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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 8note »

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…

> "It wasn't our name on it, says right here that the previous store manager signed this, and she's no longer with us."

this seems kinda obvious that if they dont have a contract to do consignment, they don't have a contract to the lego at all, and cannot sell the lego

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

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Post by wang_li »

SwellJoe wrote: post #198

This is comic book villain shit. The story isn't told well anywhere that is covering it, YouTubers aren't always exactly great journalists or incentivized to tell a coherent and concise story. But, it's obvious the Bricks and Minifigs folks are lying about damned near everything at every turn and not engaging in good faith. So, the facts are hard to follow, but I know for a fact the old guy who lost his collection to…

He kind of is. The right thing to do here is go straight to court. All this drama, grandstanding, conspiracist thinking, and stunts are bullshit. Sue. Get the judgment. Collect.

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

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Post by wang_li »

jmyeet wrote: post #47

It's wild to me how willing people are to torch their company's reputation. If you've seen some of the videos and comments around this it really seems like the corporate owners, and possibly the new franchisee, are arguably, for lack of a better descriptio0n, egotistical bullies, the "yeah? sue me then" types. They've probably gone their entire life just being a-holes and not being held accountable. And now they're d…

>The facts and the law here are quite simple. Man consigns LEGO collection to the store. He has a contract. The new store owner still has that liability.

That would only be true if a new owner purchased the business. In bankruptcy consigned goods become property of the consignee's bankruptcy estate and cannot be returned to the original owners. The original owners have a cause of action against the estate, but they are not guaranteed the return of the consigned goods or full recompense for the value of the goods. It largely depends on how corporate took over the franchise.

    Generally, if the consignee under such a consignment arrangement files for bankruptcy relief, the consigned goods are property of the consignee's bankruptcy estate. Accordingly, 11 U.S.C. §362(a)(3) prohibits the consignor from picking up the consigned goods after the filing of the bankruptcy. Additionally, if the consignor picks up the goods, (1) the consignor may be subject to a turnover action under 11 U.S.C §§542 or 543 for their return and/or (2) within 90 days prior to the bankruptcy filing, the consignor may be subject to a preference action under 11 U.S.C. §547(b) for their return.
From https://www.abi.org/abi-journal/navigating-the-consignment-r...

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

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Post by spencerflem »

BloondAndDoom wrote: post #569

How is there “justice” if everyone knows the party with less money cannot get into a legal battle? How is then America free and democratic? I’m not American and I’m very confused by this and also the concept of bail money.

Haha, good catch- we’re not.

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

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Post by fsloth »

sarchertech wrote: post #495
fsloth wrote: post #426

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"the crazy part to me is how blatant the executives of bricks and minifigs are in saying go ahead and try to sue us, we’ll drag this out " To my experience this is a common strategy in disputes when the corporate party has people who operate as uncivilized brutes. I think it's part of the McKinseyfication of companies - profits at all cost - and here's the playbook. My personal experience is from private parking cont…

Very rarely do corporations act like this once there’s any sort of spotlight on them. Especially over such a relatively small number. This is nothing to do with any standard corporate tactics and everything to do with the guys in charge being complete dick heads.

I wish it was so as well but

"When McKinsey Comes To Town" by Bogdanich and Forsythe

documents exactly standard tactics such as these in e.g. insurance.

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

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Post by jasonlotito »

Aurornis wrote: post #551
wredcoll wrote: post #349

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> False. I said that a 3rd party traveling across the country to serve papers himself and then sitting in front of the house while police are called 4 times is needless YouTube drama. Genuine question, how do you think serving papers works?

[flagged]

> These services cost less than traveling across the country to film yourself sitting on the person’s lawn for YouTube content.

Your claim was it costs $100.

This does not balance with the facts where they say they were quoted thousands.

> This is easily Google-able.

Google says it's far more than the $100 you suggested for evasive people.

> I’m baffled

That's clear. If you are baffled, maybe you should stop defending evil corporations until you get all the facts.

> that so many people think this is a normal thing to do

They don't think this is normal.

Why do you think these people think that having a YouTuber try to serve papers is normal? Please, show me the person who says that this is normal.

At least you're not the type who uses an anonymous handle on HN to defend evil companies.

I find it kind of pathetic to think so highly of HN points, to admit to gaming the system, to be so cowardly to say what you believe. Not that I would apply any of that to you. Those types of people are worthless.

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

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Post by rdtsc »

jasonfarnon wrote: post #272
rdtsc wrote: post #140

> Bricks & Minifigs CEO Ammon McNeff is a graduate of Brigham Young University. Joshua Johnson and Brandon Best are, by public record and documented account, members of the LDS community. When Reckless Ben's team, following the pattern of obstruction by local law enforcement, looked into the individual officers involved in these incidents, they found that multiple officers were also BYU alumni. I thought “it has to b…

Do you know all these involved parties aren't mormons in some mormon area/mormon company? Eg the old guy, the franchisee?

The Salem, OR ex store owner and/or the owner of the LEGO set or the youtube who got involved? I'd be fairly sure they are not. Had the store itself been in Utah that would have been a 50/50 maybe.

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Post by maweaver »

getnormality wrote: post #556

I read the counterclaims from Bricks and Minifigs here: https://bricksandminifigs.com/blog/blog/2026/05/28/bricks-mi... This post and TFA have a common issue: no one seems to have a clear, compellingly evidenced account of basic questions about the collection and its history under consignment: 1. What exactly was in the collection? 2. What happened to the collection after it was consigned: which sets were sold, which…

One thing really stands out, which is that Bricks and Minifigs is pointing the finger at the franchisee for an "unauthorized" consignment deal. While the blog post has a screenshot of the contract specifically allowing consignments. Which undercuts a large part of the corporate argument.

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

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Post by jmyeet »

wang_li wrote: post #574
jmyeet wrote: post #47

It's wild to me how willing people are to torch their company's reputation. If you've seen some of the videos and comments around this it really seems like the corporate owners, and possibly the new franchisee, are arguably, for lack of a better descriptio0n, egotistical bullies, the "yeah? sue me then" types. They've probably gone their entire life just being a-holes and not being held accountable. And now they're d…

>The facts and the law here are quite simple. Man consigns LEGO collection to the store. He has a contract. The new store owner still has that liability. That would only be true if a new owner purchased the business. In bankruptcy consigned goods become property of the consignee's bankruptcy estate and cannot be returned to the original owners. The original owners have a cause of action against the estate, but they a…

But it’s not a bankruptcy so why are you bringing that up?
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