With a discerning eye, Cortney Frazon picks through one of the heaping piles of Lego bricks and pieces at the center of her Lee’s Summit store and picks out a hidden imposter. The tiny piece at first glance appears to be Lego, but a closer look reveals it to be off-brand. Off it goes to the Bin of Shame with the other pretenders.
Her store’s large and ever-evolving bulk area is made up of pieces that come from old collections that previous owners have decided to pass on. After the pieces are cleaned and freshened up, they’re put back up for sale.
“People like to just dig through,” Frazon said. “Even if the piece is 20 years old, it still fits.”
Frazon’s Bricks & Minfigs location, which opened at the end of last year at 1201 NE Rice Road, offers a wide variety of all things Lego. Patrons can buy and sell sets, both old and new, shop for individual mini-figures and other pieces and sift through the bulk area, which might just have the exact piece a customer is looking for. The store has a rentable party room too…