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People Are Stealing Legos. Here's Why
NPR ^
| April 3, 2021 7:54 AM ET
| FARAH ELTOHAMY - PETER BRESLOW
Posted on 04/03/2021 6:30:23 AM PDT by deport
Lego larceny may be on the rise.
French police have been investigating an international ring of toy thieves with a particular affinity for the colorful, interlocking bricks, according to a recent report from The Guardian.
In this case, three suspects were caught taking boxes of Legos from a toy shop near Paris, with the goal of selling them in Poland, according to Le Parisien.
And it's not just Europe. Lego robberies have happened in the United States as well. Last month, a man in Oregon was arrested after local police suspected he stole $7,500 worth of Lego toy sets.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: crime; games; legos; recreation; theft
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posted on
04/03/2021 6:30:23 AM PDT
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deport
To: deport
To: deport
They’re building a case, obviously.
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posted on
04/03/2021 6:34:33 AM PDT
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BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: deport
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posted on
04/03/2021 6:36:44 AM PDT
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Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults. )
To: deport
FTA:
"There might even be a whole black market for the bricks," Lego specialist Gerben van IJken tells Scott Simon on Weekend Edition.
Said no guidance councilor ever, to anyone..."Lego Specialist".
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posted on
04/03/2021 6:39:26 AM PDT
by
ex91B10
(I'm a 20th century man but I don't want to be here not)
To: deport
Maybe they are building "Ghost Guns"
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posted on
04/03/2021 6:41:16 AM PDT
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: BradyLS
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04/03/2021 6:52:16 AM PDT
by
babble-on
To: deport
Lego is very behind on production. It took over six months for me to get my Complete Hogwarts Castle last year, and they’re not even taking more orders on the Diagon Alley set.
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posted on
04/03/2021 6:57:00 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Scarcity is real, and reality is not optional." ~ KDW)
To: deport
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posted on
04/03/2021 7:02:04 AM PDT
by
edwinland
To: deport
Does that explain all the blockheads running things these days?
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posted on
04/03/2021 7:05:35 AM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
(Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
To: deport
The best simile I’ve ever heard was “like an evil child sprinkling Legos on his parents bedroom floor while they slept.”
To: deport
Back in the 1980s people made beaucoup bucks smuggling Levis jeans into Europe. They could be had in the USA for $15 retail (less if you could get them wholesale, or steal them), but sold in France for example over $100 a pair.
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posted on
04/03/2021 7:18:18 AM PDT
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: BradyLS
That's for the Lego Lawyer set. Meanwhile the police set is on it.
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posted on
04/03/2021 7:24:36 AM PDT
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xp38
To: deport
"I love it when a plan comes together!" - John "Hannibal" Smith ("The A Team")
Regards,
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04/03/2021 7:26:23 AM PDT
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alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: deport
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posted on
04/03/2021 7:26:46 AM PDT
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alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: deport
They tried to name the capital of Nigeria after Legos but autocorrect got ‘em.
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04/03/2021 7:38:51 AM PDT
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bigbob
To: Tennessee Nana
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04/03/2021 7:43:17 AM PDT
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Mopp4
("It is a cruel world, Herr Hauptman. You said it yourself.")
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04/03/2021 7:52:48 AM PDT
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faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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posted on
04/03/2021 8:04:06 AM PDT
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BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: All
Lego Amusement Park.
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04/03/2021 8:07:52 AM PDT
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Liz
(Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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