A USA TODAY reporter bought Lafufus online and found some differences in quality, including the number of teeth and chips of paint missing.

Labubu, the quirky, wide-eyed monster collectibles from Pop Mart have taken over toy shelves, TikTok feeds and keychains.

The Labubu craze has led to a counterfeit market. Some knockoffs have been labeled as dangerous. Luckily there are some easy ways to spot a Lafufu.

Lafufus are counterfeit versions of Labubus that have proliferated in the wake of the original's popularity, with everyone from street vendors to Facebook sellers either selling them outright as fakes or attempting to pass them off as originals in order to profit off the scarcity of the original.

Labubus have been everywhere on social media and on shelves across the globe. Explore the origins and future of this trendy craze.

The collectible toys are blowing up. So are the fakes. Here’s what Philly store owners say about spotting the difference.

China, long known as the counterfeit capital of the world, has discovered a new respect for intellectual property. It’s hard to say what’s more amusing about the meteoric rise of China’s Labubu toys: the bizarre appearance of the dolls themselves or the fact that they’ve spawned knockoffs that are sometimes just as popular as the originals.