I've been covering Amazon Prime Day deals events for years and have only really made a handful of purchases on things I actually needed. So I'm surprised at how tempted I've been to buy a LEGO set for myself throughout the Amazon Prime Big Deal Days event.

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LEGO isn't the only snap-together brick system. These seven sets aren't from LEGO, but they do offer an alternative and often go places LEGO does not dare.