did u guys see the scandal about them stealing 200k worth of legos?
>any fellow badasses in chat check out the latest hot gossip on youtube with all the drama my fellow nerds?Fuck Off
>>11794729Yes, it was quite entertaining. I'm not paying for part 2, so someone link it if you've got it. If I find it I'll share it.
>>11794729Not toy related
>>11794731You're an odd fellow, chungusfurry.>>11795351Lego isn't toy related anymore? How'd that happen?
>>11795338Alright I found it.Part 2:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxZPfj8AlmYAnd part 1 if you haven't seen it already:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wscQpkcwgNU
tl;dr for any sane people that don't want to watch feature length youtube videos:>Guy has a shitton of classic star wars lego, over $200K worth. Has a franchise B&M store stock the collection for him on consignment.>B&M store owner sells his franchise store to a new owner.>The new owner goes "lol your consignment deal wasn't with me", just keeps the lego>lego owner goes to cops, cops don't give a shit and tells him it's a civil court matter>lego owner calls B&M corporate, they don't give a shit and say it's a franchise matter>with the help of some youtuber, lego owner files a lawsuit>the new B&M franchise store owner just straight-up does not respond to or show up for the lawsuit, making him automatically lose it>decides to close the store (and keep the stolen lego)
>>11795615>B&M store owner sells his franchise store to a new owner.>The new owner goes "lol your consignment deal wasn't with me", just keeps the lego>decides to close the store (and keep the stolen lego)I really really wish karma was a thing because fuckers like the new store owner guy should die in a burning fire or from an extremely pestilent form of cancer. Reading about this makes me irrationally angry.
>>11795617No, that's rational anger.
>>11795615>>B&M store owner sells his franchise store to a new owner.>>The new owner goes "lol your consignment deal wasn't with me", just keeps the legoWouldn't the original B&M store owner be responsible for the consignment still? It sounds like they are the ones who handed the merchandise to the new owner without taking responsibility for the items.
>>11795617still waiting for the conclusion, part 2 had evidence that the mormon police force violated their rights. these guys are gonna get raped in court
>>11796100It shows security footage in the video that she asked about it and the guy was like don't worry lol it's fine we'll take care of it you can't take it :^)What I really want to know is why exactly they just seemed to come out of nowhere and terminate her franchise and take over it... like that seems to just come out of nowhere and is glossed over in the video.
>>11796310There is a lot that makes absolutely no sense in the video. Even if they terminate her franchise, unless she was a stupid fuck who also signed a commercial lease with B&M or her franchise forced her to take a building they had leased, that entire set of circumstances makes absolutely no sense. Even if Utah is a half-ass backwards hell-hole, and it is, there's no reason for the police to take anyone's side unless they are being paid off, so there's also questions there. The $10K credit card payments, the lack of inventory, the inventory, this is the kind of shit any decent local TV station or a public radio station associated with BYU or University of Utah would have taken on and gotten results from without needing this dude to film himself half naked making time lapse of what some white boy nerd things are thirst traps of him making cheap ramen and pasta. If this was a hospital trying to bilk an old grandpa out of $200K in unexpected surgical bills, a good public radio station or local newspaper reporter would have written up some stories and done a decent, actual investigation and gotten a solution with a lot less bullshit and certainly without a patreon.
>>11796404I believe the store is in Oregon, but the parent company (or atleast just those higher up guys) live in Utah
But yes there is a lot of missing information which doesn't make any sense.The narrative as I interpret from the video is basically that the B&M company (like the actual head office/top of the food chain) really really really wanted to steal (up to) $200k worth of vintage Star Wars Lego, and did so by forcing a franchise owner out somehow, and then have gone to cartoonishly villainous lengths to keep it... Like why does a company worth $100m want to risk so much just to steal (up to)$200k worth of stock?The company released a statement (very boilerplate/fluff)https://bricksandminifigs.com/blog/blog/2026/05/21/salem-oregon-bricks-and-minifigs-store-situation/And it does just kinda say 'yeah we have his shit, but they weren't suppose to be selling on consignment so *shrug* it's ours now'Like, WHY are they keeping it then? Why not just give it back? Why do they want this fraction of their company value in inventory so, so much?
>>11796425>hey we don't like elderly abuse, that isnt okay>...but if there was a consignment, that wasnt allowed per corperate policy>so be fair to us, okay bye bye???What a wierd response and situation. Also there was recently a video where one store 'accidentally' takes a super, super rare minifigure and calls if 'fake' anyways. All this tells me is I am glad I didn't decide to sell any of my Lego stuff to the local store near me.>$100mHow is that company worth $100m?!?!
>>11796470Same way any company is worth $100m or more. Thievery.
>>11795615Man this is bullshit.
>>11796425>>11796470My guess is the company is probably leveraged to the tits (i.e. they have a lot of debt) and so $200k of easily-sellable merchandise is actually a lot to them.
Watched part 2.This guy has fucked with Scientology before and they apparently didn't have anywhere near the influence of the Mormon church, which is trying to get him arrested now.
>>11795391Apparently part 3 is up on the patreon as well, would appreciate if you could find that.
>>11796552It's not, that's just included at the end for when it's made public on youtube
>>11796553Ah damn, thats a shame. Im enthralled personally. Never seen his videos before but Im going to have to see more, hes an excellent storyteller, and is on some Bugs Bunny shit which I appreciate it.
>>11796100Legally it was probably on consignment with B&M as a business entity, not the original owner. So when the franchise changed hands the consignment deal went with it.
>>11796404>Even if Utah is a half-ass backwards hell-hole, and it is, there's no reason for the police to take anyone's side unless they are being paid off, so there's also questions there.The store was in Oregon and it's not clear why the police in Oregon took their side.But B&M corporate is in Utah, and is seemingly in the same town as the two franchisees that took over the store in Oregon after the consignment. And they are all wealthy Mormons. And Mormons donate a lot of money to the Mormon church - they are technically required to tithe 10% of their annual income, and I'm sure the rich ones give more to show off. And all the cops in this town are also Mormon.So it's the Mormon church.
>>11796425https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWg2bnAqW6kBen responds to the response from B&M
>>11796571All fair points, there were places where i was skimming the video because dude was clearly just padding crap. >>11796564If it is a franchise store, correct. Which explains why all those attempts to borrow against a credit card and then buy the stuff that was on consignment worked/would work, unless the store did something like decline or cancel the sale.
