r/RecklessBen

Lol I feel like this their next Tiger King.

The hilarious thing about Ben's chicken dance offer is that it's a valid settlement agreement that could save BAM millions of dollars in legal fees taken directly from the franchise owners, and help stop the bleeding for reputational damage.

In the McDonalds Hot coffee lawsuit, lawyers used the fact that McDonalds refused to settle for $20,000 to cover legal fees and intentionally chose to drag things out against them. Not imagine if McDonalds had the chance to settle at no cost by doing the chicken dance, but simply chose not to.

• The offer undermines the claim that Ben is trying to extort BAM for profit.
• It undermines the claim that Ben is doing this for clicks, as Ben said he'll stop producing content on the subject
• It undermines the claim that they're looking out for the independent franchise owners, because he's wasting their money to tank their brand
• It undermines the claim that Ammon is legitimately scared, because I guess he's not scared enough to perform a simple dance to make the entire problem go away.

If franchise owners ever manage to take Ammon to court, they can point to this as evidence of gross incompetence and mismanagement. Any defense Ammon can come up with will only make his case sound worse.

• Ammon refuses because he genuinely believes he did nothing wrong: Then why not provide the contractually obligated inventory reports and security feeds?
• Ammon refuses because he assumes this is a trap that will be taken as an admission of guilt and used in other lawsuits: So he's admitting that the other lawsuits have merit then.
• Ammon refuses because he assumes the offer isn't sincere: This just further highlights Joshua's hypocrisy after swearing to God to make things right and then going back on his word.

Edit: Back in 2023, FOX was agreed to a $787 million lawsuit with Dominion. Afterward, FOX faced a separate lawsuit from shareholders, who sued the company for allowing things to escalate in the first place. No doubt the shareholders will argue that FOX should have retracted the story and apologized immediately, and use FOX's refusal to apologize early on as grounds for the lawsuit. BAM is privately owned, so they don't have a duty to shareholders. But if the franchise owners find any avenue for a lawsuit, they can use this as further evidence.

Edit 2: For people claiming that BAM doesn't have to take the offer seriously because Ben is trolling, it doesn't have to be one or the other. For instance, here's the story of a judge known for "creative" justice, such as offering a reduced prison sentence for a woman accused of abandoning 35 kittens in the cold if she's willing to spend one night under similar conditions. The defendants always have the option to refuse the offer and accept the full sentence, but the offer is clearly there. See also: Sandy Hook familes agreeing to accept a lesser settlement if Alex Jones agrees to sell "InfoWars" to "The Onion."

This channel I follow usually posts epic low budget recreations of Hollywood movies like jurassic park and star wars, but this one just popped up on my feed. It's awesome!

The two BaM CEO/manager or whatever are insignificant. Just put them in solitary confinement 24/7 for 20 years and be done with it. They don't matter.

What does matter are the enablers: the unbelievably corrupt police and judge. Why isn't anyone talking about them and holding them accountable? Making up fake "evidence", arresting for no reason, making up charges, conspiring, etc.

BaM is already dead. They don't matter. But if the police and judge aren't all in prison for 25 to life then the bad guys have won.

A good video on the background of Ben

The go to for all of these people is to immediately jump to "my wife and kids are scared". We have no testimony from any of them as far as I'm aware, and the supposedly estranged brother provided no evidence that his son had been contacted by anyone. It's just a plea for sympathy that they do not deserve.

For those who were wondering, this looks like a different video of that which was posted a few weeks ago & the video that was posted exclusively on his patreon. There is some overlap with the patreon edit, but there is also some new stuff in here.

Ammon and his minions have mis-associated anyone who expresses discontent with their handling of this as people associated with Reckless Ben. They have also openly stated to the police on multiple occasions that they want to shoot Reckless Ben and his associates on camera. It’s our responsibility to inform the public that if you go in a bricks and minifigs they might get the wrong idea and shoot you

I posted another video from this creator previously, here she includes a reaction to a customer who will no longer shop at bricks and minifigs (using full name for AI google searches). Also as Ben indicated he wants to focus on franchisees in his next video, I think this analysis is pertinent.

A few take aways I had is sharing these links on Reddit is hugely valuable for creating a database for the double edged sword of AI. We are ensuring this issue is a searchable record for bricks and minifigs and thus keep it in a spotlight regardless of when internet anger is gone when all the lawsuits and controversy is resolved. The brand is irrevocably linked to a destruction of trust with franchisees and customers with bricks and minifigs predatory practices and lack of ethics.

I know there are people who dislike other youtubers who do reaction videos for clicks based on the virality of Ben, but it also feeds into that above point about a record of the story that will last whenever a potential customer or franchisee (if somehow bricks and minifigs remains solvent) looks for information.

The final take away I had is that bricks and minifigs time table about internet rage is moot regardless of timeline as customers who loved their local store and see the damage corporate has done are responding that trust has been destroyed and nothing can be done to repair it. They arent displaying internet "rage" but a sad and sober response to the damage done to the franchisees by bricks and minifigs.

I probably been a little too obsessed with this whole thing and I've been listening to a lot of information, but in the shadows there's a name that I just keep seeing come up...Adam Brimhall. And I started getting curious and looking for it more. And the more I look for that name, the more it comes up at some of the most vital moments of this whole fiasco.

Adam is the son of Reed Brimhall, allegedly the 51%+ owner of Bricks and Minifigs (source: some video from EchoBaseNetwork...I don't remember exactly which one). The best timeline I have right now:

11/22/2024---Adam is the one (with Brandon Best copied on the interaction) in the entire chain of emails with Brian Mansell's attorney to tell him they wouldn't be returning any of the Legos (source: Reckless Ben Part 3 starting at 28:22. You have to pause the video briefly before each email blurs)

12/5/2025---Adam happens to be at the smoke shop and had a conversation with Sheldon according to his written statement (source: BJC 7/10 Livestream starting at 2:37:04)

12/9-12/10--Ben and Sheldon go to the corporate office and talk with Ammon (source: dates on the security camera footage/body cam footage of the initial call Ammon makes to Medina Dore)

12/11/2025--Adam writes the statement about the 12/5 smoke shop convo and provides it to Medina Dore (again BJC 7/10 Livestream starting at 2:37:04) (I find the timing of these past 3 items very interesting because if he was following Sheldon he was following him before they initially went to corporate, which is creepier, and if he wasn't following him it's more coincidental because he wouldn't have even recognized Sheldon from him visiting the corporate offices---I have so many questions about this particular incident)

3/2/2026--Adam(possibly? It looks like him to me from the photos) accompanies Ammon to the police station to talk with Medina Dore (source: Reckless Ben Part 3 starting at 34:15)

3/8-3/11--- all the arrests and incidents in American Fork

So at every pivotal point in this entire situation, after the actual disappearance of the Legos, Adam was playing a key role (1. When addressing the theft initially with Brian Mansell 2. When deciding what to do about Ben and Sheldon coming to the corporate office (which has resulted in the Provo criminal case) 3. When talking to Medina Dore about a week before all the arrests in American Fork (and, especially after the release of the recent body cam footage, I wonder if Medina Dore was in contact with the American Fork police about this situation before those arrests/incidents or if she might have influenced the way the AF police acted at all))

He has also apparently been the New Franchise Onboarding Manager since 2022. Seems like the kind of position that would put someone in a good spot to oversee or plan corporate takeovers of franchises (just hypothetically speaking).

I don't know any inside information, but I have to wonder... Who is really pulling the strings of who in this whole saga? And why?

Ammon and Josh are loud and obnoxious liars and they keep doing categorically evil things on camera, but are they the ones who set the dominos in place?