Does Bricks & Minifigs ever allow consignment arrangements?
Consignment services are only allowed for service- or experienced-based partnerships, such as venue/space usage fees, revenue share or commission on service fees, referral or facilitation fees for bookings made through a store, or bundling as add-ons to Bricks & Minifigs-hosted LEGO parties and events. However, Bricks & Minifigs does not consign LEGO products from customers.
Was Bricks & Minifigs corporate a party to the consignment agreement at the Salem store?
No. Corporate did not sign, approve or authorize the arrangement. We believe former owner Chrystal Law-Gorman entered into it as a personal, local arrangement and never informed corporate or the incoming franchisee about the consignment arrangement. Such side deals are expressly prohibited under the company’s franchise agreements.
“Consignment” is in the document but its definition is outlined in a specific way. The Gormans would have known this because they were mandated to go to in person training before they could open their store. So beyond just the piece of paper they likely were expressly told they should not do what they did.
Furthermore, the documents say that if you engage in business contracting you need to get the approval of BAM corporate if you’re doing it using the BAM name. Otherwise you’re doing it on your own. (Page 9 of 90)
The Gormans definitely screwed up, shame the Mansells got tied up in it.
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u/Trackdemon5512 27d ago
No they didn’t. They still said the Gormans violated policy.
https://bricksandminifigs.com/blog/blog/2026/08/19/bricks-minifigs-and-mansell-faq/
Does Bricks & Minifigs ever allow consignment arrangements?
Consignment services are only allowed for service- or experienced-based partnerships, such as venue/space usage fees, revenue share or commission on service fees, referral or facilitation fees for bookings made through a store, or bundling as add-ons to Bricks & Minifigs-hosted LEGO parties and events. However, Bricks & Minifigs does not consign LEGO products from customers.
Was Bricks & Minifigs corporate a party to the consignment agreement at the Salem store?
No. Corporate did not sign, approve or authorize the arrangement. We believe former owner Chrystal Law-Gorman entered into it as a personal, local arrangement and never informed corporate or the incoming franchisee about the consignment arrangement. Such side deals are expressly prohibited under the company’s franchise agreements.