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

Post by brittlepeanut » Fri, May 29, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC

A_D_E_P_T wrote: post #18

gkoberger wrote: post #11

I'm really confused by this blog. There seems to be a large portion of the story missing. I can't figure out the correlation between the owner losing their franchise and the rest of the story. Why did they want to steal the sets? If they're really a $400M company (whatever that means), why would they do this over (at most) $200k? I couldn't figure out what is being claimed here. I'm not saying it's not true, I just c…

It's not that hard to understand. A man gave a store merchandise on consignment, signed a contract with the store manager. The manager lost control of the store to corporate. The goods were still there, still on display and being sold. Corporate says, "this is mine now" and refuses to honor the contract. "It wasn't our name on it, says right here that the previous store manager signed this, and she's no longer with u…

Post by N_Lens » Fri, May 29, 2026, 12:25 AM UTC

aprilthird2021 wrote: post #123

throwaway85825 wrote: post #48

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Mormonism is the original cult that survived the first generation. It has all the hallmarks of a cult, singular charismatic leader, polygamy, child abuse, apocalyptic prophecy etc.

Child abuse is not an official sanctioned thing in Mormonism. And they have officially ended the practice of polygamy (yes there was some coercion on the part of the US govt) The other three were pretty much traits of every major traditional religion at its founding.

Post by throwaway85825 » Fri, May 29, 2026, 12:26 AM UTC

busterarm wrote: post #278

aprilthird2021 wrote: post #123

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Child abuse is not an official sanctioned thing in Mormonism. And they have officially ended the practice of polygamy (yes there was some coercion on the part of the US govt) The other three were pretty much traits of every major traditional religion at its founding.

It can be a religion in its beliefs and a cult in its practices and that's exactly what's going on -- especially since it's Utah that we're talking about... I have very close Mormon and ex-Mormon friends and have dealt with lots of Scientologists via community involvement in music and science fiction...there is no difference. A married couple that are friends of mine had minor questions of faith and their entire larg…

Post by N_Lens » Fri, May 29, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC

bananamogul wrote: post #88

xmprt wrote: post #8

One of the saddest things about modern capitalism is that people stealing from businesses is criminalized and heavily punished but businesses stealing from people (eg. wage theft, illegal contracts, medicare/PPP fraud, and outright stealing like this case) is treated as a civil violation and almost impossible to prosecute. The only cases of white collar crime I've seen get prosecuted is securities fraud and that's ri…

"The only cases of white collar crime I've seen get prosecuted is securities fraud and that's rich people stealing from other rich people." There are thousands of YouTube videos of people being arrested or being in court on charges of embezzling from their employers, committing fraud, presenting bogus checks at banks, etc. Hacking is white collar crime. So is mortgage fraud. So is tax evasion and bribery. There are t…

Post by batch12 » Fri, May 29, 2026, 12:33 AM UTC

shadefinale wrote: post #228

bishfish wrote: post #214

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Would it count as being served if bodycam shows that police handed him the papers and he gave them back or tossed them on the floor?

According to Ben, the bodycam footage of the officer's attempt to serve the papers is fully redacted, no audio/video at all.