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The marketplace is sometimes called the 'eBay' of Lego

ByZoe KleinmanTechnology editor
  • Published37 minutes ago

Lego has taken its online marketplace BrickLink offline after detecting what it described as unusual activity on the platform.

BrickLink is used by Lego collectors worldwide to buy and sell secondhand Lego sets, source new bricks and purchase limited edition releases.

It was originally set up by a fan, but Lego acquired it in 2019. In a homepage message, the firm said that before restoring BrickLink, it wanted to "fully understand" what had happened.