A dispute over a Lego Star Wars collection reportedly worth more than $200,000 has turned into lawsuits, a police investigation and a social media spectacle, with Bryan Mansell saying he wants either the collection back, a fair payout or the store run out of town if it will not do what is right.

The fight centers on his father’s collection, which was consigned in late 2023 to a Bricks & Minifigs store in Salem-Keizer, Oregon, under an arrangement that reportedly allowed individual sets to be sold while ownership stayed with the Mansell family. A 35% commission was reportedly agreed upon, and unsold items were supposed to be returned if the deal ended.

Before the dispute blew open, the store promoted the inventory on social media and said it was worth well over $200,000. The situation changed after a reported ownership transition at the store in November 2024, when former franchise operators Chrystal and Robert Gorman said they were removed during a shift involving corporate representatives and incoming management. They said corporate had been told the Lego Star Wars inventory belonged to the Mansell family under a consignment agreement.

Bricks & Minifigs corporate has said the arrangement was an unauthorized consignment agreement and that it was not a party to it. The company also said its franchise locations operate independently. That split in versions is at the heart of the case: one side says there was a deal, the other says the deal was never approved in the first place.

Mansell terminated the agreement in November 2024, saying payments were missed and he was restricted from inspecting the remaining inventory. The dispute later drew wider attention after YouTuber Reckless Ben released investigative videos, but some of the allegations in those videos, including claims of corruption, remain unproven.

Keizer police say the matter remains under investigation, and civil litigation is ongoing. The store was later reported as closed temporarily. For Mansell, the issue now is no longer just about a collection. It is about whether the family ever gets paid, gets the sets back, or spends years fighting over boxes of plastic bricks that a franchise once said were worth a small fortune.