How a Lego dispute became a First Amendment fight
I grew up playing with Legos, and so did my kids. But when I told them the story of Bryan Mansell, Star Wars Legos, and Bricks & Minifigs, it sounded too strange to be true. It sounds like something written by a committee of internet pranksters, small-town cops, corporate lawyers, Lego collectors, and Kafka. I did not expect this story at the start of the summer. Where are the Legos? Who owes the Mansell family? And why did it take an internet firestorm to get anyone to listen? At the center of
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