A piece of sad news as our friends over at Fairy Bricks in the UK has reported that their van was broken into last night and a number of LEGO sets that were in the van for donations were stolen. It appears that were and probably have been targeted for a while as about 2,000 of the LEGO Seasonal 24-in-1 (40222) sets were stolen from their gated office area. The side door was pried open probably with a hydraulic tool. The set in question is from last year’s LEGO promotion which is shown below.
Most likely the people who stole the sets will be trying to get rid of them probably at a cheap price so if you see anything that’s out of the ordinary, please contact the Yorkshire Police via 101 quoting 13170537540.
This is a very unfortunate time because the holidays are just around the corner and many children will not be getting something that will make them a bit happier. If you’re not familiar with Fairy Bricks, they are an UK charity that provides LEGO sets to kids at local hospitals and hospices. You can help support Fairy Bricks by donating directly to them but more importantly, please share this post to help them find the perpetrator(s) behind this horrible event.
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This is a pretty sad low for the resale market.
It was probably Lepin.
In all seriousness though, this is the saddest Lego news I’ve heard. My prayers will be with them.
Shameful! I think this even beats the time when idiots smashed Ryan McNaught’s helicopter.
I hope those people can sleep at night knowing that they crushed some little kid’s hopes.
I’m pretty sure their hearts are a few sizes smaller than the Grinch’s, and that they don’t care.
That’s probably true. I’ll bet they sleep just fine.
The scant bit of good news is it looks like the door and a little bit of the paint over the right rear wheel well could be the extent of the damage. If someone had used a Jaws of Life on that, they could have literally cut the van in half, and they’d be looking at having to replace it outright instead of just repair it. Doesn’t get the stuff back, unfortunately.
Incredibly sad that someone would do this. I thought humanity had at least some standards
Would cash or set donations help them out at all? I am sure there is insurance but this is just horrible and I’d like to help out. There are some bad people out there.
They do and have been taking cash donations which goes towards getting sets for kids.
https://mydonate.bt.com/donation/donate.html?charity=fairybricks
If you want to do set donations, you’ll probably have to contact them directly at [email protected]
Set donations help them take care of the kids, but they’re also going to need cash to recover on their end. Even if the van’s damage is covered by insurance, there might be a steep deductible, and their rate is likely to go up for filing a claim. And unless they can get the damage fixed in a month or less, they’ll probably have to rent something else to make deliveries in time for Christmas.
Censor, please?
I’m not shocked. There are people around where I live that will break into a house, steal someone’s stuff, then toss it in a trash can afterward. Mostly, people will steal for drug money but some people just steal because they don’t want others to have what they don’t. Seriously, humanity could really use a nice hard look in the mirror. We make the vast majority of our own suffering simply by refusing to treat each other with a very basic level of respect.