Large Collection STOLEN in West Michigan

4cs · 2016-10-14T16:47:57.000Z

Some of you might remember I posted this Summer about selling off a 1,000+ collection of Lego to raise money for a new home purchase. I input everything into Brickfolio and discovered I had 1,098 sets valued at $55k. I started selling the sets selectively on Craigslist and Amazon and raised about $16-18k over the last month and then came into my warehouse this morning only to discover that most of my remaining sets have been stolen. The Sheriff's department just left, but it is pretty obvious the suspects knew what they were looking for, they took some sets and left others. They hauled out a couple hundred sets and even stole two moving dollies in the process. I only met 6 buyers here, and have turned their names over to the police in any hopes they can investigate and catch them. I noticed this past Monday just two sets were missing (a Temple of Airjitzu and an Ewok Village) and left work last night to purchase a security camera system with plans to install them today before the weekend. Please keep an eye out for anyone trying to dump a new collection for sale online in the West Michigan area. I would think Ebay, Craigslist, Amazon, Brick Classifieds, etc. These were Lego people, they knew what to take and what to leave. The volume of the sets suggests to me they plan on selling them whole or parting them out (10 of this, 15 of that, 8 of those, etc.). I would really appreciate any information that anyone finds regarding new sellers or large amounts being sold off a large discounts be passed on to me. If you prefer to contact the Kent County Sheriff's Department directly, I can pm their contact information. On a side note, we moved into our new house last week and love it. It breaks my heart that people I invited in to see and purchase from our collection would hurt us this way. Some of the older sets I was saving for my four kids to give as special Holiday and Graduation gifts when they were older. Now I need to go do a new inventory and discover the real extent of the damages. Thanks, Jonathan