Organized groups of thieves have been busted. So it's a very easy product for thieves to target and then find a ready market for that to be sold.īut this isn't just like stealing some bricks or trays…. Unlike a lot of products, it doesn't have serial numbers or anything. Because of that, there's a huge market for Lego right now. Lego has quite a following with the adult fan community. They learned from the suspects, who were all from Poland, that they were part of a team specialized in stealing the brick sets from toy stores.Ĭhris Malloy, a Lego collector who runs the website Brothers Brick, spoke with As It Happens host Carol Off about the market for Lego.
Officers arrested three people in Yvelines, which is about an hour west from Paris, last summer. Some coveted Lego sets make a tempting target for thieves because they're hard to track and they sell for big money on the black market, according to a man who runs a news site dedicated to the toy bricks.įrench police are building a case against an international gang of thieves who have been stealing Lego sets from across the country, reports the Guardian.
