Central Coast Bricks & Minifigs Gets Calls Amid Viral Oregon LEGO Dispute

Viral videos claiming Star Wars Lego collection theft lead to arrest, lawsuits in Oregon, Utah

It remains unclear who has the missing Legos, or what remains of the collection, which was originally estimated to have a value as high as $200,000.

Star Wars Lego theft claims shut down Keizer toy store

A series of viral YouTube videos about an Oregon man’s missing Star Wars Lego collection pulled a toy resale franchise in Keizer into a two-state legal and internet entanglement that resulted in the store closing.

Central Coast Bricks & Minifigs gets calls amid viral Oregon LEGO dispute

The Central Coast’s only Bricks & Minifigs location says it has received calls related to a viral alleged consignment dispute involving about $200,000 worth of rare Star Wars LEGO sets at a location in Keizer, Oregon.

YouTuber 'Reckless Ben' exposes alleged theft of $200K LEGO collection from 83-year-old man

YouTuber “Reckless Ben” Schneider has thrown a national LEGO resale company into the spotlight with his recent investigative video series. At the heart of the story is an 83-year-old Oregon man’s treasured LEGO collection. Built over decades and valued at nearly $200,000, his family says it was essentially stolen from them after they consigned it for sale at a Bricks & Minifigs store. The story began around late 2023 when Bryan Mansell, acting o…

Bricks and Minifigs Controversy, Explained

Religious prejudice rarely announces itself loudly. And when we look only for open contempt, we can miss most of what is actually causing real harm. A common approach to this kind of animus is to portray the problem at the group level rather than the individual level. It praises the individual, indicts the group. It admires the neighbor, while distrusting the beliefs. It insists that the people are good, kind, neighborly, hardworking—but then tr…

Reckless Ben Shares Bad News On Episode 3 of His Bricks & Minifigs Series - Geeks + Gamers

Reckless Ben is in a bind right now regarding his Bricks & Minifigs video series and has revealed that he is unable to post episode 3 due to a court order that prevents him from mentioning the company’s name. In a new video updating his viewers on the Bricks & Minifigs situation, Reckless Ben says that he has completed episode 3 of his series on the company and its ongoing dispute with Eric and Bryan Mansell over some allegedly stolen Star Wars …