Internet steps up to help YouTuber robbed of $18,000, 14-year Lego collection

[KShine]

https://mashable.com/article/republican-attack-lego-youtuber-robbed-crowdfunding-campiagn/#P_sC6UrnsgqK

Strangers are stepping up to help a YouTuber rebuild his Lego collection after thieves made off with thousands of dollars worth of Lego sets and destroyed years of his hard work.

The YouTuber, who goes by republicattak, is known for his intricate videos of elaborate Star Wars Lego sets. On Friday, he took his 12,000 subscribers by surprise when he posted a video simply titled "bye."

In it, the red-faced and visibly distressed YouTuber tells his fans that he has just come home from a work trip to find that burglars have stolen and destroyed his sets. "I don't know what I'm going to do," he says, holding back tears. "It really was my passion... that's the end of this channel."

 

[TheOrcKing]

Lord have mercy. I cannot imagine how utterly destroyed he must feel after being so terribly violated. Seeing so many coming together to help is inspiring if there could be some sort of takeaway from all this.

[MarleyMoose]

Humans suck

[Frank Brickowski]

I feel a bit more sorry for all those (Lego collectors) also having been stolen from while not having a YouTube channel and hence no community helping them.

Edited October 7, 2018 by Frank Brickowski