Bryan Mansell Presses Bricks And Minifigs Over $200,000 Lego Sale
Bryan Mansell says the dispute over his father’s bricks and minifigs Lego Star Wars collection has left him with one of three demands: a fair payout, the collection back, or the Salem-Keizer store run out of town if it will not do what is right.
The collection was reportedly worth more than $200,000 when it was consigned to a Bricks & Minifigs store in Salem-Keizer, Oregon, in late 2023. The arrangement reportedly allowed the store to sell sets while the Mansell family kept ownership, with a 35% commission and a promise that unsold items would be returned if the deal ended.
Late 2023 Consignment Deal
The collection at the center of the fight came from Bryan Mansell’s father and was placed with the store in late 2023. The store had promoted the inventory on social media and said it was worth well over $200,000, turning what looked like a routine resale arrangement into a high-value inventory dispute once the relationship broke down.
That arrangement is now part of the legal fight because Bricks & Minifigs corporate called it “an unauthorized” consignment agreement and said it was not a party to it. Corporate also said franchise locations operate independently, a line that leaves the dispute focused on who controlled the inventory and who was responsible for the money and the return of unsold sets.
November 2024 Transition
The situation shifted in November 2024, when former franchise operators Chrystal and Robert Gorman said they were removed during an ownership transition involving corporate representatives and incoming management. The Gormans said corporate was told the Lego Star Wars inventory belonged to the Mansell family under a consignment agreement, putting the ownership paper trail at the center of the conflict.
Mansell later terminated the agreement in November 2024, saying the store had missed payments and restricted his access to inspect the remaining inventory. That move turned the dispute from a sales disagreement into a broader standoff over whether the collection, the money, or both were being held up.
Reckless Ben Videos
Reckless Ben’s investigative videos pushed the case into wider view, and Keizer police said the matter remains under investigation. Civil litigation is ongoing, and the store was later reported as closed temporarily, adding a real business cost to a dispute that started with individual Lego sets and a consignor’s expectations.
For anyone watching from the retail side, the practical takeaway is blunt: high-value consignment deals can unravel fast when ownership, payment, and access are disputed. Mansell’s position leaves the store and the family with a fight that is still being handled in court and by police, not at the sales counter.
