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Closed off Pick & Build walls, no Build a Minifigure, customer number limits and non-contact shopping are all features of post-Coronavirus pandemic LEGO store shopping. The LEGO Group closed LEGO stores around the world in response to the Coronavirus pandemic – completely closing stores in a majority of countries, whilst in others such as the United States introducing a curb-side pick-up policy. With some countries, regions and states now beginning to come out of respective lockdowns, shops are starting to gradually re-open too, but with social distancing measures in place. Canadian YouTuber and all-round AFOL Jordan, better known as Bricksie, has provided an excellent insight into how that may change the appearance of – and overall shopping experience at – the LEGO Store. Documenting a recent visit to his re-opened local store in Edmonton, Alberta, Jordan highlights such things as: limitations on the number of customers allowed into the store at any one timea cleared out central area to the store a closed off Pick & Build wall and Build a Minifigure stationspecific, separate areas for customers and for staff to standthe particular policy in place for selecting sets you would like to purchaseand plastic protective guards in place at the tills Watch the full video to understand what to likely expect when stores re-open in your country, and for an idea of the sort of post-pandemic LEGO shopping experience that we will all have to get used to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?vXVpKPeUptKs Show Bricksie some appreciation for this video by subscribing to his YouTube channel. You can also support the work that we do on Brick Fanatics, which includes occasional ventures into YouTube, by purchasing your LEGO after clicking through any of the affiliate links on our site, like this one.

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