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Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by michaelt »

BobAliceInATree wrote: post #155
munk-a wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have absolutely no doubts a court would consider it impossible to transfer goods under consignment to a different entity free of the burden of the consignment contract. So the corporation trying to reach into the franchise to grab these goods without honoring the contract is absolute BS and they should be dragged through the mud over it. The unfortunate loophole here is that, potentially, by shutting down that fran…

The problem with consignment is that the consignor wants the maximum price but the consignee wants a quick sale because 10% of a few bucks more means very little and they have to hold the inventory.

Selling on consignment can be an absolutely great deal for shops, under the right conditions.

If I'm a lego trader and I buy your set for $900 hoping to sell it later for $1000, in the meantime that's $900 I can't invest in anything else. And maybe I guessed the set's value wrong and I end up unloading it for $800, taking a loss.

On the other hand, if I agree to sell that same set on consignment? Zero capital outlay, zero risk of me taking a loss - just some shelf space and admin work.

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by hparadiz »

jonlucc wrote: post #221
shadefinale wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From what I understand ownership of the Lego sets never left the Mansells. The consignment agreement states as much. Even if we take what corporate says at face value (there was no agreement, or the agreement is null, or it's an agreement that the previous owners agreed to) that still just means that the store possesses property that they do not legally own. Whether or not they legally came to possess the sets seems…

I watched a video from a lawyer who was explaining some of the legal aspects of this debacle, and this one stuck out. Basically, if the Mansells had filed a form with the Oregon Secretary of State, they would have a much simpler claim. That form basically just says "X company is holding Y merchandise that is mine for consignment". Because they (likely) didn't do that, the process for determining their ownership may b…

Oregon case law comes off looking terrible here. Who would want to do business in this environment?

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by qingcharles »

solomonb wrote: post #71

Can anyone explain WHY a 400M company would do this? This is just bonkers. They are destroying their reputation for $200k of legos???

They just "tripled down" a few minutes ago with a brand new unhinged fantasy statement:

https://bricksandminifigs.com/blog/blog/2026/05/28/bricks-mi...

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by usehand »

pigeons wrote: post #259
usehand wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The likely explanation is not that they are stupid, but that they are actually being rational and they can do this often and get away with it.

Its a different kind of rational though. There is a world leader who gets away with all kinds of obvious theft and bribery and grift and fraud and self-serving out in the open, but to reasonable people, he doesn't seem rational at all, despite getting away with everything.

Yep, I meant rational in the purely self-interested sense

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by qingcharles »

em-bee wrote: post #44

putting aside that this deal went sour, which is very frustrating, i am curious how much they actually spent to buy all that lego, and how much they gained, if anything, over just directly saving the money.

Lego can be way better than stocks as an investment.

I remember buying one Millennium Falcon set for $250 on sale and then a couple of years later offloading it on eBay for $10K.

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by qingcharles »

jccalhoun wrote: post #157

It seems like the guy who put them on consignment is getting screwed but it doesn't seem like this Reckless Ben is helping things by doing weird stunts https://kotaku.com/youtuber-starts-a-cult-and-is-raided-by-p...

We would never be talking about it if it wasn't for Ben. Yeah, he's weird, but he's the one that finally got a light shone onto this insanity. The fact he has literally fled to Mexico to avoid any more police harassment is wild.

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by Burj »

solomonb wrote: post #172
ogig wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You should watch the two videos if you haven't because it's full of jewels. The kind of conversations and plays recorded point to a pattern. This is not their first time doing something shady, they think they can get away with it, and they greatly underestimated Ben determination and resources. "are you stupid?", "you stole them", "i swear to god i'll return them if you send me first a false apology/confession" are s…

I'm not doubting the claims at all. I simply don't understand why a massive company would shoot themselves in the foot over something relatively small.

My guess is that their books are cooked to hell and back

In truth, the alleged $200k lego collection is meaningless. The real smoke is that the previous owners were strong armed out at random.

It honestly would just be franchise infighting if it werent for the fact that the ceo is explicitly running interference at every step

It seems like there is deep, deep fraud. The knee jerk reaction to run legal defense seems to me like they are hiding WAY worse

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by throwaway85825 »

preinheimer wrote: post #246
munk-a wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have absolutely no doubts a court would consider it impossible to transfer goods under consignment to a different entity free of the burden of the consignment contract. So the corporation trying to reach into the franchise to grab these goods without honoring the contract is absolute BS and they should be dragged through the mud over it. The unfortunate loophole here is that, potentially, by shutting down that fran…

> I have absolutely no doubts a court would consider it impossible to transfer goods under consignment to a different entity free of the burden of the consignment contract. Reminds me of the whole "disney must pay" debacle.

Was that the incident where they stole an artists tiki design?

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by TechSquidTV »

solomonb wrote: post #71

Can anyone explain WHY a 400M company would do this? This is just bonkers. They are destroying their reputation for $200k of legos???

To protect the corruption scandal already at play. It's not about the company, it's about protecting the church.
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