AliExpress is as old as the world, much older than temu

120 euro for a paint shaker - which is basically just a vibrating motor? You sure you're looking for scams in the right place, bro? I started buying from Alibaba back when Aliexpress was not around yet. That's because hobbyists were (and still are) absolutely ripped off by big companies. The "enough is enough" moment was when I realized that I pay just as much money for 1:8 scale RC tires, as for my real car tires. That's absolute madness. We are being totally ripped off and basically *scammed* but not by those Chinese sellers, but by domestic companies who convinced us we have to pay through our noses for stuff that's really cheap to make. Aliexpress is one of the blessings that makes various hobbies affordable to many people.

120 euros for an offset weight attached to a DC motor in a simple plastic housing is just wild to me.

I bought a figure off ali express and got sent 12 other random ones by accident i contacted the seller and he said just keep them 😂

The length of the artist's brushes is for canvas painting and for large 6-foot by 4-foot type paintings.

Aliexpress used to actually sell 40K models. Like.. ACTUAL Pirate 40k models from when there was production in China. No joke. You used to be able to find recasts of forgeworld stuff too. At great cheap costs and surprisingly high quality. Often better than forgeworlds unreliable QC and crap resin. If they are still there you have to use that classic, secret search methods. Not including 40k for instance.

14:45, because you asked, it is Chinese not Japanese

I like how they couldn't say anything about the Ali wet-palette because they realised its just as good as the ones they just promoted for a fraction of the cost lol

I’ve been in the hobby for quite awhile and during that time I’ve made a lot of purchases. I will never purchase from hobby stores because they are always more expensive. As soon as you put the word hobby near a product it automatically doubles in price. I always hunt for bargains and over the years I’ve found some great ones. I have that magnifier. I’ve tried all manner of magnifying glasses and visors because I have really bad eyesight. Most of them have a very short focal length meaning that you need to hold the mini right up next to your face to see the mini in focus. Not so with the desk magnifier. In fact the further away from the mini you are the larger it appears. I bought mine for $30 AU. Best thing I ever purchased for the hobby. I also purchased a digital microscope which is great for getting up very close for fine detail work. That was also a great buy. Has helped so much. I also have the exact same vortex mixer and it’s great. And I also have that wet palette.

to be honest Artis Opus paint mixer is more of a scam than the chinese cheap ones xD 120 for a weight on a motor is daylight robbery

I believe the orange hook on the holder is a type of hand guard so you can rest your brush hand against something to steady yourself as you paint - surprised y'all didn't like that

The split screen while yall run the promo is genius. I wish everyone could do that

I have that magnifying lamp. The guys didn't notice, but the brightness and color temp are adjustable. I give it a negative number for the scam quotient. It's a perfectly fine desk lamp, and is reasonably well made. I like having a magnifier I can pull down whenever I need it.

Fun fact: most of the stuff you get from Wish and Temu are actually being dropshipped from Ali. I've been shopping for miniatures, brushes, modelling kits and figures on Ali, and even my 3D printers were ordered from Ali. Never ever had any problems.

10:40 Take note: If a Swede says it's a little difficult to build and he's not even looking for the Allen key, the item is a bit wonky.

-14 years old AliExpress -Fresh app

I have that lamp and I recommend people buy the ones with a clamp base, because the flat base has no weight to it and it will topple over easily.

I’m pretty sure aliexpress is for buying almost directly from suppliers that’s why it is so cheap it’s not a scam

I ordered a few 'totally not krieg death corps, honest' squads the other week. 3D printed, they where actually rather good.

If it's sold as natural hair, and it's synthetic, shouldn't it be a 10/10 scam? If I sold you a warhammer kit and delivered a 3d printed proxy, it would be a scam.

I bought a Sylvaneth arch revenant from Ali Express when they couldn't be bought on their own. I was damn impressed. Came with everything, and was really high detail. Slightly softer then Warhammer plastic, but great for the price.

Funny enough I recently ordered the same wet palette and paintbrush holder from AliExpress. I'm just as happy with both. The wet palette was a nice, affordable upgrade from the typical DIY palette (plastic container, paper towel, and parchment paper). Also purchased were small magnets, makeup brushes (for drybrushing), a silicone palette (for washes and varnishes), and a small hand drill with bits. Very happy with each item, for their price.

I got soo many good hobby tools, LCD screens for my 3D printer, magnets, static grass, basing materials and minis from AliExpress

Aliexpress is my go-to place for regular plastic bases for years. Generally its a very reliable marketplace with good customer service (and free shipping to Germany in 99% of the cases)

I never figured AliExpress was a scam site, just cheap Chinese eBay

I have that wet pallet. I love it because i have limited space on my hobby desk. That said, I dont like the foam in pallet.. After several uses the foam pad has squashed and sunk down almost flat. so now its like using a tupperware container again lmao. but i love the brush washing pot.

My mother bought me this exact same lamp for miniature painting in august of 2023. The glass was a little helpful at first but I've stopped using it. The arm is decently posable but I wish there was just a little motion near the head.

16:07 I love how you said "Pennelli" (I don't want to offend, I know it's not a language you speak but when reading brushes (pennelli) you practically said another Italian word "pennarelli" which means markers)

I have ordered about a half of a dozen times from Ali Express and everything was legit. I did get one shirt that was junk. The only thing that bugs me is that it's harder than it should be to find the reviews of the shop you are buying from.

i got the cheap vortex mixer a year ago or so. you could only get the really expensive ones where im from, so i had the off center mounted woodblock on a drill for a long time (which was always scary cause if it would ever shot the bottle out it would explode and paint my room). the cheap vortex mixer suddenly appeared on amazon one day, and was like 26€. got it and still using it. idk how companys can sell you an off axis metal block on a motor with a rubber top for 100+, because this thing looks like it cost them 3€ to build, and it just works amazingly well.

oh man..paintbrush holders make me mad. Just use a cup.

I got the same wet palette and I absolutely love it. I replaced my existing wet palette and use this exclusively. Seeing Squidmar give his stamp of approval fills me with a great sense of vindication

For painting holders I just bought 12 small hexagonal glass jars with metal tops (mini preserve jars), £8 from Hobbycraft . Bit of BluTack on top and jobs done. Cost about £10 (12$) for 12 jars incl. Blu Tack. Decent weight (glass) so difficult to tip over, heavy enough to put a lollipop stick/tongue depressor across to even have 4-5 models on without tipping over so no need to swap holders to paint 4-5 at a time.

those crates look like the ones mega block (lego copy) used to put in with the call of duty brick sets my kid would play with

Aren't you supposed to pull the white paper off the MDF before you assemble the paint holder?

Unrelated but the way Lucas speaks English like its Swedish is maybe my favourite part of the channel. I learnt Swedish just for fun and this makes me super happy for some reason. It's amazing

That Epoxy Putty looks to only have Simplified Chinese on the packaging. Japanese products tend to have a combination of Kanji, Hiragana and/or Katakana on their packaging. I learned some Japanese years ago. So I can say that Kanji originates from China, but Hiragana and Katakana were completely developed in Japan and are a syllablic alphabet. Hiragana is used for native words and things and Katakana is for foreign words and things. Also Katakana is used for most signs and a lot of packaging because it is more simplified, easier to print and to read at a distance.

The stuff at 17:45 is compatible with Lego clips and I use it for modern/futuristic scenes - they pair particularly nicely with all the military models from Cobi and Bluebrixx. I'm surprised you didn't get "Lego" space marine minifigs while you were at it.

The fact that the most of the products turn out to be quite good makes me think we are getting scammed all the time with over priced products that are manufactured in Asia anyway many times.

You should make dioramas using the items you purchased off of each site to compare them, then combine the 3 into one overall scene

i actually bought that same branded paint mixer about 3 years ago. its still good, but i think its got a loose wire because now its starting to need a little bump to get going. i recommend it.

Funny thing is that small wet pallet would be great for my little painting i do cause of other responsibilities would fit nicely on my desk.

I have the same magnifying lamp, except i got it on amazon. Ive become farsighted over the past few years, and i dont think i would be able to paint minis without it. My bare eyes just cant focus on the detials of the model up close anymore. Yes its not the brightest, but if you have an alternative light source its excellent.

Oh hey, the “Amazon of china”, this should be interesting

I’m really confused over how any of these things are Warhammer. Sees a paintbrush. That’s Warhammer. Sees paint pot. That’s Warhammer. Sees some putty. That’s Warhammer. Sees a twig. That’s Warhammer.

I’ve found that as long as I pay attention to what I’m ordering in Ali Express I am happy 90% of the time. And the 10% of the time I am not happy they have always worked with me to a satisfactory conclusion, either with a refund or free return.

Yo Squidly your new wet pallet is FIRE! Definitely purchasing one!

I've had some FANTASTIC stuff from aliexpress, really good quality Death Korp of krieg, lots of discontinued older special characters, like imp guard characters, really happy with all of it, had some cheap finecast resin ultramarines specials I had to put a lot of work into the mold lines, but actual foreword has been almost as bad before - the takeover from polish custom minis is insane though, so much epic goodness coming from scandanavia

HA, i bought exactly that wetpalette a while ago. i love it! i got also a different version of the lamp. its also my desktop lamp dimmable too.

Convinced that official Warhammer prices are just mental. A lot of this Chinese stuff is of higher quality in some regards, depending on the seller you get it from.

I have the paint shaker from Ali and it has been serving me flawlessly for quite some time now. Cannot recommend it enough.

The gamer base grass is identical to the stuff sold in hobby stores and on Amazon in the US. They even use the same marketing pics and you can tell they are just drop shipping it while charging a 300% markup. Same with the wargaming neoprene mats using the same designs but selling for $110 on Amazon but $8 on Aliexpress.

On aliexpress you can/could find people doing some serious good 3d printing though. These days they are nearly as expensive as the basic stuff however but i found one that i bought a truckload of minis from way back.

I have ordered lots off stuff from Aliexpress and I have the same experience. List of things are actually great, even if prices are not considered. But with the prices it’s awesome, even though sometimes it’s shit! Great video guys. Takk

I have that vortex mixer..... but it was only 15 quid...... it's amazing

both the container and that barbed wire fence were intended for "Lego".

I feel like they need to read the descriptions better regarding the sizes, etc. it's not fair to judge something if you are careless

Hehe, I was about to order this vortex mixer, but I had some doubts. Thanks for helping :D

bought that vortex paint shaker like 3 years ago from aliexpress and i am super happy with it, works and is cheap

Thanks guys, never used Aliexpress. Bought a number of similar items from Temu, like the magnifying glass, grass tufts , makeup brushes for highlighting, a plastic fence and plastic sprue cutters. Cheap but each was much better than i expected and here in Australia postage is free. The best Temu buys were i think the sprue cutters and makeup brushes.

The same Vortex Mixer was on Amazon and I got it for 16€. It broke 2 months in, but Amazon replaced it within 2 days. Apart from the sound, it's incredible for that price. Same with the brush holder. Bought the exact same one Amazon, was broken, got it replaced the next day. Does a very good job.

Thank you Lucas for the unit conversion. Love the videos, maybe a stealth painting in ikea video could be neat. Sincerely, a weird American

Damn an effective mixer at that price is quite tempting

I have the same vortex mixer. Aside from occasionally turning on by itself (usually when I'm in bed), it's worked fine for a few years now.

Weren't Artis Opus called out when they released that Vortex mixer? They gave all the spiel about designing it from the ground up, and then somebody found an unbranded one exactly the same on Aliexpress.

Thanks to your video I was finally able to decide which vortex mixer I was going to buy. Since it was my first AliExpress purchase the mixer you've shown in the video only cost me 12€ in Germany. What a steal!

I have the same vortex mixer (but bought on amazon for approximatively the same price). Works perfectly fine for the moment, and, seeing the complexity of the tool, I'm pretty sure i'd be able to fix it if it gets broken.

I bought that same wet pallette and like it. Two wweks later I found a 2 buck pencil case that used the exact same mould at a local big box store.

Ali does sell legit modeling stuff, scribe tools, waterslides, single edged nippers... I do pick up supplies for gunpla building now and then and unless is it's a full on kit, its mostly alright. Some of this stuff costs close to normal EU shop rates, and is as good for the price.

just wanted to mention the squarespace add. genuinely intelligent implementation that i didnt skip. 10/10

AliExpress actually has legit products on it.

16:54 subtle raid shadow legends ad, 10/10 will download.

Literally AliExpress has probably been round for 20 years+ I’ve used it on and off for at least 15

I'm an AliExpress fan - they have a great selection of off-brand Lego toys. My nieces love the sets I got them. Thumbs up! 👍

yooooo! That's the best idea for talking about sponsors! Just continue the video... nice!

The wet palette and the mini handle is a Chinese Brand called Moshi or Moshi Tool from where i'm from, its essentially a cheap alternative to Madworks and often have a good collection of tools suitable for Plamo and minis

"For all of you weird Americans, this brush is like 14 inches long" 😂😂😂

hey man i want to strip the paint off my dudes to i can repaint them, i dont care if the glue comes apart either, ive tried leaving them in turpentine for a few hours then scrubbing them with a toothbrush and washing off the remainder but it never works in the gaps or fully removes what i need to remove, got any tips or do i have to painstakingly rinse and repeat

Zero out of scam sounds pretty good for a lot of those things! I'm really surprised!

We've used Temu, Shien and Ali without any issues. Most stuff is pretty good for the price, and only a few items have been awful.

New to your channel, I enjoyed your review! I’m hesitant to purchase stuff from the Wish, AliExpress and Temu after I got scammed on a lightsaber, but depending on what you’re looking for, seems you can get some good deals.

That wet palette is awesome! I need it!

Wtf is this title.. it should say "painting Gear" scam or whatever

Those fences with the barbed wire on top are a knock off of mega construx

Scammed by the video thumbnail...was expecting the Joytoy figures.

I got a copy of the LEGO Technic Ferrari SP3 from Ali Express, at the time the LEGO kit was over £360 and the copy was £78. It was almost identical apart from one gear was too tight and a couple of other parts a bit bent, which straightend up in the build.

Wow, I can get my own almost-Lego razorwire fence. I could finally build my own little... ... ... Actually I don't want to build that, let's not build that.

“If you didn’t like this video smash Lucas” 💀

Companies like this are a big part of why adblockers exist

11:27 Most things you purchase are probably being shipped from the other side of the globe, whether you buy it locally or not; it's sort of a moot point in this day and age.

I think what they should do next is try and make wonderful looking miniatures using these products

Lamp scam trains, I can live with being called old, but that ain't for trains, you keep it. ;)

the only reason why the prices are low is because the price of things in China aren't the much expensive, and the quality may not be as bad as most people would think. The price of warhammer used to be way cheaper, prehaps one of the cheapest area outside of England, but scalpers bought cheap models from China and sold them to other countries and it was against the interest of GW, sothe price of warhammer is now much higher in China.

predicted the separator would work and am not surprised 120€ is the price of a a drop shipper that had a niche before people looked at chinese sellers and made up whatever price he wanted blue filtering glasses are the same sold "sale price" 40€ instead of 59€ but they cost 8€ on ali

That handle is 3d printed. I could run something similar off for maybe $2.50 worth of plastic.

Funny, i have this exact paint shaker. Pretty happy with it personally, it does what it needs to do and was fairly cheap too. And that palette too actually...Didnt try it yet but it looks like an unbranded copy of the "popular ones". Really feel like you should re-rate some of the parts once you get them painted like the crate and barbed wire though, it feels unfair to base the rating on a piece thats not ready. Its like rating an unpainted marine thats still on sprue, or blutacked together.

Thanks for identifying some bargains from them. Very little of the made in China stuff is very good, but some is good for the price.

I got some old world bases that were very cheap and all were great

I got the same grass tufts (second item in video) off of amazon and I legit like them. Price was good, and they hold together well