Hey brick fans, we are back with another Chinese building block set
review! Today we will be looking at another very unique set that has
similarities to the Lego Globe set 21332, except this one is transparent with
a very cool space station inside. Adding further to it's
uniqueness is that the interior is lighted making for a stunning display in
the dark. The brand is by Jaki, and they have many space themed
sets. This set is called the
Breaking Dawn Globe and the set number is CK003. There is no mention of the number of pieces, but based on other
information I found on the internet, it has approximately 600+ pieces and the
pieces are Lego compatible.
A huge thanks to
LesDiy.de for providing the
set for today's review! It can be found for a great deal
here. I checked and it's not yet available on the
LesDiy.com site.
Founded in 2014, LesDiy.de is an online toy store specializing in producing
custom designed building block sets. According to their website, LesDiy
has reached an agreement with the set designers to allow them to market and
distribute a wide variety of fan developed sets. All of the MOC sets are
designer authorized and they have collaborated with over 400 designers.
They have two websites,
LesDiy.de focusing on the
European market and
LesDiy.com for the North
American market. Choose the site that best works for you and check
out all of the custom sets you won't find anywhere else.
Let's review this cool set and I'll give you my thoughts and recommendations
at the end of this post.
First views of the box designs
Some very nice artwork of the Globe Space Station set on all sides of the
outside box, displaying the set details and information (all in
Chinese). The Brand is Jaki and the theme is Space Pop, Space Fun.
Some of the wording on the sides of the box: "The Sphere can be rotated
360 degrees. World map scale is 1:64,000,000." The set name is
Breaking Dawn Globe CK003 and the age rating is 8+.
Unboxing
There two distinctive boxes with the space globe graphics inside the main
box. One of the boxes contains bags of parts and the instructions.
The other box contains the well packed globe pieces.
The contents: First, the instruction manual, it has 57 pages. On the
cover, I used Google translate to convert the Chinese into English. Some
of the same text appears on the box as well.
Here are the captions: "More than ten electroplated parts, full of coolness",
"Space Station, Dawn Globe", "Light switch position, USB charging port,
equipped with warm light and white light, dual colour switch at will",
"Breaking Dawn, science and education building blocks, real map globe,
professional certification"
Second, there are 12 bags of parts, and two transparent printed
semi-spheres. The bags are numbered 1 through 4 with some of the bags
being un-numbered. The transparent globe has very detailed markings of
the map of the world with the names of each country and region labelled in
English and Chinese.
The instructions
Other than the first few pages written in Chinese, I found the rest of the
instructions to be clear and easy to follow. Just use Google translate
if you want to check out all of the features mentioned in the first part of
the page booklet.
The building steps
There are 4 main steps to complete the Space Station Globe set. It
starts with forming the base in Step 1, and then building the curved support
arm in steps 2 and 3. In step 4, the micro space station is constructed
and suspended inside, while the transparent spheres that make up the globe are
assembled around it. Let's proceed to the build and see how it goes.
Step 1 - the Base
Most of the bags are clearly marked 1 through 4 and correspond to the step used
in the instructions. There are two bags used in step 1.
Here's a look at the parts used and the finished result of step 1. All the
bricks felt and clutched like Lego, no issues here. The bonus is of course
all of the printed pieces of which there are many in this set. There is a
nameplate on the front which reads: JAKI Aerospace Science and Technology
Corporation, the Tellurion with Space Station.
I had to look up the word, tellurion, which means: "A tellurion (also
spelled tellurian, tellurium, and yet another name is loxocosm), is a clock,
typically of French or Swiss origin, surmounted by a mechanism that depicts
how day, night, and the seasons are caused by the rotation and orientation of
Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun. The clock normally also
displays the age of the Moon and the four-year (perpetual) calendar."
The circular base sits on 4 sets of wheels which allow easy movement,
although I don't know how often one would move the globe around.
Step 2 - the curved arm
Here are the two numbered bags for step 2.
Here are the pieces in the bags and again another assortment of printed parts.
All the pieces build the bottom part of the curved arm shown above.
Step 3 - curved arm continued
In addition to the numbered bag 3, there are two additional bags of parts used
from the above pic to complete step 3. I don't know why these are
un-numbered because they are specifically used for steps 3 and steps 4 (which is
the circular light and the orange plates/light blue tubes).
These are all the pieces used in step 3.
Step 3 is basically a continuation of step 2 and completes the circular arm
with the pieces as shown above.
With the arm completed, it can now be attached to the base.
Step 4 - the globe
Here are three numbered bags used in Step 4. Along with the two
un-numbered bags mentioned earlier, they will be used to finish off the set.
These are the pieces for step 4. They will be used to create the central
spindle to which all of the little spacecraft will be attached.
Four different spacecraft are assembled. All of the blue solar panels and
printed pieces. Oops, I forgot to take pictures of all the spacecraft
attached to the space station.
Unpacking the circular LED light, it comes with a USB charging cable.
The top of the light has a charging port and an on/off switch.
It's time to separate the transparent shells and put them together.
You place the circular light through the hole of the top shell. At this
point it is helpful to have someone help you place the central space
station into the lower half of sphere, attach the upper part of the sphere and
then place it into the support arm. I was able to do it myself, but with
no free hands, I wasn't able to take pictures of this part.
And with a bit of jiggling, the globe is inserted into the circular support
arm. One last step is the need to attach some plates to the top and bottom
to secure it.
Once completed the Globe Space Station is 33.4 cm tall and approximately 26.2
cm in diameter.
Luckily, I used google translate earlier to read some of the Chinese wording,
otherwise I wouldn't have known that the there are three positions on the
switch: off, warm white, bright white.
Here are the extra pieces I had left over.
Final Thoughts
The JAKI Globe Space Station is a very cool looking set and I really like
the striking transparent globe with the embedded space station inside.
The globe can spin on it's axis and all of the countries are printed all
over the entire sphere. The bonus lighting feature makes the set
look amazing in the dark and you can even change the lighting colour from
warm white to cool white.
Building the set wasn't overly complicated, with only steps 2 and 3 being a
bit tedious because you were repeating the build segments for the curved
arm. Again, a challenging part in the set would be putting the space
station/spindle into the transparent spheres and then mounting it to the
arm. If you like space themed sets or a nice conversation piece
for your bedroom or den, the JAKI Globe Space Station will fit the bill
nicely.
Summary
Brand Set and number:
JAKI CK003 Breaking Dawn Globe Space Station
Number of Pieces: unknown (I'm guessing around 600+)
Numbered Bags: Yes
Minifigures: No
Stickers: No
Printed Parts: Yes
Lighting included: Yes
Missing pieces: No
Extra pieces: Yes
Lego compatible: Yes (ie. not Loz sized)
Age Rating: 8+
Where to get it: on the
LesDiy.de website, where you can find many more unique building block sets.
Thank you for reading and hope you found this review informative, Bye for
now!
