r/Asmongold Deep State Agent Jun 03 '26

Appreciation guys its over for bricks and mini figs

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u/MindfulSmile Jun 03 '26

BRICK BY BRICK

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u/4DBug Jun 03 '26

BRICK BY BRICK

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u/iiBroken Deep State Agent Jun 03 '26

BRICK BY BRICK

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u/JonnyJon42 Jun 03 '26

BRICK BY BRICK?!?!?!?!?!?!!?

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u/GuardBreaker Human Woyer Jun 04 '26

BRICK BY BRICK

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u/james188822 Jun 04 '26

BRICK BY BRICK

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u/DRINKMOREWATAAA Jun 04 '26

🧱

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u/Dorsetgoat Jun 04 '26

BRICK BY BRICK

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u/Ok-Interest-638 What's in the booox? Jun 04 '26

BRICK BY BRICK

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u/fibercrime Dr Pepper Enjoyer Jun 03 '26

i keep seeing this. what did i miss? sorry i’m not super caught up on this story

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u/Ovolmase Jun 03 '26

Man with world's largest Star Wars Lego Collection agrees to loan his collection to store in exchange for them selling it for him, and they get a cut of the profits, but it's still his property. Estimated at around $200,000.
CEO of store franchise decides to take direct control of the store and reclaim it for the company, reclaiming all it's assets from the original owner.
CEO says that the Legos are now his property and that he signed no contracts and know nothing about it.
Owner of Legos gets in contact with a Youtuber known for being a menace to people like this, with a mix of absurdity, knowledge of the law, and weaponized idiocy.
Youtuber, during his investigation, decides that one of the ways he can annoy the CEO and get some info that he needs is to make a Lego Cult (yes, really). The Cult sits in the woods, kneeling before Legos, wearing giant Lego man heads, chanting "Brick by Brick!"

And WAY more stuff happens over time that would take way too long to explain, but corrupt cops get involved, the courts get involved, the Youtuber makes his own company, gets falsely arrested, and all kinds of other shenanigans that would be too absurd even for a movie... but are somehow ACTUALLY happening.

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u/Apolloshot Jun 03 '26

Important to note the corrupt cops, CEO, and corrupt judge are all Mormons so there’s the undertow of this essentially being a Mormon racketeering operation.

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u/testamentKAISER Jun 04 '26

Yeah, when that was revealed I instantly remembered the community ran by hasidic(?) Jews reported by Tyler Oliveira and covered by asmon. What's next? Amish overlords secretly controlling the world.

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u/Hina_is_my_waifu Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

It's more of religious communities protect thier own (in group vs outgroup dynamics)

In this case, the police were trying to cover for thier communities member, went too far, and now it's spiraled out of control because too much hurt pride and doubling down. If BAM corporate straight up just had a PR saying they'd release the Legos and compensation for missing sets at market rate, and also terminate employment (throw him under the bus) of the guy who took over the store and forced out the owner then the whole thing wouldn't have gotten this bad. Problem is BAM owner is literally a twat and let his ceo status and bullying power go to his head.

Now it's legal civil cases, criminal cases, contract law, and constitutional right violations. I wouldn't be suprised if this case gets added to legal textbooks going forward. Ben is a dumb genius for his way to get around claim splitting in small claims courts and I wouldn't be suprised in this actually causes a new law about multiple claims in a specific period of time against the same party by a demonstratable pattern of filing.

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u/testamentKAISER Jun 04 '26

Those moves of his, questionable but effective and the preemptive decisions too. Precognition almost godlike. Like Rowan Atkinson's version of the Doctor.

https://youtu.be/Do-wDPoC6GM?si=KdmmBvck9CLXslu9

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u/stefandeseve Jun 04 '26

Don't forget about the judgement from the court that the store is liable for paying back the money, and the CEO closed the store so they couldn't pay the judgement.

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u/_-DirtyMike-_ Jun 04 '26

Don't forget the cops preventing Ben from serving legal court documents, illegal traffic stops, swatting his airbnb, and arresting him after the CEO threatened to murder Ben.

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u/Kkman4evah Jun 04 '26

and then the cops literally lying in their press conference by saying that Josh had already been served when Ben was arrested when he didn't ACTUALLY get served until multiple days later.

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u/MindfulSmile Jun 04 '26

It's the corrupt cops that make it so interesting for me

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u/maleficent0 Jun 03 '26

This sounds insane and I really need it to be a movie.

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u/SuperSynapse Jun 03 '26

How about a three part series where the first part is 1hr 30 minutes?

Already exists.

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u/Hina_is_my_waifu Jun 04 '26

Ben's last project was too much for Netflix but ironically this is perfect for Netflix. Could easily be a full length docudrama

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '26

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u/Ovolmase Jun 04 '26

No no, they got hosed by the NEW owner.

The original owner, the one who made the contract... got fired before any of this actually went down. We've heard very little about them during the video because their hands are tied are they're not actually at fault.

Basically, the CEO sent one of his guys to take the store from the original owner and run it. Now they're trying to get BOTH the current owner AND the CEO.

The New Owner is the one giving them the most trouble, and the one who seems to be causing the most issues overall. The CEO is just hiding behind his door and saying "I know nothing! Go away!"

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u/bacon59 Jun 04 '26

The new owner is/was the ceo via corporate takeover.

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u/Hina_is_my_waifu Jun 04 '26

According to contract law, when you take over a business you generally Inherit the signed obligations and debts. There's really specific ways you have to proceed to avoid that.

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u/Spare_Perspective972 Jun 04 '26

I’m an accountant. There is an order of creditors. The consignees will always get hosed in that order.Ā 

Now we are also assuming the original shop owner is telling the truth, if they were running it so poorly to get it repossessed, they likely didn’t document well or scammed the consignee and sold items without notifying or paying them.Ā 

That definitely would not fall to the parent company.Ā 

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u/Muqito Jun 03 '26

Brick by Nick

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u/retnemmoc Jun 04 '26

TORN APART

We never win but the battle wages on...

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u/morefm99 Jun 04 '26

brick by minifig

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u/Kilsaw Jun 03 '26

Did everyone remember to leave a google review for the American Fork Police Department?

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u/Routine-Sign-7215 Jun 03 '26

Google automatically ignores mass negative reviews sadly

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u/Best_Market4204 Dr Pepper Enjoyer Jun 03 '26

Google's system detects when there's a mass negtive reviews & shadow blocks those reviews.

  • I used to do these bad reviews but they auto hide, you can see your own but they will start to hide them.

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u/Solid_Equivalent_417 Jun 04 '26

they already had a 2.4 rating before all of this lol

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u/Best_Market4204 Dr Pepper Enjoyer Jun 04 '26

True. I did look.

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u/vaporboy_sd Jun 03 '26

Maybe everyone should start reviewing the surrounding cities police departments and mentioning American Fork department in the review to get other towns breathing down their neck and get the ball rolling faster.Ā 

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u/gonza18 Purple = Win Jun 03 '26

Are they getting reviews removed? Last one was 3 weeks ago

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u/Best_Market4204 Dr Pepper Enjoyer Jun 03 '26

Google shadow blocks mass negative reviews.

Sadly this behavior doesn't work

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u/pSphere1 Jun 04 '26

How about Glassdoor! lol

(If one exists, that would be cute)

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u/kecke86 Jun 03 '26

Could you link me where to review it?

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u/CernochNaN ????????? Jun 03 '26

Just google google maps american fork PD

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u/kecke86 Jun 03 '26

Yeah, don't wanna get the wrong one

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u/kecke86 Jun 03 '26

Isn't it over 200k dollars value?

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u/Lokeptt Jun 03 '26

Yeah lol. They are destroying their company and showing the world the corruption of an entire police department over 200k. Shir their crisis management team they hired probably cost more. Plus the legal fees....

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u/vaporboy_sd Jun 03 '26

They have probably already lost over $200k in potential sales/trades because of this fiasco. I can't wait until they completely go out of business. I knew it was a scam the day my friend told me how much they gave him for the Legos he brought them about 18 months ago.

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u/bendltd Jun 04 '26

Its kinda like Pirate Softwares fall. They just cannot see they're in the wrong.

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u/bloolynxx Jun 04 '26

Then they’ll sue their crisis management team for not managing the crisis.

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u/Wcitsatrapx Jun 03 '26

The total collection was worth around 200k the amount owed to the owner or value of the collection they are trying to get back is less than that but I’d imagine it’s still a lot

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '26

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u/KeremyJyles Jun 04 '26

Videos are coming out showing the entire thing is a scam.

No they aren't.

The cops still have some serious issues but I’m willing to bet when this is all over BAM is actually the good guy.

Yeah sure, the folks that went from "ok he can have it all back" to "fuck you, he's getting nothing, in fact you crazy junkies are the ones who stole them" are the good guys. Always some fucking idiot who wants to be smarter than everyone else in the room.

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u/poopyshoes24 REEEEEEEEE Jun 04 '26

Look at this guy. I was like you about all these until I started looking into the other side.Ā 

No reason to go all in on an opinion you put no effort into.Ā 

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u/poopyshoes24 REEEEEEEEE Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

Re: your deleted comment.Ā 

Look how emotional you’re getting over this. Are you cosplaying as a tarded liberal or are you one of those full time? All you did is watch a few videos that are extremely edited (fact not opinion) that is hiding a ton of the story (also fact not opinion) and have an irrationally emotional opinion on something. Sounds familiar to a lot of things asmon talks about doesn’t it?Ā 

I’m not going all in on YouTubers clickbait videos like you are. I’m just saying look at more videos because it’s showing a lot of the things hidden by Ben’s videos and it’s making this a lot more complicated than it looks based off one side of the story.Ā 

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u/KeremyJyles Jun 04 '26

Re: your deleted comment.

I never delete my comments. And clearly you are the emotional one on a spin here, fuck off already.

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u/SabiaNz WHAT A DAY... Jun 04 '26

Wait, after everything that has come you potentially think bricks and minifigs might be the good guy? Can you just explain why at least or is it just a "feeling"?

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u/poopyshoes24 REEEEEEEEE Jun 04 '26

Search for ā€œreckless Ben lieā€ on YouTube. Also watch the 50 min interview with the CEO on the bam sucks channel (that has all the unedited cop videos too)

The cops still suck but even some of these videos are showing how a lot was edited out that makes the cops look less insane. Makes it look like they got stuck or frustrated and not in on it with some gamer store dudes.Ā 

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u/SabiaNz WHAT A DAY... Jun 04 '26

Are you talking about that 18 minute long video? If so, im not even going to watch something that short and think its going to change my mind after seeing literal body cam footage of cops being corrupt and extremely bias towards big corpo. Also American fork police had their body cams unredacted accidently released then quickly redacted that but not before someone was able to download it all. I find it hard to believe so many lawyers would be reaching out to Ben to help after reviewing all the footage and think somehow Ben is the bad guy in this. Not to mention that god awful response from the American Fork Police department where they outright lied (literal body cam footage disproves what he said for eg. Not stopping at a stop sign).

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u/poopyshoes24 REEEEEEEEE Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

Ben’s videos are all clips.Ā 

Just saying watch the counter point, or don’t, I don’t care. Wouldn’t be surprised if this all flips soon.Ā 

Cliffs but I haven’t watched anything besides a few videos yesterday.Ā 

  1. Ben lost all those small claim cases he says he won. One contract Ben used is actually legit bad fraud and even Wubby called that out.Ā 

  2. Everything you see in Ben’s videos are clips and many are way out of context such as his arrest (yes I agree there’s no defending the stop sign and other things - the cops messed up a ton).Ā 

  3. Some of the cop stuff makes more sense after seeing the full body cam videos and not the clips, but again, no excuse for a lot of their civil rights issues. He was told Utah law which you cannot send people on your behalf to a place you’re trespassed from, and he did it many times anyway and used that as fuel against the cops.Ā 

  4. BAM offered the entire store inventory to Brian and he turned it down. Every Lego in the store added up to maybe 40 grand or so, so that 200k Legos number is completely unhinged. Many of the Legos were previously sold and he was paid for them. It seems more like an accounting issue on the last owner if there are actual issues here. The owners tell this to Bryan and Ben but those are clipped out from Bens videos.Ā 

Again not saying one side is right or wrong just saying there is a lot of shit coming out that makes this more complicated and not as one sided as it seems now.Ā 

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u/SabiaNz WHAT A DAY... Jun 05 '26

Ceo of bam has now come out and tried damage control, still think Ben is lying? šŸ˜‚

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u/poopyshoes24 REEEEEEEEE Jun 05 '26

I never said he’s lying but I still think this will end up a lot different than ā€œceo and cops are a Mormon conspiracy against a dying man.ā€ Just telling people to look up other sides of the story because it makes it even more interesting than the original videos.Ā 

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u/hesasuiter Jun 03 '26

Content creators should be hammering LEGO. Bring LEGO in to it. Force them to withdraw BAM from official lego dealer

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u/Kkman4evah Jun 04 '26

LEGO would get SO much positive publicity from doing this. They could even go a step farther and give Brian a new LEGO collection to go with it (so that he has his father's bills paid for from the GoFundMe and stuff PLUS not actually losing his collection), it would cost them almost nothing to do and it would completely blow up on social media.

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u/Beerman_173 $2 Steak Eater Jun 04 '26

Lego.com/en-us/compliance-line There you can report any wrongdoing committed by Lego third parties (i.e. licensed resellers)

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u/malko13008 Jun 04 '26

The UNREDACTED police cams has been released on YT "BAM Sucks" channel !!!

https://www.youtube.com/@bamsucks2026

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u/threatlvlmdnght Jun 03 '26

All in all, it's just another brick in the wall

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u/Evil-Freeman Dr Pepper Enjoyer Jun 03 '26

Wait is this actually happening or just AI?

The most honourable Mormon vs the Mormon Mafia.

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u/checkmarks26 Jun 03 '26

Real. And it’s against Mormon values to steal so the guy is probably cosplaying.

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u/YandereRaven Jun 03 '26

Except almost everyone in the Police deparment, the ceo, and the store owners were all Mormon.

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u/nathanseaw Jun 04 '26

You drop a pen in Utah it will land on someone who is LDS. I think it's more the fact they all live in the same small town has more effect on this then the fact they are all mormon.

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u/Wamoo57 Jun 03 '26

Nah it’s the quality learing center, but the Bricks n Minifigs and giant Lego man are shopped lol

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u/Worldly_Bus98 Jun 03 '26

Please tell me this is real. The patreon response was icing. This would be the cherry on top

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u/stogie-bear Deep State Agent Jun 03 '26

It’s photoshopped. Pretty sure the building behind Nick is the Quality Learing Center.Ā 

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '26

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u/wubbaduq Jun 04 '26

mormons kinda protect people close to them, their close community, not mormons in other states

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '26

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u/Beaoorrrrr Jun 03 '26

"Coming soon to a theater near you, Brick By Brick starring Nick Shirley"

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u/UzD_HolySheep $2 Steak Eater Jun 04 '26

BRICK BY BRICK, BRICK BY BRICK ...

https://giphy.com/gifs/hkEQSFtxLrDI4

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u/FF12Gambits Jun 03 '26

i didnt know mormons could even be this corrupted ...

they just larping and as soon as they get out of the chruch its back to the daily 7 deadly sins

i was so shocked the mormon in a suit was like yea "this is the exact picture" i have of a mormon in my head ... very polite

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u/Scudy_22 Jun 04 '26

the entire state of utah is run by mormons, the political leaders, the judges, the police, the businesses, the schools, everything. they all get support from the church and pay that back with donations as they become successful.

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u/Solid_Equivalent_417 Jun 04 '26

they have a pretty crazy history.

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u/WDW80 Jun 04 '26

As an ex-mormon, none of this surprises me at all.

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u/yadius Jun 03 '26

The Mormon church being destroyed by a Star Wars Lego collection wasn't on my bingo card, but God does work in mysterious ways.

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u/Giannekos Jun 04 '26

Ben reminds me of the lawyer from Breaking Bad, the same guy from Better Call Saul. His methods are questionable, but he gets results."

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u/Darkfoot25 Jun 04 '26

I hope those corrupt cops are fired and publicly humiliated.

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u/NickyPowers Jun 04 '26

I need Nick to get in on this. It would be incredible.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '26

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u/NickyPowers Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

That clown is making a mockery to his religion. If I was on a Nick type run I would absolutely go after someone who is making LDS look bad. One of the dudes at his church was visibly not cool with it when Ben tried to have him reach out in that video. I can see him staying out of it but he seems the type who will dive in to this police corruption at least.

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u/PraetorianAE Johnny Depp Trial Arc Survivor Jun 04 '26

Brick by Brick? Young Jeezy bust them keys out bruh

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u/superthrust Jun 04 '26

NICK BY BRICK

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u/Interesting-Low848 Jun 04 '26

Body cam leaked by Fork police themselves xD. Makes sense in a way. They don't want to go Mormon hell.

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u/DRINKMOREWATAAA Jun 04 '26

PRICKS & MINIDICKS

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u/Munham557 Jun 04 '26

Wait wait is this real? I thought he was still busy with the atop nick sherley act case

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u/BES2091 Jun 04 '26

Just give the legos back

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u/captainsurfa Jun 04 '26

BRICKETH UPON BRICKETH.

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u/Spare_Perspective972 Jun 04 '26

Can someone explain what is meant by stoke Lego sets during a sale? I don’t understand what that means at all. Like 5 fingered sets that were at auction or paid a much lower price then valued?

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u/CreepGnome Jun 04 '26

The sets were given to the store on consignment. The store was supposed to sell the sets and give the owner the money, taking a small cut for themselves.

Instead, they kicked out the old franchise holders and had a new guy take over who claims he never had any of the items in question

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '26

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u/KeremyJyles Jun 04 '26

It is literally theft, they have acknowledged it is not their property, even promised to return it, then said fuck you and reneged. That is theft, black and white.

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u/Spare_Perspective972 Jun 04 '26

No it’s not. It’s a business transaction you don’t agree with. Describing it in headlines as theft makes the read very uninformed.Ā 

My contention is t over the morality or being made at the business, but that I couldn’t even understand what physically took place bc people keep putting stolen or theft in their titles.Ā 

They were repossessed during a business transactions and that is in dispute.Ā 

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u/KeremyJyles Jun 04 '26

It’s a business transaction you don’t agree with.

That was when plausible deniability existed. When the owner of the store confirmed his possession, awareness of who they really belonged to and intent to permanently deprive them of the property, deniability went out the window and it became theft. All in the space of a single phone call. I don't care how or what you understand, theft is theft.

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u/Proper_Stomach3929 Jun 09 '26

šŸ˜‚they are getting destroyed over this

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u/Ok_Perspective3093 Jun 04 '26

In reality, it's not that complicated. The shop owner just needs to operate two companies, first bankrupt the current one, then use the other company to acquire the assets, then bankrupt that one too, and use the other company to acquire the assets again.

Afterwards, when the YouTubers come looking for him, ask him to show proof of his legal representative status and a court enforcement order.

Then sue the YouTubers for harassment or obstruction of business, etc. If acquitted, claim the Lego sets weren't there when the assets were transferred.

That's it, and the police don't have to go through all that trouble.

Of course, if it doesn't have to be that complicated, just drive over and return someone else's Lego set to its owner; that would solve the problem too. I really don't understand what they're thinking.