LEGO BrickLink apologises and delays regional store closures
Head of BrickLink Steven Lee has apologised to the LEGO community and announced a delay to the closure of BrickLink stores across 35 countries.
Following backlash from the LEGO community after BrickLink announced that it would be closing down stores in 35 countries, the process has been delayed to give sellers more notice. Lee also apologised in a statement shared with Brick Fanatics via the LEGO Ambassador Network.
“First, I want to apologise,” Lee wrote. “We went about informing and engaging our community and sellers the wrong way. It wasn’t with the care and transparency we strive for, and you’ve been right to point this out.”
He went on to write that the feedback, although ‘tough to hear,’ was appreciated. Instead of the original closure date of December 12, BrickLink will now keep stores in the 35 affected countries open until January 31, 2026. Fees have also been removed for any affected sellers in those countries for November, December, and January.
“Every builder, buyer and seller matters to us, but we needed to make tough decisions as operating in numerous regions presents greater complications as we plan significant upgrades to BrickLink.com,” he continued. “While these closures will affect a small percentage of BrickLink’s global activity, we understand the impact that this will have on the community in these countries.”
Lee closed the statement with a note that BrickLink is implementing various background changes in the coming year, including ‘a substantial investment in our IT infrastructure’.
“Although some of these backend changes might go unseen, they’re crucial to the future of BrickLink – so we’re here for another 25 years,” Lee said. “I want to assure you that we’re committed to continuing to make BrickLink the world’s best LEGO fan community.”
Here’s the full list of countries in which BrickLink will no longer operate from January 31, 2026:
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Georgia
- Greenland
- India
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Kazakhstan
- Lebanon
- Moldova
- Morocco
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Qatar
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- South Africa
- Taiwan
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Vietnam
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Repeating my original comment in Brickfanatics’ original News article 28-11-2025;
“Disgraceful!
Bricklink functioned just fine (for two decades) before LEGO’s takeover and their subsequent tinkering.
This is one further example of LEGO’s disregard and disrespect for LEGO fans. Not nice!”
To now read Bricklink’s claim that “Every builder, buyer and seller matters to us…” is galling. It is very evidently not the case that ‘every builder, buyer and seller matters’ to them at all.
I feel that my original comment stands, perhaps more so now than before.
I am surprised how this is not being more widely reported across other LEGO fan sites.
Why is it still happening in the first place have they given a reason for why these countries are not allowed to have a bricklink store. Lego should be for everybody not just to select few countries? So what is going on
Small percentage. These are people, not numbers! I have personally ordered from at least three of these countries listed. Why do I get the feeling? There’s something else they’re not telling us?