[nkellenicki]

You're forgetting the set design in the first place. All the knockoffs do is copy the set with their own bricks.

The few other brick manufacturers that design their own sets are clearly inferior in set design. Even Mega has a long way to go.

[oaiey]

The smart knockoffs buy creations from fans so called MOC (my own creation). And these can be really good.

But you are right a factor to consider.