Bricklink (LEGO) is closing stores all around the world

[kevin8]

Bricklink (LEGO) recently announced that starting today, AFOLs from a significant number of countries will be denied access to the platform.

Beyond the problem of those who had a business over the years and will no longer be able to operate it without having to move to other platforms, beyond all the AFOLs who will no longer be able to access the platform and purchase parts, what's frightening is the way Lego is treating a significant number of fans.

I'm honestly a little worried. What do you think?

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2687

 

[SpacePolice89]

I think this is a very bad decision. While there must be some reason behind this like low sales or problems with local rules this should never have been allowed to happen. Maybe people from the banned countries could use Brickowl instead? I compared the availability of 6990 Futuron Monorail on both websites, BL has 60 sets for sale while BO only has 11 sets for sale. Only one of the sets on BL were from the soon to be banned countries (Indonesia) while BO had zero sets from the soon to be banned countries. Maybe low BL activity in those countries was one reason for the ban? But it is still wrong in so many ways and I hope they reverse this decision.