Police Break Up Lego Theft Ring (nytimes.com)

When I was into LEGO a few years back, I noticed there were a lot of bulk items available in Eastern Europe. I always wondered if they were either counterfeits or just grey. I couldn’t distinguish them so I just assumed they were grey because these items were not available in bulk directly from LEGO via bricks and pieces. When LEGO bought bricklink I thought they were going after fake vendors.

$6000 worth of stolen goods doesn't seem like that big of a story? Tens of thousands of lego pieces isn't much?

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Great they're finally picking up the pieces in this case

Dramatic beginning of the article. It's plastic figures designed so the head can come of, they talk about it like it's the most gruesome crime scene ever found.

The story is a nothing burger and the headline is clickbait, but I can't help finding it funny.

The headline is so over the top that it's actually good again.

What a monster!

Perhap his punishment will be that he has to walk barefoot over every piece.