trevorreznik posted:

As general advice, any bootleg set you're looking for you can plug the Lego set number into the website brick4.com and it will tell you clone copies.
Usually there's only a few, if any, and it's easy to them use those manufacturers/set numbers to search on Reddit or YouTube.

But in this case there's a ton of different knockoffs. Thankfully the URL says it's the LeDuo set. From reviews on Reddit, the replica manufacturer of that set seems to use low quality bricks and people had some complaints.

This review is quite negative and says it's basically a MOC pretending to be a clone
https://www.reddit.com/r/lepin/comments/1ax1xc2/leduo_minecraft_cave_youmkos_customer_service/

This review is a bit better. He titled the manufacturer in the post wrong on accident
https://www.reddit.com/r/lepin/comments/1acp4tf/decool_76010_minecraft_cave_small_review/

That being said, it still may be worth it. I have purchased bootleg : sesame Street, first flower arrangement, city hospital, city prison island, Bowser castle and Bowser airship. I also bought rivendell for a friend who hasn't built it yet. I've purchased from marstoy and joytoyworld/yourwobb, and believe hitian, barweer and jooooy to also be reputable resellers.

All of the sets were Good Enough (especially for the price), and were often easier to build with the real instructions from Lego than with the ones that came with.

For the most part, the tolerances are a bit worse, and I don't know if technic clones are awful or not. also, specific minifigs like the rivendell ones are notoriously wrong.

But when it comes down to a set that is THAT insane on the secondary market I would seriously consider it. My kid is just getting into Minecraft Lego too and I kind of like how it's 80s style minimal snot building, so maybe tolerance issues won't be an problem like they would be on a speed champions style thing.