the early days of LEPIN, which is straight to the bin.

Mickey and Minnie.

Chip and Dale.

J Brand is the second clone maker that had the Goofy minifigure. SY had it in the SY6578D set.

Comparison between J Brand and LEGO.

Showcasing the Train

The train is long so we will take the photos in two parts.

Detailing.

The claws are exclusive ‘LEPIN’ design. The Danish is using different one.

The blue and white stripes awning can be opened to reveal the interior.

Eye sore dimples on the seats.

The Train Station

The signage had been modified here, with the population missing and the grill added to the side.

Interior Details

The ground floor. The clock face is printed part with wrong alignment. The clear minifig heads are foggy.

Second floor.

Clock Tower. There is a printed tile of counterfeit Disney Castle set and miniaturize version of it.

Summary of the J11001 Disney Train and Station Set

The biggest issue is the broken Power Up unit. It’s not working. Even after downloading the APP and try to connect it, it won’t powered up.

As for the part quality, it’s worst than the past LEPIN offering. This could be due to closure of the factory and confiscation of machinery that J Brand had outsourced some of the production to other parties. The minifigures were true to the LEPIN past offerings and can be dumped to the bin straight.



If you still want to take this set due to 1/3 price difference to the original, you may order J11001 Disney Train and Station set from Alexpress. Though we recommend you skip this and buy the original instead.