Bricks & Minifigs says Salem store is closing
Bricks & Minifigs says it is permanently closing its Salem, Oregon store and ending its relationship with franchise owners Brandon Best and Joshua Johnson.
In a June 4 post on its website, the company said the move comes amid a dispute tied to a social media campaign and an ongoing investigation into how a LEGO collection was handled at the Salem location. The company says it has also reached out to collector Bryan Mansell to try to resolve the matter informally.
The company’s account points to concerns about documentation, store oversight, and what it describes as an unauthorized consignment arrangement made before the current franchise owners took over. Bricks & Minifigs says its review uncovered what it calls significant evidence of negligence in the store’s earlier operations.
The post also says there were gaps in the transition between ownerships and that internal records showed discrepancies in how the collection was tracked. According to the company, those findings are part of why it wants a direct conversation with Mansell and his family.
What Bricks & Minifigs is saying
Bricks & Minifigs CEO Ammon McNeff said the company had been asking for documentation for a long time and now has enough information to proceed with a resolution. He said the company is prepared to discuss dropping a lawsuit against Mansell and to review spreadsheets and point-of-sale data together.
COO Matt McNeff said the company believes the situation should have been made clear much earlier and said it is disappointed by what it describes as a lack of transparency.
The company says its investigation turned up three different sets of records related to the collection. It also says internal point-of-sale data shows more than $52,000 in sales from the collection during the earlier ownership period, with the possibility that more was sold.
Bricks & Minifigs says former franchise owner Chrystal Law/Gorman entered into a personal consignment arrangement with Mansell without corporate approval and did not formally introduce the matter to the incoming franchisees.
Why this story matters to LEGO collectors
The dispute has drawn attention because it involves a collector’s Star Wars LEGO collection, franchise oversight, and conflicting claims about value and documentation. Bricks & Minifigs says the collection was valued at $95,000 to $100,000 in its review, while also noting earlier public discussion of a higher number that it says was used as a promotional figure.
For LEGO fans and collectors, the core issue is not just the store closure. It is the question of how a private consignment arrangement was handled, what records existed, and who was responsible at each stage. Bricks & Minifigs is clearly trying to frame the release as a corrective step, but the underlying dispute is still unresolved and much of the story depends on competing accounts.
The company says Mansell has already been offered the physical inventory multiple times, including in December 2025 and again in May 2026.
Bricks & Minifigs says a public timeline is available on its website.
Source: Bricks & Minifigs, June 4, 2026.
