Truck Driver kidnapped over lego in Northamptonshire, UK

[danim]

A lorry driver asleep in his cab in Northamptonshire, UK was abducted and taken to another county by robbers who stole his cargo of Lego and beauty products.

The victim was parked in a layby on the A14 services at Rothwell, near Kettering, early on Thursday.

The robbers gagged and tied him up, put him in another vehicle and then dumped him 75 miles away in Staffordshire.

The lorry was found in Merseyside and police say Lego and beauty products with a "high value" had been stolen.

A police spokesman said the driver was unhurt but the lorry had been damaged by fire.

[Fugazi]

Argh... Must get insurance for my Lego collection

[roamingstop]

Wait for floods of particular models on ebay...

High Value Emporiums? Hence the reason they were pulled from LS@H (pure speculation).

[Dennimator]

Heh... all that protects my (uninsured) hundreds of thousands of pieces from being stolen is a 3 cm thick huge slidedoor made of glass, visible from the big road about 10 metres away...

[jonwil]

I think thieves would only be interested in brand new sets they can flog. Not someones own personal collection of hundreds of random parts that would be difficult to steal and sell on. Plus if someone was going to break into a house, they would likely steal TVs or other high value items that are easier to get rid of.

[dr_spock]

Or they could be interested in the beauty products. Ever see the price of the makeup your wives buys?

[Omicron]

Someone look for a large influx of sets on Bricklink. ;)

-Omi

[not-in-use-anymore]

Woah, it's like everyone is getting in lego trouble these past few months...

[simonjedi]

Source http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/...ad-of-Lego.html

At least the driver wasn't harmed

[CMP]

Nooo!! Not the Legos! Why? Why? Why?

[legomaniac83]

Some criminals.....

To bring up the Insurance thing again, I think most people should check it out. When I was in school, my collection was at my parents place and for me to add insurance on my collection, it did not increase the amount my father paid every year. It was just added to the policy as a collection.

I think it's definately something to look into you you have a larger quantity or a lot of expensive sets.

[Luke McAwesome]

Source http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/...ad-of-Lego.html

That figures. The Sun's has quite the reputation presently around the LEGO Fan Community. Ever since that Osama Bin Lego incident. I think this whole thing's ridiculous. Maybe there's some bizarre reason behind the theft of the beauty products, but I just don't get why a pair of adults would steal all that LEGO! Resale? Personal collection? Who knows!

You know, my parents sometimes told me not to take LEGO with me to some places... of course, they never had a problem with LEGO in the car. Now I'm freaked out that some British guys are going to steal my LEGO collection.

Edited February 6, 2010 by Striker

[mania3]

I sincerely doubt my LEGO collection would be subject to robbery, here in the States. I think reselling it, while lucrative, would be a sincere pain. So I guess the only thing protecting my collection is my insurance agency and the idea that selling would be a lot of work. That and my modest firearms and my obscene ability to hit my mark regardless. Regardless.

[brickzone]

Some criminals.....

To bring up the Insurance thing again, I think most people should check it out. When I was in school, my collection was at my parents place and for me to add insurance on my collection, it did not increase the amount my father paid every year. It was just added to the policy as a collection.

I think it's definately something to look into you you have a larger quantity or a lot of expensive sets.

Not only that, but it could have been bad for your parents to undervalue the house contents. Insurance companies can be weaselly. However, from what I gather, adding a small bit to the contents value isn't the main factor in how much house insurance premium is (value of house, address, elevation, past claims, etc. are more a factor). You just have to make sure you don't *overvalue* the contents either.

[richb]

Re: insurance, most modest sized collections are likely already covered under your existing home owners policies. If you have a substantial collection however, it's worth the call to find out what additional insurance may cost. Of course, in either event, if you haven't done so already it'd be wise to make sure you periodically take pictures of what you have in the event of theft/fire, since you can't very well provide detailed proof after the collection is lost.

I can't stress this enough if you have your collection in a basement (if your home has a basement) where catastrophies like flooding are rather routine. Even if you don't live in a flood zone, all it takes is a faulty hot water heater or washing machine hookup blowing out while you're not home to fill your basement with a foot or more of water in short order.