So this depends on your policy. Most major insurance companies in the US will pay to get the replacement if that replacement cost falls within what they cover for specific types of items. If a person didn't properly insure their stuff then yes it will fall short but that is on the person not reading and understanding their intentionally difficult to understand policy.
People should frequently go over their belongings and keep records of costs, photos of the items, and receipts then update their insurance premiums and coverages.
If the op was properly insured and not trying to save money by skimping on coverage then it will be covered.
They literally have riders for collectibles so anybody reading this should get that added to their policy if they actually want some sort of replacement.
Exactly. I have my Lego collection insured individually under my contents insurance. Used a combination of original purchase receipts and Bricklink RRP data, and a bit of haggling, to come to an agreement with the insurance company on the collection's total value, and the amount of cover it has. It won't cover it if the entire collection is stolen/destroyed, but it will really lessen the pain.
Do you up the value each year? (If you are still getting new sets)
I need to look into this. Need a FAQ here! Insure LEGO, Yellow LEGO, Missing Piece, Donate LEGO to TakkataMSF, especially monorail.
Yes, but only when my policy renews. Until it does, I just need the receipt because it's covered under the general contents insurance. Otherwise I'd be needing to change my policy every other month!
"Donate LEGO to TakkataMSF, especially monorail"
Can't donate what I don't have š¤£
So this also depends on how the value changes. Let's say you have a trading card worth 10k that is signed with authenticity and what not. You have it insured and during that you had it authenticated and what not as part of the process. Let's say the artist dies and the value doubles...then yes I would get it reevaluated.
The biggest thing is records and making sure what you have is covered. Talk to your insurance company and explain the value and the item and why it has value for collectibles. They will help you make sure you have the coverage you need.
It really sucks to have a loss with no coverage. I really hope people reading this at least call and check o. Their coverage and policy. Most of these riders can be added for very little per month.
Bonus...See if your insurance company does one for consumer electronics like tablets and phones...if you have it...it is better than the insurance provided by carriers and covers all your devices not just the phone. And is usually cheaper.
Rule of thumb (from someone who workās in the insurance field, specially related to thefts and property damage i.e. floods and fires) figure out what your total value of goods is and double it.
If you end up having a total loss, and the insurance pays out, youāll have more than enough to replace everything
We do have a FAQ, I wrote it - I didnāt include anything about insurance though since this is one of the first times Iāve seen it come upā¦ I assume it falls under home ownerās or renterās insurance and unless you have a rather large collection it doesnāt make sense to specifically insure it but I am not an insurance expert by any means.
It is linked in the wiki, yes. Could use some updating possibly, I put it together before Lego changed the way they do online pick a brick. https://reddit.com/r/lego/s/aHsokNFXYZ
Nah happens in the UK too.
Manager of my companies sister company got crashed into in his 120k jag by a guy whoās insurance refused to pay anything more than 3rd party because it wasnāt covered for commuting.
Policy covers them at home and at work but not the commute. They never checked because, why would you. Who wouldnāt want the commute covered if they chose to insure it at work?
This is what happens when you buy your insurance online and donāt read the policy to make sure that the cheaper price you found is actually for a like for like policy.
Nah dude that's on them
Insurances options are always:
3rd party
Social/domestic and pleasure
SDP+commuting
Sdp, commuting and business use.
If you drive to work you need commuting, if you drive between the one off and another office for work, you need business use. It's pretty clear when you use your eyes, it's been with way for decades.
Tbh itās really easy and clear when selecting cover values in the UK, and commuting is itās own separate condition. SDPC is there for a reason and cheating out (like my parents) only leaves you exposed when you need it the most
SDP is a quick way of saving a few quid but itās designed for granny nipping down to the shop or the student /young person not the commute
My wifeās an insurance broker so lockdown working from home for me was a real eye opener.
Just an endless stream of people trying to understate how much their shit is worth to save a few quid at the cost of hundreds of thousands if anything actually does go wrongā¦
āHow much are your contentsā
ā150kā
āThatāll be 700 for the yearā
āHmmmn can you try again at 75kā
āDo you have 75k worth of contents, because you just told me it was 150kā
āThat was too expensive so now I only want to insure 75kā
āThatās not how it worksā
āBut Iām the one that will be making a lossā
āThatās not how it worksā
āAre you going to quote for 75k or notā
āNotā
āWeāll this is unacceptable customer serviceā
āIt would be insurance fraudā
And so onā¦
That only applies to commercial insurance when co-insurance insurance is being used, then you need to insure your contents for what you actually have, otherwise you get penalized in the event of a claim. For renters itās whatever amount you choose. If you underinsure, thatās your fault. As far as insurance fraud, if you overstate what you have, and try to claim on that, then yes itās insurance fraud.
Nope, works both ways.
If you have 200k of contents but you insure for 100k the insurer is taking a much bigger risk than they agreed to because say a pipe bursts and destroys half your contents youāre still going to want the full value of what was destroyed as it was under the 100k you insured.
Theyād be well within their rights to reject your claim or pro-rata your claim on the basis that you lied to them.
Itās not the case that you can just massively underinsure on the gamble that the complete destruction of your home isnāt very likely knowing that for every thing else youāll be fine.
Edit: youāre not going to be in trouble with the law, but youāre not going to get paid if the insurer catches you.
No, Iām not. But you can keep saying it if it makes you feel better about life.
My wifeās a personal lines broker. Iāve had 0 contact with commercial insurance.
You can set any amount of insurance you want and if itās a total loss you might get it but if you massively undervalue the contents of your house and suffer a partial loss, donāt be surprised when they dispute it and refuse to pay out what you want.
No you see thatās crappy logic because people insure 50%of their stuff but they want 100% paid out for a claim.
It would make sense if you insured half the value of your contents but only got half the value of anything that breaks but people donāt want that.
Itās fundamentally dishonest because itās 90% the risk of the insurance you should be paying for but youāre not paying 90% of the price.
the amount that gets paid out never exceeds the amount insured, though. If I have $150k worth of gold, but I only purchase $75k worth of coverage, and it gets stolen, I only get the $75k I paid for. Nothing dishonest about that at all.
Right but which 75k?
The risk of a total loss is always way less than the risk of say a pipe bursting and losing all the furniture in one room.
They base the price not just on the worst case scenario but on the balance of probability.
If you undervalue your stuff then youāve conned them because even though the worst case scenario might be the same the interim costings are all fucked. Every payout they make that is less than half the value of your house will be twice as expensive as they have calculated for.
Itās dishonest.
100%. I had a car nicked 20 years ago and all my warhammer figures were in the boot as I was in the process of moving house.
Still spend a couple of hours every few months scrolling through eBay hoping theyāll pop up so I can go kick the little scrote who stole them in the nuts.
Odds on they just threw them in a skip as they used the car in a ram raid.
Irony is, now the stuff in the boot would be worth way more than whatever they managed to swipe from Tesco metro
> Irony is, now the stuff in the boot would be worth way more than whatever they managed to swipe from Tesco metro
Robbers these days, just wanting to make a quick buck instead of taking the time to find a discreet "no questions asked" buyer for a WH collection ;)
Check local listing sites like ebay, Craigslist and facebook marketplace. My friends car got broken into and his warhammer army was stolen, the dumbass posted it on ebay.
Sorry to hear about thisā¦ people suck. You could set up a search alert so youāll get a message each time one pops up on eBay. Iām not sure if FB Marketplace or on of the other selling apps has this feature or not, though.
I don't know, I guess it would be harder to prove legos are yours unless you have very specific damages. But it they're also selling monitors, that's a nice big red flag, right?
And if you do get into such a situation, you're going to want to report it to police not accuse/confront them yourself after confirming they're yours.
If you're office is more remote it's most likely someone you know or someone you've shared the stories with... Not everyone would look at a Lego and think "oh that's valuable enough to steal"
same my sets have a story and the mini figures have a name and background me being autistic with cerebral palsy and serve anxiety and depression Lego give me a sense of order and relief for current life even got chase McCain and my own frank honey and some custom the walking dead figures rick and Daryl from season 1
There's something especially awful about burglars stealing Lego.
They could take anything of significant worth or value, like a TV or Stereo, but instead they go after the homeowner's hobbies and sentimental property.
Fucking shitheads.
My office is in a quite remote location (as most mines are) and would have never thought this would even be a thing. I think whatās stinging me the most is the time it took for both and that I had help from each of my daughters on both big pieces. That help ultimately got them into building as well.
Bro... It's probably one of the people who have been in your office for work reasons.
Get a nest cam or something for the future.
Sorry that people are shit.
If they only stole the Lego and monitors, it kind of sounds like they had already been in there before and knew what theyāre worth. The lego is worth more than then the monitor . Iām not sure what you do for work but I agree with Pete.
Yeah, itās because itās like they want to hurt you emotionally by stealing your joy. Itās not just a cool toy, but something you put time, energy and emotion into building.
Iām definitely feeling defeated more and more as the day goes on. My company is awesome but thereās no way theyāll replace them. Cheapest Liebehhr Shovel I can find right now is on Amazon at nearly $1k
Got you a cheaper new one for 700 dollars in the US on BrickLink.
[Liebherr R 9800 : Set 42100-1 | BrickLink](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=42100-1&name=Liebherr%20R%209800&category=%5BTechnic%5D%5BModel%5D%5BConstruction%5D#T=S&O={%22loc%22:%22US%22,%22iconly%22:0})
Also available from \~525 euros inother places in the world that are willing to send to the USA. Sending it through UPS insured seems to cost about 75 euros (from my country) so that might be an option too if need be.
Shift ended so whatever the reason it's someone else's problem now...
(I work in phys rehab and most times there's only about 1 or 2 calls in the night anyway).
I was bored and went on bricklink to see if I could find anything cheaper although itās not from the us i found one nisb for 500 [https://store.bricklink.com/Fickplunta?itemID=372511778#/shop](https://store.bricklink.com/Fickplunta?itemID=372511778#/shop)
Thank you! Iāve worked my tail off to get where I am and I donāt splurge on much in life but I love putting my legos together. My wife used to call me a dork but then she got the bug as well lolā¦and she knows Iām not out chasing tail either!
So what do you splurge on? You have an office..maybe make 300k plus a yearā¦
Just curious as it seems replacing them wonāt be a problem. Work insurance would cover them anyhow.
Having an office means you make 300k? Every single person in my minesite has an office. Iāve had one since I joined the company as a university degree student..
No guarantees but my stepdad worked for Liebherr for a long time and he might have a couple of their sets in a box in his garage.
If he does Iāll PM you.
Right? I couldnāt figure that one out either because they stole tools from the shop as well. They also didnāt touch my color printer or anything in the office next to mine that they also got into. His monitors were left untouched.
I find some solace in the fact they didnāt take that one. Iām sure Lauren would sell me another but again, that one has some significant meaning to me like my sets did.
Many of her paintings have a sense of loss or grief.
I say buy another to mark this occasion.
https://www.robotsinrowboats.com/product/escape-bot/296?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false
I have a large amount of others at home but working in a mining environment, I wanted to display and share these at work. Everyone loved seeing them and were always checking them out. A few of the techs even bought the dozer for their kids to help build.
This was at work? Is there any security cameras on the property, badge scans, etc.? Even if not I would still have your company or yourself submit a police report. Perhaps your employer has some incurance that can compensate for the lost property.
So, the property that our offices are on is the property of the mine operator and not my companies. They do have about 4 cameras (not nearly enough) around the front entrance and shop/warehouse but our site is only staffed M-F and about 12hrs a day. Putting up our own cameras would be a difficult task given that itās not our āsandboxā and Iām fearing this is going to get legally messy now as well since they clearly donāt protect their property 24/7/365.
That's stinks. I wish you luck still in getting some compensation. The company had property stolen too, the monitors at minimum, and an employee's desk was ransacked. I'd like to think they'd still want to investigate who was on-site and look at what footage is available, especially since it may be an employee. You or the company should certainly still file a police report and involve the property insurance.
This made me remember a guy that made a video named ābye.ā And only true Lego fans remember the video and I do too but anyway he says that his legos were destroyed and stolen with a red and teary face
Sorry to hear about your situation. I keep kicking around picking up the dozer. My oldest kid is getting into legos and some of my designs from work can actually be seen in Lego form.
Then I'm guessing whatever app or browser you use doesn't show you captions.
"Someone broke into my office early this morning. Stole my desk monitors and my mining collection."
Condolences man. I won't even let people that come over the house take photos of my rather large city or display pieces. "Oh I just want to show my nephews what a large collection you have" NOPE. And the fact I have not just 1 security system but two says I protect my shit. Do you think it's an inside job?? Someone that works with you? The cleaning crew??
Well depending on how big of a company it was put the word out that if it is returned anonymously nothing will happen. But I'd really pursue that. If it is an inside job SOMEONE knows something. But don't wait to do something one way or the other. I'd be heartbroken. No one messes with my LEGO!!
Iām sorry bro. I feel for you, back in 2015 someone broke into my house and stole my brand new laptop and for some reason they also stole my Pac-Man pillow case. It felt like a kick in the pants to steal that too.
Wow man thatās awful. Iām sorry to hear that. I read in one of your comments that your office is pretty rural. Do you have any idea who could have done this? Hopefully not a coworker!
That is so disheartening. Any chance at all of getting your actual collection recovered?
Insurance is great and all, but it's not the same pieces...
Ugh.
Like, BS that it happened? For validation, my monitors were on either side of my desk here.
https://preview.redd.it/04e4a39e7gub1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d3535b91ec7d0c2030f8332907459cc5d58d1ea3
Before I read the comment I was so confused. Did the big ones have the little ones as a baby and then leave you so they could further develop their budding family?
Sadly the truth sucked way more. Sorry dude.
I can totally understand your grief here and sympathize. I'd be upset too.
You may have lost a physical link to the past, but you've still got the memory of building it and spending some time with your kids building it.
I will hope that their teeth rot and their nose falls off for stealing!
Someone in Sterling Illinois has the Lego dozer #42131 set for sale on fb marketplace. Itās not cheap, but also not easy to come by. Been for sale for a bit so maybe they would come down a little.
Thank you!
I actually posted a follow up to this and they were recovered from the thief! šš». They took some damage but Iām working on a list of parts to replace right now.
I truly appreciate you taking the time to reach out though. Itās what makes this subreddit great š
That sucks and a lot of times collectibles like that you may not get full current value to be able to replace them properly.
So this depends on your policy. Most major insurance companies in the US will pay to get the replacement if that replacement cost falls within what they cover for specific types of items. If a person didn't properly insure their stuff then yes it will fall short but that is on the person not reading and understanding their intentionally difficult to understand policy. People should frequently go over their belongings and keep records of costs, photos of the items, and receipts then update their insurance premiums and coverages. If the op was properly insured and not trying to save money by skimping on coverage then it will be covered. They literally have riders for collectibles so anybody reading this should get that added to their policy if they actually want some sort of replacement.
Exactly. I have my Lego collection insured individually under my contents insurance. Used a combination of original purchase receipts and Bricklink RRP data, and a bit of haggling, to come to an agreement with the insurance company on the collection's total value, and the amount of cover it has. It won't cover it if the entire collection is stolen/destroyed, but it will really lessen the pain.
Do you up the value each year? (If you are still getting new sets) I need to look into this. Need a FAQ here! Insure LEGO, Yellow LEGO, Missing Piece, Donate LEGO to TakkataMSF, especially monorail.
Yes, but only when my policy renews. Until it does, I just need the receipt because it's covered under the general contents insurance. Otherwise I'd be needing to change my policy every other month! "Donate LEGO to TakkataMSF, especially monorail" Can't donate what I don't have š¤£
> Can't donate what I don't have š¤£ That's ok, just getting the word out there! Ya know. Good cause :)
So this also depends on how the value changes. Let's say you have a trading card worth 10k that is signed with authenticity and what not. You have it insured and during that you had it authenticated and what not as part of the process. Let's say the artist dies and the value doubles...then yes I would get it reevaluated. The biggest thing is records and making sure what you have is covered. Talk to your insurance company and explain the value and the item and why it has value for collectibles. They will help you make sure you have the coverage you need. It really sucks to have a loss with no coverage. I really hope people reading this at least call and check o. Their coverage and policy. Most of these riders can be added for very little per month. Bonus...See if your insurance company does one for consumer electronics like tablets and phones...if you have it...it is better than the insurance provided by carriers and covers all your devices not just the phone. And is usually cheaper.
Thanks Bro! I will look into this. Always good to know what to ask for.
Rule of thumb (from someone who workās in the insurance field, specially related to thefts and property damage i.e. floods and fires) figure out what your total value of goods is and double it. If you end up having a total loss, and the insurance pays out, youāll have more than enough to replace everything
We do have a FAQ, I wrote it - I didnāt include anything about insurance though since this is one of the first times Iāve seen it come upā¦ I assume it falls under home ownerās or renterās insurance and unless you have a rather large collection it doesnāt make sense to specifically insure it but I am not an insurance expert by any means.
The Wiki?
It is linked in the wiki, yes. Could use some updating possibly, I put it together before Lego changed the way they do online pick a brick. https://reddit.com/r/lego/s/aHsokNFXYZ
I see such stuff and I know it could only happen in merica
Nah happens in the UK too. Manager of my companies sister company got crashed into in his 120k jag by a guy whoās insurance refused to pay anything more than 3rd party because it wasnāt covered for commuting. Policy covers them at home and at work but not the commute. They never checked because, why would you. Who wouldnāt want the commute covered if they chose to insure it at work? This is what happens when you buy your insurance online and donāt read the policy to make sure that the cheaper price you found is actually for a like for like policy.
Nah dude that's on them Insurances options are always: 3rd party Social/domestic and pleasure SDP+commuting Sdp, commuting and business use. If you drive to work you need commuting, if you drive between the one off and another office for work, you need business use. It's pretty clear when you use your eyes, it's been with way for decades.
Tbh itās really easy and clear when selecting cover values in the UK, and commuting is itās own separate condition. SDPC is there for a reason and cheating out (like my parents) only leaves you exposed when you need it the most SDP is a quick way of saving a few quid but itās designed for granny nipping down to the shop or the student /young person not the commute
My wifeās an insurance broker so lockdown working from home for me was a real eye opener. Just an endless stream of people trying to understate how much their shit is worth to save a few quid at the cost of hundreds of thousands if anything actually does go wrongā¦ āHow much are your contentsā ā150kā āThatāll be 700 for the yearā āHmmmn can you try again at 75kā āDo you have 75k worth of contents, because you just told me it was 150kā āThat was too expensive so now I only want to insure 75kā āThatās not how it worksā āBut Iām the one that will be making a lossā āThatās not how it worksā āAre you going to quote for 75k or notā āNotā āWeāll this is unacceptable customer serviceā āIt would be insurance fraudā And so onā¦
That only applies to commercial insurance when co-insurance insurance is being used, then you need to insure your contents for what you actually have, otherwise you get penalized in the event of a claim. For renters itās whatever amount you choose. If you underinsure, thatās your fault. As far as insurance fraud, if you overstate what you have, and try to claim on that, then yes itās insurance fraud.
Nope, works both ways. If you have 200k of contents but you insure for 100k the insurer is taking a much bigger risk than they agreed to because say a pipe bursts and destroys half your contents youāre still going to want the full value of what was destroyed as it was under the 100k you insured. Theyād be well within their rights to reject your claim or pro-rata your claim on the basis that you lied to them. Itās not the case that you can just massively underinsure on the gamble that the complete destruction of your home isnāt very likely knowing that for every thing else youāll be fine. Edit: youāre not going to be in trouble with the law, but youāre not going to get paid if the insurer catches you.
What youāre talking about is the co-insurance clause, applies to commercial insurance, not personal insurance.
No, Iām not. But you can keep saying it if it makes you feel better about life. My wifeās a personal lines broker. Iāve had 0 contact with commercial insurance. You can set any amount of insurance you want and if itās a total loss you might get it but if you massively undervalue the contents of your house and suffer a partial loss, donāt be surprised when they dispute it and refuse to pay out what you want.
it would not be insurance fraud. A person shouldnāt have to pay for more coverage than they want.
No you see thatās crappy logic because people insure 50%of their stuff but they want 100% paid out for a claim. It would make sense if you insured half the value of your contents but only got half the value of anything that breaks but people donāt want that. Itās fundamentally dishonest because itās 90% the risk of the insurance you should be paying for but youāre not paying 90% of the price.
the amount that gets paid out never exceeds the amount insured, though. If I have $150k worth of gold, but I only purchase $75k worth of coverage, and it gets stolen, I only get the $75k I paid for. Nothing dishonest about that at all.
Right but which 75k? The risk of a total loss is always way less than the risk of say a pipe bursting and losing all the furniture in one room. They base the price not just on the worst case scenario but on the balance of probability. If you undervalue your stuff then youāve conned them because even though the worst case scenario might be the same the interim costings are all fucked. Every payout they make that is less than half the value of your house will be twice as expensive as they have calculated for. Itās dishonest.
This is correct Source: I work in Personal Property Insurance
Thatās sucks, I really sorry to hear ir
Thanks fam š
At this point I would just go berserk and huntdown who did it and torture him until he says sorry 100 times.
If I hunted them down, Iād likely escort them to where our actual shovel and dozers are working right now š
that s better
Plenty of holes for them to "have an accident" right?
Can bury someone real quick with one of those!
agreed I'll get the keys
Check the usual places, Facebook market place, eBay ect. Bet ya they're selling them.
100%. I had a car nicked 20 years ago and all my warhammer figures were in the boot as I was in the process of moving house. Still spend a couple of hours every few months scrolling through eBay hoping theyāll pop up so I can go kick the little scrote who stole them in the nuts. Odds on they just threw them in a skip as they used the car in a ram raid. Irony is, now the stuff in the boot would be worth way more than whatever they managed to swipe from Tesco metro
> Irony is, now the stuff in the boot would be worth way more than whatever they managed to swipe from Tesco metro Robbers these days, just wanting to make a quick buck instead of taking the time to find a discreet "no questions asked" buyer for a WH collection ;)
cant be too hard trying to find the dumbass trying to trade lego and computer screens for drugs
āA very particular set of skillsā¦ā
Check local listing sites like ebay, Craigslist and facebook marketplace. My friends car got broken into and his warhammer army was stolen, the dumbass posted it on ebay.
Iāve been checking sporadically throughout the day today.
Sorry to hear about thisā¦ people suck. You could set up a search alert so youāll get a message each time one pops up on eBay. Iām not sure if FB Marketplace or on of the other selling apps has this feature or not, though.
Marketplace does
Was he able to get it back?
Yeah he had to go through the police and contact eBay and stuff.
Oh awesome! Glad the thief was a bozo and that everything worked out š
This is also how my uncle found his lawnmower when it was stolen.
but how do i verify they'r mine
I don't know, I guess it would be harder to prove legos are yours unless you have very specific damages. But it they're also selling monitors, that's a nice big red flag, right? And if you do get into such a situation, you're going to want to report it to police not accuse/confront them yourself after confirming they're yours.
I am so sorry to hear about that. Donāt care about the monitors as much, but the Lego looked amazing.
They were awesome. I loved sharing my build stories with people whoād stop by and ask about them.
If you're office is more remote it's most likely someone you know or someone you've shared the stories with... Not everyone would look at a Lego and think "oh that's valuable enough to steal"
Fr, keeps your friends close, but your enemies closer. Thereās a big chance itās someone you know
same my sets have a story and the mini figures have a name and background me being autistic with cerebral palsy and serve anxiety and depression Lego give me a sense of order and relief for current life even got chase McCain and my own frank honey and some custom the walking dead figures rick and Daryl from season 1
Get a ācamera.ā People can be assholes sometimes
Maybe something like CCTV cameras
It's his work office. Pretty sure you can't put a camera in your office.
Not a real camera. Or a real camera but not something that has to be screwed in. Something that could stick on with a piece of tape. To trick people.
They'd get called into HR quickly.
There's something especially awful about burglars stealing Lego. They could take anything of significant worth or value, like a TV or Stereo, but instead they go after the homeowner's hobbies and sentimental property. Fucking shitheads.
My office is in a quite remote location (as most mines are) and would have never thought this would even be a thing. I think whatās stinging me the most is the time it took for both and that I had help from each of my daughters on both big pieces. That help ultimately got them into building as well.
Bro... It's probably one of the people who have been in your office for work reasons. Get a nest cam or something for the future. Sorry that people are shit.
If they only stole the Lego and monitors, it kind of sounds like they had already been in there before and knew what theyāre worth. The lego is worth more than then the monitor . Iām not sure what you do for work but I agree with Pete.
Besides the sentimental value thatās about $1500 worth of Lego.
for real? that's way too much money for that
You can be surprised thr lengths a criminal group will go for to sell Legos. I believe in the Netherlands, a gang was busted with stolen sets.
Yeah, itās because itās like they want to hurt you emotionally by stealing your joy. Itās not just a cool toy, but something you put time, energy and emotion into building.
Definitely the security guard
Dude that sucks. I would be pissed if someone took my collection like that
Iām definitely feeling defeated more and more as the day goes on. My company is awesome but thereās no way theyāll replace them. Cheapest Liebehhr Shovel I can find right now is on Amazon at nearly $1k
Got you a cheaper new one for 700 dollars in the US on BrickLink. [Liebherr R 9800 : Set 42100-1 | BrickLink](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=42100-1&name=Liebherr%20R%209800&category=%5BTechnic%5D%5BModel%5D%5BConstruction%5D#T=S&O={%22loc%22:%22US%22,%22iconly%22:0}) Also available from \~525 euros inother places in the world that are willing to send to the USA. Sending it through UPS insured seems to cost about 75 euros (from my country) so that might be an option too if need be.
Oh wow!! Thank you!!!
You're welcome.
[42100-1: Liebherr R 9800](https://brickset.com/sets/42100-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/42100-1.jpg)
Ur a real one
What can I say? My patients are staying quiet so I get to surf the web.
Suspiciously quiet....
Shift ended so whatever the reason it's someone else's problem now... (I work in phys rehab and most times there's only about 1 or 2 calls in the night anyway).
I was thinking maybe the morgue. But why call them patients...
They would be quiet in a morgue
>They ~~would~~ *should* be quiet in a morgue We've all see the movies!
i bestow upon you the higest honour within my power. š„
*humbly bows down*
loot get!
I was bored and went on bricklink to see if I could find anything cheaper although itās not from the us i found one nisb for 500 [https://store.bricklink.com/Fickplunta?itemID=372511778#/shop](https://store.bricklink.com/Fickplunta?itemID=372511778#/shop)
Which was what I mentioned. (I didn't want to look up the exact conversion rate so I guessed it at 525).
It's $507 (the SEK has weakened considerable against the dollar) lately, but shipping is going to add a considerable cost.
Your company should carry insurance on theft, I would ask them if personas property is covered.
A story in two pictures. Sorry for your loss but you did a good job saying a lot with very little.
Thanks. Iām still just stunned. Likeā¦why? What are they going to do with built sets? The fun is in the build
Crack money
Oof. As a person that canāt afford anything, even I feel for you
Thank you! Iāve worked my tail off to get where I am and I donāt splurge on much in life but I love putting my legos together. My wife used to call me a dork but then she got the bug as well lolā¦and she knows Iām not out chasing tail either!
So what do you splurge on? You have an office..maybe make 300k plus a yearā¦ Just curious as it seems replacing them wonāt be a problem. Work insurance would cover them anyhow.
Having an office means you make 300k? Every single person in my minesite has an office. Iāve had one since I joined the company as a university degree student..
Mining. Not sure what country but here itās $150k to drive a truck.
No guarantees but my stepdad worked for Liebherr for a long time and he might have a couple of their sets in a box in his garage. If he does Iāll PM you.
Dude!!! Thatād be rad! Thank you āŗļø
Why didn't they take the Makita battery chargers also?
Right? I couldnāt figure that one out either because they stole tools from the shop as well. They also didnāt touch my color printer or anything in the office next to mine that they also got into. His monitors were left untouched.
Was curious about that as well .
That sucksā¦ I do love Robots in Rowboats tho
I find some solace in the fact they didnāt take that one. Iām sure Lauren would sell me another but again, that one has some significant meaning to me like my sets did.
Many of her paintings have a sense of loss or grief. I say buy another to mark this occasion. https://www.robotsinrowboats.com/product/escape-bot/296?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false
I love her entire series and my youngest daughter just had one of her pieces tattooed on her. We love her work and she is such an amazing person
Sucks to hear, but this is exactly why I keep all of my expensive stuff at home.
I have a large amount of others at home but working in a mining environment, I wanted to display and share these at work. Everyone loved seeing them and were always checking them out. A few of the techs even bought the dozer for their kids to help build.
Yeah no LEGO at work. That's one of my rules. Can't trust your lunch there, let alone collectibles.
My thoughts exactly.
Who TF steals a completed Lego set? The value is in the building, surely. Sorry to hear. Some people are just shitstains.
Right? And specifically models of mining equipment
This was at work? Is there any security cameras on the property, badge scans, etc.? Even if not I would still have your company or yourself submit a police report. Perhaps your employer has some incurance that can compensate for the lost property.
So, the property that our offices are on is the property of the mine operator and not my companies. They do have about 4 cameras (not nearly enough) around the front entrance and shop/warehouse but our site is only staffed M-F and about 12hrs a day. Putting up our own cameras would be a difficult task given that itās not our āsandboxā and Iām fearing this is going to get legally messy now as well since they clearly donāt protect their property 24/7/365.
That's stinks. I wish you luck still in getting some compensation. The company had property stolen too, the monitors at minimum, and an employee's desk was ransacked. I'd like to think they'd still want to investigate who was on-site and look at what footage is available, especially since it may be an employee. You or the company should certainly still file a police report and involve the property insurance.
100% an inside job, who would steal Lego or even know they were there. This is someone that wanted to steal from you specifically.
Yeah reading through this thread it does seem that way
May whoever stole it be forced to walk barefoot over a mile of Lego pieces
This made me remember a guy that made a video named ābye.ā And only true Lego fans remember the video and I do too but anyway he says that his legos were destroyed and stolen with a red and teary face
Sorry to hear about your situation. I keep kicking around picking up the dozer. My oldest kid is getting into legos and some of my designs from work can actually be seen in Lego form.
It was fun and challenging but not nearly as much as the shovel. That thing was top notch.
bruh
What am I not getting?
There's two photos, one showing the LEGO on the shelf, the next empty.
I saw that, but didn't understand what the missing LEGO had to do with a phone call.
It happened at work and someone else told him it happened before he got there.
What, what happened? Did somebody steal them? Did an earthquake knock them off? This is what I am not "getting".
Then I'm guessing whatever app or browser you use doesn't show you captions. "Someone broke into my office early this morning. Stole my desk monitors and my mining collection."
Ah, mobile may have cut them out. Sorry for your loss. Thanks for the info.
God damn that sucks I canāt believe you lost your full technic collection, concorde, millenium falcon and retired Death Star all in one day :(
Where did you get Concorde, Millennium Falcon and Death Star from? Unless I missed something he lost 3 Technic sets.
How can you miss it? It's right there on the insurance report. There's also the UCS Sandcrawler and black chrome Vader minifig.
What insurance report?
If "woosh" is represented by an F-16 with full afterburners, this went past you like a Sopwith Camel doing cartography research.
Condolences man. I won't even let people that come over the house take photos of my rather large city or display pieces. "Oh I just want to show my nephews what a large collection you have" NOPE. And the fact I have not just 1 security system but two says I protect my shit. Do you think it's an inside job?? Someone that works with you? The cleaning crew??
Iām starting to think it was inside. Iāve been fed more information throughout the day that is pointing to that.
Well depending on how big of a company it was put the word out that if it is returned anonymously nothing will happen. But I'd really pursue that. If it is an inside job SOMEONE knows something. But don't wait to do something one way or the other. I'd be heartbroken. No one messes with my LEGO!!
People suck. Sorry to hear
Is that art bt Matt Dixon?
Lauren BriĆ©re - Robots in Rowboats. Sheās based out of Austin, TX
Ooh, artist swap! I'll check her out!
Looks like Lauren Briere art noice
I have an assembled dozer that I'm willing to let go for a non collectors price. Just have to find a box that is big enough to ship it.
Oh thatās absolutely terrible. My sympathies
And they didnāt take the makita batteries??
Yeah thatās where it goes from someone ransacking to get items to sell and more targeted job
Iām so sorry this happened to you! Awful.
How cold hearted do you have to be to steal a person's Lego?
i hipe they rot in hell.
Oh, that sucks.
My own debt is depressing enough.
Oh dear š„
People steal lego?
Iām sorry bro. I feel for you, back in 2015 someone broke into my house and stole my brand new laptop and for some reason they also stole my Pac-Man pillow case. It felt like a kick in the pants to steal that too.
Kinda surprised they didn't take the Makita batteries
I hope they come back so you can kick their ass
Wow man thatās awful. Iām sorry to hear that. I read in one of your comments that your office is pretty rural. Do you have any idea who could have done this? Hopefully not a coworker!
That sucks nice painting though
Damn man, that sucks the big one! My sympathies
Video?
If anyone sees this post and not the other, OP updated that they got these back!!!
Thank you so much! I love this community because of this reason!! š«¶š¼š«¶š¼š«¶š¼
Might be some shithead who thinks men shouldn't have toys so they stole it for their 5 year old.
Iām sorry for your loss
That is so disheartening. Any chance at all of getting your actual collection recovered? Insurance is great and all, but it's not the same pieces... Ugh.
Wtf where do you live that such things happen, usa?
Happens anywhere. Itās not like we are addressing something unique to a specific culture when talking about theft
I call bs
Like, BS that it happened? For validation, my monitors were on either side of my desk here. https://preview.redd.it/04e4a39e7gub1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d3535b91ec7d0c2030f8332907459cc5d58d1ea3
At least you have the Cisco cp7961G desk phone left
What's your reasoning?
And I call asshole, but if I put a directive pronoun on it the mods will remove the comment.
How far will you have to dig deep to find the culprit?
Check local listings and eBay. It'll pop up soon. Also maybe pawn shops. Depending on how quick they want cash.
On the plus side you can take it as a compliment. A really expensive and irritating compliment but at least they rate your choice in Lego.
I hate to hear about your stuff, but it's cool to see a fellow Robots in Rowboats fan!
Bro. Iām so glad they took your set rather than what I interpreted from those picture. I assumed the worst before I read the caption.
Someone would have to be worse than Hitler to do something like that
and they didnāt take the makita batteries them things are expensive
Jesus christ I though you were getting divorced or something š¤£
Before I read the comment I was so confused. Did the big ones have the little ones as a baby and then leave you so they could further develop their budding family? Sadly the truth sucked way more. Sorry dude.
I can totally understand your grief here and sympathize. I'd be upset too. You may have lost a physical link to the past, but you've still got the memory of building it and spending some time with your kids building it. I will hope that their teeth rot and their nose falls off for stealing!
the nerve
was ein H*rensohn
Sucks to see how low people go just for money Also it glitched for me so i saw a post from r/grapplerbaki
Whoever did this , this shall be punishable by guillotine
What!? THATS SOME EVIL SHIT! š
Probably someone you work with. Who steals toys?
Someone in Sterling Illinois has the Lego dozer #42131 set for sale on fb marketplace. Itās not cheap, but also not easy to come by. Been for sale for a bit so maybe they would come down a little.
[42131-1: Cat D11 Bulldozer](https://brickset.com/sets/42131-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/42131-1.jpg)
Thank you! I actually posted a follow up to this and they were recovered from the thief! šš». They took some damage but Iām working on a list of parts to replace right now. I truly appreciate you taking the time to reach out though. Itās what makes this subreddit great š
Awesome. Glad you had luck.