Stolen Lego, Mormons and corrupt Cops – a recap of all the major facts

Thanks for linking to Legally Mine; the executives in common with Bricks & Minifigs, and franchises put up as collateral with Legally Mine.

Basis of the valuation is in the first link on the blog. If you have an alternative based on the inventory, feel free to share it.

And I find it really interesting how quickly you transition from challenging pretty much everything (the value, the "not sure how much BAM really kept") to....

... Why do you say the VICTIM of the theft and harassment should be investigated?

You explicitly say they "share a lot of blame" -- for what, being swindled, refused their property, repeatedly harassed and targeted?

Sir, you with the thieves too?

I don't care if the previous franchise owners pooped in Lego boxes and sold them as solid gold. As soon as BAM corporate revoked their franchise, the property and liabilities of the franchise reverted to BAM and BAM needs to honor them. All BAM needed to do was professionally handle the transfer of the franchise and they would have avoided all of this. If they discovered there was a consignment agreement in place that was allegedly in violation of policies, the correct next step would have been to contact the consignee and say "We can't sell your Legos, come and pick them up."

As with any collectible, people on either side will choose the number that suits their goals. People with no skin in the game will probably use the more impressive number and understand that's the top end. I think you are interpreting the latter as "accepted as fact".

Interestingly, the total dollar value of the controversy has blown way past both numbers.

"The $200k figure seems is not grounded in reality" That is something I've been trying to investigate. I used the Salem Business Journal value because they seemed to be the only ones who had looked at it (at the time).

Now Coffeezilla has given a value of 107K, but it's unclear if he's counting minifigs. I've written a post here, trying to get to the bottom of it: https://www.reddit.com/r/RecklessBen/comments/1u2lg9v/does_c...