>>9830381ausanon providing an update - it was a bit of an odd purchase, there were 2 chinese guys in the parking lot with a black van. one was covered in tattoos. they waved me over when i arrived and asked to see the cash, which i didn't immediately hand over (for obvious reasons). after i showed it to them, the non-tattooed guy went to the back of the van and pulled out the set, i only caught a glimpse but there must've been hundreds of sets in the back.
other than that bit of weirdness it was fine, the guys were friendly even if their english was terrible, and the set seems to be real lego (pic related). so unless there is a bomb or some kind of chinese nerve agent gas in the box i should be fine.
5 star review from me, didn't even have to pull out the knife.