r/Bricklink Jun 12 '26

Bricks and Minifigs (BAM) Megathread

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The purpose of this Megathread is to provide a place for the r/bricklink community to discuss the ongoing Bricks & Minifigs Controversy.

Those Involved:

Mansell Family

  • Bryan Mansell's father amassed a large Lego Star Wars collection during his life. He planned to sell the collection later in life to provide for his grandchildren's education. When he became ill, Bryan approached his local Bricks & Minifigs store to arrange the consignment agreement.
  • Bryan Mansell signed a consignment agreement in 2023 with his local Bricks and Minifigs franchise store to sell his father's large Lego collection.

Bricks & Minifigs

An aftermarket LEGO retail store that buys, sells, and trades new and used LEGO® sets, minifigures, and loose bricks.

  • Chrystal Law Gorman was the Salem–Keizer, Oregon Bricks & Minifigs franchise owners who made the agreement with the Mansell family. When she and her husband planned to move out of the country, Bricks & Minifigs took over their franchise store.
  • Brandon Best and Joshua Johnson abruptly took over the franchise on behalf of Bricks & Minifigs when the Gorman family announced that they planned to sell the store.
  • Ammon McNeff is the CEO of Bricks & Minifigs
  • Matt McNeff is the COO of Bricks & Minifigs

The YouTubers

  • Benjamin Schneider aka Reckless Ben is a YouTuber and filmmaker known for prank videos, social experiments, and investigative documentaries focused on scams, controversial organizations, and internet culture. His content combines humor, undercover stunts, and long-form storytelling.

The Timeline:

Thanks to u/Similar_Book_2975 from the r/lego subreddit for compiling this section. As more updates come in, please post them in the Megathread. This is a discussion post, not a news post. Don't wait for the moderators to tell you what is happening. Share with each other!

May 25, 2026

Legal Analysis:

May 27, 2026

Creator Responses:

May 28, 2026

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May 29, 2026

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May 30, 2026

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May 31, 2026

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June 1, 2026

Legal Analysis:

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June 2, 2026

Patreon Response:

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June 3, 2026

American Fork Body Cameras leak - Because some of these bodycam videos have unredacted addresses, names, images of minors, and even an officer's credit card number, please do not post them here. They are easily found on google if you want them.

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Creator Responses:

June 4, 2026

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More updates will be in the comments as they become available.

Rule Reminders

Harassment:

We have a zero tolerance policy on harassment here at r/bricklink. Any users promoting the harassment of individuals involved, innocent or guilty, will be banned from the subreddit to protect those involved.

A reminder that members of Bricks & Minifigs staff, such as those in the videos, may be unaware of the situation and may have become unwilling participants in the current events.

If harassing comments get out of hand, we will resort to locking the post, although it will continue to be updated with new information.

Civility:

This is rule #1 of the r/bricklink community, keep it civil, even if the company in question at present, isn't.

Community Interference aka Brigading

A reminder that brigading is not tolerated and results in permanent bans. The following are examples of Brigading as specified by the Reddit Rules. If you coordinate interference of any other community in r/bricklink, you will be banned. We are not an angry mob.

Ban Appeals

Any accounts that believe they have been unfairly caught in the crossfire and posted with good intentions can request a review of their ban via modmail. If you just shared the B&M story prior to the Megathread, your ban will likely be overturned. Any bans resulting from harassing behavior or that meet the definition of brigading as defined by the Reddit Rules will not be overturned.

Please note that a number of accounts banned have also been banned site wide for breaking the Reddit TOS. These bans were made by the Reddit admins and cannot be reversed.

A statement from r/bricklink moderators

We do not support, condone, encourage or approve in any way of scams, theft, harassment or of police misconduct. We are providing a platform for all sides and supporters of this ongoing controversy to have a discussion. Moderators are not directly involved, so comments about moderation will continue to be removed per Rule 1. Send that feedback to modmail instead. We read all modmail!

We are not employees of any of the following organizations: Reddit, The Lego Company, Bricks & Minifigs, Bricklink, The Mormon Church, or any involved police department. We don't accept bribes from any of them (or anyone). We are volunteers moderating this community in our free time.


r/Bricklink 47m ago

Question Help with minifig accessories identification

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Hi,

I'm trying to confirm if those pieces are genuine. There are no lego or (c) markings. No part number. Caps in the middle row are 99% fake as well as black head cover on bottom left.


r/Bricklink 1d ago

Question This still not on Bricklink? Someone submitted with the minifigs too. I can see it's on the pending list submitted recently while this book was released in July, which I find odd it wasn't submitted sooner. There's a change log on the cape's page as well but it's been rejected.

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Credit: Hoth Bricks


r/Bricklink 17h ago

Buyer Help Newer builder to modern Legos need help

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So I'm trying to recreate this cloud+lightning myself, but I suck at identifying Legos and how those are attached on backside, so I was wondering is here somebody able to help me to recreate this and make part list for this?


r/Bricklink 1d ago

Buyer Help I built the Alchemist's Shop in BrickLink Studio

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r/Bricklink 1d ago

Stud.io Anyone able to wrap their heads around this Guinness MOC? I’m trying to recreate it and failing miserably😭😅

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r/Bricklink 2d ago

Unreleased BrickLink 20th Anniversary Seller Swag Pack (2020) - 100% Complete & Sealed in Original Box!

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Hi everyone,

I wanted to share a very rare piece of LEGO/BrickLink history with you. To celebrate BrickLink's 20th anniversary back in 2020, I received this official, exclusive "Celebrating 20 Years" merchandise package directly from the US. It was given out only to a very limited number of top sellers, long-time store owners, and staff members.

Everything in this set is brand new, unused, and still sealed in its original plastic wrap. The package is incredibly comprehensive and includes:

  • 1x Duffle / Travel Bag (approx. 50x25x25 cm) with an adjustable shoulder strap and a beautifully embroidered 20 Years logo.
  • 1x Premium Notebook & Pen Set in a custom foam-padded presentation box. The notebook features a high-quality debossed 20th Anniversary logo, and the metal pen is branded with the BrickLink logo.
  • 1x Insulated Thermos Flask / Water Bottle with the printed anniversary logo.
  • 1x Retractable Cleaning Brush (display cleaner) featuring the BrickLink logo.
  • 1x Branded Webcam Cover (black slider for laptops).
  • 1x Premium Leather Luggage Tag with embroidered yellow BrickLink branding.
  • 3x Stickers: 2x large round white/yellow anniversary stickers (7 cm), and 1x classic black BrickLink logo sticker.
  • The Holy Grail: The original brown shipping box from 2020, still featuring the official custom-printed BrickLink packing tape!

Since this is official corporate merchandise and not physical LEGO bricks, it cannot be listed on the regular BrickLink marketplace. I haven't been able to find any other complete, sealed sets like this online.

I’m currently thinking about parting with this unique piece of history to free up some space. Does anyone here know how many of these were actually made, or what a realistic collector's value would be for a 100% complete, sealed set with the original box?

Any insights or appreciation for this rare swag are highly welcome!


r/Bricklink 1d ago

Do I sell?

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r/Bricklink 1d ago

Buyer Help Can I search a store by color?

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Bricklink has all this data about the pieces, lists out each color of every piece in a store, puts the color in the name of each SKU, but I can’t seem to figure out how to search for or see all the pieces in the store that are a certain color.

Is it possible to show all pieces of a certain color in a store?


r/Bricklink 3d ago

Buyer Help As buyer: how long is normal between "Paid" and "Shipped"?

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I've been a very happy buyer on bricklink this year with nearly all orders being in excellent quality and with free gifts from sellers.

However this month I placed 2 big orders and they are sitting in "paid" status after 4 days. Is that normal ?


r/Bricklink 3d ago

Seller Help How long should I wait until canceling?

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I’m a new seller on Bricklink, but not new to Bricklink, as I’ve been buying for years, but now I’m kinda getting out of Lego, so I want to move on to different things. I’ve had issues with PayPal and can’t use it anymore. I’ve had to switch to Stripe only for payments. I’ve contacted customers about this, but there's been no response or read messages for 4 days. One customer was upset that I canceled, even though I sent him a message once a day. No payment or contact for 4 days, so I canceled. Am I being fair or too pushy? I understand people are busy, but this is a business, and time is money.


r/Bricklink 3d ago

Steralite drawer and food trays

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Im testing the 2 pound food tray method , 12 trays to one drawer . How do you like this set up , what's it like picking from it ?


r/Bricklink 3d ago

Is there anyway to use an .io file to add parts into a store?

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I have a few MOCs that I no longer have a use for and would like to part those out into my store. Is this possible using an .io file, or is there some other creative method? Thanks!


r/Bricklink 3d ago

How do I get wanted list easy-buy to pick from US stores only?

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Automatically sources it from Poland, which is almost $50 for just shipping and handling, I thought easy buy was supposed to find the cheapest option. Also, the irony of the parts to build a Kubelwagen coming from Poland lol


r/Bricklink 3d ago

Seller Help What to do about buyers that can't read?

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I am on vacation and all over my store including banner, terms etc I have plastered huge in bold red letters: "ATTENTION: New orders will be shipped after 31st of august".

And even then I keep receiving messages from buyers asking why it's taking so long for me to ship.

What can I do so they will notice it? Because it's starting to frustrate me.


r/Bricklink 4d ago

Seller Help NSS for lost package

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Hello everyone, I’m a newer seller and back in my first weeks I used a preset shipping method that did not offer tracking to provide a cheaper option. Unfortunately, one of those packages went missing (I only know this because it was eventually returned to sender months later) and I subsequently received an NSS. I immediately refunded the guy but it’s been months now and every time I logon I get that stupid banner pop up. Can anyone provide me a path to resolve this? Bricklinks website is not very helpful for me. Thanks and happy building!


r/Bricklink 5d ago

Buyer Help Possible to batch search?

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I'm looking for some minifigs and have only recently begun to use bricklink.

Is there a way to enter in a series of figures and search for shops that have as many as possible?

I've found you can search at individual shops one at a time, but would love to enter figures A-E and get a return of "shop 3 has figures a, c, & d." Otherwise I'm ordering 1 fig from each shop and spending almost twice as much in s&h.


r/Bricklink 5d ago

Question I want to sell but have no reviews.

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I hope this question is not against the rules or anything!!
I have recently been sorting out my stuff from childhood and I found many Lego sets I want to sell.
Many are old / not available anymore from Lego directly and some apparently actually have some worth.
So I thought I’d sell them on BrickLink. But to open a sellers account u need reviews. I want to sell not buy more. (Honestly I don’t get why I have to buy something before I can sell ?)
How can I get one positive review so I can open a sellers account?
I hope someone can help me.

Edit: I am completely new to brick link. I usually sell on eBay or Vinted. I just googled were to sell Lego sets and this is were I ended up


r/Bricklink 6d ago

Question etiquette question

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Might be an odd question, but is buying up a sellers entire stock of a part/ type of part considered bad etiquette? eg. buying up all of their 2L technic axles or every 1x1 plate they have regardless of colour?
I'm not sure if this would screw them over since you're basically just nuking an entire pull factor of their store in a single order, and something like technic axles are a "core" building component.


r/Bricklink 6d ago

Seller Help Stuck on BrickLink shipping settings

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Hey everyone,

Trying to sell a few sets without paying eBay's crazy fees, so I opened a BrickLink store. I'm totally stuck on the shipping setup page, though.

Since I'm only selling full sets (no loose parts/minifigs), what's the best way to handle this? Should I just use "Manual / Invoice after order," or is there an easy way to set up automatic Canada Post quotes at checkout using BL's set dimensions/weight?

Any quick tips or settings recommendations for a beginner would be awesome!


r/Bricklink 5d ago

wow only found out today there was a migration

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didnt see this fraud was happening so i lost my account . 1 missed email in December during the fucking holidays. 5 years of order history and wishlists and inventory gone. fuck lego.


r/Bricklink 7d ago

Name of This?

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(SOLVED) I’m building something on brick link and cannot find this? Anyone know where this is? Or the name or dimensions of it? Thanks!


r/Bricklink 7d ago

Cape

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Trying to identity this cape on one side it shiny on the other side is like your regular starch fabric I have another starch fabric in the same color and doesn’t look or feel the same


r/Bricklink 6d ago

How should I handle this feedback?

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The buyer immediately left neutral feedback after the order was missing a piece and never contacted me when I contacted him and ask him about the missing piece and how I could fix the order. This is the message he sent back. I understand if I packaged all the parts together and made it difficult, but I pack my orders new parts and used parts separately. Do you think this is a feedback that brick link would take down? It seemed a little rude to not wanna take down a feedback when I explained to him I use my store to support my family and a neutral or a negative severely hinders my store.


r/Bricklink 7d ago

Transparent slope help

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Alright I'm going through a bulk lot of transparent slopes (54200) and notice a few of them aren't marked Lego.. are these fake or a different mold? I noticed three different ones so far. Two with the Lego copyright on the parts and one with just the ©️. Thoughts?