In plus to being tremendously fun , LEGO playsets can be avaluableand extremely sought - after collectible commodity . The 7541 - piece LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon , for example , can bring more than $ 3700 on thesecondarymarket , while the 4 - human foot - marvellous Eiffel Tower can net close to $ 3000 .
alas , that ’s not France ’s exclusive connection with theLEGO firebrand . The state ’s law are investigate a monumental LEGO thievery ring that may involve outside brick burglars .
According toThe Guardian , three suspects pick up last June in Yvelines , France for steal LEGO sets expose that they were part of a widespread LEGO conspiracy . Hailing from Poland , the thieves admitted that a serial of LEGO heists were planned and targeted for sets that were popular among collectors . The thieves purportedly arrive in France , shoplift from area toy fund , and return to Poland with their haul . They may have been visiting France as early as November 2019 to enact their easy - to - tack together offence .
LEGO expert say the pandemic hasdrivenprices up across a range of collectibles , and LEGO is no exception . For stealer , the sets are attractive because they’redifficultto suggestion and sluttish to betray on a “ black securities industry ” of internet website .
LEGO - related crimes are on the rise elsewhere . A man in Tigard , Oregon , wasarrestedin March for stealing more than $ 7500 in LEGO sets from a storage quickness . In 2018 , another Oregon man — this one in Portland — was hold back afterpurchasing$13,000 in stolen LEGO sets from undercover constabulary . A hunt of his home revealed more than $ 50,000 in stolen sets , which he incur from a web of thieves .
[ h / tThe Guardian ]
